Most webmasters have on their sites some pages they do not want search engines to index. The "noindex" HTML meta tag is one way that webmasters can tell the search engines not to include a…
JPEG files are images that are compressed to create a smaller-sized file than, for example, PNG or BMP image files that feature no compression. This makes JPEG an ideal format for use on the Internet,…
PHP has several functions that interact with MySQL databases that you can use to get information from them and display on your HTML pages. These include connection, selection and query functions. Save…
If you use Tumblr's custom HTML feature, you probably make regular changes to your blog's HTML code. Archiving your HTML is essential in case you ever over-tweak your code to the point of no return…
Tracking the visitors to your Tumblr blog can help you identify how popular your blog is and what type of content is the most attractive to your readers. Visitor tracking for Tumblr is done through…
Tracked tags on Tumblr give you the ability to view certain tagged content on your own time, without that content being added to your dashboard. Tracked tags are saved on your dashboard sidebar; they…
Tumblr allows you to follow another user by clicking a link on the right side of the page while viewing her blog. After you follow a user, her most recent updates appear on your dashboard when you log…
Tumblr blogs can have many different layouts, which can make it difficult for you to navigate to find old posts. You cannot search for old posts directly on Tumblr. However, if you want to find…
Every blog hosted on Tumblr has an archive of previous posts located at <Tumblr Web address>/archive. Previous posts are sorted in chronological order and can be searched through or browsed by…
Tumblr's reblog feature can seriously increase a post's popularity, as it gets reposted multiple times to the Dashboard. However, reblogging can also cause your post to get separated from your blog,…
Tumblr is a free blogging platform especially designed for quick posting of media such as videos, short posts and hyperlinks to websites. Posting a URL as a post is as simple as clicking "Link" and…
When you set up your Tumblr page, Tumblr gives you a good number of themes from which to choose. It's easy to download and install these themes, but many other themes are available on other websites…
Adding a photo or image to your blog post can brighten up the page and help to get your message across clearly and simply. If you use an image on your Blogger blog, always add a brief caption to…
When you own and operate your own website, controlling the index contents is critical to guiding site visitors to other pages, your menu, and to whatever details they'll need about products and…
If you want to tweak your Tumblr page so that it does not look like the generic default layout, you are in luck: Tumblr comes with a set of appearance-editing tools. These tools help you turn your…
Tumblr is a free website that allows its users to create a feed of videos, text and music. Along with the feed, Tumblr allows its users to edit their theme, or the layout and appearance of their…
When you create a photo post on Tumblr, you have the ability to set a click-through link on the photo so a visitor can navigate from your Tumblr profile to another website. If you review products on…
Google Blogger makes it easy for you to embed music and other sounds to your blog without having to mess with codes. Keep in mind that background music can annoy visitors so use it with care.
Tumblr has the ability to automatically convert a photo post with multiple photos attached into an interactive photo album using Adobe Flash. If you have a collection of images from a trip or event…
Ning is a personalized social networking website that enables users to create networks dedicated to specific subjects. It is commonly used by non-profits, politicians, bands and other organizations…
Tumblr's popular blogging interface simplifies posts by allowing the user to select from a few different types of templates to quickly create posts for multimedia files. If you're just creating a…
Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that emphasizes sharing links, pictures, video and music. You can make a secondary account on Tumblr in a few quick steps if you want to have additional blogs that…
Building a website involves linking to other sites and linking to other pages on your own site. Links to other pages on your site are known as internal links and the text that you use to act as the…
While embedding music is generally considered tacky Web design, Tumblr is a sort of free-for-all corner of the Internet; it tolerates a bit more fun than more professional blogging platforms.…
You can add banners, such as an advertisement, to your Tumblr blog using the custom HTML option in the template editor. After you have picked or uploaded a template, use custom HTML to add in code…
If you frequently post audio content on Tumblr, people who view your blog may see several audio players on every page, cluttering the appearance of your blog. Streampad can resolve this issue by…
When you run a search on Google it returns a list of text-based results. The blue text at the top of each result takes you to the site. However, the few lines below describe the site in a couple of…
