Frontend Dogma

“1990s” Archive

(Frontend Dogma is a constant work in progress, but that’s particularly true for the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s. Reach out to suggest articles, videos, and books from these decades—including your own.)

Entry (Sources) and Other Related TopicsDate#
An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)167
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Writing for the Web166
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HTML 4.01 Specification (leh+/w3c)165
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How to Save Hours With SSIs164
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The 60 Second Battle: Keeping the Visitor163
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XML Looks Like a Winner, but Where Are Its Tag Sets?162
XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 (w3c)161
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Making Sites Accessible to the Whole Wide World160
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The Money Page (ali)159
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Graceful Degradation of Scalable Internet Services158
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How the Web Works: HTTP and CGI Explained (lar)157
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An Introduction to XML (lar)156
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Where the Web Leads Us (tim)155
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Ten Good Deeds in Web Design154
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Detect-and-Route With JavaScript (mho)153
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Design Web Pages With Class (mho)152
Building Worldwide Web Sites151
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Conformance Testing for XML Processors150
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Markup Languages149
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Reduce Network Traffic With Web Caching148
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evolt.org Browser Archive147
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What Is XML?146
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Web 101 for Dummies145
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Why Open Standards Are a Myth (cne)144
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JavaScript Guidelines and Best Practice143
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Everything You Never Need to Know About HTML 4.0 (mho)142
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Netscape Bites Bullet (zel/ali)141
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Framesets and Nested Frames140
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The Web Accessibility Initiative: A Reality Check (zdn)139
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What Are Web Standards and Why Should I Use Them? (wa)138
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Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach137
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to XML (zdn)136
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A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results135
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Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve (zdn)134
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XSL Considered Harmful133
Who Commits the “Top Ten Mistakes” of Web Design?132
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The Single Pixel GIF131
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (w3c)130
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“Top Ten Mistakes” Revisited Three Years Later129
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Getting Started With XML Programming (ndw)128
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25 Top Unsung Heroes on the Net (zdn)127
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Stuck With Old Browsers Until 2003126
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Access for All125
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The Creative Process (ali)124
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Fear of Style Sheets (zel/ali)123
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How to Spruce Up Your E-Mail With HTML (cnn)122
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Vendors Can’t Agree on XML Data Exchange121
Basic Image Insertion120
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XML: More Than Just a Quick Fix119
Differences Between Print Design and Web Design118
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Writing for the Web (zel/ali)117
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Redefining Possible (ali)116
Comparing XSL and CSS (ndw)115
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Weaving the Web (tim/w3c)114
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Cool URIs Don’t Change (tim/w3c)113
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The Extensible Style Language112
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Reformulating HTML in XML (w3c)111
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Application Servers: An Introduction (inf)110
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A Technical Introduction to XML (ndw)109
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Validators108
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Java-Related HTML Tags (djf)107
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Microcontent: How to Write Headlines, Page Titles, and Subject Lines106
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Extensible Forms Description Language (XFDL) 4.0 (tim+/w3c)105
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WAI Scenarios for Accessibility (w3c)104
Collecting Your Font Styles103
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Tagset for Compact HTML102
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Graceful Degradation101
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Why Attribute Values Should Always Be Quoted in HTML100
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Nesting99
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Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 1.0 Specification (w3c)98
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Fighting Linkrot97
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 (ber+/w3c)96
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Namespaces Put “Extensibility” in XML (zdn)95
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HDML, Take Two (wir)94
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Metadata: The Matchmaker of the Web (zdn)93
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Cost of User Testing a Website92
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Accessibility for All (zdn)91
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W3C Eases Web Use (zdn)90
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One Man’s Vision of the Web’s Future (tim)89
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XML Gets Ready for Prime Time (inf)88
MSNBC Makes News by Making HTML Dynamic (zdn)87
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Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag86
