Joe Burns

Please Note! This tutorial deals with VBScript and Active X discussions. In order to use or see the script perform, you need to be running Microsoft Explorer. …use these to jump around or read it all [VBScript, Joe?][What Is It?][Active X vs. Java][What is Happening?][The First Object][The Second Object][Adding It To Your Page][When Do I […]

I get an e-mail about this at least once every day, so I thought I’d put up a quick tutorial about it. See that green stripe down the left-hand side of the screen? I’m sure there’s a specific name for it, but I call it a sideline stripe — and it’s very easy to make. […]

Use these to jump around or read it all… [Why This Page?] [Netscape No] [Margin Commands] [Background Sound] [Floating Frames] [Tables and Such] To the Reader: I put this page together when Internet Explorer had first come out. Some of the text will sound a little dated, but it’s still a good read. What I […]

Those of you using Netscape can see the hilariously funny joke in text form at the top of the screen. If you were using Microsoft Explorer, you would see it scrolling, allowing you to read the joke again and again and again. And as we all know, jokes get funnier the more you tell them. […]

Use these to jump around or read it all… [Getting Text To Wrap] [Image In the Center] [Speaking of Tables…] [Align One Line of Text] [Align Two Lines of Text] [Adding Blank Lines] [Aligning Text Alone] [What About Custom Text Shaping?]      People ask all the time how to get images onto pages. If you aren’t […]

Use these to jump around or read it all… [Line ‘Em Up!] [What Does It] [What’s Happening] [Ups and Downs] [Can I Get A Picture On The Button?]      “Yes, Joe. We’ve wanted to line up many different link buttons for a while now!”      Yeah, you’re right. The old link button tutorial wasn’t overly helpful and […]

Use these to jump around or read it all… [Three Methods] [Method Two: Open and Close] [Method Three: Frames Trap] This tutorial is kind of a misnomer. You technically cannot disable the Back button on someone’s browser, however, you can make it so that the button isn’t available or continues to load the same page. […]

So You Want Colored Frames, Huh?

It’s pretty easy to understand the word color codes, but those hex codes are rather strange. Here’s a quick explanation.       The three primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. Remember that from high school art? They’re called the primary colors because there are no two “lesser” colors that make them up. Purple is not […]

Use these to jump around or read it all… [What I’m Talking About

Use these to jump around or read it all… [A Couple of Examples] [How The Newer Browsers Do It] [Some Extra Play With Colors] [But Why, Joe? Why?]      Whomever decided that tables should have color capabilities shall be brought before me for a good screaming at! As soon as I put up the tutorial on […]

Color Charts: So, You Want A Color Code, Huh?