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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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Answers by Expert:
Vishal Arora
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
I've been learning web languages for approximately 10 years. I'm very well versed in proper, standards compliant HTML, XHTML and CSS. In addition, I also know ActionScript 2.0 and 3.0 for Flash projects and PHP for server-side applications. No Javascript questions please.
Experience
I run a successful web design and development firm in the US.
Education/Credentials
10 years practical experience in web technologies. 4 years experience running a successful web design/development firm.
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