Author: Jason W

Nameless Div

In the <style> section is where you name your CSS classes, so for example if I want a div to have a solid red border that is one pixel in width I would code it like this: <style> .red-div {border: 1px solid red;}

Author: Jason W

What Does Deprecated Mean?

When reading through a number of HTML/CSS blog posts and comment sections I’ve come across the term “deprecated” quite a few times. At first I ignored it, but after about the 1,589th time seeing it I decided it would be worthwhile to get the formal definition.

Author: Jason W

Not Planning For Larger Screens

The more I learn about coding the more I’m able to identify my mistakes and shortcomings. I coded a ‘Hotel’ page for my South Ataria Island website a couple of weeks ago. Sometime last week I noticed an issue with the display on larger screens, see below:

Author: Jason W

CSS: Using Calc for Height

After successfully using the calc function for width I naturally wondered if I could use the same function for height. At first I thought the answer was a definitive ‘no!’ I tried a couple of calc formulas for height: height: calc(100% – 100px); height: calc(500px + 25%);

Author: Jason W

CSS: Using Calc for Width

For my brother-in-law’s website I came across a layout issue that I resolved by using the ‘calc’ tag. I had a row that had three sections. The middle section contained images that did not resize and thus was to be a static width at all times. The left and right sections contained text and their

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Author: Jason W

WordPress Installation

I originally hand coded this blog, but after about 10 posts it was obvious I was going to need WordPress or some other content management system. There was no way I could create categories and internal links and all of that for each and every individual post.