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Planning and Patterns

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 Web [...]

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July 6th, 2005 | Comments Off | Posted in Planning & Organization, Web Development |

Some tips for finding a hosting company

How to Select a Web Host
If you are unsure of what web hosting is, please review this short article from WebServices.com.
The first thing that you need to do when you’re ready to purchase hosting is determine your hosting needs. Here are some questions you should research:
Does the potential host charge a setup fee? Many [...]

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June 21st, 2005 | 8 Comments | Posted in Hosting Resources, Planning & Organization |

Welcome New Students!

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 review [...]

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The 7 “P’s”

Sherrie shared this saying with me:
The 7 “P’s”
Proper
Prior
Planning
Prevents
“Piss-Poor”
Performance!
I think it’s good to remember the 7 “P’s” when we’re planning a web site.

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June 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment | Posted in Planning & Organization |

Design and Content

New article alert! Digital Web Magazine has a new article on the Principles of Web Design. This is the first article in a series on design. Be sure to check DWM periodically for the rest of the series.
Which image format is best – a clear explanation of the three image formats (JPEG, Gif, and PNG) [...]

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Get Your Motor Running – It’s Monday!

Quick Reference: Google Advanced Operators – a nice cheat sheet of advanced search operators for Google. This cheat sheet is a part of the GoogleGuide, a comprehensive guide to help you search more effectively.
The Open ClipArt Library is a repository or vector clipart. The clipart is free to use and you can submit your own artwork for others [...]

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News from around the web

Graphic Design USA has published their third annual Visual Trends Report for 2005. This report discusses the trends in logo design and mentions Logo Lounge, another site worth visiting.. The Annual Color Forecast is also very informative.
SitePoint has a new article on Creating a WireFrame of your site during the planning phases. I would recommend [...]

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Design Salaries

AIGA and Aquent have conducted their annual design salary survey for 2005. You can use this salary calculator to get an idea of the current salary ranges in the design field by geographic region. There is also a list of position definitions/descriptions.

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June 3rd, 2005 | Comments Off | Posted in Planning & Organization |

How About a Good Deal

This morning on the KRON news I saw two shopping search engines that you may find useful:
Cairo helps you to find the best deal in town. Enter your zip code and the item that you’re looking to buy and Cairo will search for sales in your area for that item. It will even display a thumbnail of the [...]

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June 3rd, 2005 | 2 Comments | Posted in Adobe, CSS, Fonts, Planning & Organization |

A little fun with Fireworks

Photo text in Fireworks

Let’s try this tutorial A Fireworks Quickie – Using Text as a Mask today in class @ 2:30 p.m.. Be sure to have a photo available to work with. Here are my results:

StyleGala has an interesting article, No more CSS Hacks, on using PHP detect browsers and serve CSS accordingly.
A Few Tips On Estimating Web Projects [...]

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