Bitesize Programming
With this post I am adding a whole new category to the website called “Bitesize!” The target for this is New Programmers. People who are so smart they have decided to learn computer programming and...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – The W3C Validator
Search Engine Optimization One of the goals of Search Engine Optimization, or SEO is to have your Original Content website rank high on the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). A Search Engine is where...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Self-closing Elements
Building on what we learned in Bitesize Programming – Polyglot Markup and Bitesize HTML5 – The W3C Validator let’s take a look at our old friend, the break tag and other… Self-closing Elements All tags...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Attributes and Tags
Attributes and Tags All tags and attributes must be written in lowercase (small letters). Additionally, attribute values should be lowercase when the purpose of the text therein is only to be...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Attribute Quote Syntax
Attribute Quote Syntax According to the W3C specifications for XHTML, all attributes must have a value, and must use double- or single-quotes (source). The following are examples of proper and improper...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah – File Transfer!
New Student I took on a new student this last week to tutor. He had built a small website for an imaginary Coffee Shop. He has no server so I told him to just email the files to me. When I received...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Convert any hypertext to HTML5
If you have been following along so far, your files are in error free XHTML. Now we are going to convert that to HTML5. If you are not sure how we got to this point you should recap and study the...
View ArticleBitesize HTML5 – Building a Website Folder Format – Layout
In Bitesize HTML5 – Switch from HTML to PHP Coding we switched the file extension from .html to .php. Some of you may have tried to open and view the pages in you browser and it did not work. That is...
View ArticleBitesize PHP – First Steps in PHP!
The best first steps in PHP is just to jump in! Set PHP Variable You can set a temporary storage device, called a PHP Variable or “$var” for short. Something like: <?php $my_page_title = 'My First...
View ArticleBitesize .htaccess – Testing – Beginners Guide
Here we will test to see if your .htaccess file is turned on, and if it is working properly. This is easy for those new to .htaccess Before you begin trying to make your first .htaccess file, let’s...
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