web-development

CSS rule ignored in IE8 Quirks Mode.

I have a ul/li based side menu, styled with two CSS rules, the following of them is ignored by IE8 Quirks mode, and I assume IE6: ul { padding-left: 15px; } I can reproduce the problem in FF by removing this rule completely. I have also tried using jQuery to apply the rule, with no change in IE8: $("ul.menu-class").find("ul").css("p...

What is the quickest and easiest way to just build a email html page? and subscribe page?

We just want to build a very quick webpage that has two pages. One page where there is a form where a user can fill out a form and email us. Another page for users to put in their email address to subscribe to our newsletter. What is the quickest way to build this? We are familiar with most web app technologies (asp, php, jsp, perl etc...

Why does Opera parse my web page as XML?

I just tried viewing my website http://www.logmytime.de/ in Opera (version 10.50) it gives me an "xml parsing failed error" and refuses to display the web page. I can choose to "Reparse the document as HTML" and then the page works fine, but that's hardly a solution to my problem. The weird thing is that the error still occurs after s...

Problem with displaying my Image..

Here is my full problem so if anyone has any ideas or can offer some help, please let me know. I have a Website that will generate a Report and this Report takes some time to create. There is a MyReport.ASPX file that has a form1, Image1, and a ReportViewer control. There is also a MyReport.cs file that has C# code to generated a HTML...

How to draw a map on a webpage that have links inside some area defined by the map?

I need to put a map in a webpage and I need that when the users clicks on certain area inside city limits on the map the user is redirected. Wich is the best way without using Flash? Define Hover polingons on a image. SVG on the browser. Some sort of Javascript, jQuery magical plugin out there? Google Maps? And example could be this...

Creating a Calendar/Planner Application - Ruby on Rails...

I am considering developing an application using Ruby on Rails that is a planner of sorts. I would like to give a user the ability to see a list of days, click a particular day, and then add things like: Meals, Expenses, Events, Todos, and Exercises. Really I am doing this for me and my growing family. I am curious with how best to imp...

Remote Development Workflow with Tomcat and Eclipse

Currently, I have tomcat installed on the production server to serve my java webapps. I develop in eclipse at my personal workstation and then I use an ant script to build the project into a war file and deploy that on the server. This setup works well when I am on the same network as the server because deploying is almost instantaneous...

<a> with an inner <span> not triggering :active state in IE 8

I want to style the :active state of a button that is represented by an <a> tag. The <a> tag has an inner <span> (beacuse I want to add an icon to this button). I notice the :active state is triggered properly in everything but Internet Explorer 8. In IE 8, it appears that the area around the <span> (the <a>’s padding) triggers the :act...

Where are good examples of Web applications built for skilled and intense use?

I have spent most of my development career writing backend code, or front-end apps for used as daily business tools, by at least semi-skilled staff, e.g. order-tracking, sales capture, etc. That those I helped build peformed their tasks well is comfort enough, but I am still seeking excellence in the building of these kind of apps, vers...

Beginning python for the web

I'm looking for a nice tutorial or framework for developing Python written web applications. I've done lots in PHP, but very little in Python or Ruby and figured I'd start with the first one alphabetically. ...

Facebook: Unable to get users' birthday

Hello All, I have been trying hard for the last 5 hours or so to get the facebook users' birthday through facebook connect but I have not managed to do so. The same code worked previously and still works on other sites made earlier (old ones) but does not seem to work again. Here is the code: require_once ('./connect/facebook.php'); $...

Are there any standard one-click install/lauch mechanisms for the web?

The reason I ask is mostly due to how Google Chrome installation works once you click the "Accept and install" button from Firefox. After you click the installation is started directly and when it's completed Chrome itself starts up. Firefox does not show any "Save" or "Confirm" dialogs after you click the Install button (on Chrome inst...

How to introduce 'Remember me' checkbox to existing project with Spring Security?

I have a pretty standard project with Spring Security. I have a login form and I need to add 'Remember me' checkbox there. How can I do that? I can provide some code if necessary. ...

Issue with XSL for website sitemap XML

Hi The XSL for a website sitemap is not working as expected. The URL elements are not being looped through? Please can you take a look: XML: http://www.telephonesystems.co.uk/sitemap.xml XSL: http://www.telephonesystems.co.uk/css/sitemap.xsl Thanks ...

How do you create multiple versions of an ActiveX control?

Hopefully this is a straightforward question, but googling has proved fruitless (and frustrating, to say the least). Links to good documentation would be greatly appreciated. Here's the problem. We have a web application with an associated ActiveX control. (The control wraps a crufty old MFC application if it matters.) Moving forwar...

Django Admin drop down combobox and assigned values

I have several question for the Django Admin feature. Im kind of new in Django so im not sure how to do it. Basically what Im looking to do is when Im adding information on the model. Some of the fields i want them to be combo-boxes with AutoCompleteMode. Also looking for some fields to have the same information, for example if i ha...

html css image alignment

Hi All, I have a question regarding image alignment with CSS. For example I have created a css class as below: .link { background: url("images/image1.gif") scroll right; } and below is the markup <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <meta http-equiv...

Visual Studio Web Development - General Question?

Hi, I like using Visual Basic for C++. I'm a student I noticed the web development feature in it, and I was wondering if it is any good for web design, maybe if someone has used it or does use it if they can give a few words on weather or not it's worth learning? I have been using Dreamweaver as my platform for web design. So pretty...

big background without scrolls

I have a layout that has a wider background picture than the content area. I have made a 970px wrapper where the content is. And in the body I have a background image but I need to have another background image above the body background image so I have made class bgimg. So basically the markup is like this: <body> <bgimg> <wrapper> <con...

JavaScript/HTML: How do I display an IMG with a set dimension and if the image is wider or taller than that dimension, to crop/hide the overflow?

I have a bunch of images that are guaranteed to have: minimum width = 200px maximum width = 250px minimum height = 150px maximum height = 175px What I want to do is display a consist 200px by 150px rectangle of the image while maintaining scale (no stretching or shrinking). Which means, I might have some overflow. How can I display...