Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

At the beginning of class I discussed attendance. While I want to be flexible with all of you, I feel that’s it’s imparetive that class attendance improves. Last week I learned that another computer class, similar to ours, will be closed in June. A medical class will be opened in its place. This closure is due to low enrollment/poor attendance. [...]

I mentioned the tutorials at Web Design from Scratch on May 5th. I would like you all to spend some time this week reviewing and analyzing the Redesign Case Studies at their site. I found a Client Spec sheet (PDF) format that I thought you might find useful when you’re planning a web site. The Web Redesign 2.0 web site [...]

Stu Nichols demonstrates a CSS method of achiving min-width in Internet Explorer. This is very useful technique when you want a column to resize depending on the visitor’s browser, but you want to maintain a minimum column width. Most browsers support the CSS min-width property, but IE does not. In order to maintain a minimum width on a column in [...]

FotoSharp makes consise guides for photographers. There are a variety of topics available: Exposure, fill flash, photographing water, sunrise/sunset photography, photographing fireworks, flower photography, effective flash range, light, sports, etc. These cards includes composition tips, shutter and aperture settings, and lighting information. These are small (3.5″x5.5″) laminated cards that you can carry in your camera bag. They also have a [...]

I thought I would post a few more sites that include tips and techniques for taking digital photographs. Canon Canada – Digital Photography Tips Canon USA – Digital Learning Center Kodak – Taking Great Pictures In addition to these resources I have a large page of links to photography resources on TinkerTech. I would also like to recommend the photography [...]

I have added some notes to the XHTML assignment sheet from the author of the book Patrick Carey. Additional Case 3 page ADD 29 cannot be validated using a strict DTD (DOCTYPE) with the CreditRoll.class file and an applet tag. Use a transitional DTD until we have this problem resolved.

Graph paper in PDF format – Graph paper is extremely useful for planing and drawing “mock” web pages. Download the PDF file and print copies on your laser or inkjet printer. If you ever need icons for your web site, message boards, or email, check out Yellow Icon. There are tons of free, quality icons for you to use. We’re [...]

Earlier we discussed block level and inline elements. I thought I would follow-up by providing you with a list of these elements: Block Level Elements Inline Elements Note: You can display both strict and non-strict versions of these lists. Hudson Valley also has a nice XHTML tutorial that outlines block and inline elements.

I was hunting around for a site that included information on the default spacing between block level elements in HTML. This has proven to be difficult to find since browsers tend to be inconsistent in their display. We’ve explored this issue of inconsistency in class and on the blog. I will point you to a couple of archive posts: Common [...]

Photoshop’s High Pass Filter – Veerle outlines how to use Photoshop’s High Pass Filter to sharpen your photos. Joshuaink has a great article on web fashion. While you’re there read Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… WebColor-Kit is a web utility for selecting colors for web sites. What’s different about this color tool is that you select a background [...]