web-development

Multiple select control for web

We need a special user control for our web application. It should ideally look and work exactly like typical <select> element but with additional feature that would allow user to select multiple choices. I imagine it like drop-down list of items with checkboxes. User can either select one and only item by clicking it (just like normal ...

CSS: Is Helvetica the default 'sans-serif' font on Mac and Arial the default sans-serif font on Windows?

I have a lot of CSS that does the following: font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; It my understanding that Helvetica is the default sans-serif font on Mac and Arial is the default sans-serif font on Windows ... if that's the case, couldn't I just change the above code to be: font-family: sans-serif; Yes, no? ...

MySQL: Do I have to purchase a license for InnoDB if I plan to use it in a for-profit setting (commercial use)?

If I plan to use MySQL on a web-development project (example.com) where my web application is a commercial product where I'm selling a service and it just so happens that MySQL, using the InnoDB engine, is the backend data storage for my web application ... do I have to purchase a commercial license to use MySQL/InnoDB? If I do have to ...

Book Recommendations: Enterprise Web Software

I'm looking for some book recommendations. Just read The Pragmatic Programmer. Very good book and very useful But now I'm looking to get a book on system architecture and development with a more web app slant. The above focused on generic stuff more related to java/c/c++ etc but I'm looking for someone like they guys who designed and ...

Embedded PDF overlapping menu in FireFox

I'm pretty much at my wits end with this issue. I've been searching for a while and though I find many posts with people having the same issue as me, I'm not finding any answers or solutions to these posts. The problem is this: We have a PDF viewer embedded on a report site. The user has the option to view the PDF in the browswer or to...

CSS: Gradient at top & bottom inside the IFRAME?

I have an IFRAME on my web site. It's about 300px wide by 200px tall (but has about 1000+px tall worth of content. The IFRAME is scrollable. What I want to do is have a small transparent (alpha) gradient always at the top/bottom inside of the IFRANE regardless of where the user has scrolled. So that, whenever a user scrolls verticall...

CSS Minimizer ?

Do you know of an online CSS compressor that helps remove redudant/ineffecient CSS declarations and replaces it with more optimized CSS? Meaning, I know that a lot of "compressors" exist that simply remove tabs, remove comments, etc. But what I'm looking for is something smart enough to know that: border-top: 1px solid red; border-bo...

Visitors to site get a file download instead of web page?

Why do visitors to my site sometimes get a download to a file instead of the page to which they were supposed to go? What problem does that point to - browser, controller, or something? ...

What is a good JVM based web framework for general use?

I am building some software using Clojure as a backend, and I'd like to use a JVM based solution for the front-end. I am open to any of the frameworks & languages out there. I know about Compojure / Webjure / Ring, but I feel like there may be more mature options. Thanks! ...

namespace in asp.net usercontrol

I make a asp.net usercontrol. its name is ucTreeview. in my page it named: uc1:ucTreeview How can i rename uc1? ...

Go for Zend framework or Django for a modular web application?

I am using both Zend framework and Django, and they both have they strengths and weakness, but they are both good framworks in their own way. I do want to create a highly modular web application, like this example: modules: Admin cms articles sections ... ... ... I also want all modules to be self contained with all confid...

Legal Content For US Websites

Does anyone know of any good resources for guidance on required legal content for US websites? ...

Difference between Web Application Framework and a Content Management System?

Are both completely different concepts? Or is there an overlap in their meaning? Would it be correct to say that a Web Framework is used for the creation of a front-end, while a CMS is used for the back-end? If yes, then should the Web Framework use the same technology as the CMS? For example could Ruby on Rails be used in combination ...

jQuery/Javascript Multiple Array Combinations

I have been trying to find a solution to this with no avail. The idea of what i'm trying to achieve is to be able to find all unique combinations of multiple lists. So, let's say I have 3 lists of checkboxes (but this is an unknown number in the real-life application), Colour, Size, Pack Size. The items in the list's will be unqiue. [0]...

What to learn next?

Hi, In my team we are using MVC 1.0, JQuery and LINQ2SQL to develop our current, and last couple, of applications. We have extensively used ASP.NET 3.5, ADO.NET and Windows development in the past and tried using SubSonic for dataaccess. We are currently focussing on the web spehere and are looking for some new technology to use. We ...

Help with PHP and HTML form (POST + Redirect)

HI , Can any one help I need to direct the user once they have submitted the form to another page How could I do this ? <form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>"> ...

Change dynamically css class

Hi there. Imagine that i have the following code: <a:repeat value="#{bean.getList()}" var="x" > <li class="la"> <span> <img src="#{bean.getThumbImageUrl(x)}"/> </span> </li> </a:repeat> I'm receiving a List of elements on bean.getList(). For each element, i'm getting it's image and print it. On the <li> tag...

What is the most suitable language to make a copy-protected image web-interface

I have my first professional assignment of making a website in which a photographer's artwork will be displayed for purchase or print. The protected image will likely be generated in Perl. But what I don't know is which language to implement such an application in. I know HTML, CSS and a bit of JavaScript and have a mainly free time for ...

How to get a smart developer up to speed on web development?

Does anyone have a suggestion on a good book/whitepaper/online resource that goes a great job of introducing the concept of web development to experienced developers who have done only client development? I'm not looking for detailed material on the programming technologies we'll be using (ASP.NET MVC, jQuery, etc). Rather, I want to f...

Floated elements gaps between but no explicit padding/margin

Hi all, I have the below markup that cannot be changed: <div>Some data</div> <span>More data</span> <a>Link 1</a> <a>Link 2</a> I want it to appear rendered so that the div is all the way to the left and the span is all the way to the right whilst links 1 and 2 are to the right of the span. Meaning: |<div> <span><...