when to use UL or OL in html?
Seems interchangable? ...
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How can I make <li> elements flow left-to-right instead of top-to-bottom?
Here are my <li> elements. I want them to appear left-to-right instead of top-to-bottom. <div class="nav"> <ul> <li><a href="test">test</a></li> <li><a href="test">test</a></li> <li><a href="test">test</a></li> <li><a href="test">test</a></li> <li><a href="test">test</a></li> </ul> </div> How can I do this? ED...
Should I make it a priority to semantically mark up my pages? Or is the Semantic Web a good idea that will never really get off the ground?
The Semantic Web is an awesome idea. And there are a lot of really cool things that have been done using the semantic web concept. But after all this time I am beginning to wonder if it is all just a pipe dream in the end. If we will ever truly succeed in making a fully semantic web, and if we are not going to be able to utilize seman...
how to implement a drag-and-drop div from scratch?
It should be a combination of CSS and Javascript, The main jobs to do should be: Make it on top of all other elements (which property to specity?) Catch the event it is clicked (which event to listen to?) Move the div as mouse moves. but what are the details? ...
"title" attribute for <html:options> struts tag
Hi, In a regular select box you can show the full title on mouseover using "title" attribute in the "option" field. In Apache Struts, you make the select box with the "html:options" tag. I don't think this tag supports the "title" attribute. Is there another way to show the full title of an option on mouseover for the "html:options" s...
Appending html files in VBA
I have an Excel report with a bunch of sheets, each with a table of data. I need to make a button that will create one html page containing the tables, one after the other. I don't know much about html, so my first approach was to have a macro that creates another worksheet with the tables on it, and then saves that sheet as html using...
Best way to grab website content externally
There's a search site whose search results are generated dynamically by javascript. So the user enters a query, and the site displays the content on the page, without refreshing. I need to grab those search results programmatically (say from a Java program or a perl/python script). So ideally, I can launch my program with 100 queries...
removing html element styles via javascript
Hello all, I'm trying to replace an element's inline style tag value. The current element looks like this: `<tr class="row-even" style="background: red none repeat scroll 0% 0%; position: relative; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" id="0000ph2009-0...
Maybe a simple question on html/php/sql
I'm am extracting (using php) some text entries from an Oracle 10g DataBase. The problem is that I also need to add a comment form to every text entry so that users can respond to the original text ( it's like stackoverflow really: the original texts are the questions and attached to every questions there's a form for answering ). When I...
Is there anything wrong with writing parts of a webpage in XHTML with an HTML doctype?
Hello, I've just recently started learning HTML/CSS and I've been trying to teach myself sound web programming practices. I'm familiar with XML, so coding up webpages in XHTML was intuitive enough and it just seemed like a sound thing to do. However, I've been reading articles like this one and now I'm ambivalent. My concerns with cod...
Parse <br> to plain text new paragraph
I am currently in the process of removing html tags from fields within an internal database. Everything has gone smoothly except for turning tags to plain text new line characters. I would like to convert this: The victory halted Spain’s 35-game unbeaten streak, handing the Spanish their first defeat since November 2006. The Ame...
Moving table rows in a particular pattern with jQuery
Hi All, I have a table with rows basically like this. Normal Row Normal Row Normal Row Summary Row Normal Row Summary Row Normal Row Normal Row Summary Row So basically X "normal rows", which will always be followed by a "summary row". The summary rows display aggregates of the data in the normal rows. I calculate the aggregates at ...
Possible to fill a table cell with a bg color?
I have a table cell that isn't entirely filled with text so the bg color doesnt cover the entire cell. I still wish to have the entire table cell filled with the same color without using a background color on the whole table. So is it possible to fill the entire cell with a color without using background color on the whole table? ...
HTML and Javascript Automated Document Erases Entries After OnClick Event
Hello: I am automating a document with html and javascript through MS Notepad. So far, I have lots of text, a few textboxes, and a button, which will execute a javascript function after a number is entered into one of the textboxes. This document is only partially completed; however, I noticed that after I add entries into my textbox...
Joomla External HTML and Access Levels
I am trying to use Joomla to create a website that allows users to do the following: submit links to external html search through the external websites based on category, rankings, etc. display the websites in multiple iframes simultaneously ( like google gadgets) limit access to certain external websites by user customize users ho...
How to center my a div in a table using CSS?
I'm trying to add a slideshow to one of my websites. The whole page is layed out in an HTML table (which I hate with a passion AND did not choose). I want to center my slideshow inside that paticular column. Here is what my CSS looks like: #slideshow { position:relative; } #slideshow IMG { position:absolute; z-index:8; opacity:0.0; } ...
removing the textarea border in html
I'm working with the textarea element in HTML and want to remove the border of the box - pls help and want to align the text in the bottom of my textarea pls help ...
PHP returning page error on simplexml print_r
The problem is only happening with one file when I try to do a DocumentDOM/SimpleXML method, so it seems like the issue is with that file. No clue what it could be. If I do the following: $file = "test1.html"; $dom = DOMDocument::loadHTMLFile($file); $xml = simplexml_import_dom($dom); print_r($xml); in Chrome, I get a "Page Unavaila...
Does using ./ in relative links work with Windows servers?
Sorry if this is a stupid question... I've developed an application that creates absolute links by prepending urls with the site root (of whichever site it is hosted). For example: <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?=SITE_ROOT?>/assets/css/global.css"> Notice that a slash is coming after site root. I need to convert this now to be relat...
Is there a way to convert GUI in image to html?
Hi guys, i have this GUI screen shots from the design team which i needs to convert to a web page and what not. i'm thinking of finding some website which resembles the GUI so that i can copy and paste the html so i don't have to start from scratch. the only drawback about this method is i don't know what website actually looks like that...