“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that they are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.”
John Steinbeck

“A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others.”

You know, today I finished  the design of blogger template and I publish it on line … it’s for my old middle school ,

you can visit the blog here : http://sheikhnaimi.blogspot.com/ 

I worked with me teacher , … ha was publishing one post on “Over-blog” ..it’s free blogging platform , he told his class where my little sister study , … he explained his goals , really he is ambition man … I love him cause he love teaching as a letter before any thing .

Because to blog is to teach yourself what you think ...not in one moment but all the time, it's seems as a reference to the students ... old students and yuor currently students .
We live in a culture that tells us that you should share your knowledge , invest the technology to make the information avaible and useful to every one want to learn . 
we should teach this new generation how to move on , how to use the technology to learn like others not just for fun .

WHat I understand is to make a blog which will be as a channel between  english teachers and students ... however ,we will publish all the courses ,slides and prod casts .... all tools which make the student oriented to find the information ...

about the design

I used Light-colored cause it’s for pupils and teenagers first …

I used some photos related the education , … they are  clear and funny … books , iphone which means “prodcasts” , old paper “english language”

I used my prefer color “blue” in the side menu and as frame of the header …

I used Autumn colors as background …

I did my best … the connection was the big problem … disconnection all the time … 

what’s your opinion about the design , and colors choice !

salem

As a Web Developer the Content Management System (CMS) make the way shorter , easier and simpler .It’s great to be advancer in some CMSs but  it is best as a web designer, to have the knowledge of several CMSs and not be limited to only one.

This article make the way easier to discover  Joomla! (the open source CMS)

Let’s see what Wikipedia define Joomla

Joomla! is a content management system platform for publishing content on the World Wide Web and intranets as well as a Model–view–controller (MVC) Web Application Development framework.

The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization.

It is written in the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database system to store information. Joomla is the result of a fork of Mambo. Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Joomla is free software.

Take a look from what Joomla official Website give to the web developer ….

• Joomla! Homepage »
• Download Joomla! 1.5 »
• Joomla! Extensions »
• Joomla! Documentation »
• Joomla! Forum »

Joomla! 1.5: Quick Start Guide PDF

Download the PDF Guide »

The Joomla! 1.5: Quick Start Guide PDF is an easy to follow guide for any budding Joomla! developer, it is easier to read and follow than the more detailed above resource, The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Joom

the books bellow are from Google Books , both are great .. try to read them , or make an idea quickly ..

Joomla!

Joomla! »
By Barrie M. North
Leading Joomla! consultant Barrie North covers all you need to get results: installation, administration, site organization, template development, content updates, and a whole lot more. You'll find tips, tricks, and troubleshooting solutions, as well as three start-to-finish case studies. New to Joomla!? No problem! This book starts with the simplest design and system concepts and builds your expertise step-by-step.

Professional Joomla!

Let’s begin   do the dev work ,..

How to install Joomla Video Tutorial

In this video tutorial you will be shown how to do a local installation on a Mac computer using MAMP, a free utility you can download from here. The steps shown are nearly identical for those hosting their websites on webservers. Just be sure to have access to a CPanel or a way to create a database, and add users to it. You will need the username and password, so keep them handy.

Converting HTML to Joomla

The entire HTML conversion, in this video tut, takes only 16 minutes. Thats impressive.

Joomla! Template Making Tutorial Part 1, 2 and 3

Who didn’t forget in this world … Cheat sheets are  a set of notes to allow programmers quick reference to code , to remember something about the programing language …

I have compiled a list of many different cheat sheets for many different programming languages. Programming languages included in the list are Ruby, Python, PHP, CSS and many more.

HTML 5 Cheat Sheet

Smashing Magazine has provided us with an awesome HTML 5 cheat sheet. Download

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Ruby Cheat Sheet

eDocr has a brilliant ruby cheat sheet. Download

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HTML Cheat Sheet

This is another HTML cheat sheet, that is displayed differently to Smashing Magazine’s. You can download this cheat sheet in .png and also .pdf. Download

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Ruby On Rails Cheat Sheet

Added Bytes have an awesome ruby on rails cheat sheet in .pdf and .png. Download

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PHP Cheat Sheet

Blue Shoes have provided us with an awesome php cheat sheet (online version). View

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CSS Cheat Sheet

Added Bytes CSS Cheat sheet. Will help web designers make pixel perfect web pages. Download

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WordPress Cheat Sheet

WordPress Candy has got a downloadable WordPress help sheet in .pdf format. Download

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CSS Cheat Sheet

An online version of a CSS cheat sheet. View

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PHP Cheat Sheet

Added Bytes have compiled their second version of their PHP cheat sheet. This is really great, and is available for free download in .png and .pdf file formats. Download

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jQuery Cheat Sheet

An online version of a jQuery cheat sheet. This will jog your memory when you forget jQuery code. View

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MooTools Cheat Sheet

Snook has a downloadable MooTools cheat sheet, that is presented beautifully! Its available for free download in .pdf and .png file formats. Download

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Scriptaculous Cheat Sheet

Slash 7 has provided developers with a really nicely presented scriptaculous field guide. Download

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MySQL Cheat Sheet

Added Bytes have done it again. This time MySQL. Download

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.Net Cheat Sheet

John Sheehan has over at his blog an awesome downloadable .net cheat sheet. Download

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Perl Cheat Sheet

Here is a really nice online Perl cheat sheet. View

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Python Cheat Sheet

Added Bytes hit us with another cheat sheet. Its avaliable to download in .png and .pdf formats. Download

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Java Cheat Sheet

Dream In Code have a really helpful Java cheat sheet (reference sheet). Download

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Good Luck ….

