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#
Writing for the Web (mat/sit)148
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An Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (mat/sit)147
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HTML 4.01 Specification (dra+/w3c)146
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How to Save Hours With SSIs (mat/sit)145
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The 60 Second Battle: Keeping the Visitor (mat/sit)144
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XML Looks Like a Winner, but Where Are Its Tag Sets?143
XSL Transformations (XSLT) Version 1.0 (w3c)142
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Making Sites Accessible to the Whole Wide World (the)141
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The Money Page (ala/ali)140
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Graceful Degradation of Scalable Internet Services (nng)139
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How the Web Works: HTTP and CGI Explained (lar)138
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An Introduction to XML (lar)137
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Where the Web Leads Us (tim)136
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Ten Good Deeds in Web Design (nng)135
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Detect-and-Route With JavaScript (mho/ibm)134
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Building Worldwide Web Sites (ibm)133
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Design Web Pages With Class (mho/ibm)132
Conformance Testing for XML Processors131
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Reduce Network Traffic With Web Caching (raw/ibm)130
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Web 101 for Dummies129
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What Is XML? (mar/obj)128
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Why Open Standards Are a Myth (cne)127
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JavaScript Guidelines and Best Practice126
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Everything You Never Need to Know About HTML 4.0 (mho)125
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Framesets and Nested Frames124
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Netscape Bites Bullet (zel/ali)123
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The Web Accessibility Initiative: A Reality Check (zdn)122
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What Are Web Standards and Why Should I Use Them? (wa)121
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Disabled Accessibility: The Pragmatic Approach (nng)120
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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to XML (zdn)119
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A Divided Approach to Web Site Design: Separating Content and Visuals for Rapid Results (jfu/ibm)118
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Bitmaps and Vectors: Web Graphics Evolve (zdn)117
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XSL Considered Harmful116
The Single Pixel GIF115
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (wen+/w3c)114
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Getting Started With XML Programming (ndw)113
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25 Top Unsung Heroes on the Net (zdn)112
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Stuck With Old Browsers Until 2003 (nng)111
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Access for All110
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Fear of Style Sheets (zel/ali)109
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The Creative Process (ali)108
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How to Spruce Up Your E-Mail With HTML (cnn)107
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Vendors Can’t Agree on XML Data Exchange106
Basic Image Insertion105
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XML: More Than Just a Quick Fix104
Redefining Possible (ali)103
Writing for the Web (zel/ali)102
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Comparing XSL and CSS (ndw)101
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Weaving the Web (tim/w3c)100
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Cool URIs Don’t Change (tim/w3c)99
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The Extensible Style Language98
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Reformulating HTML in XML (dra+/w3c)97
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Application Servers: An Introduction (inf)96
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A Technical Introduction to XML (ndw)95
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Validators94
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Java-Related HTML Tags (djf)93
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Extensible Forms Description Language (XFDL) 4.0 (tim+/w3c)92
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WAI Scenarios for Accessibility (w3c)91
Collecting Your Font Styles90
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Tagset for Compact HTML89
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Graceful Degradation88
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Why Attribute Values Should Always Be Quoted in HTML (yuc)87
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Nesting86
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 (ber+/w3c)85
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Namespaces Put “Extensibility” in XML (zdn)84
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HDML, Take Two (wir)83
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Metadata: The Matchmaker of the Web (zdn)82
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Cost of User Testing a Website (nng)81
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Accessibility for All (zdn)80
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One Man’s Vision of the Web’s Future (tim)79
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W3C Eases Web Use (zdn)78
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MSNBC Makes News by Making HTML Dynamic (zdn)77
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XML Gets Ready for Prime Time (inf)76
Identifying Links With the Anchor Tag75
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W3C Announces CSS2 as a Proposed Recommendation74
Short Take: HTML Guild Joins W3C (cne)73
W3C Gives XML Room to Run (wir)72
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Compact HTML for Small Information Appliances (w3c)71
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W3C Issues Accessibility Draft (cne)70
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WAI Accessibility Guidelines: Page Authoring (gre+/w3c)69
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Adding Sense to Sensory on the Web (wir)68
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32 Ways to Build a Better Web (zdn)67
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Getting Started With Tables66
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Using Link Titles to Help Users Predict Where They Are Going (nng)65
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The Web in 1998: Some Predictions (nng)64
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W3C OKs Next Generation HTML (zdn)63
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“How Do I Force…?”62
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Getting Started [With JavaScript]61
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Tricks With Tables60
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XML, Java, and the Future of the Web59
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The Evolution of Web Documents (dck+)58
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The Web Is Ruined and I Ruined It57
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XML and CSS (oue+)56
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A Component Testing Method55
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Using Standard HTML (tim)54
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Frames53
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[Dan’s Web Tips] Introduction52
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Law and the Web: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (cne)51
Titles, “meta” Tags, “link” Tags, and Search Engine Robots50
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Effective Use of Style Sheets (nng)49
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Multi-Purpose Publishing Using HTML, XML, and CSS (wiu/w3c)48
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Dynamic HTML Should Ease Web Animation, Interactivity (zdn)47
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Designing the Look-and-Feel With New Style46
Mathematical Markup Language (w3c)45
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HTML Tips and Tricks (cne)44
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Internet Explorer 4.0—Will Microsoft Squash Its Rivals?43
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Using Frames: Some Examples of Good Frames Usage42
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W3C Unveils a Cure for Web Crawl41
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Handheld Device Markup Language FAQ (w3c)40
Putting HTML 3.2 to Work on Your Pages39
Hypertext Links in HTML (dra+/w3c)38
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Be Succinct (Writing for the Web) (nng)37
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SGML, XML, and Structured Document Interchange (dra/w3c)36
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DSSSL: An Introduction35
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Extensible Hyper Linkage (XHL) (tim+/w3c)34
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Introduction to SGML33
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Tab Stops for CSS (dra/w3c)32
HTML 3.2 Reference Specification (dra/w3c)31
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Take Advantage of User-Defined Variables in JavaScript (inf)30
The World Wide Web Consortium Issues Cascading Style Sheets Recommendation (w3c)29
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Aural Presentation With CSS Style Sheets (svg/w3c)28
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Line Mode Browser Commands (tim+/w3c)27
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World Wide Web: The Consortium, and Plans for the Future (tim)26
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Understanding and Using JavaScript Statements (inf)25
Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time) (nng)24
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Should Netscape Control the Web23
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Vint Cerf Predicts the Future (vgc)22
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Netscape Living Internet Years (nic/cne)21
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WWW: Beyond the Basics (vt)20
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JavaScript-Based Style Sheets (mon+/w3c)19
DSSSL Online Application Profile18
HTML Predefined Icon-Like Symbols (ber/w3c)17
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Content Negotiation Explained16
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HTTP Further Clogs Congested Arteries15
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Debugging JavaScript Programs (inf)14
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Extending the Web’s Tag Set Using SGML: The Grif Symposia Authoring Tool (jea)13
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Internet in Africa12
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Style Sheets for Producing Spoken Renderings (tvr/w3c)11
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In Defense of Print (nng)10
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Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 (wiu+/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 Web (nng)7
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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
DSSSL (jam)3
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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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