This section was written in response to questions that I've been asked about HTML and JavaScript. Some are replies to questions
asked in the various forums that I frequent, others are simply the result of my curiosity.
I am not an authority on HTML, Scripting or CSS. The information provided here is not a complete guide to site design, using HTML,
script, CSS or anything else, there are plenty of other sites that provide far more authoritative information than I can hope to. What
is provided here are notes on problems I have faced and what I did about them.
The pages also provide practical examples in plain English - something that some other sites don't always provide.
To use most of the code from these pages you will need to copy and paste them to a text only editor before using them on your pages.
The reason for this is that you'll find they won't work properly as the HTML formatting codes will be copied across as well.
Notepad or something similar will ignore the codes and leave the plain text.
Some of these pages are now over 10 years old as of September 2014. Some of what I wrote is now obsolete and some, I'm sorry to say,
were never quite correct in the first place. none the less I hope you find these pages interesting and maybe even some of them
useful.
One nice thing about web pages is that if you find an effect or function that you like you can take a look at the source code, see
how it works and adapt it for for your pages. It is good courtesy to email the owner of the page and ask if you can copy bits from
it.
- Web Stuff - Some notes about setting up a home
web server. Notes about HTML, CSS and JavasScript problems I found
interesting.
- Web Page Basics - Editors, Design, Technology, Compatibility, Organization, Naming, Conventions & Defaults, Hosts, FTP & Uploading, Backups, Recovery
- Cable Modem Problem
- Close a blocked web page
- Code Tips
- Design
- Fonts
- Forms
- Frames
- Images
- Linkrot - What it is and how to mitigate it
- Links
- Log files
- Qualtrics Date Picker
- Random
- Redirection - Automatic timed redirection between web pages
- Referer Spam
- Serial Listings - Using JavaScript and CSS with ASCII / UTF-8 character codes
- Toggle JavaScript Variables
- Enabling SSL on a Apache on Windows web server
- Speed Tips for JavaScript
- Parsing the URL
- Video
- Responsive Video Embedding
- Webrings
- Lycos UK specific
- Adverts
- Bandwidth
- Bug Reports
- Disabled Sites
- Downloads
- Downtime
- File Names
- File Storage
- FTP
- Hot Linking
- Password Protected Directories
- Red Measure & Red Sheriff
- Technologies
- Under Construction
- Useful URLs
- MIDI Files - Playing MIDI Files on web pages
- Windows Web Server - Setting up a home web server (2003)
- (Page 1) - installation and setup,
router
- (Page 2) - IP address, firewall, logs
- (Page 3) - remote control, FTP, dynamic DNS, other sites
- Linux Web Server - Setting up a home web
server
- Apache Server Status page
- Securing Apache
- Updating Apache
- Router Settings - Router settings when running a home web server
- Web Page Templates
- Webmaster Spam
- Utilities - Useful utilities for checking accessibility, errors and loading speed
This page created October 17, 2002; last modified April 30, 2023