You can customize the look of your Tumblr blog to suit your own design needs and ideas. You might considering adding icons for other services like RSS, Facebook, Twitter and Digg. When a user clicks…
Tumblr allows you to post a variety of media content to your blog with native support. If you want to post a YouTube video, Tumblr allows you to open a video post in your blog and paste the video's…
Tumblr provides users a free platform for broadcasting their thoughts and ideas to the world. Because a large variety of content is permissible on Tumblr, you may occasionally see blog posts and notes…
The default theme for a new Tumblr blog includes a sidebar on the right side of the page. The sidebar displays your profile photo, a search field and links to resources such as your blog's RSS feed…
You might think that all browser features are inaccessible, but that is not true. Site designers with a little Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) knowledge can manipulate some browser features, such as the…
Many popular blogging platforms, such as Blogger, Tumblr and WordPress, provide a tool to directly upload photos and other image files into new posts on your blog. For audio files, however, most sites…
If you have a Tumblr blog, you can customize its appearance to suit your preferences. The default Tumblr theme includes links to Tumblr features, such as your blog's archive and RSS feed. If you…
Like many websites, Tumblr lets you log in to your account and stay logged in as a convenience. However, if you work on a public or shared computer you may not want to remain logged in permanently,…
Google Snippets are the very short pieces of information listed directly beneath a website name in the main page as well as every page of a Google search. Snippets list key portions of information…
Tumblr provides automatic features for including links to your Twitter and Flickr profiles on your blog, but as of the time of publication Facebook is conspicuously not included. If you want to…
Tumblr is a micro-blogging social network that allows you to design and create your own blogs on the Internet. If your blog uses a banner as a header image, you can edit your theme HTML to change the…
Your Tumblr blog allows you to post brief messages, video files, audio files and more, and then allow your friends and contacts to view those posts. Tumblr also allows you to edit the HTML code for…
Facebook has several types of plugins and badges that you can create and embed into any website or service that supports HTML. Tumblr is one such service, and it allows you to paste HTML widgets into…
Tumblr gives you a free hosted micro-blog that you can use to share content such as links, photos, text posts, videos and music easily. You do not need to download any software or purchase any scripts…
Tumblr, a blogging service that allows you to set up a free blog, comes with several different themes included. However, you are not prohibited from creating your own Tumblr themes, either by coding…
You can use Tumblr to create many blogs under a single account if you wish. If you find the Tumblr platform simple to use, you might like to use it as a means of creating a blog for an office pool, an…
If you are a Tumblr member, you may not be maximizing the number of followers that your blog gains. Many of the people who visit your blog may come in from search engines; these people may be…
TextMate, a text editor for the Mac OS, includes advanced features aimed at programmers. From grouping files into projects to tabbed document editing and viewing, TextMate is designed to facilitate…
By default, the bottom of each post that you publish on Tumblr displays a date stamp such as "Posted 2 hours ago." If you use your Tumblr blog to publish content for which dates are irrelevant -- such…
One feature that sets Tumblr apart from other free blogging platforms is automatic post formatting for specific kinds of media, including songs. Tumblr lets you upload songs or post songs that are…
Tumblr is a free blogging tool that lets you connect with others, share posts and create content. Not only can you share interesting links, you can also show the world your photography, videos or…
When people browse or search for content on Tumblr, Tumblr uses the tags that users add to posts to help people find the content they are looking for. Therefore, you might make extensive use of post…
Tumblr is a free blogging service that encourages short posts consisting of pictures, quotations and other random thoughts. Tumblr displays several posts per page, but because of the brief length of…
The blogging platform Tumblr comes with many free and paid themes already loaded into the service. But you also have the option to upload custom themes to your Tumblr blog. This custom HTML option…
Tumblr is a free-hosted blogging platform that allows you to share various types of content, such as text and pictures, quickly and easily. Tumblr's backend makes it simple to share your content on…
The default blog layout on Tumblr displays a portrait photo on the right side of your blog. The portrait photo can be a picture of yourself, or anything else that you want to share with your readers.…
