web-design

I can't click the links in Firefox and Chrome (they work in IE7)

Its the weirdest thing I've ever seen. I can't click the last 3 links in the following code (when I use FF or Chrome): HTML: <div id="leftmanulist"> <div class="abouttop"> <ul class="aboutlist"> <li class="index"><a>成立宗旨</a></li> <li><a href="instruments.html">樂器編制</a></li> <li><a hr...

howto hide outline on a form

I have to design a form with an input inside it. I use background image on the input so it would look like a button. Every time somebody clicks it, it would send $POST, a behavior I want to achieve. But the problem is about the outline around the form. The outline shows when we click the form. It's minor, but it would be great to make ...

Should a web designer know JQuery?

Hello All, I have been doing web designing for quite some time. My question is: Should a web designer know JQuery at all? Thanks ...

Web design process with CSS - during or after?

Which is the better practice? Add CSS during web designing you can see the result (or close) as early as possible and make required changes. You also know how many divs or spans you might need (eg to make curved cross-browser hover background). But as you add more and more components to the page sometimes things get hack-ish as you need...

How to blur border's bottom and top?

like this in my design both side of div has border like this and content in div can be increased or decreased . and in any condition both side top and bottom should be blur like this. How to make this possible? using css, image any method... ...

Reproduce Springboard's icon shine with WebKit

Hi, anyone got any ideas on how to reproduce the gloss of iPhone app icons using WebKit and CSS3 and/or a transparent overlay image? Is this even possible? ...

web site development best practices, design or code by first?

I'm using an MVC framework to develop a web site, I've to care about the design in the sense of look and feel (views) and the code (models, controllers). I don't know what is the best way to proceed: code and design iteratively by small chunks? design first ? you've got the point ...

Site for html containers templates (shaded divs.. etc) for use in websites?

I have graphs, reports or just plain text I want to place in a web page. Instead of sitting on the dull white background, I want them to have some containers around them. I can do plain color backgrounds but I was wondering if there are templates for containers with things like rounded corners, shaded containers, flexible gradients, dro...

Free GUI-like web design tool for Java?

Our company needs to build web solution and we're somewhat short on time. We use Java and do not have a design yet. We're looking for some tools/plugins for: GUI-like web design (drag and drop components) WYSIWYG The tools must be *free We like GWT but any other UI framework is fine. Plugins for NetBeans or Eclipse would be great. A...

Browser Preview Utility

Hello everybody, Are there any programs that render websites from the point of view of different browsers? In other words, I'd like to be able to open and view websites as if it were Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. It would be a bonus if the utility has a paned interface that lets you view pages side by side. Thanks!...

Using mercurial for web-design version control (dealing with images)

I'm very new to Version Control, and I was wondering if I could get some advice on how it can fit into website design. At the moment I'm working on a typical, simple website that includes images: A few .html files and a .css file One folder full of photographs Another folder with the corresponding thumbnails Can I just put the whole...

Should not i use any relative measurement for any element if i need fixed width, pixel perfect design?

Should not i use any relative measurement in css for any element if i need fixed width, pixel perfect design? would it be better to use px always? ...

What tools you use to design web application in Asp.net or Asp.net mvc ?

I have recently started working on web applications and i'm doing it using ASP.Net MVC. I have been checking out some open source applications. Some of the views that i checked had alot of markup code, so i was wondering are there any other tools used to visualize and develop views, in a more visual way.. Thanks. ...

What is the correct response for web service?

One of my web services returns the list of ids of the the projects a person is owner of. That is, when I GET http://example.com/wsListProjects?user=eric I get back xml with the list of projects. However, when I specify user=xxx, who doesn't exist, I currently return a 404 response? Is this the correct response to return? Thanks. ...

CSS box around box technique

Dear Experts, I was trying to make an CSS division box with content in it as well as a border around it. Instead of using the box-border technique, I was trying out a new box to box technique instead. <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> #outer{ height: 20px; width: 20px; background-color:#233D78; } #inne...

How to create Multiple images with hyperlinks

I have a psd image with me. This image has been created combining multiple images. I want that each of this multiple images must have a seperate alt tag and a hyperlink. When the user clicks on it, he/she should be taken to the that url. How can I do it. Please suggest me all options like open source or online tools etc. ...

How to give border to any element using css without adding border-width to the whole width of element?

How to give border to any element using css without adding border-width to the whole width of element? Like in Photoshop we can give stroke- Inside , center and outside I think default css border properties is center like center in photoshop, am i right? I want to give border inside the box not outside. and don't want to include bo...

Is there a way to put relationships/contraints into CSS?

In every design tool or art principle I've heard of, relationships are a central theme. By relationships I mean the thing you can do in Adobe Illustrator to specify that the height of one shape is equal to half the height of another. You cannot express this information in CSS. CSS hard-codes all values. Using a language like LESS tha...

Creating colour schemes based on an existing scheme

I have a colour scheme based around yellow, for warning messages on a website. It amounts to a slightly orange bordered box, with a pale yellow fill. The exact colours are: #FED626 (border) #FFF7C0 (fill) I want to know if it's possible to convert this scheme mathematically or algorithmically somehow, to come up with a blue version...

One file site design using Visibility on DIV classes/IDs

Hi, I'm building a one-page(one file) site and want to get insight as to whether or not I'm taking the most practical and intelligent approach. The site is a simple site for a graphic designer. It has 4 "pages" which are "about me", "contact", "work", and "photos." What I want to do is have 4 divs(absolutely placed in the same spot) wi...