Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

I never really worry about having multiple versions of Internet Explorer on one computer, I have a computer lab with 38 machines at work. At home I have an XP box with IE 6, an XP laptop with IE 7, and a Vista laptop with IE8. Unfortunately, my XP box with IE 6 is suffering some hardware issues and I’m [...]

A common question in class is “how do I overlap images and still see the background?” The answer, you use some type of transparent image. Traditionally we used a transparent GIF, but the quality isn’t so great. PNG has really become the preferred image format for transparency. PNG 8 gives you a transparent image, but you may see some white [...]

SitePoint is offering a deal on PDF versions of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design and Sexy Web Design. Both PDF design books can be yours for just $14.95for the next 12 hours. These books are both required reading for the Web Design and Development curriculum, so if you haven’t gotten them yet now is a great time!
From SitePoint
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If you’re on a tight budget and looking for the best deals in the Bay Area you should really check out the Frugal Find.
Julia at the Frugal Find blogs about the best deals in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. She also shares Internet specials, freebies, and giveaways. Her site has an amazing searchable coupon database with over 2,000 [...]

You can order a free copy of the Creative Group’s 2010 Salary Guide and download other free and useful booklets and guides for creatives at The Creative Group Web site.

Walnut Creek restaurants plan to hand out free turkeys
by Elisabeth Nardi
Contra Costa Times
Posted: 11/24/2009 02:10:36 PM PST
Updated: 11/24/2009 04:46:42 PM PST
Owners of 1515 Restaurant and Lounge and The Pizza Place in downtown Walnut Creek will handout 1,000 turkeys Wednesday to help those in need have a good Thanksgiving.
From 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, anyone in need of a turkey can [...]

Firebug is one of the most popular Firefox extensions for troubleshooting CSS problems. Firebug Lite is a JavaScript file that simulates some of Firebug’s features in Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and other browsers.
You can use the Firebug Lite bookmarklet in class. Due to our security settings you won’t be able to drag the bookmarklet to the Favorites/Bookmarks bar as [...]

Source Wall Street Journal
Unemployment Extension Adds Up to 99 Weeks of Benefits
By Kelly Evans
The latest extension of unemployment benefits couldn’t come at a better time, it seems; President Barack Obama signed legislation into law Friday providing an additional 14 to 20 weeks of benefits for those who have already exhausted theirs or will do so by year-end.
Job seekers search for [...]

School will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 in observance of Veterans Day 2009.

So you’re working on your first simple HTML and CSS site. You’ve got a gorgeous layout in your head and hopefully sketched out on paper and you’re ready to fire up the HTML editor. The first HTML page starts to take shape, the doctype is set and divs for the wrapper, header, sidebar, content, and footer are added to the [...]