web-design

What are your favorite JavaScript libraries/scripts for creating tooltips on the web?

I've used jTip (jQuery plugin) and overLIB in the past. Are there any others I should be looking into...any accepted "best" one? ...

Is there a legitimate use-case for putting a fieldset outside of a form?

I was recently corrected, and according to the HTML4 DTD, it is legitimate to use a fieldset outside of a form: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/dtd.html#block Previously I had not known this, and wonder if anyone can think of a legitimate use case for doing so. I feel like using one to decorate would be frowned upon by most designers...

has anyone tried designing a webpage for psp?

erm im trying to make a personal bible for my psp (i tried googling but the only bible version i've seen on my skimming is on KJV and im trying to make mine have 3 versions namely TNIV, NLT and Amplified Bible) so my only solution was to make on for myself and my approach was to save an html file on my mem-stick and open it up through t...

Etiquette for reusing elements of a web page?

I was a little surprised that I couldn't find this question on SO: What ethical/legal principles should I consider if I want to incorporate elements of someone else's website into my own? In other words: the web is a fairly open environment, in the sense that the dominant _lingua franca_s - HTML, CSS, and Javascript - are distributed i...

Web / HTML design methods and tools

Since I'm new to the world of professional web/HTML and ASP design, I'm curious of what others in the field use when building pages from nothing. I'm not one to use MS Word to design my page or form, and then just stick it on the net. My background in UI design is really in Win32, then MFC, WTL, and now some Winforms... But, I'm findi...

How to verify that Squid used as a reversed proxy is working?

We want to decrease the load in one of our web servers and we are running some tests with squid configured as a reverse proxy. The configuration is in the remarks below: http_port 80 accel defaultsite=original.server.com cache_peer original.server.com parent 80 0 no-query originserver name=myAccel acl our_sites dstdomain...

Best data structure and design for this feature

In my Rails app, I have a section called Situations, which is basically a textual description of a situation. But there are several of them. I want to be able to display only one at a time and each one on its own page (the newest created ones first), and then at the bottom of the page I have links that go to Older and Newer situations. ...

Is Rockwell a web safe font?

Recently we received a mockup for a website from a client that makes extensive use of the Rockwell font all over the layout for menu items, articles titles, block titles, etc... I never heard of that font before and I assumed that it wasn't web safe, also I checked online in several places to confirm this, like here and here, but couldn...

Should focus be given to a control when a webpage finishes loading?

Here are some examples of what I mean: google.com - focus is set on the "search" box gmail.google.com - focus is set on the "user name" field (actually, most web email clients do this). stackoverflow, ask a question - focus is set on the "title" box. Sometimes, this is a convenient feature - e.g., on Google. From a usability standpoi...

Dynamic height of iframe

I am currently working on an existing site that uses iframes(sigh!), these are pretty painful to work with and I'm having problems getting the height of the iframe to scale with the height of the HTML content. I've tried a few different script snippets that floats around on the interwebs, but none of them have worked for me. I really wa...

Lossy image compression, plus transparency, for the web?

One advantage of PNG is full alpha transparency, which allows you to have smooth edges and shadows in in web designs. The main disadvantage is that it only supports lossless compression, which for complex images means a very large file size. JPEG on the other hand offers great compressibility for complex images, but no transparency. A...

Silverlight Design Resources for the Inept

I'm steadily progressing on Silverlight from a programming standpoint. I believe I'm to the point where I want my application to look decent to begin demo'ing. Doesn't have to look awesome, but not like a 2 year old did it (although a 2 year old might be a step above my current design skills). With HTML, you could typically find some ...

How can a developer learn about web design?

Most of the time I worked as an application developer at backend side. I worked on enterprise web projects but never touched on user interface, design issues. Good looking web sites and user interfaces always impress me. And nowadays I am trying to develop public web site I know CSS, HTML but stuck with web design / user interface iss...

The best Webdesign Book

What is the best book about Webdesign and mainly CSS that you would recommend for starting webdesigner. Is there any bible like The Art of Computer Programming or Code Complete for webdesign? Does anybody know some video tutorials for Photoshop used for webdesign? ...

Which web-development language is best for a C programmer?

Question I program in C (ANSI C89/ISO C90) in a *n*x environment on a regular basis. I am now in a position where it would be beneficial for me to learn a web-development language. In particular, I'm looking to learn a language which: ...exploits my background as a C programmer. ...can produce the level of interactiveness of a web-sit...

How do you choose a font for a website?

I am not web-designer, more of a web app server side developer. Like tone deaf, guess I am font blind…Perhaps I dont know what I need. When you look at Facebook its font-family:"lucida grande",tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; stackoverflow font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; gmail font-family:arial,sans-serif; nyt...

CSS acting weird

i have the following css code: .tag { display: inline; font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #444; } .tag:hover { font-size: 10px; padding: 5px; color: #FFF; background-color: #666; } aside from the background color, and one having the display:inline, there is no difference,...

Facebook-like friends listing

I want to design my a friends list page that is almost identical to Facebook's, how there is a thumbmail image with some text beside it (that is aligned with the top of the graphic), and then surrounded by a gentle box. Can someone provide some sample HTML/CSS for this? ...

CSS - Rounded Select, Checkbox and Radiobutton

Is there any way, how to make rounded HTML <select>, without using any javascript? I have this insane design and I have absolutely no idea how to do it only with CSS. The same problem is with checkbox and radiobutton. Does anybody know how to make them rounded? I need solution that works for IE6+, Firefox 2+, Opera 9+ ... ...

Designing a website using J2EE components... JSP+Servlets+EJB+MySQL... Please guide what all concepts are needed to draw a good and attractive website..

Dear All,, I am in position of designing a website now, purely in Java using J2EE components mentioned in the title.. I have designed the Business Logic for my project using J2SE.. and now i want to design a website (an attractive looking website) which would incorporate that logic into my website based project... So i need guidance i...