Set Minimum Height of HTML DIV

Setting a minimum height of a DIV isn't as easy as it should be especially if you want it to work in most browsers. This article presents a neat solution that I have used successfully.

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Standard Web Banner Advert Sizes

If you are creating advert banners and buttons for your website you should make them according to the following sizes.

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Embed Media Player In Web Page With HTML

Assuming your users have Media Player (or a suitable browser plugin) installed you can embed Media Player and play videos within your sites web pages.

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Web Site Weapons of Mass Development

If you are creating or managing a website there are a number of free tools out there you can use to monitor traffic and check your site for errors. This is vital in maximising the number of visitors.

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HTTP Response Status Codes

When you are creating web pages that use AJAX you may encounter all sorts of errors. The following list of HTTP response headers might help your debugging efforts.

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Google Map Markers Icons For Placemarks

If you use Google Maps you might find these icons useful. They include icons for transportation, shops and leisure points-of-interest (POI). All the icons have appropriate shadow images as well.

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Get Windows Username In IE With JS

The following script allows you to extract the user name of the current Windows user within an HTML page using Javascript. Unfortunately it only works within Internet Explorer.

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Compliant Opening Links In New Window

The simplest way to open an HTML link in a new windows is to make use of the "target" attribute within the <a> tag. However the latest HTML standards no longer include the "target" attribute.

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Add A Text Counter To An HTML Text Area

This article will explain how to add a text counter to a standard HTML textarea element. This allows you to display remaining characters to your users as they type inside the text area.

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Get Min-Height Property To Work In IE

The CSS standard allows you to specify a minimum height of an element. This works fine in proper browsers such as Firefox. In Internet Explorer 6 it doesn't work properly.

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