What are the main purpose of using XML in Web pages?
What are the main purpose of using XML in Web pages? ...
web-development
image doesnt always render on web page
One of my png files does not always get diplayed in the browser (both in firefox and IE). In firebug the image is visible. sometimes ill even see the image start loading and halfway it fizzles. what could this be.? the image is appx 10kb. ...
CSS check for Chrome, IE, Firefox
I've noticed a small alignment issue in the three major browsers when rendering my web site. As such how can I perform the following pseudo-code with pure CSS? if Webkit (Safari/Chrome) { #myDIV {margin-top:-3px} } else if (Firefox) { #myDIV {margin-top:0px} } else { // IE and other browsers #myDIV {margin-top:1px} } ...
Detecting GWT RichTextArea 'dirty' state
I want to detect when the contents of my GWT RichTextArea become 'dirty' (have been changed by the user) in order to enable a 'save' button accordingly. I suppose I could listen for key presses that are likely to have changed the contents; but browser support for key presses is notoriously quirky. I suppose I could, before editing begi...
Is there a way to dynamically define how an image appear in a page or in certain layout?
For so many time, I have encountered problems with managing image having abnormally long height or width. If I fixed their height and widht, they will appear streched? If I fixed their width, and if the height of the image is very long then also it will mess up the overall website. If I fixed their height, and if the width of the ima...
What are best practices for securing the admin section of a website?
I'd like to know what people consider best practice for securing the Admin sections of websites, specifically from an authentication/access point of view. Of course there are obvious things, such as using SSL and logging all access, but I'm wondering just where above these basic steps people consider the bar to be set. For example: A...
Parent Thread exiting before Child Threads [python]
I'm using Python in a webapp (CGI for testing, FastCGI for production) that needs to send an occasional email (when a user registers or something else important happens). Since communicating with an SMTP server takes a long time, I'd like to spawn a thread for the mail function so that the rest of the app can finish up the request witho...
JavaScript - How do I call a function inside of a function?
I have the following JavaScript code: function parentFunc() { function childFunc() { ... } ... } // outside of myParentFunc, how do I call myChildFunc() ? childFunc(); // doesn't work How do I call childFunc() from outside of parentFunc()? UPDATE: I know the obvious answer would be to move childFun outside of ...
How can I get the package path of a JSF managed bean?
I'm trying to upload an external image and I need to save it in a folder where I have a managed bean. Any idea how I could do this? ...
[Adobe Flash] Best approach to creating a flipbook
Hello, I am developing an application that is essentially a document presented as a flipbook (very much like zmags: http://www.zmags.com ), but I need to be able to put interactive content in it (popups, animations, etc). What is the best approach? Should I do this from scratch, or should I try to use a plugin? Are there any libraries...
What are the principles of developing web-applications with action-based java frameworks?
Background I'm going to develop a new web-application with java. It's not very big or very complex and I have enough time until it'll "officially" start. I have some JSF/Facelets development background (about half a year). And I also have some expirience with JSP+JSTL. In self-educational purpose (and also in order to find the best...
Using Javascript in Google Web Optimizer Page Sections
Is it possible to use Javascript in the content of a page section variation? I want different variations to make different Javascript function calls, so I have variation content like: Variation 1 <script type="text/javascript">my_func('abc');</script> Variation 2 <script type="text/javascript">my_func('def');</script> However, whe...
Many tables for many users?
I am new to web programming, so excuse the ignorance... ;-) I have a web application that in many ways can be considered to be a multi-tenant environment. By this I mean that each user of the application gets their own 'custom' environment, with absolutely no interaction between those users. So far I have built the web application as a...
Mac vs. Windows Browser Font Height Rendering Issue
I'm using a custom font and the @font-face tag. In Windows, everything looks great, regardless of whether it's Firefox, Chrome, or IE. On Mac, it's a different story. For some reason, the Mac font renderer thinks the font is a lot shorter than it is. For example, consider this test code (live example here): <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "...
Crawling within a pdf
Hi, I'm developing a tool that searches the keyword entered by the user on a given site. My problem is, it searches the keyword only on html/web pages but not on the PDF/MS-Word files found on the site. Can anyone suggest me some api/tool or provide the code that can search text from the given online PDF/MS-Word/Text file? ...
Best and most convenient way of handling multiple sites for different clients?
A very broad question, but how would you handle multiple domain names for different clients? Do you setup a "Web Hosting"-like server where you install Cpanel? What are other cheaper alternatives to Cpanel? ...
What plugins improve Google Chrome as a web developer's browser?
The usual recommendations for a web development and debugging web browser are Firefox/Firebug or Safari/Web Inspector. But I like Google Chrome, and would like to use this as my primary development browser. What plugins or tools should I get to optimise my web programming experience with Chrome? ...
Testing an iphone web app on windows
When developing web apps for the iphone on a mac you can test your app in either Iphoney or the apple supplied simulator; bot of them are excellent for the task but are only available for macs. So I have to ask, are windows alternative for these iphone simulators? So far I could only find this one. ...
Looking for a type-safe web development platform
What programming language + web framework combinations support static type-checking? I'm not scared of functional programming (I'd prefer it), however I'm looking for a mature framework with the bells and whistles we've come to expect. Obviously this includes security and efficiency concerns. EDIT: Just for informational purposes.... In...
Which technologies does Tomcat support?
I read a lot about GlassFish application server that it supports the whole Java EE 6 specification. But which does Tomcat support? I know that Tomcat is a JSP/Servlet container, but I see articles in web about "JSF and Tomcat", "Hibernate and Tomcat" and many more. Can tomcat play with these technologies: EJB, JSF, JPA, Hibernate, Spri...