I have an ASP.NET MVC app which depends on a lot of settings (name-value pairs), I am planning to store this information in a database table called SiteSettings. Is there an easy way in which I can get these settings using NHibernate. And what are the best practices when saving settings for a web application. And by settings I mean the s...
What are the security topics that you should always include when writing a proposal for a website implementation? ...
I am a Java/C# developer and have written enterprise applications in J2EE. But, i have never written a web application. Out of interest, i learnt Ruby on Rails and i like it. Now, i want to create a personal website and am wondering how to go about it. I could use Ruby on Rails, but i found the hosting costs higher for Rails apps than t...
I'm using the following Java Deployment Toolkit: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/jweb/deployment_advice.html#deplToolkit Now, I've searched the docs, and I cannot find when the inline java installer is possible. If the user has absolutely no java installed, they will be redirected to the get java page. If java has be...
I need quite fast methods for playing sounds/ displaying graphics in a web browser. I came across O3D which does nicely for the 2D graphics aspects but as far as I can tell there is no neat way to play audio from a JavaScript function. My requirements are that multiply sounds be playable simultaneously and also that each sound start to ...
We are creating a free course for building good web developers, we will train each others and our friends. We will focus on web programming using .Net and the main things we want to teach are: ASP.Net, C#, JavaScript, Database "SQL Server Access", css, html, and a little about: flash, photoshop, SEO Do you have a URL to a good cour...
I'm about to begin building a real-time interactive website that will allow the user to create various objects and drag and move them around inside the browser, similar to, but very different than the newly announced Google Wave. Are there any newer methodologies than AJAX being used right now for creating real-time interactive web page...
This question is a more discussion oriented one that a simple problem specific question. Writing basic HTML is simple but writing fast light standards based, SEO best practices complaint, all browsers compatible HTML pages is hard and very time consuming. But why it hard ? In my opinion it hard because of the hundreds of different r...
This question is for web developers and architects. How do you think is it a good or bad idea to have a website where you're able to edit all the templates (HTML, CSS, JS, images..) right from the admin panel? In this case if you update website often, you don't need to search for a local version of your website on you development machi...
With all the hype around MVC (and rightly so) I've decided to give it a go myself and write my first .NET MVC web application. With a few options to choose from I was wondering which framework MVC do people recommend. Microsoft ASP.NET MVC The above with alternative view engine Castle Project - MonoRail MVC# Maverick.NET It seems ...
We've got an alternate version of out website ready for mobile devices. The content we serve is different and it works well. What is the best way to detect which version to serve. We don't have a list of all mobile devices so to use the user-agent header is tricky as we may miss something. We thought about useing device screen width ...
Hello, I'm developing a web application and considering Django, Google App Engine, and several other options. I wondered what kind of "penalty" I will incur if I develop a complete Django application assuming it runs on a dedicated server, and then later want to migrate it to Google App Engine. I have a basic understanding of Google's ...
I'm looking to do a website for a client and I am considering using ASP.NET. Can I use the express version of Visual Studio to build this or do I have to buy a license? ...
I've got a service running at a fixed location in the network, with a WSDL attached etc. I can easily create a jax-ws client with wsimport and the usual stuff when doing this stand-alone, but I'd really like to be able to call this service from inside another web application. Unfortunately I'm running into some gotchas here. For one, ev...
I have the an approximation of the following input id='rb1' name='rb1' type='radio' input id='rb2' name='rb1' type='radio' e.g. both radios share the same name so only one can be selected I want to be able to use Request.Form to see which one has been selected. However all I get in Request.Form is the name e.g. rb1. Is there any way...
How do I determine and force users to view my website using HTTPS only? I know it can be done through IIS, but want to know how its done programmatically. ...
I'm trying to use jsmin with nant - and it just uses stdin and stdout for input and output. The nant 'exec' task allows you to redirect the output to a file, but not get the input from a file. I have tried with a 'commandline' using '>' and '<' to direct the input and output, but nant just goes away and doesn't come back :( I can't bel...
I'm asking to pick the brains of all you web gurus out there. I have an idea I'm trying to implement. I want to display half a dozen pictures on a screen, in say a circle shape, and as I hover over one with the mouse it fades from grey and white into full colour, maybe even getting a little larger, or generating a drop-shadow effect wh...
I'm am trying to make a three column layout for a website from an inkscape mockup that I made. The problem is that I am more of an artist that a programer, so I know only the basics. I will take any suggestions. Thanks! ...
I'm not sure how long they've been doing it but I just noticed google using # in their search url instead of search?. New way http://www.google.com/#q=stackoverflow Old way http://www.google.com/search?q=stackoverflow The pound/hash sign is generally used as an anchor to a section of a page. Besides a shorter url what could be the bene...