I have recently taken charge of
an old webpage that is a bit out of date on a university server. I am primarily familiar with Google Sites and Wordpress, where there's a CMS editor, but here it's just an ftp site with raw index files that require Spry to run. What do I need to edit it? Would it be relatively easy to create a redirect to a site that I control running a CMS I understand? How do I keep that from ruining all the old backlinks?
posted by anotherpanacea
on May 11, 2013 -
8 answers
I use Dolphin as my default browser on my Samsung Galaxy S3. I've just noticed that italics don't show up in Dolphin. (
Screenshot.) They do show up in the stock browser. (
Screenshot.)
I can't find a setting anywhere that indicates why the <em> tag isn't showing. Help?
Here's the about screen for my
phone, and for
Dolphin, if those are helpful.
posted by mudpuppie
on Apr 22, 2013 -
4 answers
Help me turn a photo essay, currently in HTML, into a PDF (without big ugly white space when photos break to the following page).
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posted by Quisp Lover
on Apr 21, 2013 -
8 answers
I have webspace and a domain which is currently hosting a Wordpress blog -- an instance of WP running on the server, not a redirect -- on it that I haven't updated in a year. I want to use the domain to showcase my projects, past and present, and one of these projects is the current main blog. So I have a few logistics questions below the fold.
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posted by griphus
on Apr 15, 2013 -
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Tumblr recently switched out their flash-based music player with a new, more mobile-friendly one. That's good, except the new one is devastatingly ugly and has totally different proportions. I'm not even sure it's displaying correctly - the arrow is off-center, the text looks wonky. I have been trying in vain to find ways of fiddling with its attributes, but the ones exposed are very limited. Has anyone else noticed this problem with the look, and has anyone had any success in customizing it?
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posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Apr 11, 2013 -
3 answers
I'm scheduled for a technical interview after the weekend for a front-end development position. I'd like to spend some intensive time beforehand reading relevant blogs and books to prime the ol' noodle and supplement my existing knowledge. Could you recommend some resources? Are there questions you would ask an applicant in this situation, or that you have been asked?
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posted by jsturgill
on Mar 22, 2013 -
10 answers
Someone with a simple .HTML/.PHP page and no content management system needs me to put up a "Contact Us" form. In the old days there were a lot of PHP scripts to do this, but I can't tell if any of them are still reliable and secure.
Are there any recommendations for one? I'm familiar with all the great ones for Wordpress (Gravity Forms, Contact Form 7) but unfortunately can't use those because this site has no database.
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posted by steinsaltz
on Mar 18, 2013 -
5 answers
On Android, is there a way in any of the available browsers to turn off honoring <meta name = "viewport" content = "initial-scale = x.x, user-scalable = no">? I'm sick of designers that don't want me to zoom in on their preciously designed mobile site.
posted by benzenedream
on Mar 13, 2013 -
4 answers
I've noticed that when I click around the popular
Daring Fireball site, there's a brief whitescreen flash in between pages... i.e., the entire browser window turns white for just a moment before the next page loads. Anyone know why?
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posted by mark7570
on Mar 13, 2013 -
8 answers
I’m currently working on an international project and need to format documents written in German, Polish and Croatian for use on the web. What is the quickest way to convert all the non-ASCII characters into the relevant character entity? Some sort of web form would be my ideal solution, but I’d settle for a freeware program.
posted by the latin mouse
on Feb 27, 2013 -
8 answers
I want to create an intra-company website for my co-workers to rate/review widgets. It will not be a commercial venture. Is there is a free or free-ish way to do this?
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posted by vidur
on Feb 19, 2013 -
4 answers
Work has had me start building responsive html emails to send to our member list with Facebook share links inside. I know you can open links to iOS native apps from emails and websites within the iOS environment, but is it possible to have those "share to your wall" links work correctly? I've googled around a bit, but not having any luck finding a clear answer.
posted by mgriffioen
on Feb 18, 2013 -
4 answers
I am handy with HTML, CSS and a little Javascript. I also have a lot of experience with Wordpress theme development. What is the best path for me to become an ace data visualizer on the web?
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posted by Rodrigo Lamaitre
on Feb 16, 2013 -
10 answers
How do I monitor changes to a website when the results vary based upon a selection from a drop-down menu? How can I find where they are pulling from?
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posted by gagoumot
on Feb 13, 2013 -
8 answers
I uploaded a folder containing a basic website to Google Drive and shared it publicly. Everything works except the images and I haven't been able to figure out why.
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posted by perhapses
on Feb 9, 2013 -
4 answers
I'd like to make attractive html tables (and various kinds of graphs, charts, etc) for a wordpress blog, but I don't think like a programmer. Is there a program where I can manipulate the design elements like pictures instead of code? And then plug the information into the table cells and grab the code when it all looks like what I want?
posted by fucker
on Jan 27, 2013 -
6 answers
Javascript question: I have a rectangular div. Imagine that div is divided from one corner to the other to make two right triangles. I would like to, on hover, have Javascript tell me which triangle my mouse is over. But my trigonometry powers are failing me, and Google is coming up short. Hope me, admin!
posted by eustacescrubb
on Jan 8, 2013 -
6 answers
I occasionally contribute tutorials to open source projects and I'm looking for a standard Web page template I can use for these. Although I know HTML/CSS and could write one from scratch, I'd rather spend that time writing more (or better) documentation for the projects. Do you know of any simple, nice looking, open source templates I could use?
