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| Subject | Date Asked |
| special characters in html | 7/20/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I have a html file with text in German, Spanish and French. Unfortunately when it ... A: You want to set the proper document encoding (aka charset) for the page. You can do this via the ... | |
| web site errors | 6/25/2010 |
| Q: I have a website www.scubadivinggozo.com From time to time when I click on some of the links pages ... A: Joe, That depends entirely on what was in the .XML file and how it was being used. It's hard to ... | |
| fixed position on ipad/iphone | 6/15/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I've added a component with a fixed position on my website. Everything works well on a ... A: I must admit, I haven't played around with Mobile Safari as much as I would have liked. It turns ... | |
| fixed position on ipad/iphone | 6/15/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I've added a component with a fixed position on my website. Everything works well on a ... A: Jay, Can you be more specific about what you mean when you say that it doesn't render properly? Is ... | |
| right left arrows instead of horizontal scrollbar | 6/3/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I was trying to create a horizontal page navigator, but instead of numbers I want to ... A: Jay, If you want the scrollbar to show up, you can use the CSS overflow-x property. But it doesn't ... | |
| mp3 player without flash | 5/31/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I'd like to embed an mp3 player into my website. I want the mp3 player to be ... A: It really depends on your goals for the website and the audience that you're targeting. There are ... | |
| Flash content and IE | 5/15/2010 |
| Q: I am using Dreamweaver to build a website. On the home page I am inserting a .swf file that I made ... A: Matt, The best cross-browser solution I know of to embed Flash media is swfobject.js. You can find ... | |
| vertical align center | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I want to center a container (div) vertically in the middle. The container has a ... A: Jay, You'll have to use a javascript solution that watches the dimensions of the viewport. Your ... | |
| browser compatibility issue | 4/14/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I've finally finished a sample website and soon my client should be looking at it. But ... A: Jay, I'm not sure what you mean. Which "components" are you speak of? Which browsers are you ... | |
| wordpress question | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: Vishal Arora I'd like to know the differences and the purposes of the index.php and single.php ... A: I'm not a WordPress expert but I'll try to answer your question. I have done some WordPress ... | |
| WebDesign | 3/3/2010 |
| Q: Greetings for the Day Sir...how I hide the exetension of webpage like page.aspx = page page1.html ... A: Abhimanyu, Most of the sites that you see doing this are using a combination of server side ... | |
| web design | 2/15/2010 |
| Q: i want a pop up window every time product page is opened which asks what type of product usr want to ... A: Hetal, You will want to use some Javascript to do so. You can create such a script here: ... | |
| Flash Header Banner Slideshow | 2/11/2010 |
| Q: I'm looking to create a Flash banner for my website similar to the thousands of banner/slideshows I ... A: If you're just looking for a simple Flash-based slideshow, I'd suggest looking at SlideShowPro. ... | |
| Need to get to the HTML code in a website | 7/17/2009 |
| Q: My friend has a website that she built with an automatic web designing company. She didn't need to ... A: Hey Robin, It really depends on the type of site it is and what is being used to serve the content. ... | |
| Flash Website | 7/15/2009 |
| Q: I have created a swf file that has a slideshow component running in the background. My problem is ... A: Hey Mark, You can do this by using XML. There are several tutorials online on how to construct an ... | |
| Quick Question | 6/8/2009 |
| Q: I am going through some older books of mine and I came across: "Just Java 2 4th ed Co. 1999" ... A: I'm not familiar with any of those publications specifically. The titles don't reveal much about ... | |
| saving my web site | 5/12/2009 |
| Q: How can I save ALL my web site into a CD or a zip, into my computer, - SAVE AS - using Adobe ... A: I'm not familiar with Adobe Contribute or FrontPage so I'm not sure if they offer a way to save ... | |
| web design pointers | 5/10/2009 |
| Q: I am interested in creating a web site. I have the general format and visual design completed, ... A: Just so you know, what you're attempting to do is fairly complicated programming. It goes outside ... | |
| web site ip address | 4/30/2009 |
| Q: I have a website hosted on a server at america.I uploaded my site from dreamweaver ftp upload.When I ... A: I suppose it's possible that your host recorded your IP. From that, it's trivial to find your ... | |
| Reusing Movieclips | 3/29/2009 |
| Q: Arora, I created a moviclip within my flash movie (the movieclip is of text ... A: Yes, it is possible to reuse it. You could either save that movieclip as a separate SWF file and ... | |
| Flash Movie Opens Like This | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: Arora, I'm currently building a website and in that website I'm going to be creating ... A: This is a very popular JavaScript effect. The technical name for this feature is "modal window". ... | |
| suggesting a program | 3/6/2009 |
| Q: I am kind of on almost intermediate with computers using Frontpage 2002. 1 What easy yet good web ... A: 1. An editor and a "design" program are really two different things intended for two different ... | |
| how can i design on computer | 3/6/2009 |
| Q: A: By "design" what specifically are you referring to? Design can encompass many medium from ... | |
| Backlinks | 2/22/2009 |
| Q: My website www.scubadivinggozo.com is currently ranking number 13 for the word diving Malta.I am in ... A: Semantic HTML refers to a practice to create documents with HTML that contain only the author's ... | |
| Backlinks | 2/21/2009 |
| Q: My website www.scubadivinggozo.com is currently ranking number 13 for the word diving Malta.I am in ... A: No, I cannot add links to your site on sites I maintain. That would be unethical of me on several ... | |
| Web design problem | 2/13/2009 |
| Q: I just made my first website using Dreamweaver MX. I do not know anything about web design; I just ... A: Alamo, First, let me say that you should not be using frames in the first place. There are ... | |
