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Splashup Image Editor

Splashup Image Editor

Check out Splashup, an online image editor and creator. This is a Web based image editor, no software installation is required. With Splashup you can even create and edit images with multiple layers. This online image editor even has filters and layer effects. Splashup can be used to create Web graphics and/or to edit digital photos. Splashup is very easy [...]

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January 18th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Color |

IE6 – CSS Bugs and Fixes Explained

Internet Explorer 6 isn’t perfect, far from it, but unfortunately while the user base for the outdated browser is still high, it’s in our best interest as designers and website owners to ensure that our sites work correctly for the majority if not all of our users. There are bugs and problems with Internet Explorer 6 (and even IE7) but [...]

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January 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in CSS |

Using CPanel

We will explore CPanel, your hosting account control panel, today. CPanel gives you total control of your hosting account via a Web interface. The following tasks can be completed with CPanel: Setup mail accounts and read email via the Web Change your account password Park a domain Add FTP accounts Manage your online files and permissions – upload files Check [...]

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January 17th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Hosting Resources |

FTP Resources

To follow-up on our workshops Monday and Wednesday here are some tutorials for using FTP. Using Dreamweaver to FTP Using WS_FTP Filezilla Documentation – Remember to use your own settings and you do not need to use passive mode. FileZilla Basic Tutorial

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January 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in FTP How-to |

Fireworks Resources

Now is a great time to learn about Adobe Fireworks, an image editor originally produced by Macromedia. I thought I would post descriptions of all of the tools used in Fireworks and some tutorials. Tool Panel Tool Expanded Tool Selection tools – Used to select and alter existing objects SubSelection Tool – Use this tool to select items that are [...]

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January 16th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Adobe, Graphics (Photoshop, Illustrator, Fireworks, etc.) |

Free Software, Resources, and other Goodies for Web Designers

There is a terrific list of freeware software for Web designers over at TechnoTarget. There are descriptions and screen captures of each application. Smashing Magazine has links to 100 Excellent WordPress Free Themes including a screen capture for each theme. You should definitely bookmark this site since we discussed WordPress yesterday and will work with it more over the next [...]

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Free ROP Student Hosting Accounts Available

Students enrolled in the ROP Web Development program with me may again sign up for free hosting. This offer is ONLY available for students currently enrolled in my program. Important Information Before You Sign Up You must be CURRENTLY ENROLLED in the ROP Web Development class with Robin Wood. Your account will NOT be approved if you are not an [...]

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January 10th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Hosting Resources |

Setting Up a Free Hosted Blog

Today we will explore how to setup a simple blog. The beauty of using a blog to create a Web site is that they are easy to maintain, design, and update content. We will explore several different blogging systems that are hosted on third party sites. The beauty of using a free blog host is that you don’t need to [...]

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January 8th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Blogs, Content Management Systems & WordPress |

Class Location Changes

There have been some adjustments to our class calendar for the month of January. Please see the updated calendar for new locations. On days that we meet at Prospects High we will start class at 12:30 p.m.

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January 7th, 2008 | Comments Off | Posted in Class Notes, Web Development |

Frameworks for Designers

Since we just discussed using frameworks in class I thought Frameworks for Designers was a good article for you to review. It discusses the benefits of developing a framework and goes into some detail on how to develop your own.

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December 27th, 2007 | Comments Off | Posted in CSS, XHTML & Coding |
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