web-development

from http to https

I have a simple web app: a web page with a form to submit, and a servlet on the server side. It works. I am now asked to change it so that the address of the form changes from http://www.example.com/myForm.html to https://www.example.com/myForm.html What are the steps to do this? Do I have to change my servlet? My deployment? My web...

Javascript question on functions..

In my main Web Page (Viewer.aspx) I have a javascript script tag like this <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript"> function initialize() { var map = $find('Map1'); map.add_mouseMove(mouseMove); } </script> Within those script tags I have a function. Is it possible to call another function tha...

Integrate OpenId into an existing site

I have a working web application which already has a login and registration system. I'm looking for some advice on how to do it. Until now, users have a username, an email, a password and some optional fields. The registrartion is the usual process with email confirmation. Now I'd like to allow users to use OpenId. So I have added an o...

How to POST data to an HTTP page from an HTTPS page

I know this is a long shot, but I figured I'd ask the question anyway. I have an HTTPS page and am dynamically creating a form. I want to POST the form to an HTTP page. Is this possible without the browser popping up a warning? When I do this on IE8, I get the following message: Do you want to view only the webpage content that w...

asp.net Dynamic Data Site with own MetaData

Hello, I'm searching info about configuring own MetaData in asp.NET Dynamic Site. For example. I have a table in MS Sql Server with structure shown below: CREATE TABLE [dbo].[someTable]( [id] [int] NOT NULL, [pname] [nvarchar](20) NULL, [FullName] [nvarchar](50) NULL, [age] [int] NULL) and I there are 2 Ms Sql table...

Padding to the left and right of a floated image, in IE only.

Generally I seem to be able to fix IE problems nowadays.. but this one realy has me stuck! Take a look at the screenshot below to see the problem or visit the url to see the problem. http://homedynamics.com/sawgrass/floorplan.php I have made sure the ul li and img's are all cleared (padding:0; margin:0; border:0;) and still there is...

In order to bypass a website's login screen, can you load a link with a username and password?

I am relatively new to web development, and I was hoping I could get some pointers about the feasibility of a feature I would like to implement. Is it possible to have a url link that you can click on, that can contain login credentials for the website it is linking to, so as to bypass that websites login screen? In other words, can I m...

jQuery select change/click problem - change doesn't work in IE, click doesn't work in Chrome

As the title says, I have a problem with binding to a change in a dropdown select list - it seems that "change" doesn't work with IE(7 or 8), so when I try the alternative and use a "click" event, it works in IE but doesn't work in Chrome! Am I missing something obvious here? Here's my code: //event handler for showing hidden form elem...

How do I submit a form from another page?

I have a two page site. Each page contains a header with "tabs" at the top, to navigate between page 1 and 2. When a tab is selected, I need the selected page to re-POST to the server, to quickly refresh before it is displayed. I have a form on each page that allows a manual refresh from that page but need to submit that form from the...

jQuery.post() not going through?

On button click I have the simple jQuery post: $(document).ready(function() { $.post("/cgi-bin/stats.exe"); }); However, nothing seems to go through to the server side. Any suggestions? Thanks. ...

OOP + MVC advice on Member Controller

Hi, I am trying to follow good practices as much as possible while I'm learning using OOP in an MVC structure, so i'm turning to you guys for a bit of advice on something which is bothering me a little here. I am writing a site where I will have a number of different forms for members to fill in (mainly data about themselves), so i've ...

IE8 disappearing image bug

In IE8 (& maybe others), when I leave my page to go to another tab in IE and then come back to my page's tab, each time the cursor runs over an image it disappears until I refresh the page. I've heard of disappearing image bugs, but I couldn't find anything on this particular case, especially given this isn't a weird pre-IE8 bug. I am us...

What does Trulia use to obtain Apartment listing information?

Trulia recently announced that they now allow search for rental properties. What do they use as the source feed for this rental data? ...

meaning of web is stateless and http is statless protocol ?

hi, Please guide what is meaning by Web is stateless in simple words ? Kindly also explain what is meaning by HTTP is stateless protocol ? thanks ...

Run an ActiveX through Web

We have a webpage that works fine on the local computer as it uses a COM Object that is only available in the local computer. the program generates HTML code: <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- function ResizeControl(){Y = document.body.clientHeight;if (Y < 1) {Y = 1}X = document.body.clientWidth;if (...

Python vs Ruby Top Sites

Hi, I was just trying to find some comparison of the existing python web frameworks and ruby frameworks. There are few promising frameworks in python but I was not able to find a top 100 site using python except for google, which uses python extensively. Python has great frameworks but I am not able to find a really popular sites usin...

Should a web designer know JQuery?

Hello All, I have been doing web designing for quite some time. My question is: Should a web designer know JQuery at all? Thanks ...

Advice on handling widgets for different types of data (MVC)

Hello, I have a few widgets I need to show on a site - they are all relating to different types of data (e.g user, house). Each type of data and its relations is represented in specific models, but as far as a controller or helper is concerned, is it an ok plan to have a generic Widget controller/helper which generates the necessary widg...

How to create simple web site with python?

How to create simple web site with python? I mean really simple, f.ex, you see text "Hello World", and there are button "submit", which (onClick) will show ajax box "submit successful". I want to start develop some stuff with Python, and I don't know where to start ;) ...

Need tips for better usability for tabular data with pagination

Hi all, Just another day i found myself writing code to show data on the UI. I am again using DataGrid/GridView (ASP.NET), User Id as link button (clickable) to redirect user to another page. User having hard time to find where to click(Though the link has underline and hand pointer as usual on hover) just another common table like...