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 [...]

My copy of Bulletproof Web Design was waiting for me when I got home last night and at first glance it looks wonderful. It’s packed with CSS techniques by Dan Cederholm. The book is in color with lots of color screen captures. I’m sure that this one will be added to my list of books worth buying and I can’t [...]

The Jackol’s Den has an htaccess cheat sheet that you may want to print and add to your resources. You can learn more about other ways the .htaccess file is used in the article Server Move. The .htaccess file can be used to prevent hotlinking as discussed in class yesterday. Speaking of cheat sheets, Code by Matt, has cheat sheets [...]

I don’t know if you guys watch KRON TV in the morning, but our very own Yvonne was on TV this morning…or was that Marilyn Monroe?

Well, I was reading my referrer reports because I have been having issues with referrer log spam. I was inspecting my logs because I plan to implement some of the tactics that I read at Ed Costello. I found this web site http://oraculo.blog.com/blog/jinigirl/2005/5/ in my logs and ALL of the content on the page was stolen from my site http://www.tinkertech.net. [...]

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 [...]

Ok, the potluck food was scrumptious! I hope that you all will post your recipes in the comments below and I will add them to the recipe blog so that we can all enjoy the wonderful dishes at home. The recipe blog is here http://www.tinkertech.net/recipes/. Not to be outdone by Google, Yahoo launches Instant Search which displays results as you [...]

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 is a form that [...]

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 [...]

ResumeWiki – Post your resume for peer review and editing. What a terrific idea! Practical PHP Programming – This is a free online PHP book. It looks great, but you will need to read it online since there is now download/print version of the book. StealDeals – Technology deals on the Internet. CSS Hacks @ CSS Discuss – “CSS hacks [...]