web-development

Drag and Drop in MobileSafari?

Is it possible to allow users to drag and drop items in mobile safari? Google images on the iPhone does something similar, but I'm not sure if it is true drag and drop or some other work around. Anyone have any insights? ...

Is there a better developer toolbar for IE8?

I've been pulling my hair out for the last few hours trying to wrestle with the IE8 developer toolbar while working with some styles not playing with IE7 mode properly... Coming over from Firebug the difference is like... well lets just say its better then nothing. What I'm wondering is, has there been any.. additions, patches, hacks, ...

advice on php parsing

Hi all, I am using phpTumblr, a wrapper around the tumblr blog api that allows you to access posts via php. I want the site to display new posts dynamically, so I am using php to write html code. I find myself writing things like print(blablabla); or print(); ... and so on, and setting the header of the document to text/html, so that t...

recommendation for choosing a new web development stack

I work in a medium to small team ( 10 people ) developing and supporting several web enterprise applications. We have a dozen of them built with a house-made framework with asp-classic working against ms-sql server. We are evaluating the migration to a new development stack. We'd like it to be open (free) and simple. I've been look...

Database Structure Advice Needed

Hey Guys, Im currently working on a site which will contain a products catalog. I am a little new to database design so I'm looking for advice on how best to do this. I am familiar with relational database design so I understand "many to many" or "one to many" etc (took a good db class in college). Here is an example of what an ite...

Basic website for software outsourcing business

I want to start a software outsourcing business. I registered it and need to make a professionally looking website. Just one page is OK. I need also to create an email system to send out email from my website email, not gmail or yahoo mail. Can you advise me on the cheapest and fastest way to do it? ...

the best way to grab websites data (content)?

I need to grab some websites data (content) those websites provide listings I need to grab those and filter them according to the content any software can do that? php script? if not, where can I start to program this functionality? ...

Get the previous page name in asp.net

Hi, lets say that i have 3 pages, (origin1.aspx)/(origin2.aspx)/(destination.aspx), and i have a control which represents back button, its functionality is to get from which page it has been called. and once clicked redirects back to the original caller page, i have searched the web, and found many great and simple ideas, such as querySt...

Print using javascript for more than 1 printers

Hi all I want to print 2 kind of documents on 2 different printers. I use "Always print silent" on firefox so the print window doesn't show up on every print. But now I want 2 different prints I can not use this option and I really don't want the print window to show up. Any idea how I can do this like changing the default printer using ...

RSS file not rendering as expected in firefox!

I have an rss XML file: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>ABC News</title> <link></link> <description></description> <copyright></copyright> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:49:44 +05-30</lastBuildDate> <generator>Super Simple RSS</generator> <webMaster><...

Google Maps stealing focus when map is below the fold.

I have a website which is using Google Maps to display the location of a property. This map is located below the fold on the website. In IE8, Firefox, Safari etc this is working fine, but in IE7 (at the moment, specifically on Windows XP, can't really test on Vista/7 at the moment) the Maps seem to steal the focus and scrolls the page d...

Is it possible for a 3rd party to reliably discern your CMS?

I don't know much about poking at servers, etc, but in light of the (relatively) recent Wordpress security issues, I'm wondering if it's possible to obscure which CMS you might be using to the outside world. Obviously you can rename the default login page, error messages, the favicon (I see the joomla one everywhere) and use a non-defau...

Is there any globaly unique identifier for a client machine accessible through the web browser?

Is there any way to identify a users machine through a browser without previously putting cookies in? Probably no access to Mac Address through the web right? Just thought I'd ask... ...

How can I keep a music player in the page footer that doesn't reload when I click a link to a subpage?

I have been trying to solve this problem for a while now and have looked on numerous forums to find a solution. Here is my setup. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I currently have a index page that loads a JavaScript header and footer above and below my "content" section. I also have a list of navigation links inside of the head...

Is it possible to check for new Gmail emails using Javascript?

I want to know whether or not I have a new email from Gmail, but I don't want to go to Gmail all the time. Is it possible to use javascript to check if a new message has arrived? I know it is possible using php classes, but I would like to do it javascript also. ...

What PHP/Web technologies do I need to get up to speed ?

After graduating in CS in the last century I have been running my own business for the better part of a decade. Now in my mid-thirties I am going to move countries and for the first time in a long time I need to look seriously at actually finding a formal position as a programmer. I have developed and maintained several sizable websites...

How to create a page which gets real time updates from PubSubHubub

I want to know if it is possible to use javascript/html or php, etc... to create a page that receives continuous updates from a feed that uses PubSubHubub? How can I do this? I am new to this, and any tips would be helpful. ...

Prevent Back option in browser after logout from the application

I am working on a ASP.NET application. I want to prevent the user from viewing the previous page using the back button in the browser after logging out from the application. ...

upload image and video

I have a web site that is created in flash.There is a link for upload images and videos .I want to create this uploading module for this link.There is also a requirement that the images and videos which is upload to the user created folders or albums like orkut image uploading.The video should be maximum 5-6 minutes. I want a brief answ...

Substitute to <iframe>

I need to open a page inside another page without the horizontal scroll bar in the inner page. I don't want to use <iframe> tags on my page. Is there any substitute to the <iframe> tag?? ...