Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Supplement to Tutorial 3 – HTML and XHTML by Patrick Carey
I’m frustrated with parts of the HTML and XHTML book by Patrick Carey that we are currently using in class. I could switch books, but it’s difficult to find a book that combines all of the building blocks of web design, XHTML, CSS, some JavaScript, and is comprehensive enough [...]

There are two books that I would like to recommend to all of my students:
Web Designer’s Reference
Web Standards Solutions
These are both excellent books for learning about XHTML, CSS, and building standards compliant web sites. I have found that they are both very easy to read and provide a wealth of information to the new web developer.
Web Accessibility Tools [...]

I have a teacher’s meeting today. I will be leaving around 3:30 p.m. and Carolyn will be subbing for the remainder of class.
Standards-schmandards has an article on Methods for measuring text readability. The article discusses the importance of writing web site content that your visitors can understand. It also offers a readability index calculator, which [...]

How To Nail A Sexy Layout – Part One, Skeletize, Visualize, and Nakedize – Steps to building a sexy, standards based layout.
23 Photo Sharing – a new, free photo sharing site.
The Aging Process – Most people want to make themselves look younger, but Worth1000 has a Photoshop tutorial on making yourself or someone else age. If you enjoy working [...]

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 [...]

I hope that you all had a wonderful August; while I’m not feeling so rested, I am feeling refreshed and happy to be returning to school. I just really hope that there aren’t any boxes waiting for me to unpack.
Here are a few resources to start the school year off right:
Cheat Sheet Roundup – Over 30 [...]

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 [...]

How To Be Productive Working From Home – great tips to be more productive when you’re working from home. About Going Solo is also important to read if you plan to start your own web business.
Google Maps EZ – would you like to add Google Maps to your site, but you don’t know how? Try Google [...]

IEBlog has an article Standards and CSS in IE – in a nutshell, little has been done to support standards and CSS in Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1. There is however an impressive list of “fixes” for Beta 2, so we shall see. For additional information on the update, head over to MezzoBlue. [...]

I Love Jack Daniels has a new JavaScript cheatsheet.
A while back we had discussed creating HTML email in class. there is a new article on Optimizing CSS presentation in HTML emails.
I would like to remind all of you that are working on projects that we have a free BrowserCam account that you can use to test your [...]