I am trying to hardcode a prototype from XD. I just downloaded Atom to get started, however I am struggling with getting my CSS to work, since I don't think it is normalized. I am not sure how to do this. Any help?
I guess you are talking about Adobe XD.
Imo, the best way would be to write a dedicated CSS file, and have it linked into your hardcoded prototype (like this: https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_howto.asp).
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Lift is a fun web framework to work with. However, it's really hard for newbies to get the html/xml codes out of snippet codes. Is there a recommended way to do it?
If you use the CSS Selector Transforms (please see http://simply.liftweb.net/index-7.10.html#toc-Section-7.10 ) rather than the Helpers.bind() stuff, you'll find little or no markup in your Scala code.
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try to keep the ammount of snippet html as small as possible. For example if there is some static code inside your snippet you dont need there you could just move it into the html file.
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try to keep it style independent such that the frontend designer can do his job just by editing the html/css/js files.
sorry for this ultimately newb question. I want to create a menu and not have to repeat the code of the menu on every single web page. I have done this with iframes in the past, but I know they aren't recommended. I have a pretty decent knowledge of HTML & CSS but I feel like I am missing something big here.
I am also not looking for the PHP solution which I believe is represented by:
<?php include("navigation.html"); ?>
Is there a good tutorial I can follow? I've heard this can be done with XML but I haven't been able to find what I am looking for exactly, and don't have any knowledge with it in the past.
In what I think is a related problem, I want to be able to place my google analytics code on just my index page and have it reference the entire website of pages, not just the index. Again, what am I missing here? Do I need to be using a content management system of some sort to pull off this slightly dynamic task? I don't think so...
Thanks for your help and please let me know if I can clarify my question any better!
Why don't you want to use PHP? It can be done with JavaScript (using AJAX), but you need to provide search engines with a way to crawl your site if you go that route.
Using includes in PHP to achieve this is simple and requires extremely little knowledge. Much easier and more efficient than doing it with JS. Also, I don't see how XML would be of any help here unless you read it in with JS (in which you'd have the same issue mentioned above.)
Use server side includes as mentioned already. They are support by pretty much all major webservers so php is not even required.
Check out the following articles:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Includes
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/ssi.html (from apache, note no php needed)
http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/include.html
Good Luck
I'm not really sure what options you have other than a .php include. I'm not sure of why you would be avoiding PHP unless the server didn't support it, as it's very simple to do an include (you really don't even need to know PHP to do this except for the include statement).
For your analytics code, you could put this in a .js file and just include it on every page:
<script type="text/javascript" src="analytics.js"></script>
Hope this was at least slightly helpful.
How about javascript? You could write a Javascript file that is included on each page that you wish to display the menu. The javascript could read an XML that contains your menu items and generates HTML to display the menu.
Parse and XML document with JS
http://www.w3schools.com/Xml/xml_parser.asp
jQuery menu solutions
http://speckyboy.com/2010/12/01/15-super-simple-jquery-menu-and-navigation-plugins/
As I was working on this project for a friend of mine who is terrified of changing from HTML to flash, I realized that maybe there could be a bridge between them. So I started working on a flash project that would grab the HTML from his page and parse it to display it in flash. Although I am sure there are resources available for this already, I figured that the experts on SO might be willing to suffer through the logic of one user trying to develop this script.
So basically, I am not asking for an answer, I am asking for some step-by-step direction that could be posted so other people could see the logic behind breaking down this project. I think it would be really useful (not just for me, but for anyone wanting to learn more about objects and oop).
So, much like the thread between primarily Senocular and Rampage, this would be a thread where I would be the student asking the questions in a logical step-by-step manner and someone else (or someones else) could provide guidance.
Let me know if you are interested and I can start by posting what I have already written. We can go from there and I am sure it will prove insightful to anyone who reads it. If no one is interested, or no one has the time or inclination, no problem.
Best wishes,
Jase
Who in their right mind would change from html to flash for displaying a simple website? I don't see the logic behind it, it's more like you are trying too hard. Flash has its function in the web, as well as html does. If it's just for simple displaying, using flash is just the wrong way and won't make your website any better but worse because its loading time will be too long.
Goole Search retrieved these:
HTMLWrapper
Groe.org HTMLParser
There is an article about the 1st on *drawlogic. I think the seconds' home is on sourceforge here.