Tumblr is a microblogging website that allows you to make seven kinds of posts, including text, video, images and audio. If you want to create an audio post, Tumblr gives you a number of ways to do…
Tumblr is considered a microblogging website, as it is designed to let you post brief messages, audio clips, video clips, images and more to your own dedicated page. In order to start posting, you…
Tumblr is a blogging platform enabling users to quickly post links, photos, videos and other content to the Web. Users can follow other Tumblr blogs (similar to the way that Twitter users can follow…
In HTML, line spaces can be created in two ways. The HTML line break, or "br," tag is used to create line spaces within or between separate paragraphs. The HTML paragraph, or "p," tag is used to…
Adding background music to your Tumblr blog requires minimal knowledge of HTML programming. You can achieve this feat with the use of the "<embed>" code, which lets you place different…
Tumblr is a free blogging service that allows you to share photos, text, quotes, links, videos and other forms of content with your friends, family or coworkers. Tumblr users have the choice to make…
The scrollbar is a vital part of many computer programs because it allows you to see content that extends past the edges of the container or screen. When creating a website, you may want to alter…
Tumblr offers several streamlined types of blog posts, catered to different types of media. For example, a video post allows the user to share a link to a YouTube, Vimeo or other streaming video by…
The rich text editor on your Tumblr account allows you to easily make simple formatting changes to your post's text such as strike-throughs, bold and italics. However, making the text bigger requires…
Tumblr provides a choice of three different editors for your posts. The rich text editor is the basic editor and it allows you to modify your text using a formatting toolbar coupled with basic…
Tumblr is a website that allows users to create and publish a free blog online. Your Tumblr profile appears on the main page of your blog and displays information about you, along with a profile…
Blogspot, now known as Blogger, is a Web-based blogging service. All Blogger blogs include a free "Stats" tab powered by Google Analytics that shows how many visitors your blog receives each day;…
Blogs on Blogger cover a variety of topics, and bloggers have a multitude of templates available to design a site that reflects this. Sometimes, working from the given templates doesn't look the way…
Every Blogspot -- more commonly referred to as Blogger -- blog has a header area at the top that includes your blog's title, description and an optional header image. If this header interferes with…
Every Blogger blog has a navigation bar at the top that includes a "Next Blog" link. When a visitor clicks this button, Blogger loads another Blogger blog similar to the current blog. Blogger…
One reason that Google's free "Blogger" platform is so easy to use is that it offers you the choice of literally dozens of preset themes. If you're unsatisfied with one aspect of a pre-existing theme,…
The Tumblr blogging platform provides a collection of tools you can use to display and share information with your Tumblr blog readers. One tool that Tumblr does not provide, however, is a built-in…
The Tumblr website allows users to set up a microblog where they can enter text, upload photos, provide links and post videos. The Tumblr photo option accepts images from almost any format, but not…
When your post has broken HTML -- ending tags without correlating opening tags -- Blogger will not be able to save a draft or open a preview of your post. Blogger alerts you to broken tags with a red…
One main drawback of Tumblr is that you can only post one song a day on your blog, and each song has to be under 10 MB -- which means you won't be able to post a high-quality version of a longer song…
The micro-blogging service Tumblr offers several different ways to control the look and feel of your Tumblr blog. You can pick through the provided templates or use custom coding to design your blog.…
Digital signatures include two major kinds: signatures that are included at the end of an email and signatures that are included in a forum post. The etiquette and code used for these digital…
Tumblr offers a "Read More" feature for text posts, sometimes called a "cut," which gives you the option of hiding text underneath a link. Uses for this link include shortening long posts so that they…
Scroll bars are a small but often necessary part of a Web page. Whether visitors use them to scroll up and down the entire page or just within a section of it, almost every page needs at least one…
Blogger is a widely known blogging platform with features that are easy to use without requiring a lot of blogging experience. One of these features is the ability to change your page elements and…
Adding a video clip to your blog can entertain and inform your readers. Once you've uploaded a video file or embedded a clip from an online video sharing site in your blog post, then you might want to…
One of the most distinct features of Tumblr is the ability to make modifications to themes quickly and easily. Features such as descriptions, dates, tags and avatar photos can be added or removed by…