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W3C Announces CSS2 as a Proposed Recommendation85
Short Take: HTML Guild Joins W3C (cne)84
Tracking the Growth of a Site83
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W3C Gives XML Room to Run (wir)82
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Compact HTML for Small Information Appliances (w3c)81
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W3C Issues Accessibility Draft (cne)80
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WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Page Authoring (w3c)79
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Adding Sense to Sensory on the Web (wir)78
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32 Ways to Build a Better Web (zdn)77
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Unified Web Site Accessibility Guidelines (w3c)76
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Getting Started With Tables75
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Using Link Titles to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going74
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The Web in 1998: Some Predictions73
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W3C OKs Next Generation HTML (zdn)72
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“How Do I Force…?”71
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Getting Started [With JavaScript]70
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Tricks With Tables69
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The Evolution of Web Documents (dck+)68
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XML and CSS67
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XML, Java, and the Future of the Web66
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The Web Is Ruined and I Ruined It65
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A Component Testing Method64
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Why Advertising Doesn’t Work on the Web63
Using Standard HTML (tim)62
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Frames61
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Introduction to DSSSL60
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Law and the Web: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (cne)59
[Dan’s Web Tips] Introduction58
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Titles, “meta” Tags, “link” Tags, and Search Engine Robots57
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Effective Use of Style Sheets56
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Multi-Purpose Publishing Using HTML, XML, and CSS (w3c)55
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Dynamic HTML Should Ease Web Animation, Interactivity (zdn)54
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Designing the Look-and-Feel With New Style53
Mathematical Markup Language (w3c)52
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HTML Tips and Tricks (cne)51
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Internet Explorer 4.0—Will Microsoft Squash Its Rivals?50
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Using Frames: Some Examples of Good Frames Usage49
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W3C Unveils a Cure for Web Crawl48
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Handheld Device Markup Language FAQ (w3c)47
Putting HTML 3.2 to Work on Your Pages46
Amaya New Features History (w3c)45
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Hypertext Links in HTML (dck+/w3c)44
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Be Succinct (Writing for the Web)43
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SGML, XML, and Structured Document Interchange (w3c)42
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Explanation of HTML Style Sheets41
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An Introduction to Amaya (w3c)40
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DSSSL: An Introduction39
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Extensible Hyper Linkage (XHL) (tim+/w3c)38
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Anatomy of a Java Applet37
Introduction to SGML36
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Tab Stops for CSS (w3c)35
HTML 3.2 Reference Specification (w3c)34
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Art and the Zen of Web Sites33
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Take Advantage of User-Defined Variables in JavaScript (inf)32
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The World Wide Web Consortium Issues Cascading Style Sheets Recommendation (w3c)31
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Aural Presentation With CSS Style Sheets (svg/w3c)30
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Line Mode Browser Commands (tim/w3c)29
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World Wide Web: The Consortium, and Plans for the Future (tim)28
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Understanding and Using JavaScript Statements (inf)27
Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time)26
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Should Netscape Control the Web25
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Vint Cerf Predicts the Future24
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Between the Style Sheets23
Netscape Living Internet Years (cne)22
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WWW: Beyond the Basics21
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JavaScript-Based Style Sheets (bre+/w3c)20
DSSSL Online Application Profile19
HTML Predefined Icon-Like Symbols (ber/w3c)18
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Content Negotiation Explained17
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HTTP Further Clogs Congested Arteries16
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Debugging JavaScript Programs (inf)15
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Extending the Web’s Tag Set Using SGML: The Grif Symposia Authoring Tool14
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DSSSL Syntax Summary Index13
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Internet in Africa12
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Style Sheets for Producing Spoken Renderings (w3c)11
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In Defense of Print10
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 (ber/w3c)9
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Netscape and Sun Announce JavaScript, the Open, Cross-Platform Object Scripting Language for Enterprise Networks and the Internet8
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Guidelines for Multimedia on the Web7
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Giving Information About Other Resources in HTML (tim/w3c)6
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A Little History of the World Wide Web (w3c)5
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Hypertext Markup Language 2.0 (tim+/w3c)4
DSSSL3
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Some Background on SGML for the World-Wide Web (dck/w3c)2
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Features Added [to Line Mode Browser 1.3a] (tim+)1
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