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Challenge - HTML Table to Text

Not sure if this is an original idea but it seems like a fun idea either way. Lets see who can convert something like this... <table> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </table> To this... +-----+--...

How do I build my website in Firefox?

Hello, Here's an easy question. How do I configure Visual Studio 2008 to build my webpage in a certain browser? I really want to build in all 5 well-known browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari), but right now I am having to right click the actual html files and open them in different browsers. In dreamweaver, there is a sim...

How Do I Generate Random Identicons?

I am looking for the most basic way to generate random "identicons", with no regard for a user email/ip address, etc. ...

CSS div width in IE8

Hello, I'm very new to html and css so feel free to critique any bad practices you see in the code below... I am trying to create a centered column that's 800 pixels across and the banner will be resized to 800 pixels. When view this page in chrome or firefox it looks great. When I view it in IE8 the font is huge, there is a giant e...

How can I ask JavaScript to hide an element ONLY IF it can be found?

I have a javascript event handler in one of my SSI files that hides a bunch of elements that may or may not appear on the page that calls the SSI file. As a result, the handler goes smoothly until it cannot find the element I'm asking it to hide and then stops before completing whatever may be left to hide. So, how can I get JavaScript t...

Is there a way to use Acrobat Reader in Perl to save multiple PDF files as HTML files?

Hello everybody, I am using Xpdf for extracting text from PDF files which works well with -raw option, but now we want to convert the PDF files to HTML files for extracting the HTML formating tags like bold <b>, italics <i> etc with the text. Xpdf with the -html option does work, I have also tried using pdf2html for this but did not fin...

CSS Hyperlink for any text

Question for CSS designers. How do I add anchor behavior to any css class without "<a href.." attribute. Here is what I mean. I'm going to have this html code: <span class="my_link">LINK TO SOMETHING </span> and this text should have link behavior (visited color, active color and underlining, "pointing hand pointer"). Is it possible...

Click on CSV file link within an iframe opens in Browser (IE6) instead of MS Excel

Hi, I hope someone can assist me. I have an iframe that contains a report, which also allows a user to click on a link to open the report within MS Excel. My problem here is that when the user clicks on the link to export and open up within MS Excel, it actually opens within the broswer window - MS IE6 instead of MS Excel, which I don...

Multiple instances of TinyMCE in different forms with same name (jQuery).

I'm trying to implement an autosave feature that submits several different forms on a page with the same name with TinyMCE'd textareas. My code: function autoSaveEditForms() { $("#auto_save_notify").html("Saving..."); $("#auto_save_notify").show(); $("form[name=editForm]").each(function() { if($('input[name="question"]', this).val(...

load image in web view from a .html file

how can i load an image in iphone webview from a .html file? is there any one whoo help me???? thanks aamir ...

Seek utility that formats html code

I'm inheriting a mess of a website where the structure of is impossible to follow mostly because of lack of indenting. Is there a utility that can massage existing code to proper indents? ...

Show Html Elements above other Elements on MouseOver using Javascript

On this page in Espn.com, if you go to the upper right corner and hover over "myESPN", an inline popup window (if that is what it can be called) appears (in such a way that it looks connected to the initial button) and allows the user to log in to the site. In the html it looks like there is a hidden div that is made visible and is pus...

how to convert from html number to symbol?

After searching internet for a while, I found that there are a lot of online tool that allow conversion from symbol to html number, but not for vice versa. I am looking for tool/online tool/php script to convert from html number back to symbol eg: & -> &#38; then back to &#38; -> & Does anyone know of this? ...

How closely can a Website be Copied without violating Copyright?

I have a client that is interested in having the homepage of their website look almost exactly like that of website ABC. They love everything about it. However, they either do not want to ask for or would not receive a license from ABC to copy their site. My question is: how closely can a website be copied without violating copyright. ...

Right align some text within a list item

Hi All, I have a nested unordered list which has main content on the left, and I would like to add options which are floated right, such that they are aligned on the right regardless of the level of indentation. <ul> <li> Item 1 <span class='options'> link </span> </li> <li> Item 2 <span class='options'> link </span> <ul> <li>It...

Where to create a web-site map for developers

Hi! Imagine a web-designer built several mock-up html pages. Now it is time to start development according to these mock-ups. First of all I would like to know that all mock-ups are there, i.e. every link has corresponded mock-up page. I can't just click hyperlinks, because they are empty ('#' url). And secondly, I would like to have...

jQuery masonry plugin - Have trouble getting the divs to stack properly in IE7

Hi all! I have a problem with the Masonry plugin to jQuery. If you take a look at this link: http://iloveinternet.org/kunder/omk/ and scrolls down to the brown field with a pink line on top. Can you see the div boxes there? They are supposed to be stacked next to eachother in rows of three with the masonry plugin. This works fine in m...

Internet Explorer 8 in compatibility mode ignores cellpadding

I have a fairly complex page which contains an absolutely positioned table (as the last element in body). The table is created dynamically using jQuery. No matter how I specify the cellspadding attribute, it IE8 in the compatibility mode ignores it. There are several indications as to why it's being ignored: The layout is off by exactl...

How to make a DIV editable cross-browser ?

Do you know how to make a DIV editable with JavaScript (cross-browser) ? Something similar to a rich textarea, but that uses an editable iframe. I need something similar for a DIV. I don't want to use a replacement textbox. ...

Is it time to start developing with HTML5?

From searching SO, this question was already asked, almost a year ago now. So now with the new FF, Opera, IE, is it finally time to start developing sites with HTML5 or is it still a little premature and will cause compatibility issues? Is using HTML5 just going to require us to use more and more JS on websites to 'trick' older browse...