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‎Feb 19, 2024
03:48 AM
1 Upvote
Alternatively, has anyone built a blank template that includes a close button that can receive a tag that for an image? By @Peter35508677swvo Sounds like a page overlay modal would be a better option or does the image specifically have to open in a new pop open window which is seperate from the window in which the onclick event was initiated, for some reason?
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‎Feb 18, 2024
01:49 PM
Ok, so here is the screen saver of the version with the inserted tables. Obviously I’ve only inserted the table into two of the rows so far but like I said, it works perfectly well except for the borders. How disappointing! By @Gareth_Williams I forget how tables work. Try adding css on your tables: border-collapse: collapse;
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‎Feb 18, 2024
10:28 AM
Using Flexbox could be as simple as the example code below: (I've just added some inline widths to the second 'column' to simulate the various widths of the images. <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Flexbox Example</title>
<style>
.rowWrapper {
width: 90%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
.row {
display: flex;
margin: 0 0 2px 0;
}
.row div:nth-child(1) {
width: 65px;
background-color: tomato;
}
.row div:nth-child(2) {
background-color: darkseagreen
}
.row div:nth-child(3) {
flex: 1;
background-color: lightgrey;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="rowWrapper">
<!-- start row -->
<div class="row">
<div>Img 1</div>
<div style="width: 200px;">Img 2</div>
<div>Img Text</div>
</div>
<!-- end row -->
<!-- start row -->
<div class="row">
<div>Img 1</div>
<div style="width: 300px;">Img 2</div>
<div>Img Text</div>
</div>
<!-- end row -->
<!-- start row -->
<div class="row">
<div>Img 1</div>
<div style="width: 150px;">Img 2</div>
<div>Img Text</div>
</div>
<!-- end row -->
<!-- start row -->
<div class="row">
<div>Img 1</div>
<div style="width: 250px;">Img 2</div>
<div>Img Text</div>
</div>
<!-- end row -->
</div>
<!-- end rowWrapper -->
</body>
</html>
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‎Feb 18, 2024
07:38 AM
Yes you would use a 2 column nested table inserted within the second column td cell of your main table. Nested tables remain independent, therefore providing more control. However you can achieve the same effect by using a more modern approach such as flex box for the layout............it would be less messy than dealing with tables and table cells, you should avoid those wherever possible.
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‎Feb 17, 2024
01:48 PM
In your opinion, is there a high learning curve between 4 and 5. By @beng2000 No, not really.........all you're doing when using Bootstrap is just adding a bunch of default css utility classes. If you can copy and paste, parrot fashion, then you're good to go but are fairly limited in what you can do with a framework. Using frameworks of any kind will hold you back, in my opinion, as they tend to 'restrict' you from exploring outside the box given they only provide limited options, which, unless you can code, you are unlikely to be able to craft those options into something 'unique' or to your own requirements. Also, the sites I make with Bootstrap look like cookie cutter sites to me because of the top navbar. I am not sure how to make sites look differently with the navbar. I would eventually like to design with code and not Bootstrap. By @beng2000 Limited options, unable to code, leads to similar results, an over-reliance on a framework. Learn to code and break free to express yourself. It's positive that you are already thinking about the future and eventually lessening your dependence on a box of pre-formed components. Furthermore, I know HTML5 and CSS but not JavaScript, so I'm doing a course from Udemy on JavaScript and SEO. SEO has changed dramatically over the years. I validate my sites, and I'm absorbing all info from Google Search Essentials. By @beng2000 I highly recommend learning javascript, that's when you will leap up a whole flight of steps and gain a whole lot of independence. Javascript combined with html/css is when it all starts really coming together, you will be able to think of it and do it, rather than settling for second best. Don't forget a server side language like node.js, php, python etc will give you even more freedom and powers. Good luck, you're embarking on a journey of a life-time, which I've already been through.
