HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the predominant markup language used for creating web pages.
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Are facilities that generate HTML for you, considered harmful? [on hold]
I will approach this from two directions (+ raw HTML itself being de-facto third)
Proprietary HTML-generating code
Code generating facilities provided by a popular library
Proprietary ...
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Beginner php Coding error [migrated]
I'm coding in PHP as a beginner. Apache is running via xampp. I place this code below in a .php file inside htdocs folder, but when I execute, it failed and showed this:
Hello, World! I'm testing
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How to open a link in the parent tab/window using the target attribute (other than _parent)? [closed]
Let's consider this scenario:
Page A links to page B using the following anchor tag:
<a href="B.html" target="B">Go to page B</a>
Page B links to page A using
<a href="A.html" ...
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Http meta tag for refreshing/redirecting
While looking at the generated source of a webpage, I learned that a standard way to refresh a web page is to use <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="_sec">.
I find this an abuse of "metadata" ...
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1answer
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html/css/javascript for game ui's
I've been looking into game ui's recently. My conclusion is that html/css/javascript would be the perfect solution IF it was wrapped up in a nice C++ library that allowed for easy integration into ...
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Is the `<table>` tag and `display:table` a functional or a layout directive?
Background
I've always disliked the idea of using the CSS property of display:table. Using it feels like an ugly hack and I always prefer to use a direct <table> tag instead. Of course, I use ...
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Pass a value from View to action in another controller(using Viewmodel) [migrated]
I want to pass a value from my current view to action method in another controller. I have used ViewModel to pass the values of both the classes. But now I want to pass a particular value from the ...
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1answer
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PHP MySQL unique user data [closed]
I'm trying to create a php website that users log into and they can submit data to a MySQL database. How do I make it so the users can only see data they've submitted and not everyone else's data?
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Is there anything wrong with putting comments in an HTML closing tag?
I often write comments like this
<div id="wrapper">
...
</div> <!-- id="wrapper" -->
But what if I wrote them like this?
<div id="wrapper">
...
</div id="wrapper">
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Correct way of running methods from frontend in an OOP framework
If I have a link to change language of my website, where should that link lead in order to execute a PHP command, specifically in Codeigniter framework?
I am interested in the most recommended, DRY ...
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Javascript regular expressions [migrated]
I want to validate an email field of an html form using html. And the code following shows the regular expression that I've used. The form however does not accept a simple ...
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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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Is localStorage under The Cookie Law?
I'd like to avoid having the cookies banner on my websites where possible. Could I store session id's in localStorage to bypass implementing the banner?
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Pros and Cons of Facebook's React vs. Web Components (Polymer)
What are the main benefits of Facebook's React over the upcoming Web Components spec and vice versa (or perhaps a more apples-to-apples comparison would be to Google's Polymer library)?
According to ...
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0answers
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Using the <img> element in XHTML [migrated]
I'm a noob and learning HTML to begin with.
I used the following code and tried to validate it at validator.w3.org.
<p><img src="C:\Users\46506090\Pictures\FS ...
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Patterns and practices for Web Scraping in .Net (C#) [closed]
I will be putting together an application to automate an external web site/application. In some instances I will need to navigate the site as a user would (some links I need to follow cannot be ...
0
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1answer
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Best Practices: URL Path Parameters [closed]
What's the current best practice around path parameters in URLs?
For instance
/artist/name
A long time ago I might have made artist.html and then passed in a query parameter /artist.html?name=name ...
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Is progressive HTTP download a viable alternative to HLS/DASH/RTMP for providing live video?
I'm working on a website that needs to stream live video to users, and as such I've had to get my head around the sorry state of current browser-based video-streaming technology. The most popular ...
5
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1answer
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How should I test the HTML output my class creates?
As a learning project, I am trying to create something similar to the WebGrid that comes with ASP.NET MVC. Now this component MyGrid<T> looks like this:
public class MyGrid<T> where T : ...
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4answers
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Why is it (or was it) important to separate CSS from HTML? [duplicate]
Intro
I recently watched the slides from React: CSS in JS and I really like the idea of having CSS applied using JS (and with JSX, this would mean having all the HTML, JS and CSS in one file, which ...
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Should I Include PHP code in HTML or HTML in PHP?
What is the best practice, to write my PHP code inside my HTML code or HTML inside PHP?
PHP inside HMTL:
<p class="lead">Welcome to the <?= COMPANY_NAME ?> website.</p>
HTML ...
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2answers
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Javascript Password Security
I'm extremely new to javascript (so I know there's already a thread here), but I couldn't understand how to implement it. My code is pretty much identical:
<script language="javascript">
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How can I keep browser URL secret when editing data?
Suppose,
There is a user list.
<a href="user/5">Edit</a>
<a href="user/6">Edit</a>
When a system user clicked to edit a user info. Then it goes to url to browser like as
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5answers
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Which is better: to include HTML inside PHP code or outside it?
Look at this:
<?php
echo "Hello World";
?>
<br />
<?php
echo "Welcome";
?>
And now look at this:
<?php
echo "Hello World";
echo "<br />";
echo "Welcome";
?>
Which ...
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2answers
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Javascript inline event handling versus external jQuery event handlers
Working on a dynamic website that loads information from a JSON file and then populates the page with said elements.
