web-standards

This question already has an answer here: Smallest data URI image possible for a transparent image 9 answers I've built an image slider (based on the terrific bxSlider ) which will preload images just-in-time before they slide into view. It's working pretty well already, but I don't think my solution is valid HTML. My technique is as follows: I generate the slider markup with the first slide image being inserted as usual (with an <img src="foo.jpg"> ) and subsequent images being referenced in a data attribute like <img data-orig="bar.jpg"> . A Javascript then juggles the data-orig -> src

Is it an acceptable practice to have multiple HTML forms on a page with input fields that share the same name attribute? For example, the page contains a listing of all players and users are allowed to vote for the best player so next to each player card there is this form: <form class="vote-for-player" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" method="post" action="/index/vote-for-best-player"> <input type="hidden" name="player_id" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="vote_for_player" value="Vote" class="input-submit" /> </form> Value attribute of the hidden input field is different for

Is this the correct use of Blockquote , q and cite ? <p> <blockquote>Type HTML in the textarea above, <q>and it will magically appear</q> in the frame below. </blockquote> <cite><a href="http://stackoverflow.com">refrence url</a> </p> Is use of Blockquote , q semantically correct? or both are presentational element , so should not be used? Josh Lee Yes. They are not presentational elements — blockquote represents a block quotation, q represents an inline quotation, and cite represents a reference to a name, work, standard, URL, etc. You do have some validation errors that are fairly common

This question has bothered me for a million years... whenever I create a website with a textarea that allows multi-line (such as a "Bio" for a user's profile) I always end up writing the following paranoid code: // C# code sample... bio = bio.Replace("\r\n", "\n").Replace("\r", "\n"); bio = Regex.Replace(@"\n{2,}", "\n\n"); So, what do browsers send up for a <textarea name="Bio"></textarea> if it has multiple lines? The HTTP and MIME specs specify that header lines must end with \r\n, but they aren't clear (some would argue that it isn't clear if they are clear) about what to do with the

I found some good cons here: The noscript element only detects whether the browser has JavaScript enabled or not. If JavaScript is disabled in the Firewall rather than in the browser then the JavaScript will not run and the content of the noscript element will not be displayed. Many scripts are dependent on a specific feature or features of the language being supported in order for them to be able to run (for example document.getElementById). Where the required features are not supported the JavaScript is unable to run but since JavaScript itself is supported the noscript content will not be

A topic of debate that's seen a resurgence since the unveiling of the iPad is the issue of Flash versus HTML5. There are those that suggest that HTML5 will one day supplant/replace Adobe Flash. I do not develop software that runs in a browser, so my (limited) understanding is: HTML is a pure-text markup language that is delivered over HTTP to a client browser. The client browser interprets the markup and renders (with varying degrees of success) the page according to an standard specification. Adobe Flash is a propriety framework for working with audio, video, sound and raster/vector graphics.