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Ecommerce sites consist of code. We address many code-related topics, including where to learn code, minimizing technology risks, automated testing, HTTP status codes, JSON-LD, CSS and JavaScript frameworks, and more.

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Flash or HTML: Which to Choose

October 16, 2006 • Brian Getting

The question of whether it is better to design a website using Flash rather than using just HTML has sparked many debates among web developers. For the most part, it seems that developers tend to defend what they know, although there are some important differences between a pure HTML we...
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Tech Support: Isolate CSS and Javascript

October 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

Last month we discussed the separation of content, design and functionality when it comes to developing a website. We introduced the idea that HTML documents should contain primarily content, with as little markup code as possible. The reason for this is that any extra code dilutes the ...
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Optimizing HTML Code for Maximum SEO

February 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

Overview Search engine optimization has come to the forefront in recent years as competition for search engine rankings increases. Online business owners often times rely heavily on search engines to generate traffic to their websites, which in turn increases the chances of those visit...
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Combining CSS and JavaScript to Save Page Space

February 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

Overview Real estate on a website has become a valuable commodity. Website owners and designers are faced with the challenge of providing enough content to satisfy their visitors, while also maintaining the visual appeal and usability of the website. On one end of the spectrum is a web...
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HTML Email: Effectiveness Requires Planning

January 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

Email can be an essential tool for every online retailer. Professional-looking emails instill confidence, build brand awareness, and increase customer loyalty. Retailers can send email communications using HTML that are as visually engaging and effective. There are a couple of points, h...
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An Introduction to CSS: Part 3

January 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

In this tutorial, we will introduce the idea of using CSS to format a web page by using ID selectors. By using techniques from our previous tutorials, we will create an entire page formatted with only CSS.
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Encoding Images Using HTML

January 1, 2006 • Brian Getting

Overview One of the most basic HTML elements is the image tag, which is used to tell a browser to display an image on a webpage. While it is a simple tag to learn, the image tag has quite a few attributes that are important to be aware of. For example, using these attributes we can tel...
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An Introduction to CSS: Part 2

December 1, 2005 • Brian Getting

In "Part 1" of this CSS tutorial, we learned how to apply CSS styles to HTML tags using tag selectors. Using these tag selectors we could format information using an external style sheet rather than putting all the formatting code into the HTML.
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An Introduction to CSS: Part 1

November 1, 2005 • Brian Getting

Cascading Style Sheets allow designers to create HTML that is structured in a search-engine-friendly way and appealing to users.
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An Introduction to XML

November 1, 2005 • Brian Getting

Extensible Markup Language — XML — is a system of tags that identify discreet units of information for processing. XML was created to allow documents to be used on the web.
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HTML E-Mail: Text Font Readability Study

March 1, 2001 • Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

In February 2001 my Doctor Ebiz readers patiently answered survey after survey to help me determine what they considered the most readable fonts and sizes for HTML e-mail. While this may come as no surprise to you, it is causing me to change my standards.