Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

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 [...]

Rob and I are feeling settled in our new home, but we’re exhausted. We still have a few things to finish up at the old house (yard work, etc.) and I have some boxes in this gargare to empty, but otherwise we’re done. Eventually, we want to do some painting and I will put up some photos/artwork on the walls, [...]

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. [...]

How To Be Productive Working From Home – great tips to be more productive when you’re working from home. About Going Solo is also important to read if you plan to start your own web business. Google Maps EZ – would you like to add Google Maps to your site, but you don’t know how? Try Google Maps EZ. Domains [...]

9 JavaScripts you had better not miss! The Horizontal Looper/Repeat Region PHP Dreamweaver Extension – As mentioned in class! This would be one to bookmark for students who have completed the PHP/Dreamweaver book, it will create horizontal repeating regions that loop down the page. Between boxes, I will continue to update this blog over the next month. I will be [...]

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. [...]

Robin Good has written a companion article, Key Factors To Achieve High Google Ranking, to the statistical information in Google Ranking Factors – SEO List . You may also be interested in Google Adsense Tips, Tricks, and Secrets.

Digital Photography Tutorials @ Cambridge in Colour – Beautiful imagery and a lot of fundamental digital photography tips and theory. While we’re on the subject of photography, check out AutoStitch if you like to take panoramas. LifeHack has another great resource article (you really should check this site on a regular basis or setup a Sage feed. Essential Resources for [...]

So you may not like the FlyAKiteOSX theme look, don’t despair! There are many themes out there for you to try out. Here are a few sites to get you started with customizing your PC’s desktop: WinCustomize – Themes, skins, icons, and wallpapers. Thickskinned.org – Windows skinning. Belchfire.net – themes, icons, wallpaper, etc. Customize.org has a variety of “skins” for [...]