Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

The Firefox extensions that we installed yesterday will help you to develop your own web sites. They will also help you to analyze other web sites. These are sites that showcase CSS design. Take a look at some of the sites, the source code (XHTML) and the CSS. Remember that you can use the web developer toolbar in Firefox to [...]

Part 3, Evaluating website accessibility, of the three part series on accessibility from 456 Berea Street is now available. If you haven’t read the first two parts of this series, check the March 16 archive for links.

Firefox is an excellent browser for surfing web sites and testing web pages. If you have not used Firefox you can learn more about it in the tutorial Using Firefox. One of the great things about Firefox is the ability to customize and extend the browser to suit your needs with extensions. Extensions are small add-ons that add new functionality [...]

CSS Table Gallery – The CSS Table Gallery is a showcase of how CSS and data tables can work together to create usable and pretty results. Some cool examples of what you can do with data tables. There are download files for you to use.

456 Berea Street has two new articles on web site accessibility. These are the first two articles in a three part web site accessibility series. Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 1, Background and Preparation Evaluating Website Accessibility Part 2, Basic Checkpoints These are excellent accessibility articles that should be read by everyone enrolled in the web program. They will provide you [...]

A collection of 40 CSS layouts is now available at Layout Gala. This is a wonderful collection of templates that you can use to get started when you’re building a CSS based web site. I mentioned how useful cheat sheets were yesterday. Here are a few cheat sheets that you may want to print and add to your class resources. [...]

I uploaded more CPanel and Fantastic hosting tutorials last night. There are over 60 tutorials now available for managing your hosting accounts. Please take the time to review these tutorials. Learning to properly manage your hosting account is an important part of your training experience. The tutorials are available @ http://www.robinshosting.com/faq.html. All of the tutorials are in Flash SWF format.

I am please to announce that robinshosting.com has acquired CPanel Flash tutorial movies. The purchase of these tutorials was made possible by generous donations from students in the program. The following CPanel tutorials are now available: Password protecting a directory How to change your password Managing a MySQL database in PHPMyAdmin How to redirect URL Keeping your contact information up [...]

I just wanted to remind you all that we have a fabulous class forum. There are a lot of terrific web development resources posted on the forum already and I hope that you will share some of your favorites sites, tips, and resources. So head on over, check out the resources, and start posting!

I have updated the Dreamweaver FTP tutorial to reflect the new hosting details. You can feel free to start using your new accounts immediately. I also posted an abbreviated version of the Dreamweaver FTP tutorial. Students who have already read the full Dreamweaver tutorial should use this version.