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I live in Surrey, England, and am currently working for Tiny Computers as a web developer. This is keeping me occupied in my year out, and next October I'll be going to the University of Warwick to study Computer and Management Sciences.
In my spare time I like to watch action/sci-fi films, either on video or at the cinema. I also enjoy playing pool and listening to rock/metal music. Occasionally I do a bit of reading, mostly Terry Pratchett.
Here at irt.org I'm the editor of Software Reviews, and I help out with the HTML FAQ together with Daniel Iversen. I also occasionally write articles for irt.org - I consider myself to be good at explaining things in a simple manner, and so most are geared towards beginners.
| 187. Sunday 10th October 1999 - META tags: What they are and how they work |
| Synopsis: The main purpose of HTML is to enable web authors to specify structural information about their pages - for example tables, paragraphs, images and so on. However, it also provides a way of adding information about the page and its content. Such information is known as metadata, and is added through the use of the <META> tag. By Michael Bednarek. Techniques: metadata, META tag, description, author, keywords, robots, NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW, HTTP-EQUIV, Expires, Pragma, Cache-Control, no-cache, refresh, URL |
| 119. Sunday 4th October 1998 - HTML #5 - Using feedback forms |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek concludes his HTML series - this time discussing HTML forms, their elements and what they can be used for Techniques: HTML, forms, form fields, mailto:, cgi, GET, POST, MIME Type, ACTION, ENCTYPE |
| 114. Tuesday 4th September 1998 - HTML #4 - Advanced Page Layout |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek describes how to use tables and frames to layout web pages on the screen. Techniques: HTML, HTML 4.0, frames, framesets, tables, rows, columns, table cells |
| 105. Sunday 26th July 1998 - HTML #3 - Making your Web pages more exciting |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek continues the HTML series this time covering server side image maps and adding sound to your pages Techniques: HTML, images, gif, jpeg, img, LOWSRC, background, client side image maps, map, area, usemap, sounds, bgsound, embed |
| 101. Tuesday 14th July 1998 - Formatting Text In HTML |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek continues with the series of HTML articles describing HTML tags which allow you to manipulate the appearance of text on the screen, and how to create hyperlinks to link to other Web pages. Techniques: HTML, bold, italic, text alignment, left, centre, right, strike, superscript, subscript, underlined, headings, fonts, unordered list, ordered list, links, anchors, JavaScript links |
| 095. Sunday 21st June 1998 - An Introduction to HTML |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek introduces a new series of Beginner HTML articles Techniques: HTML, HTML 2.0, HTML 3.0, HTML 3.2 HTML 4.0, BODY, HEAD, TITLE, BR BGCOLOR, TEXT, color numbers and names |
| 089. Tuesday 26th May 1998 - Moving Elements in DHTML |
| Synopsis: Written by Michael Bednarek. It is possible to position elements on the page in both Microsoft and Netscape's implementation of Dynamic HTML. By dynamically altering the positions of elements over time, we can create simple animation effects. In this article you will learn how Techniques: Microsoft Layers, Netscape Layers, DHMTL, DIV, Style, top, left, document.all, document.layers |
| 083. Saturday 2nd May 1998 - JavaScript Beginners Start Here |
| Synopsis: A link up with Michael Bednareks' SiteCreator Channel has been arranged. There are currently five JavaScript Beginner Articles available on Michael Bednareks' SiteCreator Channel. If you find the existing articles hard to follow then these will be just the thing for you. Techniques: Beginners introduction to JavaScript, functions, objects, forms |
| 065. Saturday 28th February 1998 - Dynamic StyleSheets |
| Synopsis: Written by Michael Bednarek. With the advent of Dynamic HTML, we have been able to do a lot more with our scripts. Everything on the page becomes an object to be manipulated. In this article, you will learn how to change a page's style sheet on the fly. Techniques: Get_Cookie, Set_Cookie, styleSheets, Layers, <LAYER>, <ILAYER>, JavaScript *.js files, SRC, VISIBILITY, styleSheets[], layers[], JavaScript 1.2 |
| 014. - Insigma Hyperceive 1.0 |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek looks at a promising new program which adds plugin-free music and sound to your sites. Techniques: software, software reviews, programs, buy software, purchase software, multimedia, site music, sound effects, sequencer |
| 013. - RealNetworks RealPublisher 5.1 |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek reviews a program from RealNetworks allowing you to create streaming audio and video for the Web. Techniques: software, software reviews, programs, buy software, purchase software, real audio, real video, streaming media, realnetworks, real encoder, real time multimedia |
| 003. - JASC Paint Shop Pro 5 |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek reviews the latest version of JASC's popular image manipulation program. Techniques: software, reviews, programs, buy software, purchase software, JASC Paint Shop Pro 5, Paintshop, plug-ins, reviews, image manipulation, graphics program, layers, GIF Animation Shop, picture tube |
| 001. - Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0 |
| Synopsis: Michael Bednarek assesses Microsoft's freeware WYSIWYG HTML editor. Techniques: Internet Explorer, Microsoft FrontPage Express 2.0, review, WYSIWYG editor, software, reviews, programs, buy software, purchase software |