My question has to do with event handling - as of now, I don't see any reason as ...
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1answer
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Should HTML or CSS files count toward a “lines of code” metric? [closed]
I was asked how many lines of code my web application contains.
Is it appropriate to include presentation layer/template files such HTML and CSS files in this count?
(Note that I am not able to have ...
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0answers
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Synchronizing webpage and local pdf
I would like to solve the following problem. On my website, I have a list of my publications. I also have my list of publications on a latex file of my cv. The issue is that I update these manually, ...
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Where to master HTML, CSS and Javascript? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What should a developer know before building a public web site?
I gotten interested in web-development lately. I am still a student. I learnt basics of HTML, CSS and ...
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Where to declare event handlers: Markup or Script?
If the event handler is declared in the markup, it'd be (kind-of) adding presentation logic to HTML.
<button id="btn" onClick="foo()">Click Me!</button>
If the event handler is declared ...
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2answers
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What alternatives are there to using HTML/CSS layouts for websites? [closed]
Is there any existing in-use, or even just conceptual attempts at creating a markup or programmatic expressions for designing the layouts of websites other than HTML/CSS?
If there are others out ...
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In HTML and CSS what are the standard tab sizes? [closed]
I searched on Google but couldn't find an answer. I'd like to know what are the standard tab sizes for HTML and CSS. Is it 2 or 4?
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How can I evaluate a candidate's knowledge of Html/CSS during an interview? [closed]
I am trying to determine some good interview questions to assess the ability of people coming in for a Html/CSS job, however that topic is extremely broad, and I'm not sure what sort of questions I ...
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1answer
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Can I scrape a website for font stylings?
I am trying to scrape websites for valuable text for example the title of an article, the author's name, and other distinguished text. I cannot always guarantee that this sort of text will have ...
0
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1answer
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maintain rate of animation with requestAnimationFrame
I've noticed that HTML game developers are recommending the use of requestAnimationFrame as opposed to a timer for the animation loop. I understand that this can be optimized by the browser, but how ...
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2answers
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Flag arguments in an html factory class
I have been told that flag arguments(boolean arguments) are a bad thing because it complicates the signature of the method and means that the method does more than one thing.
An issue I have with ...
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Truncating HTML content at specific content blocks
I have HTML content in my DB and I would like to present a list of these individual items but truncate each of them so they're not fully displayed. I would like to keep truncated items ...
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How Do News Websites E.g. Forbes / Zdnet Seamlessly Merge One Webpage into Another?
If you go to E.g:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2015/06/12/why-technology-has-to-be-continuous/
OR
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Is it appropriate to use the unordered list (ul) element for composite content
I recently had a thought of utilizing the unordered list element to represent a list of composite content (such as a product list with details or an image list with captions).
For example:
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Why Should I Avoid Inline Scripting?
A knowledgeable friend recently looked at a website I helped launch, and commented something like "very cool site, shame about the inline scripting in the source code".
I'm definitely in a position ...
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2answers
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Pre-Processors vs Pure Web [closed]
It seems like within the last few years or so HTML/CSS/JavaScript Preprocessors have exploded in quantity and general use. They're still not as common as pure HTML, CSS, and JS/jQuery, but their ...
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Web App - Better to load Large, low quality image or many html elements?
I'm creating a web application that is visually enormous. I'm talking 2 million pixels wide and 2 million pixels tall (about).
My goal is to show dynamically changing spots all over the site. For ...
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What to use instead of IDs in selectors in CSS
I recently installed a csslint package for my Atom text editor. I keep getting warnings saying "Don't use IDs in selectors." I found this weird since I've always been using IDs in selectors in CSS, ...
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Why do we have to use divs?
This morning, as I was writing some html and haml, it occurred to me that the way divs are used is ridiculous.
Why are divs not implied? Imagine if this:
<div class="hero-img">
<img ...
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votes
8answers
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Why are people making tables with divs? [duplicate]
In modern web development I'm coming across this pattern ever more often. It looks like this:
<div class="table">
<div class="row">
<div class="cell"></div>
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7answers
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Why would one bother marking up properly and semantically?
Note that I (try) to mark up as semantically as possible because I like they way it looks and feels, but not because I'm aware of any other stunning advantages. The point of my question is to be ...
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1answer
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Multiple CS Sheets or Javascript
I have a homepage with a navigationBar on top of the Viewport contains two buttons.
One is the default selected home button which calls/displays home.html. The other for example is Ubuntu which calls ...
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1answer
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Best use of the React frontend framework
I've been using rails' erb template for my views, but I've recently been trying to incorporate React as my front end framework. I'm a little lost on how front end frameworks are supposed to be used.
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Why not XHTML5?
So, HTML5 is the Big Step Forward, I'm told. The last step forward we took that I'm aware of was the introduction of XHTML. The advantages were obvious: simplicity, strictness, the ability to use ...
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why are globals bad in javascript [duplicate]
I've been writing web applications for a while now , and everyone knows the one golden rule not to assign variables to the window object , don't ever assign a variable without using var.
My ...
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Choosing a javascript framework for a massively multi-player game : React vs Ember 2 vs other better option
I'd like to add to my Ruby on Rails app a javascript front end using basically Rails a json api sending data to the front end.
The question for me is: React or Ember 2 (or maybe another viable ...
