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HI there, I run into a very annoying problem. On one of the sites I am working on, I have a series of landscape and portrait pictures to show. The landscapes are ok as you can see from here if you click on the first thumbnail http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/petras/test/egypt.htm but if you …

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HI there, I have runt into an issue with the overlay I have on the website I am working on http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/petras/test/egypt.htm The problems seem to be with Internet explorer 7, 8 and 9. Say you click on the first thumbnail, then the big pix comes up and behind it the …

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Hi there, got a quick question about id selectors, something that is bugging me tonite, maybe I am a bit tired sorry. It isprobably obvious but lately I am having strange memory laspses.... given this html fragment: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; …

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HI there, it might be perhaps a silly question, but in here http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/testing/test.htm how do I center the letters in the coloured divs? I want them to be in the middle of the box, but without adding extra divs...is it possible? Can quite do it, sorry

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Hi peeps, sorry for the silly questions, but can anybody clarifying where front end development ends and where back end starts? I mean I have in mind javascript for front end, but then would you consider php, asp.net backend? Perhaps somebody could clarify please? thanks

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something similar to Labdabeta: I have just written a reply to a thread of mine, quite a long reply actually, and when I click on the reply button nothing at all happens, it just stays there and I am not sure how to sbmit my answer. I probably will kill …

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HI there, I was wondering if anybody can advise. I am trying to build an unordered list with a few items in a page, and I want this list to be created and displyaed dynamically. So I create an array of strings and then through jquery I want this to …

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Hi guys, I wonder if anybody can give me an advice. I am working at a photography site (as many of you might know by now :)) and I realized I made a pretty bad mistake, for the second time in a row unfortunately, which is to rely on javascript …

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HI there, I have 2 spare sticks of RAM of 2 gb each that I would like to put in a dell studio 1535. Now the problem is that according to the crucial website [url]http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=1F7BCCE4A5CA7304[/url] this dell laptop takes this memory: Part Number: CT867777 Module Size: 4GB kit (2GBx2) Package: …

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HI there, quick advice please. I am developing a [URL="http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/petras/test/egypt.htm"]photography website[/URL] for a client and I want him to be able to click on an image in a list of thumbnails and that will bring up the bigger version of the image clicked on. I have achieved this in my …

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Hi there, I am doing [URL="http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/petras/home.htm"]a website[/URL] for a client and I am trying to get it to run on the major browsers, so I am testing on the usual ones + IE6 and also on a few mobile browsers. On my android phone, the website looks fine on the …

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HI there, I am attempting a crossfade based on [URL="http://www.simonbattersby.com/blog/simple-jquery-image-crossfade/"]this[/URL] but needless to say it is not working as nicely as it should. What I have done was to run through the code in the above example, understand it - or at least attempting to do so with a bit …

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Hi there, I am a little stuck with a slideshow I am developing. On this site [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/petras/home.htm[/url] the slideshow is working fine, it is a javascript slideshow: [CODE] <script type = "text/javascript"> var imageList = new Array( "images/homepage/home_0.jpg", "images/homepage/home_1.jpg", "images/homepage/home_2.jpg"); var frame = 0; var image; function init(){ setInterval("animate()",1000); image …

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tqmd1, without looking at your code, have thought about using one of widgets available here [url]http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/?[/url] I have started using this myself very recently and it seems very good, perhaps somebody who's got more experience with it will be able to tell you a bit more about it, and it …

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Hi there, I am having a - I believe - peculiar and annoying problem. I have a div on my home page which is meant to contain a picture. Now when I insert the picture I don't seem to be able to align it to the div, it's a little …

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HI there, I am having a few problems understanding how drag and drop works in jquery. Say I have this (which is taken from a text book): [url]http://aharrisbooks.net/jad/chap_12/dragDrop.html[/url] In the code you have [CODE] ... //make all drag me elements draggable $(".dragMe").draggable(); //set target as droppable $("#target").droppable(); //bind events to …

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Hi there, I am reading a javascript book and I got a little stuck when analysing one of the scripts built as test. This is the one I am talking about [url]http://aharrisbooks.net/jad/chap_08/bounce.html[/url] I went through it but I don’t seem to be able to understandexactly the way it works. Here’s …