Every web designer who uses Photoshop to produce web graphics needs a copy of this books , why! … to find quality Photoshop ebooks is hard enough for anyone, trying to find FREE ebooks is evener harder.

I found this books and I’m using them … and I’m trying to share its …

• 25 ESSENTIAL Photoshop Moves

URL : 25 ESSENTIAL Photoshop Moves Ebook.

• The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques

URL : The Photoshop Anthology free PDF Ebook.

• Worth 1000 Photoshop Tricks

URL : Worth 1000 Photoshop Tricks (remember and wait 30secs).

• Photoshop Made Easy Free E-Book

URL : Photoshop Made Easy Free E-Book.

• Photoshop Lightroom E-Book

URL : Photoshop Lightroom E-Book.

• Official Photoshop CS4 Free Help Ebook

URL : Official Photoshop CS4 Free Help Ebook.

• Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Short Cuts PDF

URL : Adobe Photoshop CS4 Keyboard Short Cuts PDF.

• PhotographyBB Free PDF Magazine

URL : PhotographyBB Free PDF Magazine.

I found some books about the Css and I hope to share them they are Google Books … bellow you will find the books …

CSS Cookbook

CSS Cookbook »
By Christopher Schmitt
The CSS Cookbook provides more than quick code solutions to pressing problems. The explanation that accompanies each recipe enables readers to customize the formatting for their specific purposes, and shows why the solution works, so you can adapt these techniques to other situations. Recipes range from the basics that every web author needs to code concoctions that will take your web pages to new levels.

CSS Pocket Reference

CSS Pocket Reference »
By Eric A. Meyer
The "CSS Pocket Reference briefly introduces CSS and then lists all CSS1 properties, plus the CSS1 pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes. Since browser incompatibility is the biggest obstacle to CSS adoption, they've also included a comprehensive guide to how the browsers have implemented support for CSS1.

Head first HTML with CSS & XHTML

Head first HTML with CSS & XHTML »
By Eric Freeman
With Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, you'll avoid the embarrassment of thinking web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a font tag into your pages. Best of all, you'll learn HTML and CSS in a way that won't put you to sleep. This book isin a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks.

HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible

HTML, XHTML, and CSS Bible »
By Bryan Pfaffenberger, Steven M. Schafer, Charles White, Bill Karow, Chuck White
An expanded, updated, and retitled edition of the HTML Bible, examining HTML, XHTML-a set of extensions to HTML to make it more like XML-and cascading style sheets (CSS), which provide a simple way to add consistent formatting to HTML Web documents

Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design »
By Richard York
Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, Second Edition covers all the details required to combine CSS with HTML, XHTML, or XML to create rich, aesthetically powerful designs. Throughout the book, you’ll focus on combining CSS with XHTML specifically because XHTML is the standard hailed by Internet standards bodies as the successor to HTML and the present and future of website design.

Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design »
By Christopher Schmitt, Mark Trammell, Ethan Marcotte, Dunstan Orchard, Todd Dominey
As the preferred technology for Web design, cascading style sheets (CSS) enable Web designers and developers to define consistent styles on multiple pages. Written by leading CSS authors who are also professional programmers and designers, this is the first book to showcase examples of high-profile, real-world Web sites created by world-famous designers using CSS.

CSS, DHTML, & Ajax

CSS, DHTML, & Ajax »
By Jason Cranford Teague
The Web doesn't stand still, and neither does this guide. Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and CSS, DHTML, and Ajax features that define the Web today, the one thing that hasn't changed in this edition is its task-based visual approach to the topics.

Pro CSS Techniques

Pro CSS Techniques »
By Jeff Croft, Ian Lloyd, Dan Rubin
Pro CSS Techniques is the ultimate CSS book for the modern web developer. If you've already got web design and development basics under your belt, but want to take your knowledge to the next level and unleash the full power of CSS in your web sites, then this is the book for you. It is a collection of proven CSS techniques that you can use daily to get the most out of the time you spend on your projects, from start to finish.

Faces of Design Awards 2010

Launch of a new design competition

This is fantastic news all. The Faces of Design Awards is a design competition that does not ask for spec work!

look to what they said …

We are proud to announce a new interdisciplinary design competition, the Faces of Design Awards 2010. Our goal is to create career opportunities for talented designers worldwide, by increasing their international visibility.

The Faces of Design Awards are based on candidates’ existing portfolios, and culminate in the publication of a printed volume, showcasing the 25 most promising design talents, by design discipline (e.g. graphic design, fashion design, product design).

This collection of profiles will be distributed to over 1.000 key decision makers at more than 300 companies, including firms such as vitra, IKEA, the Richemont Group (including prestigious brands such as Montblanc, Cartier and Chloé), designers’ studios such as the Campanas’ and Bouroullecs’, design institutions, and the international design press.

Enjoy…

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