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‎Feb 15, 2024
01:01 AM
I am not necessarily complaining but wondering why. By @cbcorgwebmaster There's a very simple answer, which won't be confirmed, but just think about how many other platforms there are out there which will build you a website, code you a website. These weren't an option in Dreamweavers golden years so it gained quite a chunk of the market, both professional and amateur. Adobe probably quite correctly doesn't want to be positioned in an over subscribed software market place as the financials don't add up. Yes for a small company they can earn enough from it but Adobe are big players and are attracted to bigger slices of the pie, it makes sense to cut and run from a sector with declining returns.
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‎Feb 14, 2024
10:22 AM
1 Upvote
Does this improve anything: <?php $dirPath = 'INuploads'; $files = scandir($dirPath); function sortFilesFunction($a, $b) { return strtotime($b) - strtotime($a); } sort($files, "sortFilesFunction"); foreach($files as $file) { if (!in_array($file, array(".", ".."))) { echo "<p><a href='INuploads/$file' target='new'>$file</a></p>"; } } ?>
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‎Feb 10, 2024
09:48 AM
2 Upvotes
I am trying to use Flexbox instead of Bootstrap can the two be used together? For example, use Bootstrap for the navbar, then keep doing the rest of the website with HTML and Flexbox By @Stephan5FE6 Sure, you can use Bootstrap for the navbar and then use flexbox for the rest of the website, although the Bootstrap grid system now uses flexbox as default, so not sure why you would want to abandon Bootstrap for the main structure of the website If you are using it for the navbar...........but yes, you can mix and match for sure. The only possible caveat being you need to make sure you use some unique naming conventions for your own css selectors, nothing that is likely to conflict with the hundreds of default css selectors which will be loaded into the default Bootstrap css file. You're going to be deploying a heavily bloated css file just for the navbar unless you isolated those specific css selectors. As you're not a professional developer its not something to worry about but as I am its my job to get that out there. As a general answer, I am not inspired to be a professional developer right now, I am just creating a website for myself, I could have easily done with many website builders out there, but I want to put my hands into full development and try to make it from scratch to understand how everything works behind a webpage. By @Stephan5FE6 Well I commend you for at least trying to understand how everything works. Bootstrap is a framework - you deploy components/columns etc then style them with the default Bootstrap css utility classes. I would go so far as to say Bootstrap IS a website builder and to use it is OK if you're not really interested in pursuing a long-term professional career in development. Good luck with your project. Post back if you get stuck, there are people who use Bootstrap in the forum (not me). They will be able to assist you.
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‎Feb 10, 2024
04:10 AM
Anyone who is aspiring to become a 'professional' developer does not use Dreamweaver. By @BenPleysier I think it might still be popular amongst students...........mainly because their mentors aren't usually qualified enough to know alternative workflows exist. We get a fair few students post in this forum using DW for class work, entry level exposure to coding.
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‎Feb 10, 2024
01:27 AM
We have no idea what the OP is doing, they might well be considering development as a future career in which case informing them to use a framework before they understand the basics of coding is poor advice leading to a low paying job and low prospects on the other hand if they are a ' Sunday driver' then use whatever means to get the job done. I'm not intending to be a professional chef anytime soon, so if l want to bake a cake I will use a packet of cake mix from my local store.
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‎Feb 09, 2024
09:24 AM
See if the example code below helps: <!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Example Navigation</title>
<style>
.main-nav {
background-color: #000;
}
.main-nav ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
display: flex;
}
.main-nav ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.main-nav ul li a {
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #000;
color: #fff;
display: block;
padding: 10px 15px;
}
.main-nav ul li a:hover {
background-color: orange;
color: #000;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="main-nav">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 3</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 4</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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‎Feb 08, 2024
03:14 PM
Read the Mozilla Developers article I posted above. The perils & pitfalls are all spelled out there. By @Nancy OShea There's too many perils and pitfalls associated with websites these days because of the advancement in technology and expectations - what next, l guess this animation stuff, things flying in left right and center as you scroll, will eventually drive users insane to the point browsers will be forced to bring in options to target those as well.
