A few years ago, Netscape had over 90% of the browser market to itself. Now it’s a minority browser… shows how fast things can change on the Web. So anybody who develops a site that works fine on today’s majority browser has to expect that, some time down the road, that browser will also be [...]

Tips for the new web designer. This first article is meant to provide some helpful tips for those just learning to build websites. I am not going to go into details explaining specific technology; rather I am going to point out a few things that many people just starting may find useful. Learn (at least) [...]

What is called “page weight”. That’s the total size of all the files needed to render the page. 1. HTML file itself plus any includes 2. All image files (only count each one once, even if it’s used more than once) 3. External CSS files 4. External JS files If you can keep total page [...]

You would like to know how to make a great website that loads quickly and efficiently? Then, here’s the tips that may be of a help. Those tips were developed based on my experiences with browsing various websites using my 36.6k modem and Netscape browser, and working with my own website. Tip #1. Don’t put [...]

A Web site needn’t be all in one directory. You can use subdirectories (what graphical-environment types tend to call “folders” these days, but us old-time computerists prefer the more technical term) within your site. That’s a good way to separate your content in a logical, easily-maintainable way. If you just dump everything in one directory, [...]