Can the hive help me get a web site started? I have very specific ideas, but I'm a dinosaur when it comes to everything about the insides of websites. [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2008 - 14 answers
How much should I expect to pay for someone to create me a simple two page website and where is the best/cheapest place to host it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2008 - 12 answers
I need some help with a CSS/HTML issue as well as an Internet Explorer issue. [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2008 - 6 answers
CSS, JQuery, PHP and Caching: What are the best practices for creating dynamic CSS with JQuery and PHP? Examples inside. [more inside]
posted on Aug 20, 2008 - 7 answers
What is the best way for someone without HTML knowledge (and no wish to learn) to make simple edits to an existing website? We used to use Adobe Contribute -- are there cheaper alternatives? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2008 - 6 answers
What's the latest wisdoms on flash and search engines (aside from "don't use flash")? Looking for tips geared towards new media sites (collectives, art galleries etc.) [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 10 answers 
Is there a way for a hyperlink to simply 'parrot' whatever a second hyperlink might be pointing toward? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 7 answers
What's wrong with my CSS that makes top the nav render like this or this on some browsers, and how can I fix it? [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2008 - 15 answers
What workflow advantages have you found with Dreamweaver CS3? [more inside]
posted on Jun 20, 2008 - 10 answers
Wordpress/web design problem-my custom template is screwed up and I can't figure out how to fix it. Please help. [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2008 - 9 answers
What am I doing wrong in my HTML that the description in Google's organic search just says "Untitled Document?" [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2008 - 7 answers
Designed a web site for a guy. Short of going whole-hog blog, is there an easy way I can make it so he can log in and change one little YouTube embed (or other bit of HTML) at his convenience? [more inside]
posted on Apr 14, 2008 - 11 answers
When I altered a PHP web form to take advantage of PHP Sessions, I lost the ability to go back a page while retaining data in the form. Is this the expected behaviour, or is it caused by something else? [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 8 answers
I'm looking for a file browsing and HTML- and media-viewing interface that can be set up on a Mac OS X machine locally and accessed through a web browser. Remote access not necessary; I'm just looking for a local interface. [more inside]
posted on Feb 7, 2008 - 6 answers
Anyone have a JavaScript trick to create a web form that builds a URL to send users to a pre-populated search? [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 6 answers
Help me AJAX-ify a very simple web process in PHP. Links to very simple AJAX tutorials much appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 7 answers
Semantic markup and the world wide web: non-noob needs an explanation. What is all this semantic markup talk about, and where can I learn more? [more inside]
posted on Dec 22, 2007 - 9 answers
Looking for an OSX app(or other solution) that will allow us to edit/update a Front Page produced site. [more inside]
posted on Sep 17, 2007 - 7 answers
HTML/Javascript: I need to "hijack" website content so that it appears to be hosted by a different domain (with the full knowledge and cooperation of all parties). [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 7 answers
Does anyone know of a way to create a line graph using html or javascript? [more inside]
posted on Jul 30, 2007 - 6 answers
I'm designing a webpage that will have a list of items and each item can be deleted. I was thinking to have the delete command be link to a URL that does the delete when called. But then I realized maybe that isn't safe since a spider following links might cause things to be deleted. What is the proper design for this type of thing?
