what is the doctype

What does the DOCTYPE do in HTML?

What is the DOCTYPE?  When coding in HTML you will see this really weird looking line up there at the top.  It usually looks like this: <!DOCTYPE html> Simply enough, this line tells the browser what version of HTML is being used to create the …

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HTML: A Brief History

Long ago in the far off land of Switzerland something very interesting began, and Al Gore wasn’t there. 1989 Tim Berners-Lee proposes an Internet based hypertext system for sharing documents between disparate operating systems while working as a contractor at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear …

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The HTML q Tag

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 to 20 years ago I sat down one weekend with a book, a computer, and a few images and put together my first basic website. It was about artists from the Impressionist movement and was not anything to brag …

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HTML5 Form Date Attribute

Getting corporate America to make the move to HTML5 seemed to take longer than any other transition we’ve seen in the past. In part I’m sure due to the long development process. From first working draft in January of 2008 to stable recommendation in October …

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Styling the Humble Checkbox Using CSS

The checkbox has been a staple in the world of HTML forms since day one and for the most part has remained unchanged. HTML 4 introduced the label tag which can be associated with a checkbox using an id attribute in the checkbox and the …

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Using a CSS Reset

One of the frustrations designers have been feeling for some time now stems from web design by committee, or design via theme. Many web sites today are WordPress sites with a theme and some content. Just add words and you have an instant site. Then …

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