Tumblr's microblogging platform provides easy methods for posting different types of media, including single images, image slideshows, uploaded videos, embedded videos, quotes, links, chats and audio.…
Streampad is a Web-based Flash music player designed to provide playback controls for MP3 files that are linked on a Web page. You can integrate Streampad on your Tumblr blog to make it easier for…
You can upload videos to your Tumblr blog; however, Tumblr limits you to videos that are less than 5 minutes long and 100MB in size. To get around these restrictions, you can embed videos from another…
Facebook's note feature gives you more freedom and flexibility when sharing something with your friends. Not only can you tag your friends in Facebook notes -- which you can't do in wall posts -- you…
Tumblr is a blog solution for mixed-media content, such as photos, audio and videos. It has skyrocketed to success by offering its users a quick way to broadcast content out to the world and to…
Sometimes when you create blog posts on Tumblr, you don't realize that you've made a mistake until after you publish the post. Once you do catch your error, you want to edit the post to fix the…
Creating paragraphs in the Craigslist listing tool is simple, since you can simply push the "Enter" key twice to skip a line and start a new paragraph. However, if you want to learn HTML, the markup…
The style and content of a Tumblr blog is controlled by a cascading style sheet (CSS) working in tandem with HTML and PHP. To help users lacking experience in writing HTML or PHP, Tumblr provides…
As is the case with other popular email provides like Hotmail and Yahoo!, Gmail allows you to create a custom signature you attach at the bottom of all outgoing email messages. To afford you the…
Tumblr is a blogging platform that allows users to add different types of posts, including text, quote, photo, audio and video posts. By default, Tumblr presents you with an easy-to-use WYSIWYG (what…
Hosted by Google, Blogspot, also known as Blogger, is a free blogging platform without ads or a limit on how much authors can write. With the help of its user-friendly interface, users can create a…
Tumblr is an online microblogging service that lets you quickly customize a blog. Once you create an account, you can immediately post text, quotes, links, photos, videos and music for the public to…
When you publish a long post on your Tumblr blog, the length might decrease the readability of the blog because Tumblr's layout is optimized for short-form content, such as brief posts, videos,…
The microblogging service Tumblr uses a visual text editor for making posts or adding descriptions to photos and videos you posted. The text editor allows you to make basic changes to your font…
Tumblr offers thousands of themes -- most free, some for a cost -- to customize the look and feel of your blog. Although most theme preview pages offer an "install" button to apply the theme directly…
Tumblr is a social networking site that allows you to create a free blog about any topic that you choose. When you write a very long text article, you may wish to break up the text by inserting a…
Tumblr is a free micro-blogging site that allows you to post photos, music and text, as well as change your theme to suit your preferences. You can use a Tumblr blog for both personal or professional…
Tumblr, a microblogging platform, allows you to add pictures to your text posts on the blog. These photos are not centered on the screen when you insert them, so you need to add HTML code to center…
There are a handful of reasons that you might want to create three columns in your blog post --- most notably if you're comparing three items. However, Blogger's text editor does not come with a tool…
While Tumblr's audio post feature is a convenient way to share music with your followers directly to their dashboard, you're limited to one audio post per day. If you're posting a podcast, series of…
Blogger is a free service provided with your Google account that allows you to create your own blogs on the Internet. Although there is no direct way to upload images through your Blogger dashboard,…
Digital cameras have evolved rapidly over the years. Many digital cameras, laptop webcams and camera phones sold today can record video footage as well as take photographs. If you've recorded a great…
When you create posts on Tumblr, your font appears in a standard size. It's possible to add some formatting, such as bold, italics and strike-throughs, by using the standard tools on the "Add a Post"…
Tumblr dubs itself "the easiest way to blog." To fulfill this slogan, Tumblr simplifies the process of formatting blog posts. The Add a Text Post page -- the place where you create blog entries --…
Tumblr has been growing as a medium for entertaining and high-traffic content; therefore, it is only natural that many blog owners wish to monetize this content with the addition of advertising.…
Posterous and Tumblr are microblogging platforms designed to allow users to be able to create a blog within minutes and publish multiple types of media quickly and easily. Tumblr had a competitive…