posted on May 22, 2007 - 14 answers
In making a gallery page for a website, what is the easiest way to have a scrolling area for clickable thumbnails that bring up a larger image, as well as some information about the image, in a table cell above? Specifics, examples, many self links, and my (mangled) code so far available inside. [more inside]
posted on Apr 22, 2007 - 5 answers
I need a good DHTML menu package. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 10 answers
How can I automatically grab the text (not code) off of a bunch of .htm files? [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 16 answers
Utility needed: I've been hunting online for a free utility to do the following, and have had no luck, so I'm turning to the hive mind. I need something Windows-based that will scan through a directory structure and create HTML pages for each directory below the starting point with all the files listed and each one clickable as a relative link to the file. For the brave or helpful, there's a bit [more inside]
posted on Jan 26, 2007 - 9 answers
Help me update my group's website without pulling my hair out... [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2007 - 5 answers
3D-filter
I need to know if there is some sort of web plugin that can show full 3dsMax creations on the web. Spin, Zoom and Tag, more info after the link... [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - 3 answers
What web technology/language should I learn to make simple online apps and just generally enhance my bare-bones knowledge of HTML? [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2006 - 18 answers
Web Code Filter: Is there an excepted and conventional way to load a new HTML document within a DIV tag when a user clicks on an image outside of said DIV? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 8 answers
How can I best save a web page and the data for its images and links? [more inside]
posted on Sep 7, 2006 - 11 answers
Are there any good XML/XHTML frameworks for using XML data to automatically populate both/either web page content and JavaScript rollover menus? [more inside]
posted on Aug 27, 2006 - 4 answers
Most convenient way to insert equations into web pages? [more inside]
posted on May 31, 2006 - 11 answers
What website layouts work best for a site selling some books and/or software? Ideas? Examples? What about NOT-recommended ideas and examples? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2006 - 5 answers
Very wonkish CSS question: how do I keep the left edge of a DIV visible, despite how small a user makes the browser viewport? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2006 - 10 answers
Is there such thing as an application I can install on a client's web server that will allow him to edit certain HTML documents and save them? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2006 - 10 answers
How do I create a little icon for the tab of a web page? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2006 - 7 answers
I have a large number of HTML files with numeric names (001.html, 2990.html, etc.). I would like to have each file renamed with text drawn from each file's HTML title tag. [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2006 - 6 answers
CSS help: If I have an element that contains two other elements that add up to less width than the container element, should the container element's background color not be visible between those elements? [more inside]
posted on Jan 25, 2006 - 7 answers
Is there a site search script or service that will output valid XHTML 1.1? [more inside]
posted on Dec 30, 2005 - 2 answers
How far do I have to go to make my website accessible? [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2005 - 30 answers
I need to hire a web developer type person. [more inside]
posted on Nov 29, 2005 - 15 answers
WebDevFilter: ™, ', and ' walk into my database, but only ô, ë, and í come back out. [more inside]
posted on Nov 28, 2005 - 12 answers
Why does IE hate my website? I've got it looking decent in Safari and Firefox, but it looks hideous in Explorer. Having done a fair amount of Googling, I've come to the conclusion that it's probably related to one of Explorer's notorious CSS rendering bugs, but my self-taught CSS and HTML is not enough to enable me to pinpoint and solve the problem. [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2005 - 15 answers
Design ideas for a web based application? Great web-apps? I've got artist's block. [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2005 - 14 answers
Quick-n-dirty way to put a "teaser" latest blog entry on my homepage? [more inside]
posted on Sep 19, 2005 - 6 answers
Half way through a form, a user decides that they'd like to add a category to a selection list. How can I facilitate this without also losing everything they've typed into the form so far? [more inside]
posted on Aug 24, 2005 - 17 answers
FlashFilter: I would like to lay a flash movie _over_ a web page and have web content show through the movie (in defined areas). Is there a way to specify an alpha channel (or other masking option) for a flash file? I'm certain there is, but my flash programmer is a neophyte and doesn't believe me.
posted on Jul 8, 2005 - 4 answers
CSS with dynamic content. I'm trying to create a web page using CSS and text pulled from a database, so that it looks like this: http://www.blogfucker.com/junk/css_help.gif. "Image 2" is simply floated left. Very simple to do with static content. But this is for a client who will only be able to edit the text, which will be entered as a single block of text. How do I throw a floated image in there so it shows up roughly in the middle of the page? I've considered writing a script to count the number of paragraphs (or even characters) and dividing by two, and throwing it in that way. But I feel there must be a simpler way.
posted on Jun 28, 2005 - 2 answers
Which will break first: target=”_blank” or the JavaScript hack meant to replace it? [more inside]
posted on Jun 14, 2005 - 12 answers
I am a total html novice. I have ten pages, "page1.html" through "page10.html" that I have already created. I want to have a link ("slide show!") on my home page "index.html" that, once clicked, creates a slide show of "page1" through "10", showing each page for 5 seconds until finished (never showing any page more than once.) I also want the order of the pages to be random (ie showing the slide show in a different order each time the link on "index" is clicked.) Is this possible? If so how in the heck can I do it!?!?
