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May I write for you ?

Please do ! If you know your stuff and can write it down so that others can understand and enjoy it - then write for us ! We're especially looking for articles on web development technology and techniques. Most of our guidelines are reasonably flexible, but one thing we insist on is HTML 4 validation.

Please will you link to my site ?

Visit the Library; select the most appropriate category, click on that link, and you will find a fill-in form at the end of the page. Linking back to The WDVL is not a requirement but might make the difference for pages that are marginal. Our standards are high and we reject many.

May I link to The WDVL ?

Yes of course, please do !

I have a technical question: how can I...?

Please subscribe to our web discussion mailing list. There you will find many people, including WDVL staff, who will try to help you. You will get the benefit of many people who like to help, and the answer may be useful to others. The WDVL webmaster will not answer technical questions except via our web discussion mailing list.

May I use some of your Icons ?

Essentially yes; but of course those with recognised significance should be used appropriately - e.g. the "HTML" icons are supposed to mean that the page it's on has passed the appropriate validation, Some I collected, some I made. I believe those I've collected are freely distributable but if you know otherwise or feel that credit should be given for any particular icons, please let me know.

Netscape crashes on your site.

Beware Betaware ! If your browser crashes on any site, inform the browser maker. If any software ever crashes, it is a bug in the software, not the data. If you are using a beta version, you must expect it to be imperfect, and the developers want to know how you crashed it - we don't.

One of my earliest experiences as a software developer was my boss randomly pounding the keyboard to test a data editor I was demonstrating. It crashed.. at first I thought that his 'monkey test' was unfair, but gradually I realised that any test that crashed the program demonstrated a flaw. Code should check every input, and deal with it gracefully if it's invalid. Anything less is a bug.

See Netscape Bugs and Internet Explorer Known Issues. Even if your browser crashes on no other site, it is still a browser issue, not a site problem. If you are stuck with having to use a browser that crashes on our site, try switching off style sheets, or use our other site WDVL.com).

None of the above applies - how can I contact you ?

You can either visit our authors page to find out who we are, and send your email to the most appropriate person; or use our feedback form.