Check your site in IE6...On A Mac!

It is important that you always check your website on another browser, in another OS. In this case Internet Explorer 6 is the biggie. But you can't download IE6 on your mac. So the next best thing is to render it. What does this mean?

Check your site in IE6, withotu IE6!

http://ipinfo.info/netrenderer/

General information on HTML vs. CMS

This is the PDF that I showed last week in class. It has three parts:

1. Overview of HTML websites and their embedded content.
2. Overview of Content Management Systems and how they talk with Databases and organize loads of content.
3. Wordpress: Content and Design.

Check them out and keep them to refer as reference. They are meant to be just that, as each of the three topics is not an exact science. Always decide which method is most appropriate either per client or personal project.

http://dirkweiss.com/WebDesign_CMS_HTML_Wordpress.pdf

Reading List 4

Links of interest for Assignment #3

http://dzineblog.com/2008/09/9-websites-with-killer-resources.html
http://www.modernista.com/7/index.php
http://www.flickr.com/
http://airtightinteractive.com
http://wordpress.com/

Assignment #3: Due October 5

1. Do CSS tutorial
http://www.w3schools.com/css/
http://www.echoecho.com/css.htm
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/

2. Create a page using CSS
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/bmerkey/cheatsheet.htm

3. Group 1: Photoshop sketches for Flickr Redesign
Group 2: Next step in Portfolio Redesgn (assigned individually)

Reading List 3

Resources for Typography on the Web
Looking at Type
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web
Websafe Fonts
Hierachy and Typography

Samples of Good Typography on the Web
A List Apart
A few Examples

Please add your samples as comments of good typography that you guys find...
See if you can tell how much is actually html!

Reading List 2

Grid Design
Five simpleways to design grid systems
An application of the grid
A showcase of grid design

Color
Photographic palettes
Color Lovers
A color resource from Adobe

Technical Tip #1: Registering your domain name

Is your desired name available? Check It Here!
If it is...keep reading.

It's always a safe bet to choose a company that ranks high in reviews for domain registration. Some are better than others, and none are perfect.

When choosing a host or domain service provider, look to see if they offer the following (they should be listed under "Services"):
Multiple email addresses
FTP Transfer
Lots of space for content
Lots of "Bandwidth"
PHP
MySQL / Databases (Important for Wordpress)


GO to these sites to register your domain:
http://tigertech.net/
http://www.bluehost.com * With this one, you must buy the domain and hosting at the same time..a good all in one solution
http://www.pair.com/

DO NOT go to these sites as they are very bad
GoDaddy
ENOM
MidPhase
Network Solutions (Not bad for checking domains though)

Enjoy!