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Hi, I have Opera 9 browser however it will not load any web pages and i get a blank screen… any help??
Ana
Hi, I have Opera 9 browser however it will not load any web pages and i get a blank screen… any help??
Ana
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Opera Browser Will Not Load Pages?
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Table-less Web Designing: by Pseudo Technology
Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Abhishek asked:
In the previous article “Basic Types and Requirements for Web Designing: PSEUDO TECHNOLOGY” we have discussed about the various techniques of web designing process. But we left the topic of table-less web designing because this topic in itself is a matter of discussion. The first thing you should be aware is that this site is not built using these techniques. The Web Design site on About (and all About sites) is built using tables, and until browsers that support CSS Positioning are more widely used, will be for the foreseeable future. The most important function of table-less web designs is the fact that it greatly facilitates the improvement of accessibility. However they face a bit of difficulty as browser support is minimal.
Browser Support:
CSS Positioning (CSS-P) is the only way to create standards based Web pages using XHTML. Why? Because XHTML requires that tables only be used to define tabular data, and not be used for layout. The problem is, until recently, most browsers only had sketchy support of CSS-P. But now, the following browsers and versions, have minimal to good support of CSS-P, among others:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Netscape Navigator 7
• Netscape Navigator 6
• Opera 6
• Opera 5
• Mozilla 1
• Konqueror 3
• Konqueror 2
Rethinking How You Build a Page:
When you build a site using tables, you have to think in a “tabular” format. In other words, you’re thinking in terms of cells and rows and columns. And your Web pages will reflect that. When you move to a CSS-P web designing, you’ll start thinking of your pages in terms of the content.
For example, the page for this article can be considered to have five content parts:
1. The header
this is where my photo is, the top banner ad, and basic navigation.
2. The left navigation
this is the left side of the page, with the subjects and essentials.
3. The right navigation
this is where the tower ads and other information is.
4. The content
the text of this article.
5. The footer
the bottom navigation, copyright information, lower banner ad, and so on.
Rather than putting those elements in a table, I can use the
In the previous article “Basic Types and Requirements for Web Designing: PSEUDO TECHNOLOGY” we have discussed about the various techniques of web designing process. But we left the topic of table-less web designing because this topic in itself is a matter of discussion. The first thing you should be aware is that this site is not built using these techniques. The Web Design site on About (and all About sites) is built using tables, and until browsers that support CSS Positioning are more widely used, will be for the foreseeable future. The most important function of table-less web designs is the fact that it greatly facilitates the improvement of accessibility. However they face a bit of difficulty as browser support is minimal.
Browser Support:
CSS Positioning (CSS-P) is the only way to create standards based Web pages using XHTML. Why? Because XHTML requires that tables only be used to define tabular data, and not be used for layout. The problem is, until recently, most browsers only had sketchy support of CSS-P. But now, the following browsers and versions, have minimal to good support of CSS-P, among others:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5
• Netscape Navigator 7
• Netscape Navigator 6
• Opera 6
• Opera 5
• Mozilla 1
• Konqueror 3
• Konqueror 2
Rethinking How You Build a Page:
When you build a site using tables, you have to think in a “tabular” format. In other words, you’re thinking in terms of cells and rows and columns. And your Web pages will reflect that. When you move to a CSS-P web designing, you’ll start thinking of your pages in terms of the content.
For example, the page for this article can be considered to have five content parts:
1. The header
this is where my photo is, the top banner ad, and basic navigation.
2. The left navigation
this is the left side of the page, with the subjects and essentials.
3. The right navigation
this is where the tower ads and other information is.
4. The content
the text of this article.
5. The footer
the bottom navigation, copyright information, lower banner ad, and so on.
Rather than putting those elements in a table, I can use the
tag to define the different portions of the content, and then use CSS-P to place the content elements on the page. For the sake of this article, I’m going to pretend there are just three columns on the page, and ignore the header and footer.
Identifying Your Sections
Once you’ve defined the different content areas of your site, you need to write them in your HTML. While you can, generally, place your sections in any order, it’s a good idea to place first items you’d like less advanced browsers to see first.
