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Choosing a DOCTYPE: XHTML vs. HTML

Aww, man! Not another lame blog entry… on the issue of HTML vs XHTML <!DOCTYPE>! Not only are there ten billion articles the same, it's a really annoying topic, isn’t it? Ha! Well, I must admit, this most recent time I’ve come across another myself, I decided to read it, and I did gain a [...]

Flip out, man!

Check out the tool at Fileformat.info which allows you to enter text into a form, and submit it to have the returned text be displayed– upside-down!

CSS Generated Content: Revisited

See also:

Line-Feed Control Character in CSS Generated Content [ novicenotes.net ]
the Newline Character [ novicenotes.net ]

Character References in CSS Generated Content Strings
With web standards compliancy in mind, a desire to program using valid markup, to use the right DTD, etc., there inevitably comes difficulty, and unexpected challenges.
Many times when i’ve used an NCR, a [...]

Line Breaks: More than a Handfull

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CSS Generated Content : Revisited [ novicenotes.net ]
Character Set (aka. charset) vs. Character Encoding [ novicenotes.net ]
Proposed Solution to Charset Problems [ novicenotes.net ]
Using the Line Feed Control in CSS Generated Content [ novicenotes.net ]

Cutting Lines
If you have any experience in programming, or even in simply writing HTML markup, you have probably come [...]

Score “Outstanding” in your Penmanship: a look at Code Style

have you ever wondered what is best practice in keeping your code consistent, not only w/ yourself, but w/ others in the industry? ever wondered what’s best for a function bracket, or what to do when a closing bracket is going to have an “else” clause? This Note is logged for the purpose of providing [...]

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