Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Remember, no class on Friday, 09/09/05. Enjoy the long weekend! It might be a perfect day to get out and do some photography or play some golf. Lifehacker has an article on setting up your own home web server. I haven’t tried this out yet, but it looks easy to follow. Seth Godin is offering a free (for now) ebook, [...]

Some of the new students will begin the XHTML book soon, review these notes before you begin the book. New students will use HomeSite to code their XHTML documents, you can learn more about HomeSite by searching this blog for homesite. I’m a bit late on this news, Macromedia announced Studio 8 while I was on vacation. It includes upgrades [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Quick Start Your Design with XHTML Templates – Just like the title says, a set of templates to help you to start web projects. PhotoshopSupport.com has a lot of quick tutorials and nice plugins and actions for Photoshop. Since we’ve been talking about digital photography, LifeHack has a Digital Photography HOWTO roundup of helpful links to resources and tutorials. LifeHacker [...]

Norman and I were discussing photography and the pro’s and con’s of shooting images in RAW mode. Most digital cameras output the images in JPEG format; this means that the camera processes the image in order to convert it to the JPEG format; this process often leads to a degradation of quality. When shooting in RAW mode, your chances of [...]

HTML Basix has some code generators that you may find useful. I found this Htaccess Disable Hotlinking Code Generator particularly helpful. Web Developer’s Handbook has many useful web design links. A page worth bookmarking. Photoblog 2.0 – digital photography: techniques: thoughts: photographs: Harold Davis. Lots of tips, resources, and beautiful photos. Be sure to check out the rest of the [...]

Stu Nichols, CSS Playground, has a new demonstration for creating sliding photo galleries, very cool! Take a look at his demonstration list for more terrific CSS techniques. Some students explored one of Stu Nichols’ tutorials How to Create a Photographic Gallery Using CSS with terrific results. Take a look at the following galleries: Marcia Donna Here are a couple more [...]

I just wanted to thank you all for the birthday wishes. We had a wonderful trip. Rob took me and our best friends to Tahoe for the weekend. We rented a home there rather than staying in the casinos. The place that we rented was AWESOME. This is the small creek/river that ran behind our home, you can see the [...]