March 2007 | 9 comments
In this series of articles I have described how to remove the deprecated attributes in HTML and replicate the styles using CSS. The first part looked at hspace and vspace, type and border. Part two described how to replicate link, alink and vlink, size, noshade and clear. In this final part I will be mopping up width, height, bgcolor and align. Continue reading CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 3…
February 2007 | 12 comments
In Part 1 of CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes, I described how to replace HTML’s deprecated attributes with CSS, which is more flexible and inline with web standards in use today. If you want to convert an existing site that is using out of date practices or want to understand how to bring your own development up to scratch, then these articles are for you.
Let’s get straight into it with link, alink and vlink. I’ll also cover clear, size and noshade. Continue reading CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 2…
February 2007 | 12 comments
When HTML 4.0 was introduced some attributes became deprecated. Browsers continued to support them to ensure older sites continued to display correctly, and developers were urged to stop using them in favour of more flexible alternatives such as CSS.
The deprecated attributes were purely presentational, meaning they are only of benefit for the way the element will look. We remove presentational aspects to a CSS file to separate content and structure from the look of a web page. This has many benefits for the user, developer and holder of the bandwidth purse-strings. Continue reading CSS for Deprecated HTML Attributes: Part 1…
December 2006 | 7 comments
I’m going to do my last meme for the year. That’s only because it’s nearing Christmas and work is as busy as I’ve ever seen it, trying to get a website redesign developed in time for January, and I can’t think of anything worthwhile to write about right now. I was tagged by Joe Dolson and, from the looks of it, this one has been doing the rounds!
The clue is in the title. I have to tell you five things that you probably didn’t know about me. Continue reading 5 things you didn’t know about Emma…
December 2006 | 4 comments
Punkchip is 2 years old on Saturday, 16 December. I like that it falls at the end of the year as I can lump 2 possible posts together (end of year round up and another year online) and spend less time at the computer. I came across another nice meme at ThePickards last week and it’s been nicely designed to make it easy to sum up the year gone by.
The rules of this one are easy; just note down the first line from the first post in each of the last 12 months and voilà! Continue reading Punkchip’s 2nd Birthday…