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How to Set Up your Desk as a Programmer for Maximum Productivity
As a programmer, your desk is the portal to everything you do. Every line of code you write, CSS you minify or updates you push out is done right there. See how to set up your desk for maximum productivity.

Fixing mobile usability issues to comply with Google- a quick start guide
A site's mobile usability will now play an important role in how well your site ranks on Google for mobile searches. In this quick start guide we show you how to quickly address the key mobile issues that result in a failing grade for Google, and also, tips on taking your site a step further to become fully responsive.

Beginner's Guide to SSI (server side includes)
An easy to follow guide on SSI and how to use this feature to do handy tasks such as include the contents of an external file, display the current server date or time, get the user's IP address and more.

Introduction to "robots.txt"
Dictate what search engines such as Google and other crawlers can -and cannot- crawl on your site, through a magical little file called "robots.txt."

Adding a doctype to your webpage
See how to add a valid doctype to the top of your page, the first step to ensuring a standards compliant webpage.

Ada's Introduction to CGI and SSI
Concise, easy to follow tutorial on CGI installation, programming, and SSI (server side includes).

XHTML explained
I’m sure you’ve heard people mumbling about XHTML and how it combines HTML and XML to create the "next generation" of HTML. This guest article provides a quick run down of what XHTML is, its benefits, how it can be used, and what it looks like.

What is ASP.net?
You've probably heard of the term ASP.net thrown around on technology sites and news these days. Now get an overview of just what ASP.net is with this article.

Comprehensive guide to .htaccess
.htaccess is a mysterious file on your server that can do wonders for your site. Get the lowdown on .htaccess and how to use it to customize your site's error pages, password protect directories, deny user(s) by IP, and more!

Adding search to your site
As your site grows in pages, so does the time required for visitors to locate specific information on it. Learn about the various options you have in implementing search on your site.

PHP vs CGI
Take this crash course on PHP, and see how it could be a smart alternative to using CGI to add interactivity to your site.

Learning about Conditional SSI
Take SSI (Server Side Includes) to the next level, and learn how to apply logic to this nifty server side feature!

Creating HTML image maps
Image maps continue to elude many webmasters in terms of their implementation. Nebojsa Pajkic guest stars in this tutorial to show you how to create HTML image maps!

Adding a favorites icon to your site (Favicon)
Have you ever added a site to your favorites menu in modern browsers such as IE and Firefox, and noticed that the site's custom icon shows up alongside the site's title in the menu? See how to add a Favicon to your site!

Conditional comments of IE
Learn about a revolutionary new feature in IE that allows you to conditionally comment out certain portions of your page, so only the specified browser interprets and renders them. It's traditional HTML comments with a brain!

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Creating tooltips using the title attribute of HTML 4
By default, whenever you move your mouse over images with the alt attribute specified, a small window of text- or tooltip- pops up. Now learn how to add this nifty feature to other elements in your document as well.

Techniques for creating inter-page slideshows
You saw earlier in the month how to create an image slideshow. Now its the document's turn.

How do I create a CGI based redirect page?
You probably already know how to redirect users to a different page using HTML or JavaScript. Now, complete your redirection skills by learning how to create a redirect page using CGI...

Understanding the <button> tag of HTML 4.0
In this tutorial, we will discuss how to use the <button> tag of HTML 4.0 to create colorful form buttons that can be decorated with both images and fancy text.

How do I add frames to my web pages?
Want to learn how to add frames to your pages? You got it!

Applying a border frame to the document using CSS
With CSS, webmasters can apply a border to a html document, making the document appear as if it's enclosed in a picture frame.

Techniques for eliminating a document's default margins
Margins, margins, margins. Every HTML document online has one surrounding it. Learn in our latest web building tutorial how to eliminate this default margin that plagues all webpages.
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Embedding a document inside another using the <iframe> tag
This tutorial looks at using the <iframe> tag to include an external page onto the current. It also discusses link targeting, and removing the visible borders around an iframe.

Beginner's Guide to SSI (server side includes)
An easy to follow guide on  SSI and how to use this feature to do handy tasks such as include the contents of an external file, display the current server date or time, get the user's IP address and more.

Adding an interactive poll to your site
Polls are fast way to add a lot of interactivity to a site with very little hassle. We've compiled a list of great poll scripts and hosted poll services you can use to add a poll to your site.

Adding a discussion forum to your site
In this tutorial, I'll show you the two possible ways to adding a forum to your site, and wrap things up with a brief tour on the evolution of our very own forum- The JK Help forum.

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Learning about Conditional SSI
Take SSI (Server Side Includes) to the next level, and learn how to apply logic to this nifty server side feature!

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