Web Development Tips

Web Development is a broad term for any activity related to developing a web site for the World Wide Web or an intranet. This can include e-commerce business development, web design, web content development, client-side/server-side scripting, and web server configuration. However, among web professionals, "web development" usually refers only to the non-design aspects of building web sites, e.g. writing markup and coding.

Web development

can range from developing the simplest static single page of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, or social network services.

Web Development Tips
Use a common structure for your site pages - Learn how to create Dreamweaver Templates
• Place common code into include files - Learn how to create and use
• Create rollover buttons/images in Dreamweaver.
Fireworks Tips
• Create rollover buttons/images in Fireworks.
• Create Swap images in Fireworks. Create animated gifs. JavaScript (CSS Styles)
•Text Rollovers
•Links Without Underlines
•If any CSS styles made by you is not working in Netscape just check if you have given a name for the style with a special character like(_), which are not accepted by netscape. CSS Styles Tutorial
JavaScript (DHTML) Tips
Self-submitting and URL redirecting list Box:
This tip tell you how to make a list box that directs the user to another page when one of the options is just selected.
•If you have a Category list (select) box in a form named 'frmTemp' (whose action should be tag. •Now in the tag have the value of each option as the URL of the page you want to redirect to. •Now in the programming language that you are using check if the form has been submitted and redirect the page to the URL got from the value of 'lstCategory'. •Remember page redirection should be done before sending any data to the users browser. •When dealing with Databases it is always advisable to 'Open the connection at the latest and Close it at the earliest'. •Don't create recordsets for insert and update statements. If your database connection name is 'DBConn' then use DBConn.execute (SQLString). •Use stored procedures to the Max. They are inevitable faster than executing SQL statements. •For the display of records for 'read only and forward only cursor movement' operation use the 'Set rsRecordSet=DBConn.execute("Select SQL statement")' statement. •Set all variables assigned using the 'SET' operator to 'Nothing' as soon as you are finished with using them. This includes the Connection Object, Recordsets, fields, etc