web-design

Layout out data-entry form in HTML: table or no table?

I want to create a data-entry form like the following: Name: [ Name textbox ] Age: [ Age textbox ] label n: [ textbox n ] Where the labels left-align, and the textboxes left-align. I know I can do this in a table element, but I'm also aware that "tables should only be for tabular data". While I part agree/disagree with th...

Is there an existing online emulator for Blackberry browser ?

I'm triying to find a good emulator for the Blackberry browser, so I can try my blackberry app. Is there an online version so I don't have to download and install one ? Or in worse case scenario, which one should I download ? Thanks, ...

Confused on where exactly i should test my ie code. the tester is bugging me

Hi there, ie6 has been bugging me up from a very long time from now. and i am feeling so frustrated. however here is the problem i am facing. i have written the XHTML markup , html and css code. i want to test the cross browser compatibility, i know there are lots of tools out there to do it, and i am already using some of them. i am ...

What is neccesary to create more advanced, dynamic and user friendly web pages?

I am using HTML and CSS for creating web pages. I want my web pages to be more dynamic and user friendly, so which languages do I need to learn to do so? ...

Website Building Platforms - like weebly.com, yola.com, homestead.com

I want to build/buy platforms that have the functionality like weebly.com or homestead.com or yola.com. Any ideas where I should look? Any suggestions? I want to host this platform for small business to build their websites for free - niche based, geographically categorized, etc. etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Samee...

Issue with jquery tools overlay in Safari

I am trying to present a form inside an overlay. The form is loaded via ajax. This all works fine on firefox 3.x. But on Safari 5.0(5533.16), the overlay shows but does not make an ajax request, rather makes a html request. Here is how I configure it in my js and then on document.ready I call ModalPostForm.init(); pastie - http://pas...

twitter style updates

How to create this effect where it looks like a newly inserted update shows up at the top of the stack and pushed the rest down? This is how it is done at the twitter home page. Update. In case this isn't clear, I am trying to understand the whole effect of how the uipdates section is animated and updated with the smooth scrolling effe...

Obscure break in div tag

I am trying to make a div which expands to show hidden content when hovered over. However there seems to be a random space in between images inside the div, hence a premature onmouseout method call. Is there any way to get rid of this problem? Check out a live version here. ...

Set default style to table in ASP.Net

My asp.net theme has default css style. How can I set default style to all my <td> in this css style? ...

searchbox with jquery ui

I am trying to get my searchbox to look like that of facebook, where the button looks like it's inside the textbox. Please see the facebook home page. I am using jquery ui and the graphics with it, for the button, problem is I think it adds borders to the button is creates, hence there is this separation between the text input and the bu...

How do people generate rich CSS based design layouts?

I just came across hoptoadapp.com and I was a bit shocked, that there is very little images on the site. Most of the banner, buttons are made purely of CSS styling. For example the up-right banner "See plans and pricing" is basically fully based on CSS, with all shades, gradients, etc made by CSS, also its different style-sheet for eve...

Is it okay these days to use PNG with alpha-transparency in websites?

I remember from 3 years ago that it was an absolutely huge pain to use any nice PNG with alpha in websites, because of IE6 and other bad browsers. But how about now? How about if your target audience are iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch users? I believe these people aren't so stupid to use old-aged bad browsers. They use the newest, best stu...

I want to learn CSS templates.........

Possible Duplicate: Resources to develop web front-end skills (CSS, etc) Hi all, I want to learn CSS templates Designing. Please send me some links of CSS templates Tutorial... Thanks. ...

Which is the best 3-column 100% width pure CSS layout framework?

Hi guys, We're starting new project and we need 100% width (100% height is a bonus :)), 3 column, pure CSS layout for business RIA. We checked out YAML, YUI, Blueprint and couple of others but seems that none offers or guarantees 100% compatibility with all major browsers. Which one is the best for this purpose from your experience? ...

Beautiful websites' designs, but not designers' showcases

hi, to get some inspiration in the design of a web site, i often google something like "most beautiful website designs" or "best css designs". But each time you have a page referencing nice designs (like http://www.sitesketch101.com/beautiful-websites), it is always a showcase design and mostly from a design agency. Ok, but this is alwa...

facebook style comment bar

I am trying to create a comment box similar to facebook, where the text area expands and the comment button becomes visible when the text area is clicked and when the text area looses focus the comment button is hidden and the text area shrinks back to a smaller height. The following js works fine, but the problem is when I click the "co...

lines not breaking in a paragraph

I am probably missing soemthing very simple, but the following is a comment posted on in my rails app and if the content is too long..then it doesnot wrap automatically withing the paragraph and overflows onto the page. The content of the paragraph is generated by Redcloth, though this particular paragraph does not contain any textile m...

PHP Web Design: Using Smarty vs Rest feeds with jQuery

I've been trawling SO for a couple of hours tonight looking for some answers, but I've not found anything that really answers what I'm after. My apologies if it has, in fact, been answered already. I'm designing a new website and I'm trying to decide on the architecture to use to serve the content. In the past, my websites have used PHP...

Best way to manage and initialize JS objects that represent DOM elements

When creating a web page who's content will be created and destroyed dynamically by the user, what is the best way to structure and initialize both the javascript functionality and the DOM Elements? Example -- Lets say you have a todo-list who's items can be re-ordered, created, and destroyed by the user: Each Item will have a visual ...

How do I know if Quirks mode was triggered within IE6?

Hi folks, I read that if the DOCTYPE is not corectly set IE6 will enter Quirks mode. I have given a document HTML 4.01 Transitional, but how do I know if IE6 triggers Quirks mode or not? ...