web-development

stop junit class from autodeploying

I am testing my eclipse web project on Jboss which I have set up in an integrated environment in Eclipse. I have set the hot-deploy flag to yes, for development reasons. However since the junit branch is under the same source tree, my server keeps restarting when I change my unit tests. Is there any way to ignore a folder under src? ...

You are a web developer. How many languages (and related skills) do you know?

Hello guys, I am not sure if my question is appropriate here. If not, please close. I just wanted to know how many languages an average web developer in this site know? For me, I can do html, css, xml, javascript, php/mysql, ajax, photoshop, illustrator, flash, flex, Actionscript 3, wordpress. I can do medium level graphic design and...

How do I debug when using full html link path in links?

Hello, I read that for many reasons its better you use full link paths between pages in my site. The question is how can i debug and work on my local testing environment when all of the links are with full path? (Manually replacing them is not an option...) Thanks ...

Should a sitemap have *every* url

I have a site with a huge number (well, thousands or tens of thousands) of dynamic URLs, plus a few static URLs. In theory, due to some cunning SEO linkage on the homepage, it should be possible for any spider to crawl the site and discover all the dynamic urls via a spider-friendly search. Given this, do I really need to worry about e...

PHP/OOP Help - logic and design issue

Hi, I'm going round in circles trying to work out how best to do this, i don't think it should be too difficult but i'm making it that way! In my site, each time a member provides some data, I store it against an Entry for that member. The idea is that members who submit data consecutively from month to month will be rewarded at some sta...

HTTPS - Client data loss

Hi, I have noticed in Firefox using HTTPS if I type data into a form item such as a text box and press refresh the data is lost. If an error was thrown on a server after I pressed submit would this also cause the data to be lost? If so, Is there a way to stop this from happening (from the server side)? Thanks for viewing. ...

How can I select which text will be used when sharing with AddToAny?

We are using AddToAny to put share buttons on our pages. When sharing to FaceBook for example, it picks the correct title, but it picks the wrong text. My guess is that it uses the first <p> it finds. This is in many cases not correct, since we have <p>s in a column on the left of the page, but the main text is in a bigger area (later on...

Un-obtrusive modal window in external site

Sorry for the title.....bit difficult to word what I really want to ask. Some websites allow a user to copy and paste some widget for use with their own site. For example, getsatisfaction. Yes, those feedback icons that I hope most of you see in various places. If you have a look at twitterfeed, on the left there will be a feedback ico...

Inspect Content-Type header of downloaded files

How can I see the Content-Type header of a file downloaded from a web server? I've tried using Firebug and the developer tools in Chrome, but for downloaded files they don't display any information. ...

When is the right time to switch to a new technology?

I am a beginner at software development and web site development. I love using Microsoft .NET stuff but it seems like they are always coming out with new technologies that requre users to download new tools to use them. For example, many Windows Apps that I write require users to download the .NET platform 3.5. If I switch over to VS201...

How to add an HTML form element dynamically using javascript

I'm trying to add a text field to a form dynamically using javascript. From what I can tell, my code should work. function change() { textField = document.createElement("text"); textField.id="sub"+count; textField.name="sub"+count; textField.value="Enter a name for another new subcategory"; textField.size="35"; textField.onchange="javas...

CSS not applying

Okay so on my homepage http://www.stat-me.com i have a link that when pressed activates some jquery. I have css on it saying margin-bottom:517px; yet it does not affect it It is the link with the text XXXXXXXXXXXX and if you go to the actual page you will see that it sticks to the bottom left corner under the transparent bar down th...

ASP.Net newb - accessing controls from separate classes

Sorry for the newb question but I am an experienced old-school programmer but I am new to a lot of the .NET ways and want to do it right. Please forgive any bad terminology or ask for clarification of I butcher it too much. I have an ASP.NET Web Site I am creating in Visual Web Developer 2008 Express using Visual Basic as the languag...

Tiny PHP "standalone" server (or framework) for local debug without Apache/Nginx/Lighttpd/etc

There's manage.py runserver in Django or ruby script/server in Ruby on Rails — those familiar with one of those frameworks should already get the idea what I'm looking for. They run tiny "standalone" web server, which is perfectly enough to debug the application locally, without any need for other software (Apache/Nginx/Lighttpd/etc). I...

The Most Secure Implementation of OpenID

What is the most secure implementation of OpenID technology? Is there someone out there who knows enough about security, cryptography and OpenID specifications? No rumors, just facts. I would like to know all about insecurities of network communication process between OpenID provider and OpenID-enabled site during: logging in is user...

Galleriffic links

I have a Galleriffic slideshow on my page. Right now the "large" image links to the next image in the slideshow. How can I make it link to an external file instead? Thanks in advance ...

problems with jQuery load() method

I'm just starting with jQuery, and having trouble doing something embarrassingly simple: using .load() to insert external HTML into a main page. Here's the main page: <html> <head> <script src="js/jquery-latest.min.js" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> $...

Z-INDEX HELP to bring link to front.

Okay so i have a nav bar on top of the webpage and on the nav there is a log in link. but i have another login link and i have set the css so that it would be perfictly above the nav but the nav bar is above it even though i set it to z-index 444; and the bar is 443 HELP PLEASE THANKS IN ADVANCED. CODE: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C...

What does "dynamic" actually mean?

I keep hearing, especially here on StackOverflow, about people generating webpage content "dynamically." Does this mean generating content anytime after design time, or only on the client side, or some other definition? In other words, as it relates to web development, what is the definition of "dynamic"? ...

Open source CMS Pre Designed for Auto Dealer?

Im trying to find a nice inventory cms that is pre designed for a car dealer or paid is fine too. anyone have any good ones? I know there is one that is called auto dealer inventory that is free to use but it seems to have problems displaying images. ...