Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Would you like to easily find out what colors are used on a web site. I Like Your Colors allows you to extract colors used on a web site. Simply enter the URL of the site and your colors are displayed. Xmail Hard Drive – Turn your Gmail Email account into an onlin hard drive for free. A good way [...]

Well, in case you didn’t hear the news in class, Rob and I put in an offer on a house yesterday morning and the offer has been accepted. You can see pictures of the new house here. We are hoping to close escrow by 8/16 and move in starting 8/20. Make Your Site Mobile Friendly in Two Minutes. Really, just [...]

Digital Web Magazine has a good article on Architecting CSS. This article discusses the need for separate CSS files to control different structural areas of a site. There is also an article on Strategies for CSS Switching, which may be of interest to some of the more advanced students (Susan). How about some more “essential” bookmarks for web developers. This [...]

A summer get together in in the planning stages. This will be a BBQ/Pool party at Georgia’s house. We will post more information in the Stay in Touch section of the class forum. Please spread the word to former students that you are still in contact with so they can attend. If you give them the link to the forum [...]

Well, I moved all of my domains this weekend. I ended up getting a reseller plan; it was cheaper to host all of my domains and Rob’s with a reseller plan than via a regular account. I decided to use CRI Hosting because I had a really positive experience with their support when we moved the Hermit Crab Association. I [...]

Quick Start Your Design with XHTML Templates – Just like the title says, a set of templates to help you to start web projects. PhotoshopSupport.com has a lot of quick tutorials and nice plugins and actions for Photoshop. Since we’ve been talking about digital photography, LifeHack has a Digital Photography HOWTO roundup of helpful links to resources and tutorials. LifeHacker [...]

Norman and I were discussing photography and the pro’s and con’s of shooting images in RAW mode. Most digital cameras output the images in JPEG format; this means that the camera processes the image in order to convert it to the JPEG format; this process often leads to a degradation of quality. When shooting in RAW mode, your chances of [...]

HTML Basix has some code generators that you may find useful. I found this Htaccess Disable Hotlinking Code Generator particularly helpful. Web Developer’s Handbook has many useful web design links. A page worth bookmarking. Photoblog 2.0 – digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs: Harold Davis. Lots of tips, resources, and beautiful photos. Be sure to check out the rest of the [...]

Stu Nichols, CSS Playground, has a new demonstration for creating sliding photo galleries, very cool! Take a look at his demonstration list for more terrific CSS techniques. Some students explored one of Stu Nichols’ tutorials How to Create a Photographic Gallery Using CSS with terrific results. Take a look at the following galleries: Marcia Donna Here are a couple more [...]

Just the other day I was looking around for information on creating a business plan. I know that some of you are interested in starting your own businesses, so you may find this Guide To Writing A Business Plan useful. Patterns In essence, patterns are structural and behavioral features that improve the “habitability” of something — a user interface, a [...]