web-development

customizing basic existing Django apps that already have "nice looking" CSS/HTML templates?

I am looking for a basic Django application that "looks good" and has basic menus etc. that I could adapt for my own use. I am not doing any fancy processing of user input, but I do want to reuse an existing templates so that I don't have to worry about writing my own CSS/HTML to get clean, valid good looking webpages. Many of the Djan...

what's the advantage of using put and delete as opposed to just get and post

Especially for the majority of browsers that don't support it, is there anything aside from just strict standards compliance that justifies the extra development time? ...

How to make ActionBean be instantiated immediately but not after I call one of handlers?

I'm trying to make something simple with Stripes. I've read and heard a lot about easiness of using this framework and about steep learning curve (i.e. learning is quite fast and productive). But till this moment I can't even create the simplest HelloWorld with Stripes. All examples I've found demonstrate functionality like: "click on...

Way to edit word documents via web page

Hi, I want to implement a way of editing and create new word documents or excel documents via a web browser. I am looking to do something similar to google docs but implement a project management system to the software. All Ideas welcome. Dean ...

What's the best Java web framework for my needs?

I'm creating an web application for company intranet, because other parts of this system are written in Java, so for integration purposes Java was chosen as a web frontend. There are the requirements: - it has to be simple to learn in short period of time - it has to support MVC pattern - no extended xml configuration - application will...

Get a List of Available Drupal Views

I'd like to set up a configuration page for my Drupal module that contains a dropdown where the user selects one of the available views. Is there an easy way to obtain a list of all available views on the system? All I need is an array of all the views' names. ...

What methods and tools do you use to design and analyze the workflow in a web application (for a tiny team)

Note: I use TRAC integrated with SVN, framework testing tools, an excellent mixture of staging servers, development servers, and other tools to speed development and keep track of tasks. I am asking about the specific process of design, and even more specifically, the design of functionality and flow in a web application. --- Original ...

introduction to web programming

if i wanna create web sites, is "Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML" a good start? p.s. but my plan is to move to web applications after i get basics of making web sites thanks ...

Is Git a good version control system for web development (HTML/CSS/Javascript) on a corporate project?

I'm currently involved in a large project - the redevelopment of a corporate website. The project involves many staff across several teams (content, design, etc). There is a small team (myself and another developer) in charge of the front-end/presentation layer of the system - that is - the development of templates using HTML, CSS and ...

Why do websites often have spacing on either side of the content?

Hi, I have observed that many sites have left some spaces on both sides of the page. What is the reason behind it? Is it a part of web design standards? ...

IE z-index Issue

Looking good here in the result, but I can't achieve the same in IE. Is there any workaround for this? JsFiddle for this: http://jsfiddle.net/3f3Xa/ Many thanks for your help! ...

How to import gmail contacts using PHP?

I have to create a tell a friend section in my web site. How to import gmail contacts using php. any body can help me. ...

Simulating :active with jQuery

For hover, I do this: $('.btn').hover(function (event) { $(this).toggleClass('hover'); }); Is there any similar workaround for :active? Need it for the damned IE6. Thanks! ...

Play MIDI on client thru web?

Hello! I read this post, which explains how to play MIDI. I need to make a web-application that plays MIDI sequnces on users demand. How to do this? Should I simply make a Silverlight player that plays a MIDI file? So how do I transfer the file to the player? Or else, maybe there is a way to interact with the client's MIDI system. NOTE...

what is Domain certificate

Hi I could not find a link that describes Domain certificate, I am familiar with SSL certificates, and certificate authority but I don't know about Domain certificate. and what is Multi-Domain certificate. thanks ...

OO PHP + Ajax without framework

Hi there, I'm going to write a booking website using php and ajax and I really can't figure how to mix these two tools with a strict object oriented design. I was used to make a call using ajax to a php web page that returns the right set of values (string, xml, json) in a procedural way. With object oriented programming how is it sup...

mysql not updating

i have a messaging system and it works fine but i have it so when its read it mysql_querys and sets read to 1. so that way in futer you can tell if its opend. it does not update here is the script for viewing the message where its suppose to update. THANKS <?php session_start(); require "../scripts/connect_to_mysql.php"; if (isset...

research topics

what could be a good research topic which concerns the latest web technologies? im a computer science student, though our computer science program leans more on the software engineering part of the science. ...

PHP PDO - When to use bindParam(1, $blabla) versus bindParam(':blabla', $blabla)

All, I don't really understand the usage case for named placeholders bindParam(':blabla', $blabla) versus numbered placeholders bindParam(1, $blabla). Is it mostly a question of readability? Thanks, JDelage ...

Configuration to get the images from the apache

I have multiple Tomcat servers. In each tomcat I am loading all images. I want to move the images from Tomcat to Apache and access the images from there. My question is: is there any configuration to get the images in a Java web application from Apache instead of Tomcat? ...