Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

It is time to start recruiting for the fall session of class. If you know anyone who lives in the bay area and would be interested in learning web page design or Microsoft Office please have them call 925-942-3436. If you belong to any groups that you could share our brochures with or post this short message on a group [...]

I just received this update today. I have taken lots of web and graphic related classes at LVS Online and have loved them. If you decide to take classes, please tell them Robin sent ya! Registration Is Open At LVS Online – Where Learning Is Fun! You are receiving this message because you have subscribed to the LVS Online Update [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I just wanted to let you all know that the summer schedule is now official. We will be in session 6/20-8/18/05. The afternoon class will meet Monday-Thursday from 12:15-5:15 p.m. We get the best of both worlds, off a little early and Fridays off! Fall 2005-06 Sessions: September 6, 2005 – November 4, 2005 November 7, 2005 – January 27, [...]