By Kirsten on August 5, 2010
I am not usually bothered by cookies and will delete them as I need to but the “special” flash cookies that are hidden from regular cookie control windows are really bugging me. As fate would have it the lovely and talented Woody from Windows Secrets highlighted just this issue in his latest newsletter. Here is [...]
Posted in Browsers, Tips for Trainers | Tagged Cookies, Flash
By Kirsten on June 3, 2010
Are you curious about CSS? Are you daunted by the idea of setting up a page just to see what “repeat-x” does? W3Schools.com have the site you need! Try the “Try it yourself buttons” on the CSS Backgrounds page for example.
Posted in CSS | Tagged CSS, Training, Web Design Resources
By Kirsten on April 29, 2010
Thank You Scurvy Jake! Check out his Pirate Blog for this fine article. You also have to love a fellow Browncoat!
Posted in Tutorials and Demos, Web Design
By Kirsten on April 26, 2010
There are many places that will help you adjust the embed information from YouTube – however, if your site is XHTML Strict (like this one is) you will still not validate. In swings Tools4Noobs to the rescue! They have many great resources in the Online Tools section. I went through five or six different sites [...]
Posted in Tips for Trainers, Web Design
By Kirsten on April 26, 2010
Putting video on a website is more tedious than hard. There are resources for getting a video onto a page, post, or sidebar but you usually will need to know what the dimensions should be. If you have a large YouTube video that you want in a sidebar, you will need to scale it to [...]
Posted in Tips for Trainers, Web Design
By Kirsten on April 22, 2010
For my beginning CSS students I always share the link for the CSShark (mako4css.com). It has a really clear intro to css section. However… In playing with my advanced Dreamweaver class today I rediscovered the wonderful extras that Max Design offers. You can find them on listamatic. If you want to take your css knowledge [...]
Posted in CSS, Software, Tutorials and Demos | Tagged CSS, free help, stuff for students
By Kirsten on April 4, 2010
If you had asked me last week what the best book for Actionscript 3.0 was, I would have said “Learning ActionScript 3.0″ from O’Reilly press. I have totally changed my mind on that. I recently picked up “Foundation Flash CS4 for Designers” from friends of Ed press. It is a fantastic book for Flash CS4 [...]
Posted in Recommended Books, Software, Tips for Trainers, Web Design
By Kirsten on March 23, 2010
http://www.43folders.com/2010/02/05/first-care
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