Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Stu Nichols, CSS Playground, has a new demonstration for creating sliding photo galleries, very cool! Take a look at his demonstration list for more terrific CSS techniques.
Some students explored one of Stu Nichols’ tutorials How to Create a Photographic Gallery Using CSS with terrific results. Take a look at the following galleries:

Marcia

Donna

Here are a couple more CSS [...]

I hope that you all enjoy the long holiday weekend. I will see you all on Wednesday!
The Jello Mold: A New Look at Min- and Max-width For Web Pages – Part One explores establishing page layout widths with CSS. The article discusses alternatives to min and max width. Great article! This is a brand new free [...]

Time has compiled its 50 coolest web site list for 2005. Take a look at these top 50 sites layout, design and content.
StopDesign has a new article on Zoom Layouts for accessibility.
CSS design for the future: workaround vs hacks – a discussion of hacks vs. workarounds in CSS.
Communicating error messages accessibly. This article addresses the need to write clean [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]