Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

New students: I would recommend that today you take a look at Firefox, a web browser that we use extensively in class. You can learn more about Firefox in this tutorial Using Mozilla Firefox. You will find Firefox and the available extensions very helpful in class. After reading the tutorial, be sure to install Aardvark. Aardvark is a useful Firefox [...]

How to Select a Web Host If you are unsure of what web hosting is, please review this short article from WebServices.com. The first thing that you need to do when you’re ready to purchase hosting is determine your hosting needs. Here are some questions you should research: Does the potential host charge a setup fee? Many hosts do not [...]

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 [...]

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 I added some new modules [...]

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. Here are a few [...]

26 steps to 15k a Day – is a short guide to improving search engine rankings. While reading this article, I found a site that you may already know about called Zeal. Zeal is a community dedicated to building a better search engine. It allows people to share their favorite web sites, thereby improving search results. It looks like a [...]

Sherrie shared this saying with me: The 7 “P’s” Proper Prior Planning Prevents “Piss-Poor” Performance! I think it’s good to remember the 7 “P’s” when we’re planning a web site.

Since we discussed some meta tags in class yesterday, I thought I would share this article, Meta Tags Explained: The Myths, The Truths, which discusses the use of meta tags for search engine promotion. It’s a nice primer on the various meta tags that search engines use.

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) and the benefits of [...]

Well, I did it, I closed putertutor.net. I redirected the domain name, putertutor.net to this blog. During this process I also moved the domain name to a new host. I thought I would outline the process in case you come across a similar situation. I first notified my new host, f2o.org, of my intentions. I asked that Dan, the owner [...]