Thing is, browsers already do a fine job at parsing html code. Having the flash player parse html files not only does away with any accessibility advantage your markup can offer but it also feels like reinventing the wheel. If you need to display html content, leave it to the browser.
Slightly offtopic - Flashpaper can convert most HTML pages into swf format.
Given properly "disciplined" HTML, you can use the XML parser in the player for the basic parsing. Are you really talking about writing an HTML renderer in Flash though? Or just being able to pull information from HTML dynamically?
i am busy with a chatbox that contains MySQL, AJAX, PHP and Javascript.
Now i want to have this on my iPod Touch/iPhone, so i am building a website with iWebKit.
The following codes i provided is done now; just asking why it does not display the chatbox itself (so not the senders) after more than 2 lines are entered... What codes should i add or remove... Thanks.
I guess something with CSS or so, but i am not sure where i should apply it and what... Or maybe something else?
Download .zip here with all files
Your zip file is all php. I for one won't run someone else's php code on any of my servers. It would be much safer if you gave us a link to the problem page on your server.
Also, you have included the compressed CSS and not included the necessary Javascript file, so anyone wanting to help you would be facing a serious challenge.
Since it might well be an iWebKit issue, try the iWebKit forum. They are very helpful there.
I'm learning web dev and I am already stucked at some point..
How do I convert a PSD template to a html/css website ?
I've cropped all part of the image and saved them in .gif separately, but then ? Do I have to manually place them in a dreamweaver empty template ? I thought there was an automated way to do so..
Also, I've tried "Save for web and devices.." but when saving, it creates a .html file and a single image which contains every element ?! I expected several images so that I could rearrange them in dreamweaver.
While certain applications advertise/provide automation of the "conversion" process from composite graphic to web layout you want to avoid using those features. They will cause you more trouble than they are worth. Especially if you are going to use CSS for layout (which I strongly encourage). Thats not to say those features dont have some limited valid usages (more on this in point 2) it just that they arent going to magically generate your site from a graphic.
In order to use "Save for Web..." you need to use the Slice tool to slice down the image into the different images you need for layout. Then when you do save for web and deices with html it will export the html/css and the images. Again this isnt magic and chances are youre going to have to completely redo most of what its done for you - making it useless for anything more than slicing a certain area of the layout (say a single menu).
There isnt a fully automated way to do this, generally speaking because depending on what you need the layout to do you have to go about laying things out in different ways and while its theoretcially possible to account for all the possible potential requirements in a nice little export GUI its not really feasible.
The bottom line is to do this you have to learn HTML/CSS. And the more you learn the more you will hate Dreamweaver (at least in "layout view"). Garaunteed.
Yea, web design doesn't work by magic. The proper way to do is to manually write the actual code that positions the elements, not just smack them in place in Dreamweaver. There's plenty of good tutorials out there, check these out for example:
http://net.tutsplus.com/videos/screencasts/how-to-convert-a-psd-to-xhtml/
http://www.devwebpro.com/creating-css-layouts-the-best-tutorials-on-converting-psd-to-xhtml/
Welcome to reality.
You'll have to slice and dice yourself (well, slice and dice the image yourself, but don't slice yourself no matter how much you want to), and then place each individual part in your HTML or template.
There are a number of automated services that convert PSDs for you:
http://converxy.com
http://psd2htmlconverter.com/en/
http://www.psdtoweb.de/
http://csshat.com/
However, you might also want to consider a service-based approach as well. There is a thriving community of professional slicers out there (just google "psd to html" and you'll see what I mean).
You might also try to redesign from a program or framework such as:
http://html.adobe.com/edge/reflow/
https://webflow.com/
http://www.ekomobi.com/en/home.html
http://macaw.co/
http://foundation.zurb.com/
http://getbootstrap.com/
http://www.awwwards.com/what-are-frameworks-22-best-responsive-css-frameworks-for-web-design.html
It really depends on your budget, your timelines and your skillset.
I'm a big proponent of understanding something really well before trying to automate it. So, like the other posters have said, slicing by scratch (handcoding) is very valuable, especially if you don't already understand it well. However, you might just not care to invest the time needed to achieve a good understanding of the subject. And, that's perfectly okay too.
I think that ad the end of the day, there is no "correct" solution. Different people have different requirements which will change the choice.
This may help you, it walks you through the process.