Html

[sarraceniac]

My eldest is an executive with a large (very) software company based in the States. He calls it HyperText Muck-up Langage. He also claims that trying to do anything decent on the Web with it is like trying to blow up a city with sparklers fireworks.

[HotStuff]

My eldest is an executive with a large (very) software company based in the States. He calls it HyperText Muck-up Langage. He also claims that trying to do anything decent on the Web with it is like trying to blow up a city with sparklers fireworks.

It can be a nightmare because the rendering engines for different browsers (e.g. Internet Exploder & Firefox) interpret the rules slightly differently. So you end up having to do a lot of "defensive coding" to make sure each page looks OK in all the browsers. And then of course you may want to use some whizzy new feature that's only supported by IE8, but what happens if you get some philistine who's still using IE6?

It's not HTMLs fault. If there was only one browser things would be a lot simpler, but despite their best efforts M$ still haven't managed to kill of all the competition, thank God.

[organic]

Just code a browser detection into the site and if anyone calls it up from Internet Explorer pop up a huge sign saying WHY ARE YOU STILL USING THAT PILE OF JUNK FOR A BROWSER!?
GET SOMETHING DECENT ON YOUR COMPUTER THIS INSTANT!!!

You'd get around most of the browser incompatibilities then since it tends to be Microsoft who make up the standards as they go along.

[sarraceniac]

It can be a nightmare because the rendering engines for different browsers (e.g. Internet Exploder & Firefox) interpret the rules slightly differently. So you end up having to do a lot of "defensive coding" to make sure each page looks OK in all the browsers. And then of course you may want to use some whizzy new feature that's only supported by IE8, but what happens if you get some philistine who's still using IE6?

It's not HTMLs fault. If there was only one browser things would be a lot simpler, but despite their best efforts M$ still haven't managed to kill of all the competition, thank God.

Hey. You guessed the company .

Dont know much about it. Apparently I should be learning SQL for the web but I believe - if you want a job doing well, then - employ a professional . If you can't afford a professional then plagiarise like hell.

I'll give Junior ( ) his due though. He told me to use Firefox. And he was right.

[Rocketron]

Hey. You guessed the company .
He told me to use Firefox. And he was right.
Hope he still has a job.

[piskieinboots]

How can that be dependant on the site, surely it's a matter of how the browser interprets the HTML?

no idea - but do tell me why <b> would not bold but <strong> would and yes I do handcraft the HTML in NP before adding to site

[HotStuff]

no idea - but do tell me why <b> would not bold but <strong> would and yes I do handcraft the HTML in NP before adding to site

Can you tell me the site? Hope I didn't cause any offence, I certainly didn't mean to, I was just intrigued.

[Eco-Chic]

And you have to remember to Americanize spellings to use html

[tamsin]

Think of it like HTML for defining what something is (eg a paragraph of heading) and then CSS for defining how something should look (bold, pink, large, small).

B (for bold) is about how something looks so shouldn't be used in HTML.

<strong> indicate the text should be emphasised so it's about what the text is not what it looks like so it's correct HTML. You might emphasis it by making is bold, but equally you could have it red or larger.

Hope that helps, it gets easier as you do more honest

[beefy]

Firefox browser and look for an add on called Xinha. HTML for dummies - even I can use it Take a bit of playing about with but an hour should see you proficient with it .Heres a link just for you -
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1449

[beefy]

<p>You can do
</p>
<p> <strong>Bold</strong>
</p>
<p> <em>Itallics</em>
</p>
<p> Colours
</p>
<p align="center"> Centering
</p>
<p align="left"> Left
</p>
<p align="right">Right
</p>
<p><u>Underlining</u>
</p>
<p><u></u> <del>Strikethrough</del>
<br />
</p>

HTML code is off on here

[piskieinboots]

Hope I didn't cause any offence, I certainly didn't mean to

Noooo not even a little bit honest - and thankfully I don't have to resume any MS* coding until at least Monday

*motion sickness code

[Paul Sill]

The <b> </b> tags are being deprecated in favor of <strong> </strong>. There are some other tags that are going to.

[BFG]

Unless it's something really simple, CSS would be better for formatting.

[allotmentlady]

is this another language? lol