Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

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 [...]

For about six months I have been debating on whether to upgrade my “everyday” camera, the Canon G2. I love the Canon series cameras; they’re easy to use and take wonderful photos. I also have a Canon 10D, but in all honesty, it’s very cumbersome. I love to use the 10D for weddings, portraits, my pets, and day [...]

I wanted to share a few more HomeSite features that may help you to get your lessons done faster.
Line numbers: Click the line number icon in the Editor toolbar (vertical toolbar) to turn on line numbering. This is helpful when you are validating documents or dubugging JavaScript and PHP errors.
Edit > Convert Tag Case: [...]

In Part I of this series we discussed Snippets in Dreamweaver. This article discusses how to use and create snippets in HomeSite+, a popular HTML editor by Macromedia.
Yesterday we discussed some basics of HomeSite. Today we will learn to use and create snippets in HomeSite to further automate the web development process.
Open HomeSite.
From the Resource Tabs select the [...]

Yes, it’s true Macromedia has it’s own HTML/XHTML editor called HomeSite. We have not been using it in class because we had issues with getting it to run on our network. It’s working now and it’s an excellent editor, so I would like to encourage all of you to take a look at HomeSite. You can access [...]

I’m in the process of creating a new image to be deployed in our classroom. This image will include all of the software programs that we currently use in class and I’m adding a few new goodies. I was wondering if there were any freeware software applications or Firefox Extensions that you would like to see installed on [...]

Workshop Prep:
Please create a folder called f2o in your PM directory (drive F:\) using Windows Explorer. Move the photo gallery that you would like to upload into the f2o folder.
For our workshop today I thought I would post a few resources on removing objects from photos:
Removing a person or object from a photo – This technique uses the [...]

I mentioned a few of programs today during our workshop.

Gimp is a free image editor
Irfanview is a free image viewer that can be used to convert and optimize images
The Adobe Studio Exchange has all kinds of free Photoshop actions, filters, brushes, and other goodies.
Photofiltre is also a free image editor

I personally use BreezeBrowser to view images from [...]

So I was actually reading the “entire” article that I posted for you earlier, Simple Design Tips for Non-Designers, and I came across cool technique that Garrett, the same author, demonstrates in Need a color palette? Just pixelate. You can use Photoshop to create a complimentary color palette from your favorite photo using the Mosaic Filter (Filters [...]

Well, I can’t say that I was very happy with my photos from yesterday’s field trip. I guess it wasn’t my day with the camera and I don’t know that the overcast weather helped. I do hope that you all were able to get some good shots!
But wasn’t Jill and her band awesome?! I have a [...]