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‎Feb 08, 2024
02:45 PM
Autoplay blocking is the default setting on most mobile & some desktop browsers. By @Nancy OShea Android autoplays a video by default, I don't know about the noise it makes though as I cant tell if the video on the website I'm currently viewing is muted by default or not, I guess it must be unless the android chrome browser does that job automatically. Chrome desktop will autoplay a video if its muted.......ok I'll deal with that because I'm not a great advocate of noise suddenly spewing out of your speakers. I dont see much wrong with autoplaying silent videos as an option whether the user likes it or not, so maybe browsers need to autoplay the video, even if its not muted by default, and do the job themsleves, I'm sure with the tech available today thats possibe.
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‎Feb 08, 2024
02:05 PM
People with Autoplay Blocking By @Nancy OShea The question is how many have autoplay blocking applied or a more pointed question is how many even know how to do it. In my experience no-one but geeky people, minorities mess around with their browser settings. Some you win, some you lose - that's always going to be the case, you can't please all of the people all of the time - either produce a fairly sedentary website, which is useless to most, or risk upsetting a minority and produce something a little more exciting - I don't have the definitive answer. Does Chrome show and play the video assuming you can't block autoplay in that browser - at the last count that had 64% percent of the market, Firefox less than 3% As I covered in an earlier post there's the option to switch off your computer sound whilst using the internet if youre that sensitive or are in an environment where sound may be disruptive, use it would be my advice!
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‎Feb 08, 2024
06:08 AM
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I'm not sure why you don't want the video controls, maybe they are intrusive for you? You know you can create a more descreet play button, which you can overlay onto the video, a bit like the youTube play button if that would be more suitable........shout out if you want an example. As long as you don't have noise associated with the video onload then I think its OK to have it autoplay onload, many, many websites do that as its all about movement, animation these days, not static, motionless experiences! Unless I'm mistaken Chrome no longer has the ability to switch off autoplay unless it was re-instated in newer versions..........I think you can still switch off sound in the browser, however few will know how to do that and you can switch off your computer sound anyway if you're on the internet at work or home, if it's that annoying to you......but its still courteous to allow a visitor to choose sound on a video - autoplay should be optional, as long as its a muted video.
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‎Feb 08, 2024
01:05 AM
So what you are saying if l'm correct, you have to be a paying customer to view any remarks/opinions which are negative against the product, how does that help a potential customer before they commit financially to get a balanced view? By @osgood_ Is that what I showed you????? Are you a paying customer????? Are you a potential customer????? Yes, paying customers are also able to view the topics. For your information, I fail to see your point in this discussion. That is my final statement to you in this discussion. By @BenPleysier I could potentially be a paying customer, that l think answers your bullet points, clearly. Let's be clear because you are not, in my opinion. So non paying potential customers can only see positive remarks/opinions which are posted to the forum whilst negative remarks, even if posted by long term users of the product, get quickly taken down. If that is the case, as you seem to be implying then thats my point, it's rather concealing. For instance, l can no longer see the feedback post l was initially referring to (unless it's been re-instated since l last visited the forum) , whilst only paying customers can, is what you are confirming, l think. My only interest was observing what long term users thought, quite interesting, a balanced view and opinions to base information on. Of course everyone has different experiences and opinions but they all provide a better picture, whether positive or negative.
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‎Feb 08, 2024
12:04 AM
ln the absence of player controls, annoyed people will be forced to leave your site. By @Nancy OShea It's getting harder to find a website that isn't annoying to some degree these days.
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‎Feb 07, 2024
11:53 PM
For your information, only spam posts are deleted. No other posts are deleted and can be viewed at any time by current users of Wappler. Are you one of those users? Do you know what is happening or are you once again guessing? As a case in mind, see. By @BenPleysier So what you are saying if l'm correct, you have to be a paying customer to view any remarks/opinions which are negative against the product, how does that help a potential customer before they commit financially to get a balanced view? I guess l was in the right place at the right time to view the post before it was concealed. A little.deceptive if that is what you are implying in my opinion........l just wonder how many more posts have been concealed from my eyes, as l don't visit regularlyl
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‎Feb 07, 2024
12:49 PM
1 Upvote
https://www.w3schools.com/css/tryit.asp?filename=tryresponsive_video2 See if the above helps. If you don't want any controls then remove 'controls' from the <video> tag and replace with 'autoplay' without the ' '.
