Tip of the Day

Don't create the website just for your browser. Make sure that at least the website is supported in all major browsers.

What I mean is: don't design your website with technologies that are supported in only certain major browsers. Your site needs to display the same on all 5 of the major browsers. Those are:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera

Do not worry about Netscape. Netscape has left because of nobody using it. Just only focus on the browsers shown above. I use Google Chrome, which continues to increase in popularity. Also remember to use the latest standards.

Some useful tips below (using today's standards):

• When aligning elements to the center, the CSS coding "margin:auto" should be used. For it to work in Internet Explorer, add a !DOCTYPE declaration that will work in IE.
• If adding HTML5 video or audio to your website, make sure you also have an older way of playing media on your website. For example, the "audio" and "video" element both allow you to tell when they are supported in a browser or not. Just insert text in between the start and end tags. In the text should be a link to the same video, just done in a way that all browsers will support it. If you don't understand what I'm talking about, ask me in the comment box.
• In the future, browsers will not support the "font" tag.
• It can be useful to look up what to and what not to use when making a website. You even want your website to work in IE6.

This should be a useful tip for you. Most experienced developers already know this stuff.