There are plenty of opinions about organizing markup, but the W3C is the predominant authority in such matters. When referring to the proper position of script tags, the latest W3C content is a bit vague.

Where does the tag go?

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I suspect that there are nearly as many solutions to the problem of email address validation as there are projects that require them. I’ve seen a fair amount of them myself over the years, they range from simply checking for the presence of an @ in a string to extremely complex and often flawed sub-routines designed for the task. Get a proper script

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I found a fascinating difference in the use of the dynamic script tag between Internet Exploder and all the other browsers. They call the remote script at different times. This might cause undesirable behaviors in your script. Read on.

Welcome to another article on Building Better Web Pages. This article series comprehensively covers building an HTML document: easily learned, but rarely perfected.

Today’s article covers the HTML <head> tag . Many of its elements remain a mystery to novice and intermediate designers. The expert designer, though, will learn to harness the power of his or her <head> tag. When implemented properly, pages will be more accessible, load faster, and become more successful on search engines.