The micro-blogging website Tumblr gives you the ability to create a profile for yourself and display it in the upper-right corner of your blog. This profile contains the title of your blog, as well as…
Anyone can publish a blog with Blogger, the free Google Web design and hosting platform. While some bloggers like to get as wide an audience as possible, others restrict their posts to invited readers…
Adding a widget to Tumblr can help enhance your site and integrate additional functionality within the existing themes. A widget is a small application that lives within a blog theme and adds special…
Sometimes it's helpful to insert HTML Web programming language into a Gmail message, such as inserting a signature with an image or a full HTML email including common HTML elements such as tables,…
Tumblr provides specific icons for specific types of posts, allowing you to access post settings formatted for text, photo, video, audio, links, chats and quotes. The Photos post icon lets you upload…
Twitter allows you to create a profile widget that display your Twitter posts on other websites, such as your Tumblr blog. You will need to configure your widget and copy the widget HTML code on the…
If you're Tumblr blog starts to gain followers and popularity, you have no way of knowing exactly how many visitors and views you're getting from within the platform. Tumblr lets you access your…
If you have agreed to transfer your Tumblr account to another person, Tumblr will allow you to do this without having to notify the company. Once you've taken a few basic steps to facilitate the…
Tumblr is a free microblogging social network you can use to create your own blogs and communicate with other Tumblr users online. The site allows you to select your own themes and layouts for your…
Photos and videos are Tumblr's bread and butter; the microblogging site is a natural choice for sharing this kind of visual content. Tumblr's video-posting feature is designed to work with many…
Tumblr provides the option to post a link to your blog, but using this feature means the link is the actual title of your blog post. If you create a text, photo, video, audio or quote post, the only…
Tumblr is a way to stay connected with the world and share your viewpoints with others through microblogging. Sometimes another person will consistently stalk you through the service while others may…
You do not have to tag your Tumblr blog posts. However, by tagging your posts, you make them searchable on Tumblr so that other users who search for the tag see your tagged post in the results. Tumblr…
Tumblr is a micro-blogging website that allows you to post texts, photos and videos through your computer or smartphone. Displaying a picture onto your Tumblr site can give your audience a better idea…
With Tumblr, you can create multiple blogs with varying topics. If you wish to keep these blogs active, it also takes time to update every one. If you need more time to focus on your primary blog,…
If you have a Tumblr blog you do not have to just post your own original material. Tumblr users expect that others will copy their posts. Most people do not edit the posts that they copy as the Tumblr…
Tumblr's growing popularity makes it easier for your posts to get lost in the depths of your followers' Dashboards, leaving your posts starving for attention -- which on Tumblr equates to "Notes."…
Since its inception, Blogger has allowed users to customize their blogs with a variety of features. Blogger enables users to use detailed templates without any programming experience and customize the…
Tumblr gives you the option to post photos, video, audio and links straight from the Dashboard, eliminating the need to embed HTML. However, when you use the provided icons on your Dashboard to create…
There are two ways that you can share music on your Tumblr: by creating an audio post, or by embedding an audio player into the HTML of your post or page. While an audio post makes it easy for users…
Tumblr has a video post feature where you can post a video that your followers can play directly from their dashboard. While this is convenient, occasionally it comes up where you want to embed a…
You can post static images to your Tumblr blog in a few seconds without any problems. However, if you have ever tried to post an animated gif image on Tumblr, you know that they often do not work…
Blogger blogs offer editing and HTML tools to help authors set anchor text in their blog posts. A hyperlink to a different page is embedded in the anchor text, which readers click on to navigate to…
In an HTML Web page, the amount of white space between lines is typically set to a constant level. If you want to reduce this line spacing, you can do so with a form of HTML called a cascading style…
A common trend on Tumblr is posting GIF images. Some of these images are designed to convey motion in an artist way, such as a scene from a television show or movie; other GIF images are made…
Blogger, also known as Blogspot, lets you create two types of content: pages and posts. A post is dynamic content with categories and tags. Visitors to your blog can subscribe to receive your newest…
Tumblr is a simplified blogging platform that puts ease of use over more complicated features. One of the post types that Tumblr allows users to publish is an audio post. This post type lets you…
