ASP is Microsoft's offering to the server side programming community. The name stands for Active Server Pages, which basically means that the web pages are spat out by a program on the web server. ASP programming doesn't exist as is really, the programs a...

This tutorial introduces the very basics of coding in HTML. It's so basic but all web pages start this way so I am including it: the code for a web page is split up into two sections; the head section is things that happen before anything ...

Just another quick entry to warn people about bogus domain name invoices. When your domain name is about due for renewal you will be bombarded with invoices and emails demanding money for the name. Make sure you only pay the domain company you registered ...

Here is a table of the best colors to use in your Site. #FFFFFF ...

In this time of great design innovations in streaming media, are we forgetting that there is only one reason for someone to visit a web site. If there is nothing worth reading then there is no reason to stay...or to come back. Give your...

Macromedia's top web authoring tool has come a long way since it first started. It covers good safe webpage layout tools with the ability to add javascript objects to breathe a bit of life into your pages without too much trouble. If you want to ...

Flash is a program that helps you make great interactive animations and presentations for your web sites. Although to a beginner it might seem overwhelming at first once you have grasped the basics it is very easy to make an animation that will impress yo...

Or File Transfer Protocol is used to upload or download files from the internet. The name might make it sound technical or difficult but it couldn't be any easier. There are FTP programs for all platforms and they are all basically the same, they will hav...

web servers have to know which is the first page of your website. They do this by having a list of files to looks for 99% of the servers will want to find either an index.htm(l) file or a default.htm(l) one. Your hosting service will tell you which one to...

Laying out your web site will be made far easier if you employ the use of tables. A table HTML tag looks like this: [table] [tr] [td colspan="2"] table cell c...

if you have had or are having a web site designed for you there is a good chance that you have been asked to provide keywords and a description. What on earth does that mean? They are both relevant to search engines, when a search engine is ...

Just a quick update to show some of the 3D wallpapers I have made for the KDE (a linux desktop environment). They can be found here http://www.kdelook.org/usermanager/sea...

Database driven websites are definitely the way to go these days. There are a range of different ways to approach it. The most popular way for people that don't house their own web server is the online database, this consists of your host service havin...

You will have to forgive the length of time that the site has been out of action. Due to unforeseen circumstances the damn thing couldn't be rescued. So what can you expect from the new version of WYSIWYG-Art, well things are changing... ...

Perl is a high level programming language that can be used for server side scripting for your web pages but also can be used to create programs that run networks and other external programs. I read somewhere that Perl was designed to make the eas...

PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor, which fits right in with the trend of self-referencing abbreviations. But what is it? It's a programming language that will allow you to create dynamic content on your website. It works things out on the...

Submitting to search engines is easy but I have been asked about it in the past so here it is. To get a listing in a search engine you must submit your site to it. Most search engines will have a link or a button for you to be taken to the submi...

I will outline how to set up your desktop computer as a web server. This is great for testing interactive webpages that rely on server activity. As always you have choices, what kind of web server you want, what support for different programming ...

I have been working on a project for the KDE (K Desktop Environment) which is mainly run on Linux OS but can also be used on Mac OSX. I created a new idea to provide an alternative to the Kicker (Similar to the windows task bar). The name comes f...

I meant to update the site more often but it hasn't worked out well. I have been working hard to get work and I havent had time to really dedicate to the site. Also the Slicker project is taking up quite a lot of my time as I am trying to teach m...

Using style sheets might just save you altering pages and pages of HTML. A style sheet is an external file that holds all the formatting information for different styles you might have in your web page. Such as defining the paragraph or tag or the lin...

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The other day (just for fun) I decided to have a look at my server log, just for the development private server on my desktop machine. I used a program that sets it out nicely for you (webalizer). As I expected there were loads of hits from 'Localhost' wh...