Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

While some companies that you may go to work for have their own “corporate branding” already established, many small businesses will need to create their identity for print and online marketing materials.
This article includes some of the top resources for logo design that I have found over the last month on Twitter and while visiting some of my [...]

There are plenty of open source applications that can help you tremendously as a web designer. Open source projects are great not only because of their price tag (free), but also because of the passionate community that typically forms around them. In these economic times, it’s often a worthwhile endeavor to see places where you can conserve, and open source [...]

For Chris and the other Mac users in class – Top 100 Essential Mac Applications

There is a terrific list of freeware software for Web designers over at TechnoTarget. There are descriptions and screen captures of each application.
Smashing Magazine has links to 100 Excellent WordPress Free Themes including a screen capture for each theme. You should definitely bookmark this site since we discussed WordPress yesterday and will work with it [...]

Lynda.com is offering free access to this new Photoshop CS3 tutorial @ http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=327.
You can actually download Photoshop CS3 beta @ http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/photoshopcs3/. Note: In order to run this software for more than two days you must have a copy of Photoshop CS2, Creative Suite 2, Production Studio, Adobe Web Bundle, or Adobe Video Bundle.
We have ordered Creative Suite 2 [...]

This article has been updated to include more educational software resources on 11/26/06
http://www.sprysoft.com/shop/
http://www.studentdiscounts.com/
http://www.campustech.com/
http://www.ccvsoftware.com/
http://www.creationengine.com
http://journeyed.com
http://www.academicsuperstore.com
http://www.gotrc.com/
http://www.gradware.com
http://www.studica.com/products/index.cfm
In addition to the above vendors, About.com has articles on educational software limitations and additional vendors.

These sites are a great starting point for someone who knows nothing about building a web site with HTML/XHTML. While I would recommend that you learn to build standards-compliant web sites with XHTML and CSS, you will usually need to know basic HTML first.
Before you begin you should get some kind of HTML editor for writing your code. Notepad [...]

I’ve come across some new (well new to me) Firefox extensions that I thought you might find helpful:
del.icio.us – the del.icio.us extension for Firefox offers everything you need to seamlessly integrate the del.icio.us service with your Firefox browser. This is very handy if you use del.icio.us to keep track of your favorite web sites.
SessionSaver – I love this [...]

How to write a resume offers free tips on resume writing, interviewing, and writing cover letters.
ColourMod offers color pickers in various flavors; for Mac users there is a widget (small helper application), Windows users can use a Konfabulator widget, and for all platforms there is a DHTML plugin. I downloaded and tried the Konfabulator widget and it’s very nice.
Andy [...]

CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 2 is now available. If you missed the first installment, read CSS 2.1 selectors, Part 1 first. Since so many of you are working on the CSS unit now, these would be great articles for you to review.
W3C Compliance and SEO – learn why W3C compliance can improve your search engine ranking.
Here is a [...]