These are links pertinent to our class and the industries our class serves.

Local Colleges and Educational Programs

San Diego Regional Occupational Program (ROP)         
Palomar Community College
Mira Costa Community College         
Cal State San Marcos         
Platt College

HTML, XHTML and CSS Help  (web color matching here)

CSS examples, beginner to advanced (also HTML tips, go to "home" page and then to "Learn HTML")
HTML code dictionary         
HTML "Goodies"         
Free Font Downloads         
Web Monkey HTML goodies
Java Script Help

Photoshop Tips and Tricks  (beginner tutorial here)

Adobe         
Photoshop Support         
Doorhangers (support for many GD/WD programs)
Photoshop uses for webmasters (also try affiliate links at bottom)         
Image composition tutorials
Photoshop custom brushes:  find one you like, save it, then load it off the right-click brush menu
Photoshop pro tutorials (really cool, really quick)
80 text effects on one webpage      
Empire Dezign        
AbsoluteCross

Illustrator Tips and Tricks

Illustrator tutorials         
Illustrator tips from About.com         
Thousands of Illustrator tutorials
Pixel2Life Portal         
Adobe Evangelists (good for all Adobe products, including InDesign)

Dreamweaver Tips and Tricks (beginner tutorial here)

Training tools, online Dreamweaver class
Learnthat.com Dreamweaver class

Web Design Wisdom

Web Design from Scratch
University of Essex tips to good web design
10 hints to a better website
Taming the Beast: how to make the most out of the web
Analyze your web page
netmechanic.com to optimize your site
Tips for Faster Load Time
Optimizing your Site
Web Page Design Tips
Great Tools for Web Design, URL Submission Services

Autodesk 3ds Max Tips and Tricks

Tutorialized
3DS Max Tutorials for beginners

Flash Tips and Tricks (beginner tutorial here and then here)

Entheos (flash tut's, beg to adv)         
Flash Perfection         
Flash tutorial portal, beginner to advanced
Flash, PS, 3D Max tutorial portal (features top 20 lists)         
Actionscript.org (tut's, dictionary)
Tutorialized (mega tut portal)

Screen Printing:  No minimum screen printing search

To put a link on your desktop to our shared folder:
1.  Open up "my documents", right-click and choose new -> shortcut.
2.  Make the location of the shortcut:  \\ec8\ROP WD-GD$
3.  Name the shortcut what you want, click 'finish'
4.  Double click on the link
5.  Right-click on the white space, choose new -> folder
6.  Make a new folder with your student number as the title, NOT ANYTHING ELSE or it will be deleted.
7.  You have access to your file ONLY.  If you open anyone else's file, it is trackable,and will result in expulsion from my class and possible suspension from school.  Please respect other people's privacy.

To print something out in class (keep in mind that you may only print out things directly related to class, not classwork from other classes):
1. Click on 'start', 'settings', 'printers and faxes'.
2. Click on 'add printer'.
3. Search on the district network for a printer until you find "hpd205".
4. Set this as your default printer.

 

 

Chavez website here. Right-click and choose "save target as..." and save it to your computer.