web-development

Multiple file servers for one website's content.

I'm planning to use multiple file servers to host my website uploaded files. what's the best way to do it ? should I install a web server on other machines as well? or is there any special software for routing files on the network? what would you pros do? Thanks, Taher. ...

VERY confused - javascript not being executed - unless Console is turned on in Firebug?!

Hey everyone! I just started doing some Javascript work for a project, I do mostly backend work so I'm sorry for being new at this! Also, not using a Javascript framework because I want to learn about the fundamentals before making everything very easy for myself :) So, here is my question/confusion: I wrote a little javascript that dy...

Proper placement of META tags with http-equiv attribute?

I'm implementing Bing Maps on a page (I'd prefer Google Maps, but it's not my choice). I'm following the tutorial MS provides here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb412551.aspx Using MS's code, everything worked just fine. Fleshing it out with some of my own jQuery code, I found that I was getting a "Permission Denied" error...

When should browser windows open a new page in a web site?

When is it acceptable to make clicking a hyperlink open a new browser window? Does there need to be an indication on the link or image that makes this occur? What are the guidelines - and why? ...

PEAR Image_Graph Doesn't Graph Correctly When There is Only One Datapoint

I'm using a PHP graphing library from PEAR called Image_Graph to graph points of data in represented by bars. The graphs look fine when there's more than one datapoint, but when there's only one data point it looks like this: http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/2944/screenshot20100715at528s.png Has anyone else experienced this problem w...

strategy for digitally signing a process?

I'm developing a web application, and I'd like to digitally sign a certain step in a process That is, a user of the app performs a certain action, and I'd like that event to be digitally signed. The user should use and usb token when issuing the action to digitally sign it. I'd like to know which approach do you recommend to do such a...

google geocoding limit

there is a limit of 2400 geocoding request for google service. even if each request is cached and not duplicated its possible to exceed this limit if the request is being made from a rails app. short of purchasing the premium package(which i dont know the cost of), what else can one do? thanks ...

how to step up my site like this?

please refer to the follow up also thanku http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3262640/foloow-up-question-and-what-does-this-mean-mail-yahoo-com this is what i want to make a sample of have made a sample page, which has a logo page. asking user to state its department according to which the page will show the department logo. i want t...

MessageHeaders get lost at HttpOutboundGateway

I implemented the Message interface to include some headers for use with a HeaderValueRouter on server side. Within one VM this works (tested using a filter between two endpoints). But if I send the message through HttpOutboundGatway my fields get stripped (not included in the HttpRequest). And therefor the routing information is lost ...

What to charge this customer?

What i decided: I decided to reject the project for the main reason of the fact the ground me and my girlfriend were on was getting extremely uneasy and i didnt want to loose a cheerleader GF. How often does a programming geek (and proud) get a cheerleader girlfriend haha. Heres the situation: Its my first actual freelance project I...

Filtering through a large list of images on a single web page - without a database

I am looking at building a web page which is going to have a list of over 100 medium sized images and unfortunately I will not have any access to a database. The user will be filtering through the images and displaying around 8(at most) at a time. The idea is to filter through the images using jQuery and CSS classes, to show/hide etc, ...

GAE is any good ? if yes then JAVA or Python ?

Basically I am coding websites in PHP from last year. But now I want to use something else and GAE looks a good option. So I want to know if GAE is good for making a little website to share favorite youtube videos ? I have done single website in Python+Django few months back, it looks good to me. But JAVA is the language that I want t...

Is DevExpress for ASP.NET fast enough

My question is simple and straight forward - Is DevExpress fast enough for real world web application. We're using DevExpress in our company to build a CRM for a client and every page has got lots of controls and its damn slow. On my development server it takes 10sec for a page with around 20 controls to load. Is this good or bad? And ca...

Stretching <a> tag to fill entire <li>

Here's a simple menu structure: <ul id="menu"> <li><a href="javascript:;">Home</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:;">Test</a></li> </ul> I want the <a> to be stretched so that it fills the entire <li>. I tried using something like width: 100%; height: 100% but that had no effect. How do I stretch the anchor tag correctly? ...

How many video formats would I need? - Web

Hi folks, I'm wondering how many different formats for each video would I need in order to support all major devices? Among the major devices I'm thinking: Android phones + iPhone + iPad. Is it also good practice to encode videos with different bitrates? There is too much conflicting info out there, and I am really confused. Any i...

Where to go next with learning more about web programming?

I have been a developer for 10 years now. About 80% - 90% of that has been working on a green-screen in IBM's RPG. Previously, I have had some exposure to Java, and in my current job I help out our web developer with small projects in C#.NET and now with some MVC. I have also played with PHP some. I want to play more with some of this s...

How to make an image float above the page

I'm trying to fit an image into a <td> that is smaller than the actual image, but I don't want the cell to grow to accomodate the image. Instead, I want the image to float above the cell. How can I do this? ...

World Traveling Programmer

I have a dream. I have tons of business-worthy, web-related programming ideas... but I never have any time implement them because I'm stuck here at my day job just getting the next thing done. My dream is to put my house on the market, and as soon as it sells, put in my notice at work, gather my savings, and leave to travel the world a...

web application: store txt file on windows server share from linux web server

I have a java class that I use to create a text file from a web application. I'm using the following code: private void CreatePaymentFile(String QueryCriteria) { BigDecimal TotalPay; DecimalFormat df2 = new DecimalFormat("00000"); String RecordString = null; try{ String fileName = "\\\\fileandprint\\Apps\\Jury\\SHARE\\Payment_" + short...

Display list of accounts with subaccounts?

Hi, I have a page which receives xml from another web site, so I have no control over the xml. It is returning a list of Accounts. Specifically, QuickBooks accounts. These accounts can have children. However, there isn't a "has child" attribute, only a "has parent" attribute. In other words, if you look at an account you could tell that...