Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

How To Nail A Sexy Layout – Part One, Skeletize, Visualize, and Nakedize – Steps to building a sexy, standards based layout. 23 Photo Sharing – a new, free photo sharing site. The Aging Process – Most people want to make themselves look younger, but Worth1000 has a Photoshop tutorial on making yourself or someone else age. If you enjoy [...]

ResumeWiki – Post your resume for peer review and editing. What a terrific idea! Practical PHP Programming – This is a free online PHP book. It looks great, but you will need to read it online since there is now download/print version of the book. StealDeals – Technology deals on the Internet. CSS Hacks @ CSS Discuss – “CSS hacks [...]

Evolt is finally back online with version 3.0; there haven’t been any major updates for six months. The site has a new look and new articles. Where / What Vision Systems and Visual Design, is not a new article, but with the new design of Evolt I just noticed it and it’s worth a read. I am saddened by Tommy [...]

I hope that you all had a wonderful August; while I’m not feeling so rested, I am feeling refreshed and happy to be returning to school. I just really hope that there aren’t any boxes waiting for me to unpack. Here are a few resources to start the school year off right: Cheat Sheet Roundup – Over 30 Cheatsheets for [...]

Get Cooking with Photoshop and CSS – 3 Low-fat Recipes – a tutorial by Corrie Haffly on how to combine Photoshop and CSS to create a great looking site! CSS Tests – a variety of CSS example/test pages. GooRSS would you like to search Google for informative sites with RSS feeds on a particular subject? Now you can with GooRSS. [...]

IEBlog has an article Standards and CSS in IE – in a nutshell, little has been done to support standards and CSS in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1. There is however an impressive list of “fixes” for Beta 2, so we shall see. For additional information on the update, head over to MezzoBlue. While you’re over at Mezzoblue, check out [...]

I Love Jack Daniels has a new JavaScript cheatsheet. A while back we had discussed creating HTML email in class. there is a new article on Optimizing CSS presentation in HTML emails. I would like to remind all of you that are working on projects that we have a free BrowserCam account that you can use to test your sites. [...]

Seven Steps to turn your PC into a Mac – David H, this is for you. There is also FlyAKiteOSX. I’ve installed the FlyAKiteOSX on my HP and it’s pretty cool. SQL in 60 Seconds – A short introductory article on SQL. Web Site Test Tools and Site Management Tools – Listed are more than 290 tools. You may want [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]