September 2004 - Posts

• Adding Videos to a Web Page

  Today, someone asked me about how to add a video clip to a Web and show the controls. This is relatively easy, so I thought I would share with all of you how to do this. You can do this by using the Windows Media Player. To do this, switch to Code (or Read More... Posted Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:44 PM by lisawoll | 18 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks

• New Article: Working with HTML Using the FrontPage 2003 Object Model

  Yesterday we posted on MSDN a new article called, Working with HTML Using the FrontPage 2003 Object Model . Here's the summary: Learn how to use the Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Visual Basic for Applications object model to programmatically add or Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 29, 2004 4:20 PM by lisawoll | 1 Comments Filed under: Articles

• Web Design Continued . . .

  A couple weeks ago I posted a short and sweet post about not copying the poor web design that other people do really well. (See Web Design: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly .) I wanted to continue that discussion today with a link to an article Read More... Posted Thursday, September 23, 2004 5:28 PM by lisawoll | 49 Comments Filed under: General

• Using script to close a window, etc....

  In a previous post, I provided JavaScript to open a page in a new window . It may sound funny, but once the window is opened, what does the visitor do when they're done with it? Generally, they can click on the red X in the upper right corner to close Read More... Posted Friday, September 17, 2004 5:20 PM by lisawoll | 23 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks, General

• Web Design: The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

  My last two posts have elicited some strong reactions from some (hey, distressed, what the heck are ra-ra skirts?), so I decided to end this week with a comment about Web design, or rather what constitutes a good Web design and what constitutes a bad Read More... Posted Friday, September 10, 2004 11:43 PM by lisawoll | 2 Comments Filed under: General

• Adding Sound to Web Pages

  Have you ever opened a Web page that plays music? Personally, I find these incredibly annoying and usually change to another page as quickly as I can ... or turn my speakers down. Don't get me wrong: I love music, and I'm sure I've annoyed a few drivers Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 08, 2004 9:10 PM by lisawoll | 9 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks

• Changing the appearance of the browser scrollbar

  I wanted to call this tip "Why I love Internet Explorer" because you can only do this in Internet Explorer. I would guess that most, if not all, hard-core Web developers know how to do this, but for any of you who don't and want to know, this tip's for Read More... Posted Friday, September 03, 2004 2:36 PM by lisawoll | 16 Comments Filed under: Tips and Tricks, CSS