override definition in css file
I have a css file that defines style for all <p> tags. like this p { ......... } How can I write a <p> in a page where the stylesheet is included that has default styling? ...
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Menu Button in web Page
I am looking for a solution to display to a menu button in a Web page, preferably using client side code (example a jQuery plugin etc). The only requirement is that it should blend well with the default buttons look and feel. An Example of a menu button i can give is that of the Labels or Actions button in GMail I have already looked in...
UI for capturing a timespan or duration
What's a good web-based UI for capturing a time duration from the user. Lets say that we want to capture a time duration in minutes. But would like to present it such that the user can enter in hours and\or minutes. Just use 2 textboxes for hrs\min? Or a single textbox and let them type in "1hr 31min" or "91 min" ? Or is there somethin...
css layout fixed width and variable width on same line
with tables I can easily have a row with 2 columns, column 1 is variable width and column 2 fixed width in pixels and column 1 resizes to fill the available space. I'm transitioning to css and wondering how to do this with css..and make sure that both divs/columns stay on the same line and don't wrap. ...
best practice for developing webpage for mobile phone
Hello, I would like to know how I can make a webpage that will look good in most mobile phones. For making normal webpages, I use dreamweaver cs3. I don´t really want to use emulators unless I have too. Can I not just center everything in the middle, with auto margins on both sides. When I am looking at the pages that I have made sofar...
What CSS tools (framework,grids system, IDE,..) do I need for starting web design?
Hi, I am building a new WebSite based on Grails technology. Concerning the graphical design of my website, I plan to use services from a professional web designer but meanwhile, I need to do some basics graphical design myself in order to have a "user-friendly" beta-version. I have read through the stackoverflow.com site but couldn't...
What are the things to remember when one designs a website
Hi, We are planning to sell our own product in medical domain. Its a Patient management System. Before we start marketing we need to have website for the same. We already have done some basic things like booking a domain name for the website, purchasing the hosting service. Before we design the website, can somebody guide us what thin...
How to make a "tableless" table with help of CSS?
How to make a table like structure (design) with help of div and [CSS][1]? to show tabular data on html page. i don't want to use <table> <tr> <td> . I work on custom made CMS in my company and for a page cms prdouces xhtml in div tags so xhtml code is not in my hand so therefore i want to show table like data without table. EDIT: My ...
Visitors to site get a file download instead of web page?
Why do visitors to my site sometimes get a download to a file instead of the page to which they were supposed to go? What problem does that point to - browser, controller, or something? ...
What are the priorities among CSS selectors
CSS Question: If two different selectors apply to an element, who wins? I know this shouldn't happen, but I want to tweak a legacy application, and the CSS is getting in the middle. ...
What is difference between Interaction design, Visual Design, Web design, UX design, UI design, UI development?
What is difference between Interaction design, Visual Design, Web design, UX design, UI design, UI development? BTB, link found below answered for UI Vs UX. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1334496/difference-between-ui-and-ux ...
What are the most interesting / unusual design elements used on websites that you have seen?
Hi Guys, I am leading a team to build a website for a client. The client is a company producing games, toys and widgets. They have specifically asked for at least 2 design features on the site which are intelligent, interesting and unusual! (I am quoting the specs I got) Further, they do not want any Flash - loads of JS are OK though. ...
Mobile Phone no. verification
I am designing a website.I want to validate the mobile no. entered by the user on the registration page, by sending a verification code to his mobile phone. Can anyone give me pointers to how should i proceed with it?? ...
What is the difference between Web Design and Theme Design?
What is the difference between Web Design and Theme Design? ...
What's the advantage of having a website with two XML tags?
I was over at the StarCraft2 website and decided to take a look at their source and saw this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="layout/artwork.xsl"?> <page lang="en_us"> <artwork/> </page> ... and that's it. So I was wondering, what's the point in using an XSLT if you're just using 2 tag...
Is 480px screen width a legitimate design target for mobile web applications in late 2009?
I am working on a web application that will target the modern browsers or recent smartphones. When I look at the different resolutions, I see 480 a lot. For example: 480x320 is used by the iPhone and Blackberry Bold 9000. This appears to be a standard called Half VGA (HVGA), which has a 3:2 aspect ratio and half the pixels of VGA. 4...
Good Web Designing Books for Programmers
Hi, I am interested in learning about designing web pages. I have developed ASP.NET applications but so far the UI for the applications i.e. the various controls and their layout have already been designed by someone else and I have had to work on the server side part of the application only. Now I am looking for good books to learn ...
How do I package a custom TrueType font with a web site so the browsers will render it?
I'm developing a website for someone but they want (insist) that the title be in a non-standard font. (The customer is always right.) I have the TrueType (.ttf) font but how do I bundle this with the website so that it uses it? I tried putting it in the Images folder and tried to access it with the style sheet: font-family:URL(Images/...
What html markups to use for displaying label/value data ?
I want to render a profile user container that contains a list of labels and their associated values. Here is an excerpt of information and layout I'd like to display: First Name.......MyName Age...................MyAge email................MyEmail I know that there are tons of examples available but the problem is that it seems tha...
I use PowerPoint for Web page layout design. Is there an easier way?
Hi, just want to share my experience modelling the web page layouts: PowerPoint seems to be a really fast prototyping environment when it comes to Web design. Just wondering if anyone is using PPT as well, and whether there is a better choice for a fast drag-and-drop tool for that purpose? ...