Web Publishing

The ISO 8859-1 Character Set

The HTML specifications state that the ISO 8859-1 character set should be used in HTML documents.

The following 2 links present a list of only those ISO 8859-1 characters that differ from plain standard ASCII.

Special characters in HTML - Sorted List
Full list of special characters, sorted by their decimal numbers.
Special characters in HTML - Quick search Tables
Several tables of special characters, grouped by usage.

The <title> tag
<meta> tags
Site navigation tags
Right now, only Opera and a Firefox add-on support this feature.
But who knows, by using it in many sites it may one day become accepted and implemented in other browsers too.

Stupid htaccess Tricks
Detailed explanation of the Apache webserver's .htaccess commands.
Understanding Apache htaccess
Another detailed explanation of the Apache webserver's .htaccess commands.
The Risks And Reality of Third-party Javascript
How third party scripts (e.g. ads, counters, etc.) can crash your site, and how to prevent this.
Link prefetching FAQ
Preload (prefetch) web pages or images with HTML only.
Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6
Cross-Browser CSS Gradient
Gradients with CSS only.
Font Embedding for the Web with Microsoft's Web Embedding Fonts Tool (WEFT)
Seven Web Fonts showcases

Web WhoAmI
Retrieve visitor's IP address and country.
Cooltext.com
Generate custom logos, buttons, etc.
Web2PDF Online
Save your web pages as PDF.
FavIcon from Pics
Google Maps
Create links to your preconfigured maps.
Use the top-level domain of the country you need, i.e. maps.google.ca for Canada, maps.google.fr for France, etc.
Add to TomTom
Click to save a location to your TomTom navigator.
For Dutch websites: NS (Dutch Railways) planner widget

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