Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

While some companies that you may go to work for have their own “corporate branding” already established, many small businesses will need to create their identity for print and online marketing materials.
This article includes some of the top resources for logo design that I have found over the last month on Twitter and while visiting some of my [...]

Many students have asked about learning Office 2007. We now have Office 2007 installed on 14 workstations in the classroom (all HP workstations). I think it’s a great idea to get familar with the new Office 2007 interface, but I still recommend that students learn Office 2003 first. Office 2003 is still the most commonly used Office [...]

Yesterday in class I mentioned the new CSS unit using CSS: The Missing Manual. This will be a required book for all new students entering the program and an optional book for students who are currently enrolled.
I have to say that this is an outstanding book on CSS. It is an excellent introduction to CSS and also a great [...]

Got a new computer for Christmas? Are you worried about all the spyware horror stories you’ve read? You should be. I’ve heard varying numbers, but it’s said that putting an unprotected computer on a high-speed connection results in getting infected within a few minutes. I just read that the time is getting longer, but that’s not much comfort. By all [...]

These desktop wallpapers are stunning!
http://www.joejoe.biz/joejoe/walls/index.php?spgmFilters=

Christmas Globe
A Christmas Story in 30 seconds as told by bunnies
Both of these links use Flash and both have sound.
If you enjoy the bunnies visit http://www.angryalien.com/

Yesterday I encouraged you all to read the article Fixing Browsers: Bugs and Hacks by Lorelle VanFossen. Lorelle was kind enough to share another article she wrote, Views of a Web Page. In this article, Lorelle describes in wonderful detail the testing process used when building a web page. The article discusses developing and testing for [...]

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:
Tracy shared a great resource with me for used books, Abebooks. The prices are terrific and [...]

Position is Everything, a tremendous resource on CSS and standards development, has several new articles available:
CSS Hacks and IE7
In Search of the One True Layout
On Having Layout
Issue 206 is available at ALA, A List Apart. It contains another two article that are worth reading: Good Designers Redesign, Great Designers Realign and Attack of the Zombie Copy.
The 35 [...]

Dustin Diaz has put together a very nice CSS Shorthand Guide. What’s nice about this guide is that it includes the default value for the property values so you don’t have to guess at what will display if you don’t include a value in your shorthand.
CSS Selectors, Part 3 is now available at 456 Berea Street! [...]