While you do not need to know any programming languages to create new posts on Blogger, also known as Blogspot, pasting certain HTML tags into a post can enable you to start learning how to write HTML…
If you want to see the pictures that a user posted on his Tumblr blog, you can scroll through his blog pages to view them all; however, this can be time-consuming, as Tumblr does not keep a user's…
Despite having a rich text editor for all of your text posts, Tumblr does not have a tool that changes your font size. To make your font larger, you have to edit your post in the HTML editor. Although…
Tumblr's rich text editor works like any other text editor when it comes to inserting paragraph breaks, you just need to hit enter. There are two different ways for you to edit your text one is using…
A graphic interchange format, or GIF, is a type of image file that allows various pictures to be displayed one after another, similar to a slide show. A GIF file usually features only a couple of…
Blogger is a free blogging platform offered by Google. Using Blogger, you can include images in your blog posts. When you upload a picture to your Blogger post using the Blogger dashboard, you may…
Tumblr has a built-in audio post feature making it easy to post music to your blog every day. This is the perfect avenue for artists looking for a new way to showcase their work or for podcasters…
Microsoft's Notepad is a versatile text editor that can be used in a limited fashion to write code. While the program lacks the advanced features of costly language editors and compliers it can…
If you have created a hypertext markup language (HTML) web page that contains a form, you can customize the form so that it appears as you want. While multi-option check boxes can often be useful for…
Its difficult to establish your blog's identity without a custom header. The header is the first thing readers view and it should communicate what your blog is about. If you're using Blogger and have…
On the Tumblr platform, edits may be made to the HTML source code using the web browser. Code may be edited in the theme HTML source page to customize features on the Tumblr site. For example, you can…
Tumblr is one of the few blogging platforms that allows users to upload different types of content, which is why you can choose between posting text, photos, videos, links, quotes, IM chats and audio.…
Tumblr offers a Read More function for text posts that allows you to hide any amount of text and images underneath a link. You can employ this tool to hide large images or blocks of texts and avoid…
Tumblr is an online microblogging social network tool that allows you to create short blog posts for other users to read and view. Tumblr allows you to change the look of your blog through a library…
The description on your Blogger blog is the lines that appear below your title. The template determines the font size of this content you use, but you have the option to change this if you prefer…
Tumblr, a free blogging service, offers a feature not often available on free blogging platforms: user-uploaded code. Not only can users upload custom HTML and other source code to their Tumblr blog,…
Want to see all your Tumblr post tags in one place? Try a tag cloud. Tag clouds are a fun way to create a visual display of the topics you post about the most. Tags used more frequently than others…
Blog buttons are small graphics you create for other bloggers and webmasters to place on their sites as a way to link back to your blog. With HTML code, they can hyperlink your blog button so that…
Traditionally, Blogger aligns the title and description of your blog's header on the left side of the page. Fortunately, you have the option to use a workaround and edit the HyperText Markup Language…
For those who want to write diary posts or other types of posts that can't be seen by others, Tumblr allows you to achieve this using "private" posts. By designating a post you're writing as…
Tumblr is a social networking site that allows users to share all types of media. Themes in Tumblr may be customized to hide sections of the page. For example, if the user wanted to hide the people…
Updating a Blogger blog is straightforward with the free content management system that comes with all free Blogger accounts. You can enter text, images and links into new or existing Blogger blog…
By default, the blogging script WordPress allows you to quickly insert text effects into the WYSIWYG editor. However, you may find yourself frequently using a tag that is not in the toolbar by…
The developers behind Tumblr recommend using Google Analytics to check who views your Tumblr blog. Google Analytics is a free online tool to measure website traffic, which means you'll have access to…
Blogspot is the name of blogs on Blogger, Google's online blogging platform, where computer users who have a Google account can make their own blogs. If you are unsatisfied with the current address of…
The defining characteristic of the Internet is hyperlinks, also known as hypertext. (That's the "HT" in "HTTP.") Hypertext is the official term for the links you can click on to go to other Web pages.…
