Tiffany B. Brown

a mish-mosh of stuff

Posts tagged: html

“Design Code” by the Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper)
I am incredibly impressed with this dude’s ability to rhyme about web standards. Not that his rhyming skills are hot, mind you, but the subject matter isn’t exactly the stuff of legendary hip-hop. [27 Mar 2008]
Turn text files into pull down menus
UPDATE: This could also be done with the foreach() construct, but here — on my set-up at least — the for loop is a teensy bit faster. I developed this PHP function for a project I’m working on. I’m posting it here in case I need it again, or in case you find it handy. #Input text [...] [26 Feb 2008]
On IE8: Pragmatic and practical, but I still don’t like it
For some background on this post, please start by reading Aaron Gustafson’s Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 on this week’s edition of A List Apart, or any of the links from my Internet Explorer 8 round-up post. This post is an extended version of my comment there. About 6 years ago, I remember [...] [25 Jan 2008]
Internet Explorer 8 round-up
My take: On IE8: Pragmatic and practical, but I still don’t like it UPDATES: Microsoft versioning: accessibility implications What Internet Explorer’s change means for accessibility. Best Standards Support Sam Ruby offers a server-side suggestion for handling IE8 content requests. Mike Davies argues that this should and perhaps could be the end of the line for Internet Explorer. Microsoft᾿s “Super Standards” Mode: Important [...] [22 Jan 2008]
Validator S.A.C.: A stand-alone markup validator for Mac OS X
Ever need to validate your HTML files without an Internet connection? Or maybe you just weren’t quite ready to upload your files to a server, but still wanted to check them. That’s where Validator S.A.C. comes in handy. Validator S.A.C. is a Mac-only, stand-alone version of the W3C Markup Validator. With it, you can check the [...] [16 Oct 2007]