Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Welcome new students! We all hope that you will enjoy the program. There are a couple of articles that I would like you to read today: Important Notes for Students Starting the XHTML Book HTML Character Entities Now for some goodies from around the web: Many of you are now working on the CSS unit. Now is the time to [...]

I got a few more modules installed on the forum. Wait, let me back up. The forum uses a package called Xoops. Xoops is a free content management system. It’s pretty easy to install and it is what’s called “extensible” which means that you can add different modules (features) to the system. Over the weekend I added some new modules [...]

Towards the end of class we discussed our desire to keep in touch. I decided to create a class forum that we can use to share resources, get feedback on projects, and just shoot the breeze. I hope that you will all actively participate in the new forum, this is open to all current and former students. Here is the [...]

Today is the last day of another 9 week session. I have had the pleasure of working with a great group of people over the last 27 weeks and I am deeply saddened by your departure. I wish you much success in the future with your careers and personal lives. Please keep in touch with me. Here are a few [...]

26 steps to 15k a Day – is a short guide to improving search engine rankings. While reading this article, I found a site that you may already know about called Zeal. Zeal is a community dedicated to building a better search engine. It allows people to share their favorite web sites, thereby improving search results. It looks like a [...]

Sherrie shared this saying with me: The 7 “P’s” Proper Prior Planning Prevents “Piss-Poor” Performance! I think it’s good to remember the 7 “P’s” when we’re planning a web site.

Since we discussed some meta tags in class yesterday, I thought I would share this article, Meta Tags Explained: The Myths, The Truths, which discusses the use of meta tags for search engine promotion. It’s a nice primer on the various meta tags that search engines use.

New article alert! Digital Web Magazine has a new article on the Principles of Web Design. This is the first article in a series on design. Be sure to check DWM periodically for the rest of the series. Which image format is best – a clear explanation of the three image formats (JPEG, Gif, and PNG) and the benefits of [...]

Well, I did it, I closed putertutor.net. I redirected the domain name, putertutor.net to this blog. During this process I also moved the domain name to a new host. I thought I would outline the process in case you come across a similar situation. I first notified my new host, f2o.org, of my intentions. I asked that Dan, the owner [...]

Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators – a nice cheat sheet of advanced search operators for Google. This cheat sheet is a part of the GoogleGuide, a comprehensive guide to help you search more effectively. The Open ClipArt Library is a repository or vector clipart. The clipart is free to use and you can submit your own artwork for others to [...]