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HTML/CSS: Horizontal bar/design on sites like jQuery

I'm sure it's just simple html/css but I don't know what to call the bar (googling horizontal bar html always results in a horizontal rule). http://jquery.com/ has one - the grayish bar the runs across the top separating the menu from the content of the page. I'd love to make one of my own. ...

What is(are) currently the best language(s) for modern web site design? Recommendations?

I'm a little out of date, before HTML4 and javascript got AJAXy. Does anyone have opinions about the best tools for web site design? I'd rather avoid ASP and .NET, since I've got a limited budget. This seems like a good time to start fresh. Please keep the replies on the coding recommendations, as I already know how to register a dom...

First thing to know about improving website layout and design

I am building an internal, data-heavy website for my company on the Microsoft stack (ASP.NET 2.0/C#/SQL Server). Lately I have been trying to improve the layout and design of this site, partly because I want it to look good for my employers, but mostly because I want to learn about page layout and design. My question is, what is the fi...

jQuery mouseover link to show hidden div

Hi, I came across the mouseover event on extratorrent site like the following image. When you hover the mouse over the username link, it shows a hidden div. Pretty neat and slick. I'm new to jQuery.Can anyone show me how to get start on the right track to do that? Thanks. Update 1: I wrote something like the following attempting t...

jQery mouseover to show hidden div and to show div if only mouse still over the div

Hi, I have a problem with my mouseover and mouseout. When mouseover a link, it shows hidden div, and mouseout of a div it hides the Div. Problem is that if mouseover a link, then I move mouse somewhere else which is not over the div, the div won't go away. If I use mouseout event of the link to set the visibility of the Div, then I wo...