Category Archives: HTML

DOCTYPE Declarations

The first thing that should be in your HTML files is a DOCTYPE declaration.  In the past, I have simply copied them when I have used them at all, without really thinking about what was in them.  Today, I have … Continue reading

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Displaying the Correct Time for Your Time Zone

Let’s say that you want to display the time on your HTML page.  You could do it like this in test.html: <html> <body> <!–#config timefmt=”%I:%M %p %Z” –> <p><!–#echo var=”DATE_LOCAL”–></p> </body> </html> That works fine as long as your ISP … Continue reading

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Displaying a Copyright Year on an HTML Page

Let’s say that you’re building a large website in HTML.  The client wants to display a copyright declaration on each page of the site using the current year.  If the year is hard-coded on the site on each page, this … Continue reading

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Including HTML Files in an HTML File

Let’s say that you are building a site with several different HTML pages.  You want them all to have the same template and menu structure.  This would require a lot of duplicated code in each page of the site.  Wouldn’t … Continue reading

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