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Nov 8, 2006, 08:43 PM
 
This is a really dumb question but I'm going to ask it anyway. How are the tables built at the bottom of Apple's Support Homepage. I'm referring to the tables that say "Top Support Articles" "Featured Downloads" and "Popular Discussion". Thanks!
     
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Nov 9, 2006, 08:53 AM
 
my guess would be a combination of:
css for style
dhtml to get the tabs
webobjects for the dynamic aspects of the links [keep in mind that the dynamic stuff could be done with a variety of technologies, like PHP, ASP, JSP, PSP, and more.]

I'm basing this guess off of visually glancing at the web page. I haven't yet looked at the source code. (too much going on at work for me to spend another 5 minutes. hopefully my 'guess' will point you in the right direction to learn more about how it's done)

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Nov 9, 2006, 12:19 PM
 
I *think* that they use CSS to display the tab and javascript to dynamically alter the one which sits on top. That's without a significant amount of work looking at the code.
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