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HTML5 Forms Polyfill For Old Browsers

11 March 2013/By Tim Daniels/ in HTML5 Features

Just a very quick post to show a cool polyfill for form validation emulation in old browsers. New input attributes like required and pattern, used in combination with CSS pseudo-class selectors make it easier to write the checks and display feedback to the user. There are other advanced validation techniques that allow you to use JavaScript to set custom validity rules and messages or to determine if an element is invalid and the reason why.

Going Offline With The HTML Cache Manifest

6 March 2013/By Tim Daniels/ in HTML5 Features

All browsers have caching mechanisms, but they are unreliable and do not always work as you might expect. HTML5 addresses some of the annoyances of being offline with the ApplicationCache interface.

Hello, and welcome to my blog devoted to all things concerning web design and development.

I am Tim Daniels, a web designer and software developer, currently living in Yealmpton. I graduated from Plymouth University with an Upper Second Class (Hons) Degree in Advanced Web Technologies in 2006, and since then I have been working in the IT industry.

The aim of the blog is to discuss and document any new techniques and tricks that I come across in my quest to become a better developer.

I do not profess to be an expert in any of these topics, but want to build up a knowledge base of modern web design and responsive techniques. Please feel free to download any supplied source code, and to use these components in your own projects.