web-development

why should a human resource system be a web application not a desktop?

from your experience, why do you think it's better to choose the web as a platform for such application? ...

Android SDK web browser

I do some mobile browser testing in the Android web browser through the Android SDK in Linux and I have a couple of questions: Can I run an Android Virtual Device without the entire Android SDK? Can I autostart the web browser when starting an Android Virtual Device/emulator? ...

Compiling PHP 5.3.3 From Source Into Apache.

Just compiled 5.3.3 from source (win32). Trying to test some header() stuff but it looks like it won't work with CLI sapi. Any good docs on putting your compiled source into apache as a module, just like i'd normally do with the pre-compiled module. Basically my test would be from CLI php -r "header('Content-Type: text/plain', true, 4...

How Can i Center a Simple HTML Page?

I have HTML page that appears in browser as: I want to make the page to appear centered and compact as: I made the borders visible in the first picture to reveal the structure. Here is the HTML source code: <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <div id="body"> <div id="masthead"> <table border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspa...

What are the best non-obvious optimizing techniques for increasing load speed of a web page?

How to reduce load time from 10 secs to less than 1 sec? ...

How would you rearrange the columns in this CSS grid layout?

I'm using the following template: http://www.styleshout.com/templates/preview/KeepItSimple11/index.html The first column is wider than the two that follow it to the right. Simply put, I'm trying reorder the layout so that the wider first column becomes the 2nd column, in between the two narrower columns. I've spent a fair amount of tim...

Mappings between Data Models in n-Tier Systems !

Greetings Overflowers, I'm really tiered of over-thinking this subject Here are typical mappings: Relation DB Model <> Server OO Model <> Serialized Model <> Client OO Model <> stands for bi-directional mapping I'm currently using Java for my backend and ExtJS (JavaScript library) for my frontend. It makes sense to serialize to/from...

Rails security on production server

I am putting my first rails app on the internet, I have read the rails guide on security and have implemented the points listed in there but was interested to hear of anything else ? Also I currently store my uploads in public/documents is this ok ? I noticed there is no htaccess files protecting the directory. ...

Web Game Pre-Production

So I have this idea that I've had since I started programming. I wanted to do it justice and finish it when I knew what I was doing. It would be a web game. Static graphics, HTML CSS and Php (no Javascript though). This would be my first web developing endeavor but thats not the point of this. Instead of blindly running into the game I...

Difference between array_map, array_walk and array_filter

Hi, What exactly is the the difference between array_map, array_walk and array_filter. What I could see from documentation is that you could pass a callback function to perform an action on the supplied array. But I don't seem to find any particular difference between them. Do they perform the same thing? Can they be used interchangeab...

When running my site from my server I receive Server Error in '/' Application. Value cannot be null. Parameter name: type

Please see the end of the post for a detailed pasting of the error and relevant sections of my web.config I'm using VS2010, vb.net, .net framework 4.0, and SQL Server 2008 Express on Windows 7 Pro with all updates installed. I have developed a website that uses memberships, profiles, and roles. I allowed the built in providers to crea...

Simple online store

I don't want to use wordpress (with wp-ecommerce plugin) or other full-featured store scripts because my requirement is quite simple and limited: 2 product types: bags, tees 3 categories: classic, modern, special 3 sort options: by color, by category, by price Cart with PayPal as payment processor. Is there any lightweight (and open-s...

Magento website server migration issues

Hello friends, I'm currently in the process of transferring my magento instalation, alog with its database, to a new web server. I edited the config files so they would match the new domain's database data, and uploaded the same files to the other server. When I'm trying to run the system, I get the following error: Warning: include_...

Deploy product on production servers using an image or deb package?

We currently have a software which is based on PHP and lighttpd. For it to work there need to be some packages installed etc. In our company we have diffenrent kinds of servers "API Server" and "Webfrontend servers" both require some dependencies f.e. php5.3 has to be installed from dotdeb. Since we will at some point hopefully have a bu...

Implementing a product configuration page, like on Dell's site

Hi, If you go to Dell's website and configure a computer, it won't let you choose certain part components. I am building a Sharepoint site (ASP.NET behind the covers), and need similar functionality. Is there a component available that offers this functionality? If not, what is the best way to go about implementing this - javascript va...

how can I change wordpress editor Inset link's Class Names?

Hi how can i add one more class name to wordpress editor insert link style. Any wordpress plugin available for that? ...

What are the basic plugins required for wordpress?

Which are the basic plugins required to manage a website developed WordPress? ...

web page layout from image or mockup - expectations?

I recently asked a contractor to layout a web page design using a mockup I designed in Balsamiq. He surprised me by telling me that he couldn't proceed unless he had a PSD of the entire page that he could use for precise alignment, layout, sizing, graphics, etc. I expected to proceed like this: give dev the mockup, dev takes 1st cut at...

I need a message/queuing solution for my web-based system

Hi, I am looking for a message/queuing solution for my web based system running on Ubuntu. The system was built on the following technologies: Javascript (Extjs framework) - Frontend PHP Python (Daemon service which interacts with the encryption device) Python pyserial - (Serial port interactions) MySQL Linux - Ccu...

web based dynamic graph - to input user preferences

Hi, I'm not web developer and I'm struggling with ways how to input user preferences for given set. I have discrete set of (up to 20) elements, ie I have list of 5 items: cat, dog, fish, chameleon, snake and what I want is to draw simple graph with n sliders each from 0..100%. For example if user preferences (as home pet) cat: 95%, dog...