Resources for Web Development Students @ Robin’s Blog

Simple Transport has a wonderful list of design related links that I recommend that you bookmark. Many of the sites listed on this page have RSS Feeds that can be used with Sage. dezwozhere.com also has an extensive list of CSS sites. Veerle’s Blog has a nice CSS Calendar that you may want to check out.

Rebecca shared this fun Camper (Flash enabled) site with me.

Take a look at this CSS Zen Garden submission, the CSS Ocean (be sure to view this entry in Firefox or Opera to see the full effect).

SitePoint has a good article on Why Consistency (in a web site) is Critical

ieSpell is a Spell Check Extension for Internet Explorer. You can use this extension to check the spelling of messages that you are typing into forms. With the extension installed, just right click your message text and select Check Spelling. There is also a spell check module called Spellbound available for Firefox.

Joshuaink.com has an article on A simple introduction to 3 column layouts in CSS. While I was at Joshuaink.com I found out that solarDreamStudios has all kinds of Fireworks MX 2004 tutorials. I think it’s a good idea to try to do a few web tutorials a week; it gives you an opportunity to learn new techniques that aren’t in [...]

Evolt has an excellent article on 10 Steps to Higher Search Engine Positioning. May I also recommend that you read Understanding Color and Accessibility, be sure to read the user comments, they can be both educational and entertaining. Did you know that Dan Cody, the founder of f2o.org, was the founder of Evolt?

There are six new designs at the CSS Zen Garden including Moss by Mani Sheriar, a former student. Way to go Mani!

For those of you who are using a Mac you may want to check out CSS Edit by MacRabbit. I installed this CSS Editor on our Mac in the classroom. To see additional CSS and HTML/XHTML editors visit CSSDiscuss. Right now I am trying out TSW’s WebCoder for the classroom (freeware) and StyleMaster for home use.

Some students have asked me how I manage to keep up with everything in the classroom and how I find such a variety of sites for them to visit. First off, Google is my best friend. I use the Google toolbar to quickly perform general searches when I need to find info on something fast. I used to always use [...]