Tumblr is a socially integrated blogging and microblogging platform, which allows you to create traditional long-format blog posts or short posts in the form of quotes, links, videos or music. Social…
While most bloggers only want to write basic blog entries, if you want more control over how your blogs look, then you have to use HTML. On the blogging platform Blogger (previously Blogspot), the…
You can format Amazon Kindle documents using any word processing program and a free conversion software called Calibre. Calibre can convert text documents, and other formats, into MOBI format for…
Changing the color of the scroll bar adds a little more life to your Web pages. You make the change on specific pages within the HTML "head" element. You can change the color of every scroll bar on a…
If you have a lot of people following your Tumblr blog or if you just want to earn revenue from your pages, consider putting an advertisement on your site. These advertisements generally come from…
White font is not commonly used in word processing or Web design. In word processing, the paper on which the document will eventually be printed will most likely be white, making it impossible to see…
One of the selling points of Tumblr is that the blogging platform makes it easy to post a variety of content; there are separate posting modules for text, photos, videos and other content types.…
On Tumblr, a hosted Web blogging service, you log in with your email address and password. Your username is part of your custom blog URL, taking the form username.tumblr.com. If you want to start…
LaTeX, an open source document preparation and typesetting system, takes an alternative approach to word processing compared with a conventional word processor. Rather than provide a set of graphical…
Tumblr widgets are pieces of customized code that allow users to take control of the way their Tumblr pages look and operate. Many websites offer free widget codes that allow users the ability to link…
Adding a little bit of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) code to your HTML survey page will allow you to place a scroll bar in a survey. Placing a scroll bar in a survey can be beneficial if the survey has…
Placing thumbnail images on your website or blog does not require an extensive HTML expertise, but it does require you to have at least a basic HTML knowledge. There are two things that you need to do…
There are three ways to increase the space between columns in a table written in the HTML programming language that is the basis of the Web. You can use the table's "cellspacing" attribute to increase…
Links coded to open in a pop-up window do not include scroll bars by default. You can alter this behavior with an adjustment to the JavaScript pop-up code that will set the pop-up window to include a…
If you want to display several images on one page, you can run into problems if the images are large because the amount of file space the images require to load may cause them to load on the page…
As a Web page owner or designer, you will consider multiple methods that allow you to customize the site and the visitor's experience. Custom graphics and layouts enable you to do this. An additional…
Having a built-in HTML editor would be convenient for Web programmers who do not want to buy expensive software. Unfortunately, Windows Vista does not come with a dedicated Web page editor. You can…
Embedding a QuickTime MP4 file in the HTML of your blog or website allows you to share a video with those who visit your page without needing to send them off of your site to actually view the video.…
Creating a blog post is as simple as logging in, typing it out and posting. Sometimes, however, you may want to add a little something extra to the post. Often, this calls for editing the HTML.…
After you use Microsoft's PowerPoint application to create your presentations, you have several options for distributing your work. One effective way is to save your slides in the HyperText Markup…
Apple's iWeb is GUI (graphical user interface) only. There is no built-in way to manually code or edit HTML. In fact, the HTML isn't generated until you publish the page. You can either publish your…
As you work on your Internet pages, such as a social networking profile, the provider gives you a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) interface. The WYSIWYG…
A horizontal line is a useful element on your website. For example, you can use such a line if you need a clear distinction between different sections on the page, or you can apply this divider to an…
TextEdit is the default text editing application packaged with Apple computers to run on Mac OS X operating systems. It is a typical text editing application in that it allows basic modification of…
An XLS file, which is a file extension associated with Microsoft Excel, is not designed for display within an HTML file in its standard format and cannot be viewed in its pure form on any webpage.…
Websites offer a potential way for businesses and individuals to connect with millions of others on the Internet. Website owners should strive to have a website that is easy to use and navigate. They…
There are two basic methods for writing HTML pages or documents: WYSIWYG and hand-coding. WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get, and it describes a graphic editor that lets you place…