posted on Jun 1, 2005 - 12 answers
I've just established the domain for my first website, and look forward to learning how to update and maintain it. (I currently know nothing about how to do it, but I'm an eager learner.) For the moment, I'd like to host about 25 movie files and 100 images, and could use some advice on how to do this. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2005 - 8 answers
A client wants to enable fiile uploads via their web site. The web site is hosted outside the company and the files need to be uploaded to their FTP server which is hosted within or on-site at the company. Thus far all the components I've looked into upload to the web server. Is this simply the only option? Can anyone recommend a good component or alternate method? PHP, ASP are fine.
posted on Mar 21, 2005 - 10 answers
On community blog sites like Metafilter, a lot of bandwidth seems to be consumed by redundant requests like previewing comments or checking for new ones where the entire page is reloaded. So when in the thread on Google Maps, mosch mentioned the HTTPRequest javascript object, that got me thinking. Are there any ways to write code that can cut down on resending the same data. Some kind of 'diff' method for HTML?
posted on Feb 8, 2005 - 20 answers
I need to send an HTML-newsletter via e-mail. I have it ready as an html file, but need a good program to turn it into an email and send it. It would be nice if I could also insert an alternative plain-text (with links. if that's possible). Not sending it as HTML is not an option (client's wishes, etc.). I only need to send 1 copy of it, so mass sending isn't an issue. I am on XP Pro.
posted on Feb 6, 2005 - 10 answers
Could you recommend a good guestbook tutorial? I’ve seen the problems with hosted guestbooks (server downtime, data erased without warning) and I’d like to learn how to build my own. I would like my guestbook to be configurable with CSS and as simple as possible.
posted on Feb 4, 2005 - 6 answers
HTML Gurus and Browser Mechanics: Is this test too hard? Too much to expect an applicant to complete? [more inside]
posted on Nov 17, 2004 - 32 answers
HTML/CSS question. [MI]
posted on Nov 2, 2004 - 6 answers
Random question : How would you describe people who create HTML? We're not programmers. We aren't really coders. How would you describe us?
posted on Oct 31, 2004 - 26 answers
I have been asked to develop in-program help and demos for an IT company (working in the Health Industry, backend stuff).
a) For the help system, what's the best approach? I know there's windows help format, html help and other (more) proprietary stuff, but have no experience with any of them (I have plenty of experience with HTML, CSS and Flash). What help format / application would you choose? Portability and easy updating are pluses. End users will be mostly on Windows.
b) For the demos I'm thinking RoboDemo, but wonder if there's anything easier, or opensource, or some other reason to choose it instead of R.D?
posted on Oct 13, 2004 - 4 answers
I know, I know -- not another web photogallery AskMe question, but: I've actually settled on the gallery itself. I'm using JAlbum. Having made the choice, though, I'm left with two questions:
1. JAlbum makes nice galleries, but doesn't create a top-level index page. (I could hand-code it, but my wife will be doing most of the updating and I don't want her to have to go mucking around in HTML.) The easiest solution, I'd think, would be just to reformat the directory listing into something attractive -- all I really need to communicate to the user is descriptive folder names and upload dates, but I'd prefer to make something more handsome than the standard Apache page. Can anyone recommend a particular PHP file system manager or other solution?
2. JAlbum's auto upload is ridiculously slow -- better just to FTP it. When JAblum makes a gallery, though, it includes a lot of stuff I'm not using -- icon sets, borders, etc. It's not a ton of space, but I'm going to uploading a lot of these galleries, and it'll add up. Is there a programmatic way I can stop JAlbum from including all this, instead of weeding it out before each upload? (I'm using the BluPlusPlus skin.)
posted on Sep 5, 2004 - 1 answers
How you do you usually set font sizes in CSS? [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2004 - 11 answers
Basic HTML question re. using tables for no frills layout: if I have a centred table with just one or two TR rows with say 3 TD cells in them, and keep sporadically adding stuff to the cells in the bottom row so that they become humungously long, will something eventually break? Anyway, are tables cool for layout? Or should I be thinking about learning something else?
posted on Apr 30, 2004 - 37 answers
Is there a good, free product out there that I can install on a friend's webpage so he can update HTML files through his browser and not have to know any HTML? (details inside)
posted on Mar 10, 2004 - 11 answers
CSS or maybe PHP question about limiting the display size of content. More inside, of course.
posted on Feb 17, 2004 - 8 answers
Wanted: list of canonical, essential mailing lists/discussion groups for web development, a lá css-discuss. [more inside]
posted on Feb 5, 2004 - 4 answers
