Development code

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) resources

All HTML within phespirit.info is hand-crafted by Phespirit using the text editor in Macromedia HomeSite. His first reference guide was the elements list below, pilfered from Sandia National Laboratories:

HTML Elements List [188kB]   (last modified: 7 December 1995)

The following W3 links have also proven useful:

• The World Wide Web Consortium   (www.w3.org)
• The World Wide Web Consortium : HyperText Markup Language Home Page   (www.w3.org/MarkUp)
• The World Wide Web Consortium : HTML 4.01 Specification   (www.w3.org/TR/html4)
• The World Wide Web Consortium : Internationalization Activity   (www.w3.org/International)
• The World Wide Web Consortium : Character encodings   (www.w3.org/International/O-charset.html)
• The World Wide Web Consortium : Markup Validation Service   (validator.w3.org)

Here's another option for code validation:

• WDG (Web Design Group) HTML Validator   (www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator)

And these will surely come in handy one day:

• Unicode : Where Is My Character?   (www.unicode.org/standard/where)
• Using special characters from Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL4) in HTML   (www.alanwood.net/demos/wgl4.html)

Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) resources

phespirit.info styles are defined in a single CSS document:  www.phespirit.info/stylesheet/phespirit.css

Several CSS hacks have been implemented to ensure cross-browser consistency and accessibility.

The following sources proved useful in researching these hacks:

• CSS Pointers Group : bugs and workarounds   (css.nu/pointers/bugs.html)
• Webmonkey : sizing up the browsers   (hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a_page3.html)
• A List Apart : size matters   (www.alistapart.com/stories/sizematters)
• Dive Into Accessibility : relative font sizing   (diveintoaccessibility.org/examples/fontsize.html)
• Albin.Net CSS : the Owen hack   (www.albin.net/CSS/OwenHack.html)

And this one for a spot of validation:

• The World Wide Web Consortium : CSS Validation Service   (jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator)

JavaScript resources

Phespirit codes his own phespirit.info JavaScript. Several ideas originated here:

• Crows Free JavaScript Examples   (www.crowes.f9.co.uk)
• Crows Free JavaScript Examples : Scripts   (www.crowes.f9.co.uk/Javascript/contents.htm)

Java resources

Phespirit knows a little bit of Java but has thus far cribbed everything for phespirit.info from here:

• The Java Boutique   (javaboutique.internet.com)