Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Graph paper in PDF format – Graph paper is extremely useful for planing and drawing “mock” web pages. Download the PDF file and print copies on your laser or inkjet printer.
If you ever need icons for your web site, message boards, or email, check out Yellow Icon. There are tons of free, quality icons for you to [...]

Earlier we discussed block level and inline elements. I thought I would follow-up by providing you with a list of these elements:
Block Level Elements
Inline Elements
Note: You can display both strict and non-strict versions of these lists.
Hudson Valley also has a nice XHTML tutorial that outlines block and inline elements.

I was hunting around for a site that included information on the default spacing between block level elements in HTML. This has proven to be difficult to find since browsers tend to be inconsistent in their display. We’ve explored this issue of inconsistency in class and on the blog. I will point you to a couple [...]

Photoshop’s High Pass Filter – Veerle outlines how to use Photoshop’s High Pass Filter to sharpen your photos.
Joshuaink has a great article on web fashion. While you’re there read Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…
WebColor-Kit is a web utility for selecting colors for web sites. What’s different about this color tool is that you select a [...]

I have made a change to the blog archives. It is common for blogs to only display “excerpts” of posts in the archives. In order to see the entire post you have to click the post title. I think this has been a bit confusing for new bloggers who use this site. Now when you use one [...]

These are a few general notes on XHTML and CSS for my Macromedia presentation today.
My presentation today really confirmed my belief that before attempting to use Dreamweaver or any other HTML editor it’s important to have a basic knowledge of HTML/XHTML and CSS.
Before the invention of Dreamweaver, FrontPage, GoLive and the other popular web page [...]

Hi All!
I am in Surrey, BC. I got in about 1:30 p.m. and was taken straight to the high school, Guildford Park Secondary, that I will be presenting at tomorrow morning and Saturday. David, you were right, the Vancouver Airport is gorgeous!
I’m thinking about a nap, this travel stuff wipes me out. Tomorrow after my [...]

Ha, you thought you were rid of me! I should be on a plane right now on my way to Canada.
Rebecca asked for more resources on learning elements of design; ask and ye shall receive (sometimes).
Jill Niles gathered a lot of wonderful art and design resources for your review.
The Web Style [...]

Color in Motion – you must go see this! It’s an interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism created in Flash.
WhiteSpace has an article on Learning CSS that outlines the why, where and how to learn CSS.
The Return of Design – articles, color schemes, resources, and links galore!
Combobulate has a list of 76 cool programs [...]

I’ve written a new tutorial for Fireworks an image editing program by Macromedia. I’m hearing a lot of sighs of frustration in class, so I thought we should take a break and have a little fun and learn how to create some simple graphics.