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Hi there, I have a dell xps 17 (L702X) with 4gb RAM (2 sticks of 2gb each) and I want to add an extra 8GB (another 2 sticks of 4gb each) so to get to 12GB. Now, the laptop allegedly has 4 slots and at the moment only 2 are …

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Hi there, quick question. I am reading a book about javascript and the author doesn't seem to like quotes ("") at all, but he loves angled brackets (<<>>). what really strikes me is that it looks like he uses them instead of quotes. FOr example I would say: [ICODE]alert("Hello WOrld!");[/ICODE] …

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HI there, I have done a little work on a simple script to change images on mouse over and on mouse off. It was meant to be a very simple one but it is not working and I am not quite sure why. here's the coplete html and script code: …

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Hi guys, I would like to add sth to my website but I am not sure what's the best way to achieve this. It is a kind of image gallery, say I have 10-20 images and I want to display all of them one after another one from the beginning …

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Hi there, I am having some problem understanding an event in jquery. Given the following example [url]http://api.jquery.com/event.pageY/[/url], I don't quite understand what 'e' is and what it does. The rest of the code is kinda clear, it basically gets the coordinates but I don't understand what is the function of …

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HI there, I was again watching a jquery/ajax tutorial and in the video [url]http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-day-10/[/url] they show how to use a [ICODE]return:false;[/ICODE]to determine whether a scrip will execute (javascript on) or will go to a separate page if the javascript is off. Basically I have 2 pages test.htm and new_file.htm. The …

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Hi there, I am doing some jquery exercises and I was redoing a small script I saw onto this video (very very good jquery resource by the way) [url]http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/jquery-for-absolute-beginners-day-8/[/url] and there is something I am not quite clear about. I copied that onto my test area so I can post …

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Hi there, I need to format my samsung nc10 netbook, it doesn't have the cd driver so I wonder if I can format it by running the windows cd from an external cd driver. WOuld that work or will the installation abort? thanks

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Hi there, I am working on css positioning and I have encountered a problem. I have these two pages: 1)[url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/various_tests/2011_10_25_css_positioning/test.htm[/url] 2)[url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/various_tests/2011_10_26_image_slides/test.htm[/url] the first one has box B (yellow) and C(red) with [CODE]position:absolute; top 0; right 0;[/CODE] the second one has 3 images with: [CODE]img { position:absolute; top: 0; left:0; }[/CODE] …

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HI there, my gf needs to buy a battery for her dell studio 1535 laptop, but we are kind of unsure where and what to get. Obviously dell's batteries are really really expensive as you would expect (I checked on the dell's website) so I wonder if you think it …

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HI there, I have a really annoying and strange problem with a script, here's the code: [CODE] <script type="text/javascript"> $(function() { var images = $('.home_page_pic img').hide(); var index = 0; images.eq(index).show(); function swapImages() { images.eq(index).fadeOut(2000, function() { index++; if (index == images.length) { index = 0; } images.eq(index).fadeIn(2000, swapImages); }); …

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Hi there, I am having some problems with my site displaying correctly in IE6. In particular if you have a look at this page in IE6 [url]http://www.antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photogallery/water.htm[/url] the script doesn't seem to be working the way it should, and I think it might be a problem with the css and …

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Hi all, I am in the process of redoing my website and I have done pretty much all the html and css for it ([url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photogallery/test/home.htm[/url]), so now I would like to add some javascript/jquery. This is essentially what I would like to achieve. On this page [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photogallery/test/gloom.htm[/url] I have a …

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Hi there, I have a question about my internet speed (sorry I am really bad at these things). I have a 10mb internet connection (my provider is Virgin) and while connected to the wireless this afternoon I run a speedometer check using [url]http://www.speedtest.net/[/url] and I had a download speed of …

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Hi there, I am in the process of designing my new photography website. Now, I roughly know the layout but I am not sure how to deal with resizing the browser window issues. In other words, I want my website to resize nicely when I resize the window, rather than …

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More than a book you should probably start with the w3c schools website [url]http://www.w3schools.com/w3c/default.asp[/url], that's a good start. Then move to other online tutorial like [url]http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/[/url] and maybe have a look at David Flanagan books: -JavaScript Pocket Reference, 2nd Edition -jquery pocket reference hope this helps

