If you’re planning on learning Web design, then understanding what Web content is is an important first step. But if you’re like most people, you want to jump right in and build a Web page with HTML and not worry about the content

I was thinking about the Reader’s Choice Awards and specifically the Best Web Designs participants when one of my friends was complaining that some of the nominees were (in his words) “downright ugly”. He wondered why, when there were so many good looking sites on the Web, ugly ones seem to get more prominence. So I asked him who he nominated for each of my design categories

You can use a self-signed certificate on your Web server to create https pages that are secure. But it’s not a good idea.

Adding sound, video, and animation to Web pages is a fun thing to do. But if you’re not careful you can drive away the customers you’re trying to attract.