| employment as web designer | 2/8/2009 |
| Q: I am a student and have recently seen an advertisinment from an employer looking for a web ... A: First, I'd like to suggest that you do your due preparation in applying for a job. It's good you ... | |
| html css | 2/2/2009 |
| Q: I have a background image of 1x1000 and want repeat it horizontally only, so that if the page is ... A: bgcolor="" is not a valid attribute of the body tag. You want to stick with CSS. The way to do ... | |
| html css | 2/1/2009 |
| Q: I have a background image of 1x1000 and want repeat it horizontally only, so that if the page is ... A: You're very close to getting what you want. The CSS background-image property is only for adding ... | |
| website name | 1/13/2009 |
| Q: I have the website www.scubadivinggozo.com I have pages like malta tour,links page,diving malta page ... A: First, the %20 is the escaped URL-encoded form of your URL. This means that you have a space in ... | |
| using CSS | 1/12/2009 |
| Q: ..I am very confused by divs and their use in setting up a webpage... First of all, let's talk ... A: James, Yes, it's always advantageous to veer away from table-based layouts. Tables were never ... | |
| using CSS "Divs" | 1/12/2009 |
| Q: ..I am very confused by divs and their use in setting up a webpage... First of all, let's talk ... A: Sure, I can clarify this for you. Each of these properties are used to position an element within a ... | |
| web site script | 12/15/2008 |
| Q: We have a web site www.cvgoody.co.uk and having just bought a new computer with a widecreen LCD ... A: I have taken a look at the coding of your site. I'm not sure how it was created, but the code used ... | |
| domain change | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: you helped me before.I had the site scubadivinggozo.com.I am stuck on page 4 on google search for ... A: It's always wise to have an updated sitemap so search engines know what pages to index. But as ... | |
| domain change | 12/3/2008 |
| Q: you helped me before.I had the site scubadivinggozo.com.I am stuck on page 4 on google search for ... A: I wouldn't recommend getting that domain. Unless you plan to shut down scubadivinggozo.com and move ... | |
| Adding a background image (css) | 10/24/2008 |
| Q: I'm currently redesigning a website using a CSS template, but there is no background. How do i add ... A: To add a background to your page via CSS, you can use the following CSS style: body { ... | |
| help me! | 10/22/2008 |
| Q: I am very new to website design (seriously new) and I'm having trouble with download/upload of my ... A: As I suspected, the images aren't uploaded to your server. Your source seems to be calling multiple ... | |
| help me! | 10/22/2008 |
| Q: I am very new to website design (seriously new) and I'm having trouble with download/upload of my ... A: .. Is the site online? If it is, please post the link. Otherwise, anything that I would advise ... | |
| anti-aliasing type | 10/17/2008 |
| Q: I have just begun creating websites and have a problem with type that appears jagged. The type was ... A: It's not so much about anti-aliasing GIF images. By nature, a matted GIF image will have that ... | |
| Code | 9/13/2008 |
| Q: I have a Login Form on my site that emails me and then redirects user to another page. I would to ... A: There is no pre-made code for this functionality. It would have to be coded from scratch depending ... | |
| updateing an old website | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: we are a small retail company, that has a website " the pencile co. inc. our computer was stolen ... A: There would be two ways to go about it 1. FTP If you have the password and contact details for ... | |
| web designer salary | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: I would like to know how much is too much or too less to pay a junior designer just starting out ... A: I speak of the web industry in general. In professional settings, designers and developers of ... | |
| web designer salary | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: I would like to know how much is too much or too less to pay a junior designer just starting out ... A: As you've alluded to, this is a very subjective question. Certainly there are many variables in ... | |
| Where to get free web template | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: Where can I get a free website template on the web? I'm after the *.htm and *.css files. After ... A: That's great! CSS will really change the way you create websites. You can do so much more than you ... | |
| Where to get free web template | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: Where can I get a free website template on the web? I'm after the *.htm and *.css files. After ... A: I would always recommend hand coding a site instead of using a template if you have the knowledge ... | |
| Where to get free web template | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: Where can I get a free website template on the web? I'm after the *.htm and *.css files. After ... A: Some of the popular free theme galleries are those listed below. I cannot personally vouch for any ... | |
| Picture format for web design | 7/21/2008 |
| Q: I'm making a website to be hosted by godaddy. When saving pictures, what format should they be? A: The format you use depends on the image. The number of colors and quality that you wish to express ... | |
| trouble with accordion widget in Dreamweaver template | 7/8/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to design my site in Dreamweaver CS3 using an accordion widget for my left-side ... A: Hey Aaron, No need to paste the code. The code posting facilities of AllExperts.com are kind of ... | |
| trouble with accordion widget in Dreamweaver template | 7/7/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to design my site in Dreamweaver CS3 using an accordion widget for my left-side ... A: Dreamweaver is a great tool if you don't have the knowledge and/or time to devote to hand coding a ... | |
| Link Access Form to my Web page for online entry system | 5/17/2008 |
| Q: Sir , Go Noon. Pl guide me how to link a Access Form to my web page which i developed in MS ... A: In order to help you, I'll need some more information about what you're trying to do. Are you ... | |
| download button | 5/16/2008 |
| Q: i am creating a website of a software company. in this i want to make a link/button,which can work ... A: Which type of file are you attempting to have downloaded? With most types of archived files (.zip, ... | |
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