Archive for August, 2008

Looking for Web Development Education?

Monday, August 11th, 2008

With the school season fast approaching for university students I have decided to help any of you looking for an education in Web Design, Development, or Networking/Security.

Choosing the appropriate school is a very stressful task as many of you probably know. There are colleges (Red River, Winnipeg Technical, Herzing, etc) and then there are universities (U of M, and U of W).

Personally, when I was looking for getting an education, I really only considered colleges because I thought universities required like 4 years to complete their programs, and I really wanted something hands-on.

It was then that I was referred to University of Winnipeg’s Division of Continuing Education. As soon as I saw the material covered within the “Internet Systems Specialist Diploma” I was impressed. It covered everything I ever wanted to know, and was packed into one hardcore year of learning.

It combined university lectures, with hands-on instruction. The instructor in this course wants you to succeed unlike some main campus courses. They are experienced, knowledgeable individuals who have been in the industry for a long period of time.

I have the highest regards for this program as I have completed it. It has taught me not only head knowledge, but problem solving and researching skills. The web is ever evolving and these skills help you keep on top of the cutting edge technologies

I would encourage those of you that want to pursue an internet related career to contact
Stevi Dram at 204.982.1168, and I promise that you won’t regret it.

Here you can view the Information Technology Brochure, and Timetable.

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CSS Rounded Corners

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

Lately I have worked on a few sites that have dealt with creating rounded corners. Here I hope to direct you in a couple different ways to achieve this.

The first option is to create 3 images. You create a top image that includes the left and right corners, a middle image that contains a slice that will repeat down the box, and lastly a bottom image that contains the bottom corners. This box will expand downwards but will be limited to a specific width. You would then have these images as the background for 3 divs and have the middle one “repeat-y”.

Another option is to create an image for all four corners. Create 4 absolutely positioned divs instead a relatively positioned div. Then the top left corner would have top: -1px; left: -1px. The other corners would follow the same theory depending on where they are located.

Lastly the easiest way to create rounded corners is to use specialized CSS properties. The one downside to this is it won’t work in anything but Firefox and Safari. You would use the following CSS properties: -moz-border-radius and -webkit-border-radius.

As this was a very quick overview of these techniques – Visit CSS-Tricks.com to view a great video on this subject.

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