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‎Feb 07, 2024
12:02 PM
I see that you are offering your professional opinion once again. But unless you have tried the product, you are in no position to offer advice. By @BenPleysier I'm not offering any advice, I'm offering opinions of those who have tried and tested the product over a long period of time, who dont obviously share your opinion, in some instances. If the post wasn't deleted by those that want to conceal a balanced view of all users, others could share those observations. What they do then is up to them of course. There's obviously going to be good and bad experiences, different opinions, but I have no time for companies who 'stifle' those poor experiences in favour of good experiences. A balanced view is always the preferred outcome for the benefit of the potential customer.
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‎Feb 07, 2024
06:52 AM
The reason that I use Wappler, despite my indepth knowledge of HTML, CSS and some knowledge of JavaScript, is that it greatly reduces development time by writing the code for me. By @BenPleysier Really, that's not what some of your learned colleagues over at the Wappler forum say, who have been using the application for some considerable time They say its quicker to code at times rather than use the UI, which requires you to go through a selection process, some of it can l assume be fairly lengthy presumably. Of course those kinds of posts eventually get removed from the forum by the application builders I assume to protect the product. I read that post with great interest of course as l've always maintained coding is king as it will allow you to get beyond what any bit of coding software can offer by default.
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‎Feb 06, 2024
05:45 AM
is this doable in Dreamweaver? By @Stephan5FE6 It really comes down to either learning how Bootstrap works which will take time or learning to code which will take time. All l can say is depending upon Bootstrap will box you into a small amount of default options whereas having a good grasp of coding will allow you to eventually do what you want to do not what a framework says you can do. I can't deny you probably couldn't get a job these days without knowing Bootstrap however a lot of developers need educating these days, rather than just following the herd.
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‎Feb 06, 2024
04:46 AM
They are BUT they are used nowhere in Bootstrap v4, as far as I can see. So if you want to change bg-danger to blue instead of red then you need to add the variable for blue to the css selector for .bg-danger. Should be done in a seperate stylesheet, unless you are intending to change all the default variables. .bg-danger { background-color: var(--blue)!important; } It makes no sense to change the variable color hexidecimal value ie --blue: #007bff; to any other color, apart from an alternative blue hue, as that variable name is blue, so you would not want to really change its color value to green etc You might however want to change a generic var value say --success to another color as it will make more sense because the variable name is less specific. So the lesson is IF you are planning to introduce your own color scheme use less specific variable names, just in case you want to change the color values otherwise to make sense you will need to change the variable name as well and update that variable wherever it is used in the css selectors. Personally speaking in my opinion you're much better off not using Bootstrap in this day and age. It was there when responsive construction was difficult to accomplish but its simple these days with the introduction of flexbox and grid and don't forget Bootstrap was put together by Twitter (now X), you're not Twitter or X, so use something less verbose and more streamlined - you will most probably end up with 1000's of lines of redundant css linked to your page.......just my personal opinion, others will of course disagree.
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‎Feb 06, 2024
03:50 AM
There's no need for custom CSS code if you learn Bootstrap's contextual color classes. By @Nancy OShea That's if you don't want a different color or color scheme to the default options available.
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‎Feb 05, 2024
09:25 AM
1 Upvote
and if I want to make it another color other than red I can't do it By @Stephan5FE6 Change the color of the Bootstrap css selector bg-danger: .bg-danger { background-color: purple!important; } or better, rather than deface the default Bootstrap values make your own css selector .nav-bg { background-color: darkolivegreen; } <nav class="navbar fixed-top navbar-expanded-lg nav-bg navbar-dark"> Never directly alter the Bootstrap default css file, unless you're an expert. If you are going to overide the default css values do it in a seperately link stylesheet, which should be linked to your page after the link to the Bootstrap default css file, or you can embed the css styles in the head of the page whilst building.
