Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Well, in case you didn’t hear the news in class, Rob and I put in an offer on a house yesterday morning and the offer has been accepted. You can see pictures of the new house here. We are hoping to close escrow by 8/16 and move in starting 8/20. Make Your Site Mobile Friendly in Two Minutes. Really, just [...]

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 [...]

I hope that you all enjoy the long holiday weekend. I will see you all on Wednesday! The Jello Mold: A New Look at Min- and Max-width For Web Pages – Part One explores establishing page layout widths with CSS. The article discusses alternatives to min and max width. Great article! This is a brand new free article at CommunityMX [...]

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 outings, but [...]

When creating valid XHTML documents you must specify the DTD or Document Type Definition at the beginning of your document. This DTD is also called a Doctype. The Doctype code tells the browser how to interpret the remainder of the code on the page. There are three Doctypes that you can use when working with XHTML. They are strict, transitional [...]

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: If you have a [...]

Well, I did it, I closed putertutor.net. I redirected the domain name, putertutor.net to this blog. During this process I also moved the domain name to a new host. I thought I would outline the process in case you come across a similar situation. I first notified my new host, f2o.org, of my intentions. I asked that Dan, the owner [...]

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 [...]

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 HomeSite in class [...]

Snippets are small blocks of reusable code. For example, a doctype statement is used at the top of every XHTML document. Instead of retyping the doctype statement, a snippet can be created that contains this statement and reused in all future XHTML documents. Most web development applications have the ability to create and use snippets. Using and Creating Snippets in [...]