For my three column layout, I’m going to have three sections:
1.leftnavigation
2. rightnavigation
3. content
These will be defined using div tags with the id attribute. Remember, when you use the id attribute, you need to have a unique name for each id.
1.
2.
3.
Positioning
This is the fun part. Using CSS you can define the position for your id’ed divs. Store your position information in a style call like this:
#content { } Content within a div tag will take up as much space as it can, namely 100% of the width of the current location, or the page. So, to affect the location of a section without forcing it to a fixed width, you can change the padding or the margin elements. For this layout, I set the two navigation columns to fixed widths and then set their position absolute, so that they wouldn’t be impacted by where they are found in the HTML. While the page won’t look wonderful in non-CSS-P browsers, as you can see, it is possible to define how your page will look without any table tags.
The term web designing simply refers to fine art of designing websites that are available on the World Wide Web and are used consistently by individuals. Designers are a very significant part of developing a website as they are responsible for providing color to the external appearance of the website. Therefore, they are vital in providing a lasting impression upon the user, enhancing the popularity of the site. There are various factors and methods that need to be borne in mind when it comes to web designing a website. Websites are filled with written content as well as images and they need to conform to certain forms like JPEG, PNG, GIF and HTML, XHTML etc for written content. One of the methods of designing is known as table-less web design.
Marvin
Creative Website Design
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Sabinder asked:
A Design is an individual display of headers, columns and footers used creatively to create a distinct identity for a website. It involves an aesthetic arrangement of objects on a single page.
There are certain elements that result in creative website design – these elements are the different objects used to create the final layout. Two many elements, too many colors can leave the design looking cluttered. Identifying the elements that are to be a part of the layout is important before proceeding with the design itself.
A complex design is not necessarily a useful design. A design should be useful and straightforward – defining at a glance what the site is about. Get the user to find what they are looking for – at a glance.
Some design elements that can make a significant difference to the performance of a web page are:
The position and color of the primary call to action
The number of elements on a page
The images used on a page
Use of text or image links
The amount of white space used in the background
There are some factors that should be taken into account before designing. These are mentioned below:
CSS
CSS allows complete and total control over the style of a hypertext document. By using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) all pages within the website can have the design elements changed as the designer just needs to edit the style sheet. Using CSS can keep both the style and the content separate. This allows for easier updates and revisions. Because a separate Style sheet is created and linked to all the web pages, you get better control over website edits. So if you want to change a certain aspect of your page, you only need to alter one file, as a single CSS file can contain positioning, layout, font, colors and style information for the entire web site.
When used along with HTML it results in less code hence a faster page load. Since table layouts are not used for positioning elements, text loads really fast, resulting in a fast page load. The Style sheet is downloaded only once, and automatically reused for every page. On an average a website will load four to five times faster if it makes use of cascading style sheets.
For designing a website, make sure that you hire Design Professionals who are well-versed in CSS as well as HTML and can provide you an affordable and creative website design.
Thirdly since the HTML code is a lot cleaner search engines will crawl faster resulting in faster indexing of the webpages.
RESOLUTION
Resolution is the term used to describe the number of dots, or pixels, used to display an image. The higher resolutions mean that more pixels are used to create the image, resulting in a crisper, cleaner image.
When it comes to screen resolution no matter how perfect the design is, if the viewer needs to scroll to the side or the bottom - chances of the viewer leaving are high. Your pages should work at any resolution, from 800×600 to 1280×1024 and beyond. Typically you should design for a 1024×768 setting and ensure that the page contracts properly when viewed in an 800×600 setting.
LAYOUT
There are certain criterions that you can keep in mind when designing a page layout.
Make sure that the key information to be presented is above the fold so that viewers can see the information at a glance without scrolling. Bigger screens show more content above the fold and require less scrolling. Ensure that the absolutely critical information remains visible at 800×600.
Use a liquid layout using percentage widths to control layout. This allows the layout to adjust to the size of the browser window and different screen resolutions. All the web page elements rearrange themselves to suit the browser window or user’s screen resolution, if done correctly.