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posted by tomwheeler
on Dec 9, 2012 -
3 answers
Tumblr-filtr: is there any way to make
some of my captions show up on the main page, and others just appear on the permalink page?
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posted by hegemone
on Dec 6, 2012 -
2 answers
Know of a good resource for mobile-friendly responsive email templates for html emails?
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posted by mgriffioen
on Nov 30, 2012 -
2 answers
WordPressFilter: I'm looking for a plugin/widget/codesnippet that will allow me to create a graph using input from the user.
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posted by antonymous
on Nov 27, 2012 -
5 answers
Help me get my Web 2.x (or are we on 3.x now? I've lost track) on. I'm an old-school Web 1.0 developer who wants to kickstart himself into slightly more modern UI and user experience paradigms, and I have a project in mind (of course). The challenge? No expensive tools.
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posted by jferg
on Nov 12, 2012 -
6 answers
What tools do you use to edit Persian for the Web, preferably, but not necessarily, on a Mac?
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posted by bricoleur
on Oct 30, 2012 -
5 answers
Please recommend me some guides about building a modern, lightweight, easy-to-maintain website.
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posted by dragonfruit
on Oct 6, 2012 -
2 answers
I posted this question a few months back but would like to... ask again with a little more details. I bit the bullet and signed up for classes again, and after my first half day back, I'm now at home having a panic attack regarding my decision. I'm a historic preservation graduate student, and after a whole year of freaking out about what I want in life, all I really want is a job that pays well, or an incredibly marketable skill. I doubt I will get either with this degree.
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posted by ohmansocute
on Sep 25, 2012 -
17 answers
What is a good way to edit a Tumblr theme when I have limited experience with "modern" HTML used in tumblr themes? I have a tumblr and I picked up a decent looking free theme, but it seems to be missing some elements.
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posted by filthy light thief
on Sep 16, 2012 -
1 answer
Is there software that will turn a subtitled video into a series of snapshots of the video interspersed between the subtitle text?
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posted by pbh
on Sep 12, 2012 -
4 answers
I have a really good idea for an online...website thing. Involving user submission. I don't know anything about programming or what-all. Help me figure out what tools I need to create this!
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posted by threeants
on Sep 3, 2012 -
15 answers
Saving an Excel file with images as web page - why are thumbnails being created?
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posted by davebush
on Aug 31, 2012 -
2 answers
Can I use a form/survey on an HTML page to enter data and have the entered code append to the end of a URL that, apart from the variable suffix, remains constant?
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posted by kreestar
on Aug 29, 2012 -
3 answers
I am using Serif Webplus Free Edition to build a website. But I am unable to link the pages to each other as the built in site checker recommends. I can't generate .html or insert .html. The pages themselves are labled index.html, page1.html, etc. But when I preview it in Internet Explorer, the navigation bar won't take me to following or preceeding pages. Is the problem with me or the software? What am I doing wrong?
posted by CollectiveMind
on Aug 15, 2012 -
5 answers
Good resources to learn current HTML and CSS for web design? Especially looking for best practices for creating blog websites for modern browsers and devices.
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posted by danceswithlight
on Aug 11, 2012 -
12 answers
Is there a way to enable Facebook Comments Box for mobile viewing in Google Blogger?
I used these
instructions to enable Facebook comments on my blog. It worked out, but it's not showing up in the mobile view.
This
site discusses how to add a widget to the Blogger Mobile Template. The Facebook Comments Box is not exactly a widget. I imagine there's probably a solution to getting it to appear in the mobile view, similiar to
this, but I don't know how to do it. Is there a way to add something like this (mobile='yes') to the plugin code?
posted by Bushmiller
on Jul 25, 2012 -
0 answers
I'm looking for an alternative to Dreamweaver for Mac. I'm really interested only in the html-editing shortcuts.
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posted by roll truck roll
on Jun 27, 2012 -
9 answers
I'm trying to create a webpage that automatically lists all of my favorite blogs by the order in which they were last updated. What is the code that I should use?
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posted by instantfail
on Jun 18, 2012 -
3 answers
How do I import tables from HTML into Excel when some cells have multiple lines?
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posted by KGMoney
on Jun 14, 2012 -
6 answers
I am having trouble manually installing Disqus on my Tumblr. The theme is
Lines. When I follow the
suggestions on Disqus' site, it causes the "# comments" part to all show up on the most recent post, rather than one link next to each post. So right now there are three "0 comments" links next to my most recent post. I'm not very familiar with HTML, and each place I've tried to put the code hasn't fixed the problem. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
posted by Corduroy
on Apr 22, 2012 -
3 answers
Web design question about using the CSS Sprite technique for speeding up page loads, but while hiding part of the background.
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posted by steinsaltz
on Apr 4, 2012 -
8 answers
What is the name of this info box that pops in when you scroll to the bottom of a webpage? Seen here
here but also on many other pages.
posted by MarvinJ
on Mar 21, 2012 -
5 answers
Our web developer has left our department, and our email templates are suddenly breaking!
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posted by Sreiny
on Feb 29, 2012 -
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