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‎Feb 05, 2024
09:11 AM
Can you elaborate a bit more on what you are trying to do because at the moment you've posted some code which looks to be taken straight out of the 1970's. What information are you intending to put in the overlays? onmouseover won't work on mobile devices. Is this some kind of information the user will see before they click through to the 'computer' or 'consoles' page as I see you have anchor tags in the mix as well?
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‎Jan 31, 2024
01:09 PM
Any way around this? By @Dan Roman Host your image/s locally if they are curently remotely hosted on an unsecure server and you're attempting to pull them into a remotely secured website. Your web pages are on a secure server, so you have informed, so why not host your images on the secure server as well?
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‎Jan 28, 2024
09:58 AM
1 Upvote
Removing a class of row and replacing it with row-a will upset the Bootstrap grid system. I thought that you would have understood this. By @BenPleysier Geez............ I know you're an octo and I should be more receptive at times but its hard given some of your responses - but give me some credit.
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‎Jan 28, 2024
07:51 AM
I was using it as an example, it could have been margin, padding etc in a definition that Bootstrap doesnt offer. By @osgood_ See https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.3/utilities/spacing/#margin-and-padding. It even has vertical and horizontal gutters. Please give advice that you know about. By @BenPleysier By definition I meant a 'value' that was not covered in Bootstrap as default. Bootstrap only offers a limited amount of options for spacing and margin. Whilst these may be enough in most cases it doesnt cover ALL options and it may be that you need to create your own to satisfy your own requirement rather than that of a framework. In which case I am providing advice I know about as opposed to being a bit short-sighted, given you actually use Bootstrap. In your eyes my example might be a bad workflow because you like to clutter your html with excessive amounts of class names and use workflows which are more applicable to multi billion dollar companies, you've been hood winked, only now are the next generation of developers starting to question this foolish approach. By @osgood_ Again, please do not give false information. You do not know me, let alone what I like. Please supply proof of where the next generation of developers are starting to question this approach. By @BenPleysier I don't know what false information you think I'm giving? Do you ever read the comments on developers youtube videos, read any developer blogs? There is clear discontent about todays workflows in a number of them. Your example makes no sense because if I should want to change the background colour to green you would have to update your entire class names, both in the css and html and color value to reflect the color change whereas l would only have to update the color value. By @osgood_ Would I? What is wrong with with assigning another colour to the selector bg-red? Maybe the selector name was ill chosen. Maybe it should have been bg-mychoice. At least it can be used multiple times unlike an ID. By @BenPleysier Yes, that is what a very poor developer would do, use a specific css class name which has nothing to do with the css definition it contains.....red/green.........humm, saying my workflow was bad and putting forward an even worse one well I'll leave it there. My example was a specific use case where one might want to target specific classes in a specific container as a result of a possible css conflict........a great solution, I think. All Im trying to do is work out why the OPs rows are not what is expected - after all, a row in Bootstrap 4/5 is only a flex container so there should not be an issue if the OP is just using Bootstrap only. The issue may ocur if the framework has been introduced later or a custom class has been deployed which has the same name as a Bootstrap class. Maybe well find out.
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‎Jan 28, 2024
06:17 AM
Because the OP is using Bootstrap, changing the colour to red can be done by adding a class called bg-danger as in <div class="row -bg-danger"> But even if this was not a Bootstrap project, the following is a bad workflow: #myIdName .row { background-color: red; } I was using it as an example, it could have been margin, padding etc in a definition that Bootstrap doesnt offer. I was trying to determine IF the whole layout is using Bootstrap or has Bootstrap been introduced later on which is then causing havoc with css styles already set as custom values. In your eyes my example might be a bad workflow because you like to clutter your html with excessive amounts of class names and use workflows which are more applicable to multi billion dollar companies, you've been hood winked, only now are the next generation of developers starting to question this foolish approach. Your example makes no sense because if I should want to change the background colour to green you would have to update your entire class names, both in the css and html and color value to reflect the color change whereas l would only have to update the color value.
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