STYLE
There are no standards about creating any Web 2.0 elements but certain features like clean colors, many gradients (so as to bring about depth and dimension), larger, bolder fonts and greater contrasts in color combined with a lot of white space to create a fresh, clean look are common to most styles. Sharp edges have given way to more rounded corners. Images with reflections and drop shadows are used to give a 3-dimensional finish.
BROWSERS
Common browsers used today are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. Each browser has a different way of interpreting code to display the webpage and design.
How the design is displayed depends a lot on the real estate available on the browser. To ensure that the design does not stretch on different browsers, use
a fixed-width and percentage-based design so that the display can be managed well. For a fixed-width design it is better to have an 800 x 600 resolution.
COLOR
Color can contribute to effective and attractive web designs. If your web site has a solid colored background, make it a Web Safe color so that if the site is displayed on computers displaying 256 colors, the display will be clean and and colors will not break up.
Colors represent the site’s message and should remain consistent throughout the site. Choosing the colors as per what the website is serving can go a long way in creating the right identity. Try not using more than 5-6 colors on a single page as multicolored websites tend to have the fewer visitations.
Warm colors tend to be more exciting and aggressive. Using them in small doses can be inviting and an attention getter. Red is attention grabbing and makes a loud impression; therefore use it in moderation if necessary.
Cool colors (blues, greens,) tend to be more soothing and calming. Creating a site with a combination of warm and cool colors will confuse the visitor. It may make the site look busy and result in quicker exits.
Use colors that represent the theme of your website. For eg. a site dealing with a younger audience can be use more warm colors, sites with a theme of nature would be better using green rather than purple.
FONTS
Fonts that look good on print and fonts look good on a monitor are different. Using a font that is not common and not installed on most computers will end up rendering distorted text when the page is displayed. To improve the readability of your text makes sure that there is a contrast between the color of your text and the color of the background on which the text is displayed. Black or grey on a white background works the best.
When selecting a font check the font for simple strokes, good height, good spacing between the letters. This makes readability easier on the eye. Some of the most widely used fonts are:
Verdana
This font was designed for the screen and is the most common sans-serif typeface used on the Web today. The ample amount of space between each character, as well as the amount of white space within the characters makes this font legible on screen.
Trebuchet
This is another popular font designed for the screen. Trebuchet’s strokes are blocky and clear, it has a good height (large x-height) thus increases legibility even at a smaller size.
Helvetica
With large x-height this font transfers well on screen.
SEARCH ENGINES
Taking a little care that the website being designed uses search engine friendly web development allows the site to be reachable by search engines and will make a difference to the numbers that a website can reach. Following search engine design guidelines that keep the site on the right side of search engines will help in getting better search engine placement and better returns.
Martha
A Design is an individual display of headers, columns and footers used creatively to create a distinct identity for a website. It involves an aesthetic arrangement of objects on a single page.
There are certain elements that result in creative website design – these elements are the different objects used to create the final layout. Two many elements, too many colors can leave the design looking cluttered. Identifying the elements that are to be a part of the layout is important before proceeding with the design itself.
A complex design is not necessarily a useful design. A design should be useful and straightforward – defining at a glance what the site is about. Get the user to find what they are looking for – at a glance.
Some design elements that can make a significant difference to the performance of a web page are:
The position and color of the primary call to action
The number of elements on a page
The images used on a page
Use of text or image links
The amount of white space used in the background
There are some factors that should be taken into account before designing. These are mentioned below:
CSS
CSS allows complete and total control over the style of a hypertext document. By using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) all pages within the website can have the design elements changed as the designer just needs to edit the style sheet. Using CSS can keep both the style and the content separate. This allows for easier updates and revisions. Because a separate Style sheet is created and linked to all the web pages, you get better control over website edits. So if you want to change a certain aspect of your page, you only need to alter one file, as a single CSS file can contain positioning, layout, font, colors and style information for the entire web site.
When used along with HTML it results in less code hence a faster page load. Since table layouts are not used for positioning elements, text loads really fast, resulting in a fast page load. The Style sheet is downloaded only once, and automatically reused for every page. On an average a website will load four to five times faster if it makes use of cascading style sheets.
