Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Joshuaink.com has an article on A simple introduction to 3 column layouts in CSS. While I was at Joshuaink.com I found out that solarDreamStudios has all kinds of Fireworks MX 2004 tutorials. I think it’s a good idea to try to do a few web tutorials a week; it gives you an opportunity to learn new techniques that aren’t in [...]

Evolt has an excellent article on 10 Steps to Higher Search Engine Positioning. May I also recommend that you read Understanding Color and Accessibility, be sure to read the user comments, they can be both educational and entertaining. Did you know that Dan Cody, the founder of f2o.org, was the founder of Evolt?

There are six new designs at the CSS Zen Garden including Moss by Mani Sheriar, a former student. Way to go Mani!

For those of you who are using a Mac you may want to check out CSS Edit by MacRabbit. I installed this CSS Editor on our Mac in the classroom. To see additional CSS and HTML/XHTML editors visit CSSDiscuss. Right now I am trying out TSW’s WebCoder for the classroom (freeware) and StyleMaster for home use.

Some students have asked me how I manage to keep up with everything in the classroom and how I find such a variety of sites for them to visit. First off, Google is my best friend. I use the Google toolbar to quickly perform general searches when I need to find info on something fast. I used to always use [...]

Light Seek has put together a thumbnail gallery of the various entries in the CSS Zen Garden. This should be nice way to browse the beautiful garden.

List-u-like is a CSS Generator that creates cross browser navigation bars. Pretty nifty!

I started skimming my new copy of the Zen of CSS design last night and found a link in the "Closing thoughts" section of the book that you may find useful; it’s a CSS Cribsheet. Molly Holzschlag is the co-author of the Zen of CSS design, her wonderful web site is located at http://www.molly.com. She currently has an article on [...]

Zooiblog has an article on fixed positioning and backgrounds; I thought you might be interested in this since it mentions the PNG transparency hack we were discussing a couple of weeks ago. WebCredible has a condense, informative article on CSS hacks and Browser Dectection. This is a really good page to print out and add to your web tricks binder. [...]

456 Berea Street has a nice list of Efficient CSS with shorthand properties. While you’re there, take the time to read Basics of search engine optimisation.