Today we are talking about how to create unselectable instructions in a HTML select drop down menu. In HTML, when you create a drop down menu using the <select> tag, there will be times when you’ll want to give the user instructions inside the menu …
When working on a website that is either hosted or local on your computer, sometimes you’ll need a database for it. Back in the day, you would need to know SQL and how to run those commands in some sort of prompt. Nowadays, we have phpMyAdmin …
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 …
Why is using document.write a bad idea in JavaScript? Well, document.write is great for debugging or helping you know what a variable is equal to at a certain part in your code. It’s not a good idea to use on an actual web page especially …
When using JavaScript, sometimes you will run into errors because the external code being used is placed above the HTML it is calling/manipulating. For this example, we have a HTML file that looks like this: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset=”utf-8″> <title>Run JavaScript After HTML …
So what is the difference between console.log and console.dir in JavaScript? Well, let’s take a look! If we were to take this code: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset=”utf-8″> <title>console.log vs console.dir</title> </head> <body> <script> console.log(“Why, hello!”); console.dir(“Why, hello!”); </script> </body> </html> then put it …
This little snippet of code will show you how to center content in a div horizontally and vertically using HTML and CSS. This, in the past, used to be semi-difficult. Now, using CSS flexbox display property, it’s actually quite easy. First, we’ll create a simple …
innerHTML vs. textContent, what is the difference between these JavaScript properties and which one should you use? They do the same thing, right? No, they actually do not. The difference between the .innerHTML and .textContent properties is all about the HTML my friends! textContent renders …
Video of this tutorial: Hello everyone! In this post today I’ll be showing how to create a basic HTML file using my favorite text editor Brackets. Brackets is great because it’s free, cross-platform, and has some really nice features when using HTML5. Here is what …
Having taught and worked with Adobe Photoshop for many years, I get asked many basic but good questions about it by new users. One has to do with color, and the color systems we use in a picture. There are several that Photoshop can use, …