How to Add a Placeholder with HTML5 to Form Fields

Last Updated on Saturday, 16 February 2013 11:36 Written by Richi González Sunday, 17 February 2013 12:00

Hello,

Now that HTML5 is becoming more and more compatible with web browsers, you should start thinking of adding placeholders to your form input fields. A placeholder is some text that is displayed when the form field hasn’t been clicked or has content in it. Here we have a picture of what a placeholder looks like in an input field:

Keep reading to learn how to do it by yourself!

What is the DOCTYPE Used for Starting HTML5 Code?

Last Updated on Thursday, 10 January 2013 12:01 Written by Richi González Thursday, 10 January 2013 12:00

Hello,

As we all may know, HTML5 era is already here and day by day browsers are becoming more compatible, therefore, we, developers, need to start making our websites HTML5 friendly. Today I’ll tell you the very basic to make our site be read as HTML5.

The Doctype that you see on every page is mainly the big-not-rememberable HTML4 doctype:

mojoPortal Tips: Check out Mojomo!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 September 2012 07:07 Written by Carole Bennett Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:00

Last month, mojoPortal 2.3.9.0 was released, and a new Codeplex project was introduced for designers to contribute HTML5/CSS3 themes for mojoPortal. That in turn inspired Allan Duff to start the mojomo project, with an alternative framework for the mojoPortal UI.

From the Codeplex site: “I wanted to build a responsive, build once, mojoPortal boilerplate to work across as many different mobile platforms and browsers as possible, including support for old IE versions. I also wanted it to be modular so that I could swap whole chunks of CSS in or out easily.”

mojoPortal News: mojoPortal Now Supports HTML5 & CSS3!

Last Updated on Friday, 3 August 2012 11:28 Written by Carole Bennett Wednesday, 22 August 2012 12:00

One of the best features of mojoPortal as a content management system is the ease with which you can apply a custom skin, to implement a unique look and feel designed specifically for the needs of your client. As of version 2.3.9.0, mojoPortal supports HTML5 & CSS3. Let’s explore what that means for designers and developers.

From the announcement about this enhancement to mojoPortal, as mentioned here: “including better support for use of newer html 5 structural elements (like article, nav, and aside) configured from theme.skin. In these example skins we are using article and header for HTML Content and blog features and aside for page and blog side columns as well as nav to wrap the menus and paging links.”

The Prospect of HTML5

Last Updated on Sunday, 20 May 2012 12:38 Written by Kemin Bao Sunday, 10 July 2011 12:00

HTML5 has become the most popular item in the web field due to the fact that all web applications are based on HTML (Hypertext Mark Language). Despite the diversity of Background-Technology, the Foreground still focuses on Browser and HTML, because only HTML can be rendered into readable content for users. What revolutions could the newborn HTML5, which is promoted enthusiastically by Browser companies, bring about?

Compared to the prevalent technology Ajax, which emerged a few years ago, some technicians have begun using HTML5, but are not completely familiar with it. Recently, Apple began to move towards HTML5. Also, a well-known web designer, Eric Meyer, announced some news about the extension of HTML5, and showed some application areas of HTML5 in the future.