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HI there, I am a little puzzled about how to position few divs in a site I am working on, here's the url [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/Martin/contact.htm[/url] Basically here the idea is that the yellow main div [ICODE].content[/ICODE] is the content wrap and should be around all the content of the page. That …

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Hi guys, I am having a funny problem. I have an ebook type thing that I am trying to open on my laptop (win 7), it is the kind of file you open with microsoft html help executable and it doesn't work at all. The file opens, I can see …

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Hi peeps, I wonder if anybody can give me a hand with this. Basically on my website [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photography/testing/gloom.htm[/url] to view a picture you need to use the left hand-side menu. Now, all good except that when you want to view any picture at the bottom of the left hadn-side nav …

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Hi there, I am having a few problems with my website [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photography/testing/home.htm[/url] in IE6. Now, I don't want to waste too much time on this, as in I don't want ti to be perfect but I just want it to be looking decent in IE6. I created a separate css …

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HI there, I wonder if anybody can give me a hand with this. I am writing a script which will allow me to swap some images (using also jquery to give the fading effect) but things are not quite working the way they should. I am really new to javascript …

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Hi there, I am trying to create an image gallery on my home page [url]http://www.antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photography/home.htm[/url] which gets displayed in the canvas. Ideally I would like to add some jquery to have a smooth transition between the images but I am getting a bit lost. First of all I want to …

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Hi there, I have a strange problems with margins. On this website [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/photography/home.htm[/url] I am trying to have some space between the top navigation and the red box. Now in my stylesheet containers.css the red box (class name picture_box_home) has [ICODE]margin:0 auto;[/ICODE] which is rendered fine in all browsers. On …

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HI there, I am some problems creating a redirect from a php file. Now, here's teh problem. On my site - let's take this page - [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/webediting/content.htm[/url] I have a comment form that sends me an email everytime somebody submits the form. Now, the php file is configured so that …

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Hi there, I have a problem with how the text, especially headings are positioned on my site [url]http://www.antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/webediting/testing/our_web_standards.htm[/url]. When I look at the website from my dell laptop (resolution 800x600) everything seems fine in all the browsers except chrome where the headings are at the same level as the top …

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Hi there I was trying to copy an ISO image with Nero but when I insert the cd I want to burn the image to and start the burning process it stops straight after saying "writing short lead out" and then "burn process failed at 8x (11.08kb)". Could anybody tell …

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Hi there, I wonder if you could help me with some form validation please. Here's the problem: at the bottom of this page [url]http://www.antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/webediting/testing/bold_and_other.htm[/url] - still testing at the moment - there is a contact form. When javascript is enabled you can call the form with a button and then …

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Hi peeps, I have a question about accessibility Now, this is the website I am working on [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/webediting/tables.htm[/url] and my question is about the best way to make sure that people with their javascript off can enjoy the same benefits as those having javascript on and if there is anything …

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Hi there, I have a really quick question about a shuffling and dealing cards program I found in a book. here's main: [CODE]// Fig. 8.27: fig08_27.cpp // Card shuffling and dealing program. #include "DeckOfCards.h" // DeckOfCards class definition int main() { DeckOfCards deckOfCards; // create DeckOfCards object deckOfCards.shuffle(); // shuffle …

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Hi peeps, I am having some difficulty creating a reset button that resets some text to the original status. Basically I have a div box in a page which shows what it means to use a table for layout in a page - I am doing a web editing site …

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Hi there, I am thinking about buying a new laptop and I was wondering whether anybody has any suggestions. Basically I do a bit of programming (learnimg C++ at the moment, so nothing advanced just console programs) and I am now getting into building websites so I always end up …

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Hi guys, I need some advice please. My gf wants to buy and install WIndows7 on her machine (a Dell studio 1535). Now, it has windows vista on it, so I was wondering whether there could be any issue with replacing it with WIndows7. Unfortunately it is not my own …

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Hi there, I have added a validation script to this page [url]http://antobbo.webspace.virginmedia.com/webediting/documents.htm[/url] but it is not working the way I want it to, I am sure I made some silly mistake. Basically I want to make sure that people actually input something in the form below before submitting it. If …

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