Hi, I am looking for a Javascript-based date picker that would allow me to display one week only (instead of the current month). Ideally it should be one that can be expanded to a full month view if necessary and back again. Also, (css based?) design customizability would be a plus. A jQuery solution would be preferred. I've had a...
I was doing some testing with some sites (that I will not mention), and they are returning 200 code when they are page not found pages. Is this against any web development standard? This is the code that I am using to see the return code of a URL: System.out.println(new String("getRespCode=" + urlConnection.getResponseCode() + ", Http...
QUESTION: What are some best practices for building a community site? I LOVE StackOverflow. This is what I think of when I think of an online community. I have an idea for a website that educators could use. (High School Teachers, Curriculum Reviewers, College Professors, etc...) I want to build a community site simular to StackOverfl...
Ok...before you balk at the title, I know it is very cliche but I used the term Web 2.0 because it will help you understand what I am trying to do - i.e. I want to build a company that builds web applications, or desktop applications that interact with 'the cloud', or some derivative thereof. So the question is, where can I learn all th...
Hi, I'm doing a project on RDF, and got acquainted with the Web 3.0 (also known as Semantic Web) notion. I also got to read that Web 3.0 is something which Tim Berners Lee had in mind which came out as Web 1.0. Web 1.0 was internet in its formative years when users could just read and share information over web pages. Web 2.0 had inte...
I am looking for a good popup, or slide down, or whatever to notify users of a promotion (think store). I saw something like that once, but i cant find the link any more. I am looking for something "sexy", so it will attract the user's attention, but not get in the way of things ...
Has anyone used Wikis to create highly customized and scalable website that does not look like Wikipedia? Answers.com Wiki is one that I know of. If yes, how much of an effort was to customize the existing code or create new templates/plugins? Which Wiki platform was used? ...
We are looking for approach to implement shopping-cart that keep shopping items at the bottom of the page, just like CrateAndBarrels http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=837&f=28291 The visitor should be able to add shopping item to the cart by clicking the item's "+ Add to Cart" button. From my understanding, for CrateAndB...
Let's assume I browse a specific web page that uses JavaScript to update its view constantly (using Web 2.0 techniques to talk to their server to retrieve updates of data). Now I like to run some code on my own computer that monitors the contents and alerts me if some specific data appears on the page, so that I could record that data, ...
I am interested in doing some Collective Intelligence programming, but wonder how it can work? It is said to be able to give accurate predictions: the O'Reilly Programming Collective Intelligence book, for example, says a collection of traders' action actually can predict future prices (such as corn) better than an expert can. Now we...
I was just wondering if people could share their experiences and ideas about generating / earning income from a software product or service they have personally developed. To me this seems like a good way to earn a living while doing what we love (programming) and working on projects and problems which interest us. Ie, NOT boring bank o...
A lot of web 2.0 sites seem very quick and seamless. I was curious as to what programming languages websites like wordpress, flickr, campaignmonitor, etc use, both from the client side and from the server side. ...
Hi there, Where is the best place to implement caching in a web based app? At the presentation layer (hope not)? At the Business Logic Layer? At the data layer? I'm going to use something like memcached or MS Velocity under the hood. I'm just finding myself writing so much code to update the cache here and there in the business lo...
Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you know how to implement a backend system that will retrieve SEO information from Google (Website Ranking, #ocurrences in the first X results in google, etc). I know Google AJAX Search API (code.google.com/apis/ajaxsearch/) will allow you to retrieve the content without having to "wget" or "curl", ...
I am trying to embed a map widget into a wordpress blog. Visitors to the blog should be able to place a marker on the map and others should be able to view places that other people have marked. It should not require people to log in before placing a marker. Can anyone recommend such a service? ...
Hi. There are a lot of chart drawing libraries out there, but what I am looking for is an interactive(!) graph (nodes and edges) drawing library. At best some kind of AJAX, but I am also open for other technologies (Java, Flash). However I would really prefer an AJAX implementation. Also only Open Source framework suggestions please (I ...
hi, i m developing a social networking application using php and i want to make a chat application which supports video chat features like in Gmail ( google provides browser plugin for that ) I have checked tokbox. but I would like to see some real/sample sites(like meebo) using tokbox for video chat. Thanks in advance. ...
I ask this because need to understand/explain better with examples. clasical examples like: an Article can be published in multiple Publication objects, and a Publication has multiple Article objects. (source) I see is usefull for web2.0 for sharing features. ...
Our in-house built CMS system has the ability to have descriptive url (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/889312/descriptive-urls-vs-basic-urls) versus basic urls (http://test.com/index.php?id=34234) We want to know other than giving a little more feedback to crawlers out there, if will mean something else. Do having this descriptiv...
The problem I'm building a niche social networking site and want to implement a "Virtual Currency" much like this one on Stack Overflow, except I want to enable users to both earn currency based on activity and also to pay money to top up their accounts, if they want the benefits of a higher balance. Existing implementations There is ...