Major Changes Comming on VanBerghem.com

December 5th, 2011

This website will go through some major changes. The design is going to change and so will the structure of the site. We will do our best to keep the old links working so any bookmarks you may have made won’t break. Please check back regularly to see what we’re doing. If you like more [...]

 

Setting up an XHTML and CSS file

April 6th, 2008

Okay, so you read that separating the content (XHTML) from the presentation (CSS) can save you lot’s of time. But how do you turn that theory into practice? How do I avoid having to open my XHTML files when I want to change the design? The answer is actually a lot simpler than many may think…

Oké, je hebt gelezen dat je veel tijd en moeite kunt besparen als je de inhoud (HTML) en de presentatie (CSS) scheid. Maar hoe doe je dat in de praktijk? Hoe voorkom ik dat ik dat ik mijn HTML documenten toch gewijzigd moeten
worden als ik het ontwerp van de website wil veranderen? Het antwoord is eigenlijk veel makkelijker dan dat veel mensen denken…

 

2 Degrees of Separation

March 22nd, 2008

I remember way back in 1995 we got our first Internet connection. I visited the web with Netscape 1.0 or Internet Explorer 2.0. Most websites had a white background with black text. Sometimes I was lucky and the site had an image on it with 256 colors. That is if I had the load images [...]

 

Doctype

March 1st, 2008

So what is a DOCTYPE and what is it good for? What does the DOCTYPE do anyway? There is not just one type of HTML, there are actually many: HTML 4.01 Strict, HTML 4.01 Transitional, XHTML 1.0 Strict, and many more. All these types of HTML are defined in their respective W3C specifications, but they [...]

 

Not all browsers are created equal

February 24th, 2008

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops the standards that govern the internet. Unfortunately some companies do not follow and implement all standards and guidelines in their software. It probably won’t come as a surprise when I tell you that I think Microsoft is one of these companies. All versions of MS Internet Explorer up [...]