Before we get into the nitty gritty of using Photoshop, let’s first learn about how to get around its interface. Click the playlist below to start the 3-video series in learning the PS the workspace. Continue reading Photoshop – Lesson 01: Getting To Know the Work Area
You can also download the pdf version of this video lecture here. To view the video in a larger window, click here.
Introduction to CRUD : Create, Read, Update, Delete
In this series of video lessons, you will learn:
This lesson demonstrates how to create a secure email contact form for users to use on your site. There are 8 video lessons in this series.
To get the starting file, you can download the attachment file (“contact_01.php.zip“) to this video. Additionally, you can start with the style sheet, as well (contact.css). Continue reading PHP – Lesson 12: Creating an Email Form
In the following slideshow you will learn the basics of how MySQL database structure works. It covers how databases are normalized through the use of relational tables, and it addresses how you can write basic queries. You can also download a pdf version of this slideshow here. Continue reading PHP + MySQL – Lesson 13: DB Intro
This lesson demonstrates how the PHP $_COOKIE and $_SESSION superglobal arrays work. On this page are three slideshow/demo videos, as follows:
This lesson demonstrates how the PHP $_GET and $_POST superglobal arrays work. On this page are three slideshow/demo videos, as follows:
To view this lecture, please download the CSS In-Depth PDF (2.4MB).
To view this lecture, please download the HTML and CSS Principles PDF (2.9MB).
This is by far the instructor’s FAVORITE free editor on the market today! It is intuitive and easy to use, although it has features that are surprisingly rich for a free code editing tool.
Komodo Edit Download link: http://komodoide.com/download/#edit
While students can use other editors, this is the instructor pick! Continue reading CODE EDITOR – Using Komodo Edit
Although this page is a tutorial on using Cyberduck, there are several free SFTP software packages you can use:
Mac users : Cyberduck, Filezilla, Fugu
PC users: Cyberduck, Filezilla, WinSCP
Miracosta College has a help desk webpage that shows you how to use Fugu and WinSCP here: http://www.miracosta.edu/studentservices/studenthelp/tutorials/matserver/index.html
The instructor happens to prefer Cyberduck and Filezilla. NOTE: Filezilla’s interface is not quite as friendly as Cyberduck’s.
In the first video of the playlist below, you will learn how to use the SFTP program, Cyberduck, to connect to your Miracosta College student web directory.
The second video continuation covers how to create the folder structure on the server for our class, how to create and rename files, how ‘index’ files work vs. other files, and how to view your uploaded work on the web.
The following 4-part series explains how to style lists for navigation. It covers the following topis:
Note, to watch in a larger format, click the title link above or here for the expandable version.
The first demo video shows you how you can make navigational buttons in Photoshop using multiple layers in a single space. The second demo shows you how to create the same output files as in the first demo, but the second video uses “slices”.
BY THE WAY . . .. Even though in the video a talk about making “javascript rollovers,” these techniques are the same for making CSS hover buttons that use absolutely no javascript. So don’t let that throw you off! Continue reading PHOTOSHOP – Making Image Navigation For the Web
This demonstration uses a mock-up site that allow you to see via video demos below how images are commonly displayed using CSS and HTML. It also shows you how you can examine other websites to see how things have been constructed.
To view the presentation, please download the PDF version of Web Image Preparation.
The inner surfaces of your eyes contain photoreceptors—specialized cells that are sensitive to light and relay messages to your brain. There are two types of photoreceptors: cones (which are sensitive to color) and rods (which are more sensitive to intensity). You are able to “see” an object when light from the object enters your eyes and strikes these photoreceptors. Continue reading Primary Colors of Light and Pigment
There are a lot of different things that you can do with arrays, but we will only begin to address some of them here to get started. Below are some of the functions we will discuss. If you are interested in exploring more array functions, visit the php.net array functions page. Continue reading PHP – Lesson 07b: Array Functions
