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Now you can write code in HTML and CSS very fast using a unique plugin. Called Zen Coding, this is a plugin available for many popular text editors which help you to code in HTML, CSS, XML, XSL and so on in very little time. Zen coding is a new way of writing HTML using [...]

It is possible to create a slide show / PowerPoint like presentation using just HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This article explains how you can create an HTML slideshow and display it in your web browser using Slidy.

Syntax Highlighting is a method of color coding the code syntax to make it more legible to the reader. For this you embed pieces of code into your website / blog where ever you need to highlight any code in your articles, and the syntax highlighter does the job.

This is a collection of resources put together by Google which teaches you how to optimize your website. Google has been at the forefront in urging people (mainly web masters, web designers, and web developers) in creating websites which support multiple devices, are fast loading, and standards compliant. With this goal in mind, Google is [...]

Web accessibility is a hot topic for web designers and users alike. For the former, it is a choice of following open standards and making sure that the websites they build are easy to navigate by its visitors and search engines alike. And for the latter (end users), it is a case of having a [...]

I recently designed a site where I had Javascript popups /CSS menu side by side with some Flash content. Unfortunately, when ever the Javascript or CSS popup was activated, the Flash content was overlapping  the former.  The solution to this problem lies in lowering the z-index value of the CSS or Javascript. A more useful  [...]

It is possible to display any HTML element as a table using the CSS display property. Now a days with modern web browsers providing support for advanced CSS properties, it has become feasible to use block elements to display data in a tabular format. This is done by clever use of the values in the [...]

There are numerous search engines that help you to find the  information you seek. But most times, when out looking for data related to a specific topic, you are forced to wade through pages and pages of search results before finding what you are looking for. For example, try searching for a chunk of code [...]

Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language which can be learned in a few days time. It offers strong support for integration with other languages and tools and comes with extensive standard libraries. The Python compiler and libraries are installed by default in most Linux distributions. So an aspiring Python programmer need not install anything [...]