Links and Resources
Texas State Resources
Technology Resources Tool Kit - includes links for retrieving your Net ID and creating a Web Directory
Tech Resources Software Download - some free downloads, like Fetch, WS-FTP, etc.
Texas State Computer and Internet Help
Educational Discounts on Computer Hardware
University Bookstore Computer and Electronics
TRACS - Open Source Teaching and Collaboration System; email communication and gradeboook for this course
Advanced Development Resources
PHP.net - http://www.php.net
MySQL.com - http://www.mysql.com/
Ruby on Rails - http://rubyonrails.org/
Django - http://www.djangoproject.com/
Web Hosting
Dot Easy - http://www.doteasy.com/
AVA Host - http://www.avahost.net/
TrainingResources
Lynda.com- http://www.lynda.com
ACC Web Design and Development Certification - http://www.austincc.edu/webcert/course_catalog.html
Knight Digital Media Center Tutorials - http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/
Some Class Resources
GNU manifesto - gnu.org
- philosophy of Free Software Movement
Gimp.org - free
download of Photoshop-like software mentioned by Lindsay.
Eldred
v. Ashcroft Web site - copyright case
Lawrence
Lessig's homepage
Crash
Course in Copyright
Online News Association - take a look at the Awards link
Embed Quicktime Audio or Video Code:
<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
WIDTH="400"HEIGHT="400"
CODEBASE="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab">
<PARAM name="SRC" VALUE="new.mov">
<PARAM name="AUTOPLAY" VALUE="false">
<PARAM name="CONTROLLER" VALUE="true">
<EMBED SRC="new.mov" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="400"
AUTOPLAY="false" CONTROLLER="true" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
Javascript for controlling size and location of new Window:
<a href="filename.html"onclick="javascript:window.open('filename.html','Listings',
'width=650,height=600,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,screenX=50,screenY=250,top=50,left=250');
return false ;" >Link Text</a>
ActionScript3 Cheat for button that goes to next frame (change button instance name to your button's name):
next_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, navigate);
function navigate(event:MouseEvent):void
{
nextFrame();
}
Software Downloads
Cyberduck - FTP Program for Mac Users
http://www.download.com/Cyberduck/3000-2151_4-10246246.html - program we use in class.
WS-FTP LE version - - for Windows users.
http://download.com.com/3000-2160-1572132.html
Fetch - FTP Program for Mac Users
http://fetchsoftworks.com/ - click on Educational/Charitable and fill out form to get free access
Web Development Applications and Software
Adobe Products
-
Dreamweaver - Web editing and publishing tool
Flash - Create animated movies for Web sites
Photoshop - Image editing software, manipulate photo images or create Web graphics with filters and effects
Internet Explorer - premiere Web browser
iMovie - Video editing software
Quicktime and Quicktime Pro- Media player and media editing software
Sound Recorder - Audio Editing
Audacity - Audio Editing
Resources
W3 Schools Browser and Monitor Stats
Bandwidth Comparison Chart - from Dr. Chapman's Internet and Public Policy Course (LBJ School)
ICANN - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
UT International Symposium in Online Journalism