web-development

Is it possible to open an external URL without changing pages -- similar to those javascript image viewer popouts

I'd like to host some images on my website and let people post URL's to them. However, I don't want people to have to be redirected to my website to view them. Is there some way to setup my site so that no matter where the URL is posted, it will open up without changing pages? Similar looking to lightscribe? ...

"Out of browser" web application running at Start-Up?

Hello, I've become familiar with the new concept of "out of browser" web applications, supported in the recent Silverlight, JavaFX, Adobe AIR etc. Listening recently to a podcast on the subject by Scott Hanselman, I've become aware that one of the purposes behind these new architectures is to allow for "desktop-application-feel". Also,...

Is there a way to stop Google Analytics counting development work as hits?

I have added the JavaScript that I need to the bottom of my pages so that I can make use of Google Analytics. Only problem is that I am sure that it is counting all my development work as hits. Seeing as I probably see some of those pages a hundred times a day it will really skew my readings. Is there a way to turn it off from a particul...

should i use the web framework for implementing a bunch of external links that likely won't change?

i'm building my webapp using the wicket java web framework. there is one page that i'm building right now contains 20+ external links, a lot of them are pointing to the wikipedia pages. i'm currently hardcoding the url for all these links in the html page. i could definitely add these links by using the framework (wicket has a class fo...

Framework for (HTML + JS) Desktop Client

Hello, I plan to write a Desktop Client for Windows and Mac. It will be powered by web techniques (HTML + JS). Therefore it shall run on a WebKit engine on the user's desktop. Recently, I saw an interesting approach for this issue: Appcelerator I love its basic concept, but I don't want be dependent on their services. Instead I want to...

Is Haskell mature enough for web applications?

Seems that there are not much work done on Haskell for web. People uses it as a learning tool for functional programming more than business. Has anyone developed and deployed web application on Haskell, yet? Please, share the links. The next session comments might change my mind and plan something else which could b...

how can I get the file version on the Internet but not download it ?

I get a file url,for example, http://cidian.youdao.com/download/YoudaoDict.exe how can I get it's version but not download it ? nots 1: if you download the file first on your computer,there are many ways to get it's version, for example ,you can use the window tools "filever.exe" to get the version. but i want to not download it ,at...

What is the ecosystem for Haskell web development?

Inspired by this question and a recent affair, I'm wondering what's involved with Haskell web development. Are there any Haskell web frameworks or template engines? How would hosting a Haskell site work, are there suitable web servers? Is Haskell too complex for the usual rapid development and prototyping based workflow often used ...

Why do you still support IE6 while building websites?

Possible Duplicate: Should we support IE6 anymore? There is a lot of talk about stopping to support IE6 and websites such as www.browsesad.com provide tools to educate your visitors about their poor choice of browser. The browser is 9 years old and is personally an absolute bane to support for limited rewards. Why exactly shou...

XHTML strict Disabling Form Labels

I'm using ASP.NET with asp:Label to give my input controls labels. When my page is in read only mode I disable all my input controls and associated labels. When I set Enabled="false" on the label it renders as disabled='disabled' which is not valid XHTML strict (a requirement for my project) Is there a way to disable ASP.NET labels th...

saving fileds value in ajax Operation by wicket

I have page which some text fields are added to it by ajax depending on user selection by some radio buttons but when user clicks on a radio and add a textfield, values of other fields miss. and I want to save the value of text fields. what should I do? ...

How can I make my web page not be copied?

I want in my website, certain web contents not to be copied, nor to be saved or print screened. User should always log in to my website to read those contents. Any way to do that? or any technology? Can think of adding contents in swf file but files are in pdf format and have large size? Can it work? Suggestions are welcomed. ...

spell check textfield

I am trying to get a spellchecker to check spelling in a text field as the user types. I am well aware that browsers such as firefox have this feature for textfields (but this requires a user to manually enable it in the right click menu. The ideal script Im looking for would accept an id as a parameter, since the id for the field I wan...

Mercurial: keep 2 branches in sync but with certain persistent differences?

I'm a web developer working on my own using django, and I'm trying to get my head round how best to deploy sites using mercurial. What I'd like to have is to be able to keep one repository that I can use for both production and development work. There will always be some differences between production/development (e.g. they might use dif...

Why do you still use PHP?

I have a couple of years as a PHP developer under my belt now, and I have to admit other web languages/frameworks (ASP .Net and Ruby on Rails especially) are looking much more tempting than PHP. It just seems like PHP is being left in the dust by the competition. I'm even seriously considering abandoning PHP altogether and going with R...

Web Devs: What would you teach in Web Development 101?

Possible Duplicate: How would you teach web development? I'm a graduate student at a university who's interested in teaching an introductory course in web development for the computer science curriculum. I talk with students everyday who are frustrated about learning the mechanics of Nondeterministic Finite Automata while employ...

IE caching problem

I have a popup that uploads some files on submit, and after successful upload the jsp outputs a script block that contains window.close() I am having a problem where IE seems to cache the popup html on close, and when the user clicks a link to upload more files, the cached version opens first, and closes the window! how can i prevent t...

Good approach for a web API token scheme?

Hey folks, I am working on a REST API for a web application that up until now we have developed internally for a couple of companion applications. Now that we are looking at opening up to outside developers we want to add tokens to the API in order to help identify who is making requests and in general to help manage it's use. At this...

What's the difference between debugging Local IIS and Custom Web server?

In Visual Web Developer Express 2008: I would like to know the difference between debugging with: Use local IIS web server and Use Custom web server I'm using IIS7 on windows vista and the only difference I've noticed is that you need the IIS6 compatibility component for Local IIS and, more importantly, that debugging with Local II...

Regarding using LinkedIn API?

Hi all, My idea is to connect to LinkedIn through the API and work on the public data. My area of concern is where to find Linkedin API and how to use it. I have search a lot but landed no where. Please help me in this regard. ...