Print.Css-What it means

April 16th, 2009

I found some good web articles to explain in more detail what a print.css is and what it does.

http://www.intensivstation.ch/en/css/print/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/goingtoprint/

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005339

http://envisionic.com/webtips/user_experience/printer_friendly.php

Web Layouts in Photoshop

February 26th, 2009

This post is for the students I have in my class that are graphic designers transitioning into web designers. :)

Below  is a link to a tutorial on how to do layouts in photoshop.  I will also find more relevant links and post them under the “Web Resources” area.

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Using Notepad in Vista

February 25th, 2009

To open notepad in Vista:

  • click on the ’start’ icon
  • In the search type ‘notepad’
  • Click on the notepad icon in the search results window Read the rest of this entry »

You have created your first website but how do you get it online?

February 25th, 2009

I created a website what do I do now???

I created a website what do I do now???

First you need to choose a domain name.  A domain name is the name that identifies a Web site such as www.msn.com or www.rccwebproject.net.

Keep your domain names short!  You don’t want to have an extremely long domain name that nobody will remember such as www.thisismyveryfirstwebsiteproject8874.com.

I have picked out a domain name but how do I know if it is available?

There are many websites that can check the availability of your domain name choice such as: whois.net.  Not only does this website allow you to check if a domain name is available, but you can also type in an existing domain name and find out who it belongs to. Read the rest of this entry »

Chap. 3 Part I

February 24th, 2009

This is just a quick recap of what we went over tonight.

We learned that you can use the quote tags <q></q> in place of  double quotes ” “.  We also learned that the <q></q> tags will not work in Internet Explorer version 7 and earlier.

Another way to format quotes is <blockquote></blockquote> which is used for long quotes.

Don’t forget to click on the calendar dates in blue to see what is coming up!