web-development

What exactly is SEO friendly site?

Hey, So, I've seen web developers writing in their CV that they create "SEO friendly sites. ". Also I heard that Wordpress is SEO friendly site and other CMSs. So, what does SEO friendly site mean? I understand, that titles and URLs are probably the most important things for making good positions in google, but is there any other things...

ie7 not letting me type in textbox but yes chrome, firefox, ie8 ...

Hi, I have the following .jsp (signIn.jsp): <%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" pageEncoding="UTF-8"%> <div id="logBanner"> <form id="regForm" class="little-form" action="../user/signIn" method="post" > <label id="lblNickname" for="txtNickname">Nombre de usuario:</label> ...

Creating custom html text boxes

Hi guys Just wondering how you would go about creating the effect as seen in the following image: Image The part i'd like to attempt to recreate is the gradient within the text field itself along with the line border surrounding the text box. Thanks. ...

validates_each user_id & question_id stops collection of user_id but not creation of record...

I am trying to limit a user of my application to voting (liking in this case) a an answer to a question a particular number of times. I am successfully stopping the collection of the user_id but the record keeps getting created. I need for the validation to actually block the creation of the record in the likes table. As you can see ...

Integrating Dokuwiki in a Drupal site

Hi, Does anyone have experience or suggestions on how to integrate Dokuwiki with a Drupal site? What I want to achieve is for a user to only have to log in only once with Drupal and be able to access the wiki when they navigate to it. ...

Confused with web page layout.

I dont know, if it is right forum to ask such question. I am new in web designing and developemnt. I am confused with page layout and pixels. How can I get right information on page designing, and idea of page layout, and pixel measuremnt. ...

How to manage user authentication/sessions?

What is the best way to manage user authentication/sessions in a web app, ideally in a clustered environment, using Spring Framework/MVC? I thought of creating a login bean that creates a jsession for authenticated users and then using AOP to check for the jsession before each controller method inovcation. If there isn't a better way,...

How can I avoid causing memory leaks in Firefox?

It seems that there is a lot of information on memory leaks in IE and how web developers can avoid them, but I can't find much on avoiding leaks in FF. I've found lots of random tips on how end users can tweak their preferences, or tips for extension developers, but little on what I can do as a web developer to make sure my pages don't l...

How should I go about learning Python?

I am currently learning PHP and want to learn about OOP. I know Python is a well-organized and is all OOP, so would learning Python be a wise choose to learn OOP? The thing is I am more towards web development then just general programming, and I know Python is just a general purpose language, but there is Django. So how should I g...

Displaying count for current_user 'likes' on a 'question' in questions/show.html.erb view

I have an application that allows for users to create questions, create answers to questions, and 'like' answers of others. When a current_user lands on the /views/questions/show.html.erb page I am trying to display the total 'likes' for all answers on that question, for the current_user. In my Likes table I am collecting the question_...

Making a Web Gui to design a Garden Layout

I would like to design a web page Gui where users can design a simple interactive garden. The user would pick a template design and receive price estimates based on the design template and the dimensions entered. I'd like the user to be able to move items such as plants, stones and be able to adjust the dimensions of the grass, paving....

fastest public web app framework for quick DB apps?

I'd like to pick up a new tech for my toolbox - something for rapid prototyping of web apps. Brief requirements: public access (not hosted on my machine) - like Google's appengine, etc no tricky configuration necessary to build a simple web app host DB access (small storage provided) including some kind of SQLish query language easy f...

How do I distinguish between Windows 2008 and Windows Vista using javascript?

I need to detect the SO of the user in a web application (IE only). I am using the function BrowserDetect.OS from javascript, but it returns the same String ("Windows Vista") when called from Windows 2008 and Windows Vista, and I cannot distinguish the user SO. Is there a way to detect this difference? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/li...

Web publishing system with code highlighting

I'd like to publish some of the many programs I've written on the web. Is there a syntax highlighting Linux web publishing application (CMS/Blog/RoR app) that displays syntax for C++, Python, Bash scripts, SQL, VBA, awk, Erlang, java, makefiles, Ruby, Pascal and other languages? The more syntax settings configuration files, the bette...

Questions to ask a client before beginning a website

I am aware of this question which deals with the technical aspects of website construction, but I was unable to find any place with suggestions on knowledge you must obtain from a client before undergoing a project. As someone who freelances on the side, I think this could be incredibly useful. What important questions must one ask the ...

Android develop LCD font

How to add additional font in android environment? I need to make a font like LCD with pale background numbers like this: http://www.androidfreeware.net/img2/gps_speedometer_android_1.png ...

Programming language for web

I haven't programmed in a while, and have kind of lost interest, but I want to get back, and I've enjoyed C# the most, a lot more than objective-c and visual basic. So I want to make some games that me and my friends will be able to play next school year. So basically something you can play on the web. What programming languages deploy ...

Updating multiple divs w/ RJS/AJAX

I am successfully using RJS to implement AJAX on a page.replace.html create.js.rjs. I am attempting to update two locations instead of one and after watching Ryan Bates Railscast I am very close (I think) but have a problem in the syntax of my /views/likes/create.js.rjs file. Here is the situation: located at /views/likes/create.js.rjs ...

Should a developer be a designer?

I have been developing websites for quite some time and I am not so good in designing websites? My Boss is refering me to take some lessons on it. But I really want to stick to development rather than designing? ...

Using php to pop an array stack (or iterate through a text file) on a timed interval

Hi, I want to set up a small php script which simply returns a string, either from an array or from a line in a text file. As well as returning the string any time this script is called, I also want it to automatically cycle through the set of items (either an array or each line in a text file) on a timed basis. For example, every 15 min...