web-development

Website programming language

Hello everybody, I have worked a lot with PHP in last times, but I am not sure if it is the best choice for website programming. What language do you prefer for website programming? Which type (private, business, etc.) of website do you build with that language? ...

Styling br-tags: possibility using moz feature in firefox

I know the styling of br-tags has been talked about recently. Now i wonder if there is a possibility to style it using firefox's built in moz-features. Anybody got a suggestion for browser built in features using firefox or webkit? ...

Building a web application for Internet enabled televisions

With Google TV around the corner, I started thinking about developing a web application aimed at television users. There's not much info for Google TV yet, but I did manage to find a developer tips page on the site. I have a few questions that specific page and searching didn't answer. What's the best way to test my site so that I c...

Can't access classes from different files in VB.NET Website

I've inherited a VB.NET website and it won't compile because the class1 in the file class1.vb refers to class2 in a file called class2.vb. I get the following error when trying to compile: Type Class2 is not defined. When I look in the object browser the classes are listed separately (i.e. not all grouped under the same namespace) ...

Stripes link event triggering validation that is incorrect.

I have stripes:link tag in a jsp with an event attribute: <stripes:link href="${actionBean.context.currentStage.stripesForwardAction}" addSourcePage="true" event="showTab2Link"> This triggers the validation to trigger on nested properties: @ValidateNestedProperties({ @Validate(field="county", required=true, minlength=2, maxl...

Knowledge-based Web Application Like Wiki/MSDN

Hi Do you know Knowledge-based Web Application Like Wiki? I don't want to use Wiki. I'm searching the one like MSDN. This enabled a tree for the topics and we can easily navigate to other parts of the kb. Thanks. P.S I ask this question because this is a place of programmers. I don't think superusers will help. ...

HTML Slideshow plugin

I am making a website with some screenshots of an iPhone app I made and was wondering if there was some kind of slideshow thing for HTML. I want it to have the iPhone frame and the slideshow with the screenshots in the middle of it. I would prefer it to be written in something other than flash. Thanks in advance! ...

How can I provide maximum integration between a calendar-like webapp and desktop calendar applications (like Outlook)

I've been assigned to upgrade/rewrite a webapp that my company uses to schedule conference calls. One of the goals of the upgrade is to improve integration between the application and our user's Outlook calendars (and ideally other calendar programs as well). At present, when a user is viewing the details of a scheduled conference call ...

Determine if user navigated from mobile Safari

I have an app, and I'd like to redirect the users to different pages based on where they are navigating from. If navigating from web clip, do not redirect. If navigating from mobile Safari, redirect to safari.aspx. If navigating from anywhere else, redirect to unavailable.aspx I was able to use http://stackoverflow.com/questions/273876...

How do you limit access to a site by geographical location?

Hi. I need to come up with a way to limit users' access to a page to IP addresses within North Carolina. This has to do with usage rights for some MP3 audio. Are there companies that provide this service or is there a list of IP address ranges for a geographical location? This is on a Unix, JBoss/Seam environment. Thanks. ...

Kohana 3: Auth module

Hi, i'm trying to learn the Kohana's Auth module but login method always return false. Controller: <?php defined('SYSPATH') OR die('No Direct Script Access'); class Controller_Auth extends Controller { public function action_index() { if($_POST) { $this->login(); } $this->template = View::factor...

Hash passwords before transmitting? (web)

I was reading this Ars article on password security and it mentioned there are sites that "hash the password before transmitting"? Now, assuming this isn't using an SSL connection (HTTPS), a. is this actually secure and b. if it is how would you do this in a secure manor? Edit 1: (some thoughts based on first few answers) c. If you do...

How can I enjoy or avoid designing every web application I make ?

I know this sounds silly, but I'm having huge problems (ok, not that huge, but still...) problems when I get an idea for a web project, small or big. The instant turn off is when I remember that I have to code the html/css by hand again and again. I like programming a lot more that designing web sites, and I simply don't enjoy designing ...

Javascript library/framework/widget to allow user to move and resize divs on page

Hi, I am looking at creating a page that the user can move around as they please...very similar to iGoogle. But in addition, ideally, I want the user to be able to resize the components. I've done quite a bit with jQuery in the past am not against the idea of using that, seeing as it already has the draggable and resizable options, tho...

Problem with looping a video in Flash

I am trying to loop a video and i am having some issues with this in flash. You can view the video here: http://www.healthcarepros.net/travel.html Here the specific code for the flash video: <script language="javascript"> if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) { alert("This page requires AC_RunActiveContent.js."); } else { AC_FL_RunContent...

Using font in site

I know that I can use fonts like arial "for free". But what if I want to use not a standard font ? Is that something that a browser should support ? Where I can check, for example, which fonts Firefox 3.6.3 supports ? I would like, for example, to change the font of input text area. ...

Smalltalk web development software

I try to be very cautious with this question. There are at least three different web-development frameworks available in Smalltalk. The most prominent seems to be Seaside but there is also AIDA/Web and Iliad. They seem to be very similiar, but this impresson may be wrong. I wonder who has tried the different tools and can share the pro...

css: howto remove pseudo elements (afer,before, ...)

I would like to use a switch for the layout of paragraph tags on a webpage. I use the after pseudoelement p:after {content: url("../img/paragraph.gif");} Now i need to remove this css code from the page. How can this be done easily (jquery is already used on the page)? (i do not want to include or remove files containing css) ...

Wireframe, UI Mockups, Sitemap, Webflow, Website navigation

Hi, Can anybody recommends a good design tool for designing Sitemaps, Website Layouts, Web Flows, Link Maps and Website Navigation diagrams? First of all I need a good wireframe and UI mockup designer software. l. ...

getting the url of the page and the url of the selected hyperlink

Hi This is pretty hard to explain but i'll give it a shot. Working with Safari to create an extension as is now possible with Safari 5 - how would I go about getting the URL of the current page with using JavaScript and the Safari API? I would also like to be able to get a hyperlink that is selected. For instance in Safari when you r...