When you develop a Web site in HTML, you can choose to set up a background image that is either a single image or a tiled image. If you tile your background image, browsers that visit the page…
The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) began as an internal project for rendering information in documents. In only a few years time, the popularity of HTML for building functional Web pages spread like…
The interline area in a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) document is the amount of space between two text lines. As you build your pages, consider adjusting this area to better meet your needs and…
When writing HTML code for your website, you can write out text to be displayed on the page. If you have tried to upload a site with just text, though, you will notice that the line breaks you insert…
In HyperText Markup Language (HTML), you can apply a particular font type to your web page to control the appearance of the text in the document. You can combine the HTML code with Cascading Style…
XML is a flexible programming language that easily translates to a variety of applications and environments. Because XML is primarily a method for organizing data, its use is only limited by…
By using HTML you can send an electronic version of your flyer via email and also post your flyer on websites. There are paid programs, such as Constant Contact and iContact (no endorsements), that…
HTML is the acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. It's the language, or code, used to create how pages appear on the Web. Combining ordinary text and special characters, creating a Web page using…
Once you put a website out on the Internet, if someone wants to take your design, it's as simple as looking at your source code. If you want to keep your code hidden, there are numerous softwares…
In order for all web pages to work around the world and through all different computers and browsers, they need to all speak the same language. They also need to use a standard and basic set of…
An automatic script is a script that runs when a page loads from a website; it requires no user action to trigger it. If you want to use this type of script in a website, you can call the script from…
Hypertext Markup Language, or HTML, is the predominant computer programming language used to create and publish web pages. It was designed to be both computer-readable and user-friendly, which allows…
When designing a web page or an entire site in HTML, you might need an HTML drop box. If you are not already familiar with these boxes, they are those nifty little fields (often found in HTML forms)…
Embedding audio in a blog or website can provide users with many benefits. You can set the website or blog to automatically play a song whenever the page opens, or record a greeting for visitors to…
A good way to capture a user's attention on a website is to make a scrolling marquee in HTML. A scrolling marquee acts like it sounds. It causes a word or sentence to "crawl" across the screen. Here…
Iframes are inline frames within a web page that contain another document. Iframes are placed in html documents using the iframe tag. Web developers often find that the internal frame may be too small…
Mozilla's Firebug add-on helps web designers and programmers craft good code for their sites using sleek tools and accessible formats to show page source code in CSS, HTML and web-script languages.…
The convenience of embedding scripting code in HTML documents for web development is undeniable. Having a powerful language like Perl working just like PHP is a very good combination. Embedding Perl…
If you want to insert blank lines or end a line of text before it reaches the right margin, you need a line break tag. Though it seems similar to the paragraph tag, the important difference is that…
It's important to set a title for any web page to give it a finished, professional look. The title also helps search engines find your page and bring it to people's attention. You can set a title in…
Even if you have no idea what HTML is or how to write it, you can still create a layout for your LiveJournal. Using the HTML code that is already set up for your journal you can change the background,…
PHP is a handy web programming language that you can use with HTML. You either can add a section of PHP code to an existing HTML document, or you can add HTML code to a PHP document. Just follow these…
Block quotes offer a way to reference long passages of others' work in a clear, comprehsensible format. You can use this type of quote more easily on the web than in an ordinary text document. All you…
Merging ASP and HTML enables you to create a dynamic website with a wealth of information. Below is an illustration of how to create an ASP page for classic ASP and ASP.NET 2.0 that show the login…
Whether you are a seasoned Web master or a neophyte blogger, having an HTML cheat sheet can make formatting and tagging your page much easier. Once you make an HTML cheat sheet, you can use it as a…
"Dynamic HTML" is a buzzword for special effects that allow words, pictures and letters to perform amazing tricks, such as changing color when passed over by the mouse. FrontPage 2000 does all the…