web-development

Moving from wordpress.com to self-hosted wordpress blog

Hello, I have been writing articles on the wordpress.com blog, now i am looking to move it to self-hosted wordpress blog but i wonder: 1) Should i move all my articles on the new blog or just put an article on my last blog that more articles will be posted on my new blog? 2) If i move all articles on my new blog, i am not sure about...

Apply jQuery UI widgets to ajax loaded elements

I want to activate the jQueryUI button widget on a given selector, lets say '.button'. Whats the best way to automatically activate the widget on any new '.button' elements inserted to the DOM after the initial page load via ajax. Previously, I used the livePlugin with code something like this: $('.button') .live(function(){ ...

How to create temporary files on the client machine, from Web Application?

I am creating a Web Application using JSP, Struts, EJB and Servlets. The Application is a combined CRM and Accounting Package so the Database size is very huge. So, in order to make Execution faster, I want prevent round trips to the Database. For that purpose, what I want to do is create some temporary XML files on the client Machine an...

What process does professional website building follow?

I've searched for a while, but I can't find anything related on Google or here. Me and some friends were debating starting a company, so I figure it might be good to do a quick pilot project to see how well we can work together. We have a designer who can do HTML, CSS and Flash, enjoys doing art, but doesn't like to do HTML and CSS... A...

Object database for website

I was planning to use db4o for a website. It's a microblog site with small posts and comments developed in java. The thing is I contacted db4o support asking if db4o would be suitable for a website, and they answered me that only for websites with low concurrency. That means with few requests? So, now I think db4o will not be a good...

Web-based game in Python + Django and client browser polling

I am creating a text-based game that implements a basic model in which multiple (10+) players interact with data and one moderator watches them and sets certain environmental statistics that affect gameplay. Recently I have begun to familiarize myself with Django. It seems to me that it would be an excellent tool for creating a game qu...

Weather API for web app

Hi, In the weather.com site it has forecast for 10 days. For example, in this url: http://www.weather.com/weather/narrative/GRXX0004 I cannot seem to find a feed for that kind of data. Could I pull a feed for each one of those days? Is there something I am missing? How could I easily parse data for 10 days? Thank you! ...

Reccomendations for code/components/software for online custom print

Can anyone recommend code or components (open source or commercial) that can be integrated with an existing e-commerce website to do the following: Allow customers to edit custom text on an image (such as a birthday card) See a preview of the image with the custom text added Generate a proof of the image with the customizations I ha...

CSS/HTML: How to simulate IFRAME with CSS?

I want to have a header DIV and a footer DIV always displayed on my web page, regardless of when you scroll down the page. How do I accomplish this using only CSS (without IFRAMES) For example: <div id=header>Always display on top, regardless if you have scrolled down the page</div> <div id=main_content>...</div> <div id=footer>Always...

TextMate - must-have Bundles and Plugins for web dev

Just curious what experienced Textmate users can't live without in the program. I just ran the trial and bought the program so I'm trying to get a sense of how others might setup their development environment for web development. Also, based on the fact that I just bought the program, I am going to guess that TM2 will come out next week...

VBScript and JScript seem to handle element.click method in a different manner. Why?

Hi, guys. Here's another sample script in VBScript. It opens internet explorer, navigates to google, sets up a search field and submits a query. set ie = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ie.navigate("www.google.com") ie.visible = true while ie.readystate <> 4 wscript.sleep 100 WEnd set fields = ie.document.getelemen...

Best way for cross browser applications

In our organization, we are still on .net 1.1 environment, using javascript, a few open source applications/widgets. Development is done using Visual Studio 2003, grid view, and iframes. Our application works in Internet Explorer 7 and IE 8 (in compatibilily mode). Can anyone give any basic steps we can take to get our application to w...

Website. VoteUp or VoteDown Videos. How to restrict users voting multiple times?

Im working on a website (html,css,javascript, ajax, php,mysql), and I want to restrict the number of times a particular user votes for a particular video. Its similar to the YouTube system where you can voteUp or voteDown a particular video. Each vote involves adding a row to the video.votes table, which logs the time, vote direction(u...

How to communicate between frames?

I'm maintaining an application that goes sort of like this: There is a Page A with a Frame that shows Page B. Now page B is part of a completely different product, so there's a frame in a that just calls B. Now, they want that when B an option in B is clicked, the WHOLE page is redirected to another page in A. The problem is that the u...

Web-To-Print - What technology should I explore? Web-Content -> drag & drop to Templates -> PDF

I'm discussing some software design issues with a potential client and the idea of Web-to-Print technology has come up. We need users to be able to drag images from an image library to various regions defined by a template. Example: Images may go in box A, B, or C and text may go in boxes D or E. These templates would be setup Boxes A...

What web frameworks and languages have the lowest development time?

Hi guys, I'm trying to get a few web development ideas off the ground. Unfortunately I will be the only developer, so I'm focusing on getting a good debuggable, testable setup going that I can develop applications rapidly with. Which languages, development styles and frameworks would you recommend for rapid development? Last time I che...

how to create a CSS file

Can anyone please help me how can I create a CSS file for my VB.net Web application? ...

how to write an artificial request.

how can i construct a artificial request to login to twitter or any site for that matter that accpets post forms. what i've been trying is to extract the headers and post request parameters from the origional request(directed at the action atribute of the form) and copy it to the outgoing url object that i am making.but it just won't wo...

Syntax highlighting with Chili

I want to use jquery Chili plugin for syntax highlighting a piece of code thats generated on the fly, but its not working for the same, because the code is inserted into the #output div on page load. When I tried chili with static examples, it worked but not on the dynamically generated code. Is there any workaround? Thanks in advance ...

IE6 Hover Issue

Hello, As you guys know, the CSS :hover doesn't work in d.... IE6 for an element except for links. What is the fix for that. I mean how do I apply the :hover to a div for example. Any fix/alternative/solution? Thanks. ...