Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

I just wanted to thank you all for the birthday wishes. We had a wonderful trip. Rob took me and our best friends to Tahoe for the weekend. We rented a home there rather than staying in the casinos. The place that we rented was AWESOME. This is the small creek/river that ran behind our home, you can see the [...]

I hope that you all enjoy the long holiday weekend. I will see you all on Wednesday! The Jello Mold: A New Look at Min- and Max-width For Web Pages – Part One explores establishing page layout widths with CSS. The article discusses alternatives to min and max width. Great article! This is a brand new free article at CommunityMX [...]

A couple of months ago I had recommended that you visit the CSS Reboot site to look at the designs. The CSS Reboot site now contains thumbnail images of all of the new designs. During the same timeframe, May 1st Reboot was also occurring. May 1st Reboot is a community project that brings together web professionals from all over and [...]

For about six months I have been debating on whether to upgrade my “everyday” camera, the Canon G2. I love the Canon series cameras; they’re easy to use and take wonderful photos. I also have a Canon 10D, but in all honesty, it’s very cumbersome. I love to use the 10D for weddings, portraits, my pets, and day outings, but [...]

When creating valid XHTML documents you must specify the DTD or Document Type Definition at the beginning of your document. This DTD is also called a Doctype. The Doctype code tells the browser how to interpret the remainder of the code on the page. There are three Doctypes that you can use when working with XHTML. They are strict, transitional [...]

I wanted to share a few more HomeSite features that may help you to get your lessons done faster. Line numbers: Click the line number icon in the Editor toolbar (vertical toolbar) to turn on line numbering. This is helpful when you are validating documents or dubugging JavaScript and PHP errors. Edit > Convert Tag Case: If you have a [...]

Dale shared a handout for the eBig Web Development SIG or Special Interest Group. It looks like they have all kinds of great topics and speakers. You can learn more about the web development SIG at the eBig home page. The DVPC, Diablo Valley PC Users Group, is our local computer users group. You can visit DVPC at http://www.dvpc.org/. Do [...]

Time has compiled its 50 coolest web site list for 2005. Take a look at these top 50 sites layout, design and content. StopDesign has a new article on Zoom Layouts for accessibility. CSS design for the future: workaround vs hacks – a discussion of hacks vs. workarounds in CSS. Communicating error messages accessibly. This article addresses the need to [...]

We have to update our classroom version of Firefox in order to use the Firefox Extension Center. Unfortunately, this is something that I must do on all of the machines or deploy a new image. Please do not try to download and intall the latest version of Firefox. I am working on creating a new image, but for the time [...]

New students: I would recommend that today you take a look at Firefox, a web browser that we use extensively in class. You can learn more about Firefox in this tutorial Using Mozilla Firefox. You will find Firefox and the available extensions very helpful in class. After reading the tutorial, be sure to install Aardvark. Aardvark is a useful Firefox [...]