More Resources for Web Development
As students in ITL 275 (Web Design and Development) manage to develop more skills, here are a few resources that might prove useful:
1) A list of fonts that play nicely on various platforms. It’s a bit dated, but the screenshots will give you an idea of how different fonts render in different browsers on different platforms.
2) A very nice posting on some of the newer features implemented in CSS3. Keep in mind the Box Model that we discussed in class, and this will all make a bit more sense. PS: He’s wrong about black/white creating eye strain. Well, it does - but it also creates great contrast.
3) Don’t forget your custom favicon. If you want to create a custom image for this, then you can find complete instructions here. For a truly simple experience though, you can’t beat faviconist.com for generating easy text-based favicons.
4) Several folks want to implement button rollover effects. Naturally. One way of doing this(rather old-fashioned) is with javascript. But I think you’re better off using CSS. Here’s a link to a tutorial that you might find useful. If you are willing to implement your photoshop skills, you might try this one instead.
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