Author: Terry White

In the past, embedding a video in a HTML webpage was not an easy task because just like in the case of audio files, there were no standard methods of attaching media files to web documents. You can use the new HTML 5 <video> element to attach video files as shown in the example below. Other methods of attaching media files are still available to developers, but they are not as reliable as using the <video> element. Embedding YouTube videos There are many developers who prefer uploading their videos to YouTube first before attaching them to their documents using code.…

An HTML Web Workers, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium and the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, is a JavaScript script executed from an HTML page that runs in the background, independently of scripts that may also have been executed from the same HTML page. Web Workers allow for long-running scripts that are not interrupted by scripts that respond to clicks or other user interactions and allow long tasks to be executed without yielding to keep the page responsive. The Web Workers specification defines an API for spawning background scripts in your web application. Web Workers allow you to do…

HTML Application Cache Conventionally, web based applications only work when a computer has an active connection to the Internet. The new application cache feature in HTML 5 enables a browser to save all of a websites resources so that it can display correctly even when the computer is not connected to the Internet. Apart from enabling offline browsing, using the HTML 5 application cache feature improves performance by eliminating the need to load resources from the web server each time the user on the client computer makes a request to access cached pages. It also reduces server load in that…

HTML: The basics The first thing you need to grasp is how to create a HTML document. This first step requires you to have two basic tools, which are namely, a text editor and web browser software. To get started, begin with simple text editors like notepad for Microsoft users and TextEdit for those who prefer Macs. At the end of this tutorial learners should be capable of creating simple HTML file that displays the message hello world on a web browser. Step One Open a new file on your text editor and save it as helloworld.html. Note that it…

Use best practice HTML5 when building blocks for the development of a web application are HTML, CSS, and Javascript. To make a website appear good and function as expected, we need a minimum of these technologies.  HTML is the backbone of the entire web application, without HTML the web application cannot exist. As for CSS and Javascript, a website can be created without these, but such a website would be of no use. HTML Basic document Heading Paragraphs link Image HTML Text H1 – H6 line break Text formatting Sub and Superscript Long and short quotations Abbreviations and acronyms deleted…

SEO interview question Search engine optimization is the process of increasing the quality and quantity of website traffic, increasing visibility of a website or a web page to users of a web search engine. SEO refers to the improvement of unpaid results, and excludes the purchase of paid placement. Benefits of SEO The Results are Low Cost (In Comparison to Adwords and PPC) Definite Increase in Traffic Higher Brand Credibility, People Trust Google Better ROI (Return on Investment) Than Normal Ads Your Competitors Are Doing It Take Your Business to the Next Level 250 Million Websites on the Web, SEO…