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            <title><![CDATA[Focal Point Before and After]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignbasics/ss/focal_point_ba.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Focal points are an important part of design because they tell the eye what the most important part of the page is. The focal point is the part of the page that the eye is drawn to and that the design is trying to emphasize. Pages that don't have a focal point look boring or busy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Notepad]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/notepad/fr/notepad-profile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Notepad is a text editor for Windows. It is best suited to Newcomers to Web Design.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nvu]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/freewebeditors/fr/nvu-profile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Nvu is a text editor WYSIWYG editor for Windows Macintosh Linux or UNIX. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CoffeeCup HTML Editor]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/windowshtmleditors/fr/coffee-cup-html-editor-profile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CoffeeCup HTML Editor is a text editor and WYSIWYG editor for Windows. It is best suited to Professional Web Designers or Professional Web Developers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Create a Site Map]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/strategy/qt/plan_site_map.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you map out the pages you want or need on your website before you start building it, you will know that you have all the pages you need and want on your website. A visual site map is just a flow chart detailing the website with the sub-sections and pages.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HTML Forms - Your First HTML Form]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/examples/l/aabg073099a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Building your first HTML form, hints on building and using HTML forms]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HTML-Kit Tools]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/windowshtmleditors/fr/html-kit-tools-profile.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[HTML-Kit Tools is a text editor for Windows. It is best suited to Professional Web Developers.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Font Styles]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/examples/l/bl_fontstyles.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[: quick brown fox lazy dog loose dtd style property]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Build a Small Business Website]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/c/ec/110.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Learn how easy it is to go from an idea for a small business website to an actual website. No Web designer required - you can build your small business website yourself, with tools you already have on your computer. This class covers all the steps to go about gettting a domain for your business and putting a website on it.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Cookies are Used]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/cookies/a/aa021506.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Cookies are used to store bits of information. Cookies can only get the information that the Web browser can get or that the person browsing gives to the cookie.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[XHTML CSS Form Layout]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/layout/l/zformlayout.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Headline Home XHTML CSS Layout Templates Tableless Browsing CSS Links Please Fill Out this Form First]]></description>
            <category>compute</category>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fixed Width vs Liquid Layouts]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/layout/i/aa060506_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Web page layout has essentially two different methods: liquid and fixed width layouts. Learn the pros and cons of each, and how you can decide to use one or the other for your site.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ultimate Macintosh Set Up]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/softwarereviews/tp/ultimate_macintosh_web_designer_computer_system.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are lots of options for hardware for Web designers, you can design beautiful Web pages using very simple systems. But if you're looking for the top of the line Macintosh set up, you won't go wrong with this list.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Block-Level Elements]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/a/bltags_blocktag.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[XHTML Elements that affect blocks of HTML]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[HTML Country Codes - XHTML Country Codes - ISO 3166 Standard Country Codes]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/localization/l/blcountrycodes.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ISO 3166 standard country codes for use in XHTML and HTML.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Starting to Freelance]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/freelancing/a/start_freelanci.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Starting out as a freelancer can be scary, but if you plan for it sensibly, you will find that it\'s not as hard as you might have thought. These 12 suggestions will help you get ready to start freelancing, either full-time or part-time.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is CSS?]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/css101classes/a/bl_cssclass1_1a.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CSS Lesson 1: What are Cascading Style Sheets]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Name my CSS style sheet file?]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/f/blfaqcssfilenam.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Deciding on a filename for your CSS style sheet is important so that you don't forget what the document is and what it contains.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Basic CSS Tutorial]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningcss/a/bl_csstutorial.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This Cascading Style Sheets Tutorial makes CSS easy to learn. This step-by-step CSS tutorial will help you walk through the basics of Cascading Style Sheets.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[2-Column Centered Flexible Width Layout]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/freewebtemplates/l/z2col_ctr_flex.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Headline Duis aute irure dolor ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, quis nostrud]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[CSS Browser Support]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/css/a/css_browser_sup.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CSS has two official specifications and a third in development. But if you're going to design pages, you need to know what browsers your customers use and what versions of CSS those browsers support. This article can't tell you what your customers use, but it does give a general overview of the CSS support for modern browsers. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[XHTML Attributes: id]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/p/blatid.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Explanation of the XHTML attribute id]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Texture - Basics of Design]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignbasics/p/aatexture.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Texture is a basic element of design. It defines the surface of objects. In Web design, texture is purely visual, but can imply a tactile sensation as well.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[DOCTYPE List]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/dtds/qt/tipdoctypelist.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are many potential Document Type Definitions you can use in your DOCTYPE declaration, this page will give you a list of the more common ones and how to choose the best one for your Web pages.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Web Software Review Submission Form - Review Your Web Editing Software]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/library/bl_web_editor_reviews.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you want to build Web pages you need some type of Web software. This could be something as simple as the text editor that comes with your operating system or a complicated and complex Web publishing suite. What is your favorite Web editor or your least favorite? And what other software do you use for Web design?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[margin-left]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/styleproperties/p/blspmarginleft.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A description of the CSS property margin-left]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What is an Emphasis Tag?]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/f/blfaqstrongem.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Use emphasis tags to divide up your Web pages semantically and provide information about the structure of your Web pages.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Contrast - Basics of Design]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesignbasics/p/aacontrast.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Contrast is a basic principle of design. Contrast shows the differences between elements on the page. Big and small, black and white, square and circle - these are all contrasts.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Your First HTML Form]]></title>
            <link>http://webdesign.about.com/od/forms/a/aabg073099a_2.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Building your first HTML form, hints on building and using HTML forms]]></description>
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