HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the predominant markup language used for creating web pages.
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Can resizing images with css be good?
After reading Is CSS resizing of images still a bad idea?, I thought of a similar question. (too similar? should this be closed?)
Lets say you need to use 10 different product image sizes throughout ...
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Is CSS resizing of images still a bad idea?
It's always been looked at that using width/height attributes on images which aren't what the original image actual is is a bad idea. It could mean pixalated images or download sizes bigger than ...
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Percent or Pixels HTML/CSS
Coding a new website. Basically, for position elements using CSS I would use percents and figured that was the best thing to do since everyone's monitor was a different size. But I noticed a lot of ...
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When are scripts inside HTML not considered a bad practice?
I am new to web development. While studying the Play framework and JSP, I noticed that they both give an option to place script (in jsp scriptlet) inside HTML, but in both books I am reading they both ...
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Is validating HTML a thing of the past?
With us moving continually closer to HTML5 in terms of adoption, is writing HTML for validity something the web is rejecting, allowing us to straddle standards as the web continues to be in a ...
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Should I use non-standard tags in a HTML page for highlighting words?
I would like to know if it's a good practice or legal to use non-standard tags in an HTML page for certain custom purposes.
For example:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. ...
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Should PHP view files be called something other than '.php'?
By default, any file that PHP touches is usually suffixed with .php. It's universally understood by Apache / Nginx as the default for PHP files and most setups expect PHP files to end in this ...
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How can I write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to make back-end developers work easier?
When I get a design from a designer, I get it as a PSD (Photoshop) file. I always expect proper layer and folder names, basically a clean and managed PSD. From this desigbn I develop HTML, CSS and ...
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What should the main content area be called?
I'm working on a CMS that will be used by others and I'm trying to figure out what the main body of the site page should be called.
Originally, I was going to call it "content" - but perhaps "body" ...
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Is there a unit testing framework for HTML markup?
I work at a web design shop. Our workflow is divided into two parts: frontend programmers make static html and css templates of the site design, then backend programmers tie the templates into a CMS.
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Easiest way to create static HTML file with sortable and filterable table?
I want to create a static HTML file I can email to someone with a lot of data, and have that data sortable and filterable. What is the easiest to use library or package I can use to get this off the ...
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Creating a web application to concatenate strings to unify naming conventions
I've been tasked with creating a small web application, where users have a series of forms (I can't currently think of a better way of doing this) which will contain, either a)text input fields or ...
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How to properly validate your code?
I have about 4000 lines of code for a web-application in JavaScript / PHP / CSS / HTML. How can I test it properly?
I only support the latest version of IE and Safari. I've worked out all the bugs. ...
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Why does HTML TextArea have its own HTML tag? [closed]
<input id='input1' type='text'></input>
<input id='input2' type='button'></input>
<input id='input3' type='checkbox'><input>
<textarea ...
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Two HTML elements with same id attribute: How bad is it really?
Just browsing the google maps source code. In their header, they have 2 divs with id="search" one contains the other, and also has jstrack="1" attribute. There is a form separating them like so:
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Generating presentation elements with Javascript vs PHP
What are the pros and cons of generating dynamic pages with javascript vs doing it in PHP?
As an example, I want to display certain records from some database in a table and I'm considering the ...
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How should HTML data formats be applied in everyday situations?
Given Google's shift towards a stronger focus on page markup data, how do the data formats used in Schema.org work alongside those for Microformats? How do these (and other specs) compliment each ...
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are there any tools to convert general purpose XML to HTML? [closed]
I don't know how to say... The XIB is using xml to store the UIElement information, similar to .Net GUI. Is there any open source stuff also convert the xml file to a html layout?
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When should I use a CSS class over inline styling?
I have some hidden divs that I show via JavaScript when a button is clicked. Right now, I'm hiding them with by using inline styling (i.e. style="display:none;").
This works, but are there general ...
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Introductory to Web programming but with Experience [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should every programmer know about web development?
I'm not sure where to start with web development. I have experience with HTML and PHP fundamentals and have ...
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when to load partial views
When creating a website, when should you load partial view and when should you do a complete page refresh?
I was looking at github's site and noticed that pretty much the only place they do partial ...
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Dynamically generating HTML and CSS [closed]
I find writing CSS by hand to be extremely tedious.
Coming across a concept such as fluid, makes me want to write all my websites so that the CSS resizes nicely and looks the same in different ...
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Branding websites aimed for mobile devices [closed]
I'm currently working on a website which is also supposed to be mobile optimized.
My client has provided me with a layout of how the mobile version of how the website should look like. Making their ...
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CSS and HTML inconsistent when declaring multiple classes
I'm learning CSS "seriously" for the first time, but I've found that the way you deal with multiple CSS classes in CSS and HTML quite inconsistent.
For example, I learned that if I want to declare ...
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Convert HTML website to an OS X application
I've just made a website using html, css & js, and I was wondering how I could convert it into a stand alone Mac OS X application?
I know you can get PhoneGap to make websites into native iOS ...
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Is it possible to determine whether my web site is being accessed as a trusted site?
I am working on site which have a lot of configuration and security settings and I have to check either clients browser is on trusted zone or not using JavaScript.
Is it possible to determine whether ...
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Idea of an algorithm to detect a website's navigation structure?