For designing a website, make sure that you hire Design Professionals who are well-versed in CSS as well as HTML and can provide you an affordable and creative website design.
Thirdly since the HTML code is a lot cleaner search engines will crawl faster resulting in faster indexing of the webpages.
RESOLUTION
Resolution is the term used to describe the number of dots, or pixels, used to display an image. The higher resolutions mean that more pixels are used to create the image, resulting in a crisper, cleaner image.
When it comes to screen resolution no matter how perfect the design is, if the viewer needs to scroll to the side or the bottom - chances of the viewer leaving are high. Your pages should work at any resolution, from 800×600 to 1280×1024 and beyond. Typically you should design for a 1024×768 setting and ensure that the page contracts properly when viewed in an 800×600 setting.
LAYOUT
There are certain criterions that you can keep in mind when designing a page layout.
Make sure that the key information to be presented is above the fold so that viewers can see the information at a glance without scrolling. Bigger screens show more content above the fold and require less scrolling. Ensure that the absolutely critical information remains visible at 800×600.
Use a liquid layout using percentage widths to control layout. This allows the layout to adjust to the size of the browser window and different screen resolutions. All the web page elements rearrange themselves to suit the browser window or user’s screen resolution, if done correctly.
STYLE
There are no standards about creating any Web 2.0 elements but certain features like clean colors, many gradients (so as to bring about depth and dimension), larger, bolder fonts and greater contrasts in color combined with a lot of white space to create a fresh, clean look are common to most styles. Sharp edges have given way to more rounded corners. Images with reflections and drop shadows are used to give a 3-dimensional finish.
BROWSERS
Common browsers used today are Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. Each browser has a different way of interpreting code to display the webpage and design.
How the design is displayed depends a lot on the real estate available on the browser. To ensure that the design does not stretch on different browsers, use
a fixed-width and percentage-based design so that the display can be managed well. For a fixed-width design it is better to have an 800 x 600 resolution.
COLOR
Color can contribute to effective and attractive web designs. If your web site has a solid colored background, make it a Web Safe color so that if the site is displayed on computers displaying 256 colors, the display will be clean and and colors will not break up.
Colors represent the site’s message and should remain consistent throughout the site. Choosing the colors as per what the website is serving can go a long way in creating the right identity. Try not using more than 5-6 colors on a single page as multicolored websites tend to have the fewer visitations.
Warm colors tend to be more exciting and aggressive. Using them in small doses can be inviting and an attention getter. Red is attention grabbing and makes a loud impression; therefore use it in moderation if necessary.
Cool colors (blues, greens,) tend to be more soothing and calming. Creating a site with a combination of warm and cool colors will confuse the visitor. It may make the site look busy and result in quicker exits.
Use colors that represent the theme of your website. For eg. a site dealing with a younger audience can be use more warm colors, sites with a theme of nature would be better using green rather than purple.
FONTS
Fonts that look good on print and fonts look good on a monitor are different. Using a font that is not common and not installed on most computers will end up rendering distorted text when the page is displayed. To improve the readability of your text makes sure that there is a contrast between the color of your text and the color of the background on which the text is displayed. Black or grey on a white background works the best.
When selecting a font check the font for simple strokes, good height, good spacing between the letters. This makes readability easier on the eye. Some of the most widely used fonts are:
Verdana
This font was designed for the screen and is the most common sans-serif typeface used on the Web today. The ample amount of space between each character, as well as the amount of white space within the characters makes this font legible on screen.
Trebuchet
This is another popular font designed for the screen. Trebuchet’s strokes are blocky and clear, it has a good height (large x-height) thus increases legibility even at a smaller size.
Helvetica
With large x-height this font transfers well on screen.
SEARCH ENGINES
Taking a little care that the website being designed uses search engine friendly web development allows the site to be reachable by search engines and will make a difference to the numbers that a website can reach. Following search engine design guidelines that keep the site on the right side of search engines will help in getting better search engine placement and better returns.
Martha
