If you used all of these techniques on one site you'd have to glue a porkchop to the monitor to have the dog hit on it. Look for one trick that you thought was too hard that turns out to be easy. Start small.
If you live in San Antonio, come to my "Jumpstart your Homepage" class. It meets on the second Wednesday of every month, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the Alamo PC Learning Center, on the lower level of Crossroads Mall. It's free, and you don't even have to be a member of Alamo PC. You can call the Learning Center at 210-736-0700 for more details.
June, 2003: Tricks with Cascading Style Sheets- Highlighted text
- Colored scroll bars
- No underlines on links
- Format text in a table
July, 2003:Fill-in-the-blank Web design
- Make a dropdown menu
- Meta tag generator
- Create a color scheme
- Create new colors
- Make frames
- Generate tables
- Check screen resolution
- Make buttons
August, 2003: Free data feeds
- Weather sticker
- Poll your visitors
- Add a link to Congress
- Gas Buddy
- Computer virus warnings
- News tickers
- Sticky Web
September, 2003: You say Mañana, I say Banana
- Spanish language codes
- Punctuation codes
- Sub- and superscripts
- Onscreen <&>
October, 2003: Making Photos Load Faster
- Size matters
- Optimizing graphics
- Optimization software
- Thumbnail galleries and software
- GIF vs. JPG
November, 2003: Your site is alive with the sound of music
- Adding background sound
- Using a frame for continuous sound
- Adding a sound link
- How to link a RealAudio file
- Midi and WAV sources
December, 2003: JavaScripts: This is your Site on Caffeine
- Popup windows
- Close popup windows
- Starburst trailing cursor
- Moving Images
- ImageRollovers
- Script sources
January, 2004: Background Graphics
- Fixed backgrouds: HTML and CSS
- Making seamless tiles
- Scrolling background
February, 2004: Links and Page Transitions
- Open link in new window
- Targets and names
- Using graphics as links
- Dropdown menu
- Links change color
- Meta Refresh
- Page transitions
March, 2004: Mini Case Study - Glossaries
- Glossary page
- Glossary frame
- Tooltips
- DHTML tooltips
- Popup window
- Link to outside dictionary
April, 2004: Copy-and-Paste Your Way to Fame and Fortune
- How to copy-and-paste
- Preventing others from copying your text
- Preventing others from copying your graphics
- Eliminating >>> from e-mail, the lazy way
- View document source
- Lorem Ipsum generator
May, 2004: Adding function to your site - remotely
- E-cards
- Discussion boards
- Chat rooms
- Tell-a-friend
- E-mail lists
- Guest books
- Hit counters
- Search engines.
June, 2004: Finding a home for your home page
- Shared hosting
- Free hosting
- Free ISP hosting
July, 2004: Webmastering on the Road
- Laptop or borrowed computer?
- Software to take with you
- Travelogues
August, 2004: Making your site Accessible
- Alt Tags, D-links and Longdesc
- Color blindness
- Accessibility tests
September, 2004: Getting Found
- Meta Tags
- Title Tags
- Reciprocal Links, Banners and Web Rings
- Search Engine Optimization Resources
October, 2004: Copyrights and Copy Wrongs
- Copyright law
- Protecting your copyright
- What's legal to copy
- HTML code for © ® ™
November, 2004: Forms
- Buttons, checkboxes, Dropdown boxes and Text Entry
- Send buttons
- Form processing
December, 2004: Domain Names
- What is a domain?
- Buying a domain name
- Tips for picking your domain name
January, 2005: Specialized Software
- AAA-Logo
- Xara Menu Maker
- CoffeeCup DHMTL Menu Maker
- Picture Dicer
February, 2005: Blogs
- Using Blogger
- Adding photos with Hello and BuzzNet
- Adding audio with AudioBlogger
- Google toolbar blog button
March, 2005: Tables I - Lines
- Table Basics
- Table Borders
- Table rules (the lines inside the table)
- Getting rid of ugly border shading
- Adding color to borders and rules
- Spanning rows and columns
April, 2005: Tables II - Width
- Pixels or percentages?
- The magical invisible dot
- Making columns equal width
- Liquid design
If you'd like to jazz up your Web site, or learn how to perform a few nifty Web tricks, you're in the right place. I'm going to share my lazy tricks with you.
