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Monday, July 6, 2009

The CSS Cursor

Introduction For the computer screen, the cursor is the mouse pointer. CSS allows you to give different shapes to this cursor. In this article, I give you the names of the different shapes, the descriptions of the shapes and code samples indicating how you can create them. CSS is now at version 2. Version 1 did not say anything about the cursor. The information given you here is based on the CSS2 specification. You need basic knowledge in CSS in order to understand this article. Note: If you... Sign in to see full entry.

Make Pane pop up when Mouse is over some text in Web Page

Introduction There are quite a good number of web pages in the Internet that has this feature: When you move your mouse pointer over a phrase or word on the page, a small pane shows up. This pane has text and HTML elements referring to the word or phrase. The pane might even have links for you to click and go to a different page. In this article I show you how to create such a pane. You need basic knowledge in HTML, CSS and JavaScript to understand this article. Note: If you cannot see the code... Sign in to see full entry.

Producing an Image Gallery by Hand

Introduction In this article I show you how to write code for an image gallery. An image gallery is just a collection of images. Usually these images are small. When you click one you see an enlarged form of it. You need basic knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript and DOM to understand this article. Note: If you cannot see the code or if you think anything is missing in this article (broken link, image absent), just contact me at forchatrans@yahoo.com. That is, contact me for the slightest problem... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Getting started with PHP

Basics of PHP – Part 1 Introduction PHP is a scripting language, which is used at the server of the web. PHP can be used in a stand-alone program or it can be embedded (typed) into an HTML document. PHP stands for Hypertext Preprocessor. The ‘P' in front of HP was added. PHP is an interpreter language. This is the first part of my series, Basics of PHP. Prerequisite In order to study PHP, you should have basic knowledge in XHTML (or HTML). If you have not studied this languages, then you should... Sign in to see full entry.

Getting Started with JavaScript

JavaScript Basics – Part 1 Introduction This is the first part of my series, JavaScript Basics. JavaScript is a scripting language that operates at the web client's computer in the browser. This is the third series I am writing which prepares you as a web site designer. You need just three of the series to be a good web site designer. The first one I wrote is, XHTML Basics. XHTML is like the latest version of HTML, today. The second one is, Basics of CSS2. CSS2 is the latest version of CSS,... Sign in to see full entry.

About this Blog

In this blog, you will find tutorials and articles that will enable you design good web sites, beginning from the simplest topics to complicated concepts. The articles are written in a step-by-step way, so that anybody can understand and build a professional a career. There are code samples that you should be trying and modifying; in this way, you will acquire experience. There are also articles that address special problems in web design. Important: These tutorials and articles are written by Chrysanthus for his sister, Ursula.

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