Currently I am in the process of developing an importer of any existing, arbitrary (static) HTML website into the upcoming release of our CMS.
While the downloading the files is solved successfully, ...
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How to become a professional web developer from a C/C++ programmer? [closed]
I am currently a high school student and know how to use Pascal and C/C++ to take part in competitions such as the Informatics Olympiad. I have learned data structures and many algorithms to solve ...
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Guidance for a C# developer to become better UI developer
I am a C# developer and had developed simple websites in regular asp.net(with asp.net controls) and a wpf application.
Nowadays, I am trying to learn Asp.net MVC3 and I have been exposed to HTML ...
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Where can I learn the most up-to-date standard for HTML and CSS?
I'm looking to learn updated HTML/CSS in preparation for HTML5. Since I am new to this it's hard for me to know which websites are teaching old HTML coding styles and which are teaching the good one. ...
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Is using xml + xsl to create a weekly html email a good or bad idea?
The guy who is in charge of our html emails is leaving and I have been asked to take over. We are an online retailer and send out an email once a week. An email will consist of a main image, a bit of ...
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Should I HTML encode all output from my API?
I am creating a RESTful JSON API to access data from our website where the content is in German.
A handful of the fields will return formatted HTML while most are single lines of text although they ...
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XML or HTML for User Manual/Help and Why?
I want to make User Manual/Help to my program. I found two good ways - XML or HTML - which should I use and why?
I know how to do it in html (I know how to use js, css and such) but in XML it's ...
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Purpose of ending tags in SGML/HTML/XML?
There are those tags which have immediate effect (< br >) and those which affect what is between them ( < a > < / a > ).
Closing tag is verbose, and I believe also redundant:
<tag ...
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How to trim all incoming values in an HTTP Post request?
I have an HTML form, with more than 30 fields in it. When this form is submitted to the server, all of the values of the fields should be trimmed. In other words, no value should start/end with any ...
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Alternativates to HTML Help
We currently use a system called AsciiDoc which allows us to create documentation in a simple text markup. From that we can generate multiple output formats. We only make use of the pdf output and chm ...
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What are other technologies that are capable of creating Websites with Animation, Load Detailed Images & Cross Browser
I am a Junior Web Programmer who is tasked with redesigning our website. Right now the website is made in ActionScript using the FLEX API(so its Flash based).
I am looking for advice on what ...
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Why there are no PUT and DELETE methods in HTML forms?
HTML4 / XHTML1 allows only GET and POST in forms, now it seems like HTML5 will do the same. There is a proposal to add these two but it doesn't seem to be gaining traction. What were the technical or ...
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Specifically for JS, CSS, HTML: what is the difference between optimization, compression, minification, tidying, concatenation?
When we talk about source code and the file which contains the code like CSS, HTML, JavaScript and we also talk about performance of a web site or application, what is the differences between these ...
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Are there similar sites to jsdo.it and jsfiddle.net? [closed]
I'm looking for sites similar to jsdo.it and jsfiddle.net.
I really like jsdo.it, as it provides a nice editor and the ability to fork, but I really can't stand the usability as it really gets to be ...
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Starting A Career in Web Development with a CS Background [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should every programmer know about web development?
I went to school for a BSE in Computer Science. I gained a good understanding of the foundations and principles ...
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Why are so many HTML tables used in page markup?
I'm trying to get into web development, so I started learning HTML, CSS, and javascript. I've been coming along really well with javascript, but I still can't make anything with HTML and CSS to save ...
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Web Developers not learning “traditional” techniques?
I ran across this question on SO: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7373066/webpage-source-code-incomplete-hidden-code
Without trying to infer too much or start a side-discussion of the sort that SO ...
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Standards to constraint HTML renderer in only US-EN
Does W3C or any other organisation has standard or protocol to constraint all developers to make sure they must use american english while they develop any sort of interpreter?
To avoid something ...
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Is it a good idea to use width and height properties with the < td > tag?
I am new to HTML and Im working on a self made project and I have to use < table > and < fieldset > tags in my html files. I need to set the width and height properties to the tables like
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Will it ever be possible to build quality websites with editors alone, without needing to know HTML?
Lots of big companies, from Apple to Microsoft to Google, are putting more and more money into creating tools that will allow anybody to create a website with a WYSIWYG editor.
For example, this ...
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Any ideas for a good way to get HTML Text-To-Speech?
We do online e-learning without using any third party tools like Adobe Captivate / eLearning suite, and it would be great to (somehow) get some text-to-speech going.
Is there any way at all to get ...
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Should I rely on Visual Studio in adding HTML and CSS?
I am wondering if I should rely on Visual Studio in adding HTML and CSS elments by using the viusal toolbars or should I write them by myself? Is it considered bad practice if I relied on Visual ...
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which are the best front end web developer blogs [closed]
Looking for recommendations on industry-expert blogs from front-end web developers (emphasising RIA applications; e.g. HTML5, Javascript, AJAX, JQuery, Ext JS).
Trying to sort out the best from the ...
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Is there any HTML editor (WYSIWYG editor) which can do all these tasks? [closed]
I want an HTML editor on the .NET platform which:
Support RTL languages (like Arabic and Persian)
Be a rich text editor (many formatting tools, not few)
Have client-side events
Have server-side ...
