web-design

Advantage of placing webpages in separate directories?

My question is there really an advantage by placing each webpage in it's own directory compared to putting them in a directory? ( www.example.com/ and www.example.com/b.php ) vs ( www.example.com/ and www.example.com/b/ ) ...

NY Times Multiple Columns

hey guys... have you seen NY Times Editor's choice (on iPad) ?? .... so if you have .... i'm trying to make the same design (multiple columns in full article) .... how? through css3 , -webkit-columns-count , -webkit-columns-width and so forth.... but the problem is when i try to make an image span across 2 or more columns (this feature i...

which tools is good to design a ASP.NET User interface to show it to client?

which tools is good to design a ASP.NET User interface to show it to client? ...

Masking an image with selectable text with SVG - possible?

One neat typographic effect often seen headlines in magazines etc, is to select a really bold font and put an image inside of the text. Here's a random example of the effect: In web design, there is no way to do this with plain html/css/js. It could be done with flash or with a bitmap image but those techniques obviously have some big ...

How do I design multiple detail forms?

Not sure how to proceed on this. I have a contacts Ruby on Rails application. One person, many contacts. I have created the master name and have the associated contacts. All that works fine. Now, I have another "has_many" table for master_name and what I'm not sure is how I should display that data entry portion. Do I just have ano...

@font-face for all fonts on a website

It seems as though the use of custom fonts on webpages is becoming increasingly common. With services like TypeKit, there is a also an increasing selection of high-quality fonts to work with. I'm wondering: Has anyone started building sites that use @font-face fonts exclusively? (Can I finally get rid of Verdana / arial and swap in M...

Redirected Domain Problem

Hello All, We have 2 different websites. One is xy.com another is xyz.com. The domain xyz.com is redirected to a folder on xy.com\one This works fine. Now we want a particular link to be opened (for example, www.xyz.com\abc.html). I am placing this file in xy.com\one\abc.html. But when I enter this url, it takes me to home page, instea...

aligning images

What's the best way to align images ina list. I am trying something like and I expect them to see aligned vertifically below each other but the text kinda wraps aorund the image. text image text ...

jquery ui-icon and text alignment

I am trying to align jquery ui-icons with text like following, but I notice that the icon is always a little bit higher up than the text. Is there a way to align them horizontally, perfectly? <span><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-bullet"> bullet text </span> ...

What are the advantages of creating web pages with XML instead of HTML?

Hi Everyone, From time to time, I see web pages whose content is solely written in XML (not HTML or XHTML). These pages usually have some style sheets (either XSLT or CSS) attached to them which makes them look like any other ordinary web page. My question is, what are the advantages of such an approach (if any), and why would anyone...

What's the simplest CSS change that can bring a dramatic (non-destructive) aesthetic change to a web design?

I have a web design and want to show some variations on it to some people I'm working with. What are some simple changes I quickly could make to my current CSS stylesheet to dramatically alter the design in an aesthetically pleasing way and present various alternate presentations of my current design? ...

facebook style navbar

Here is the navbar in my rails app. The problem is I am not sure if this wil work cross browser because I am adjusting the padding of the anchor tags to get the required height. THe other issue is the search form is inside this navbar and it's not vertically centered on inside it. I basically want a facebook style navbar that has a few...

Intro Animations.

Assuming I am correct, how do I convince my client that those annoying intro animations you're sometimes subjected to are harmful and not appealing to visitors? I know I personally always click on "skip intro" and I feel this is one of those novelties that is dated. His site is to showcase his services which are manufacturing related. ...

CSS : maximum image width for a wordpress theme (or any theme, really)

In word press, if you upload an image, and let it display in 100%: if it exceeds its containers width, the theme will either: a) be broken, messing up the layout of the page or b) hide the extra width it cant display This is for a non-fluid layout, of course. The solution presented here: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/10/07/the-...

How to use fonts which are not present in client system to build web site?

I was trying to create my portfolio website and wanted to use some fonts like "Myriad Pro" and "Gotham" (Source : http://www.inspirationbit.com/16-best-loved-font-bits-in-web-design/) .But i dont think those fonts will be in the client machine for the browser to support it.I am wondering how can i use these stylish fonts in my website ?...

What websites present artwork well?

I'm a painter who's building a website portfolio/print shop. I was wondering if anyone had seen some exceptionally good layout design in presenting a variety of paintings. My go-to resource so far has been the MOMA, but they are a little cluttered for my taste. Googling it has resulted in some seriously hideous and chaotic design, and ...

stackoverflow style notification bar

Possible Duplicate: Notification alert similar to how stackoverflow functions The notification bar the top, which shows things like ' you earned xyz badge". How is it done? I am trying to create someting similar in my rails app. I use blueprint for my layout, it's a standard single column 950px layout, with everything from t...

Need ideas for where to start on RateMyProfessors-type site

I'm trying to create a website that accepts submissions into a form, and then later on I can display it in tables organized by categories, similar to how RateMyProfessors does it: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/SelectTeacher.jsp?sid=399 To me, my main concerns are: Figuring out a good way to read in submissions and save it into a da...

sticky footer woes

OK, I know this question has been posed in many cases and it seems the answers vary on a case by base basis. Here is my situation, I use blueprint grid system and the high level structure is as follows. So the footer sometimes sticks to the bottom, but when there isn't enough content in the content_container it doesn't. Also if the wi...

My first PHP / MySQL app - what's the next step?

Hello All, I'm developing my first web application using PHP, MySql, and HTML, but I'm at a roadblock: now I have to start piecing all the pages, modules, and included files into an actual 'application'. I'm really trying to make this an answerable question, and not a discussion topic, but now I'm thinking about 'web design' - and I don...