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 [...]
Roger Johansson has compiled 456 Berea Street highlights of 2005. This is an end-of-the-year summary of readworthy articles that he wrote during this year. Read, bookmark, enjoy!
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Seems that web design and development trends for 2006 is the hot topic in blog land. Both Cameron Moll and Andy Budd have posts about the web development trends in the new year.
There are also several articles and posts on fonts and typography surfacing lately. SitePoint offers The Anatomy of Web Fonts which is a good article [...]
Ten reasons to learn and use web standards – The title really says it all. Another wonderful article from 456 Berea Street.
Anatomy of a Document – a deconstructed, annotated XHTML document.
Rachel Andrew has an article at 24 ways on CSS Layout Starting Points – I think this is a great example of CSS layouts for beginners.
Image Map [...]
Checking Sites for Consistency
One of the really tough parts of web development is getting your site layout consistent in multiple browsers on multiple platforms (Windows (98, 2000, XP), Macintosh, Linux, etc.), with different resolutions when you’re using CSS. You must ensure that your site looks good in various versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Netscape, Mozilla, Safari, and Konqueror [...]
It is very important for you to develop an understanding of designing for handhelds. The book that we are currently using in class is rather “sparse” on the subject. I have pulled together some resources for handheld devices and CSS.
Stylesheets for handheld devices
The End-All Guide to Small-Screen Web-Dev
Mobile Web Design ~ The Series
Pocket-Sized Design: Taking Your Website to the [...]
Making Your Resume Stand Out on Craigslist
With over 6,000 resumes posted to just the Bay Area section of Craigslist, how do your resume stand out from the rest?
Style it! When you’re posting your resume on Craigslist you can use HTML and basic inline CSS to control the look of your resume or any other posting. Here is a [...]
Ten Easy Ways to Improve Your Resume – Katharine Hansen offers ten tips for improving your resume. You may also be interested in reading this post made on Craigslist on Tips for applying to a job from Craigslist – Good tips for making your cover letter stand out from the rest. 25 Words That Can Hurt Your Résumé may [...]
[ Continue reading... ]Photoshop Elements 4.0 releases this week. You can read more at the NY Times or at Adobe’s web site.
Phong.com has a variety of Photoshop tutorials including advanced techniques like masking, patterns, and photo stitching.
Have you heard about BackPack yet? With Backpack you can:
Organize to do lists, notes, images, and photos Plan a personal or business trip [...]
Since many of you are now creating external style sheets, I thought I would post some CSS cheat sheets and reference materials to help you with some of the properties and values used in CSS. You may want to add these to your Del.icio.us links or print them out.
I Love Jack Daniels – CSS Cheat Sheet
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