Category5 Technology TV - Web Development

Web Development - Part 9

S04E32
May 3, 2011

Robbie fixes the z-index issue from last week, and finishes off the main layout of the site as he and Christa continue the Web Development series.

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Robbie Ferguson and Christa Wells present in studio, Hillary Rumball joins via live Skype Video.
Robbie thanks viewers for showing their financial support and expresses our needs toward purchasing a new server.
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Viewer Question: Do you still offer the audio feed during a live show?
Viewer Question: Can you not get Insurance to replace the server?
Viewer Photos: Featuring Tordeu's cardigan (+100 Viewer Points), the "We Love Christa" cake (+100 Viewer Points), Meaghan's cardigan (+100 Viewer Points) and Gadwil's Christa T-shirt (+200 Viewer Points).
Perfectbuntu 6 is in beta testing, and you can get it on Monday.
Feature: Web Development Part 9.
Robbie shares more information about how you can use the web hosting coupon (see cat5.tv/webdev) to host multiple web sites and save a ton of money.
Using a combination of Filezilla and gedit to do your web development.
Fixing the z-index issue we encountered last week.
Sampling a color using the Colour Picker Tool in the GiMP.
Setting the background color of our div element using CSS.
How the GiMP's marquee tool is better than Adobe Photoshop's.
Understanding the difference between "copy" and "copy merged"—or "copy visible".
Setting the height of a div block element using CSS.
Utilizing absolute positioning to hack better search engine optimization.
Oh look, Robbie forgot to turn back on the microphones. #Fail ;)
Robbie recaps what happened while the microphones were off.
Viewer Question: Could you help me with the installation of SopCast Player?
Placing a file into a folder in Linux (/usr/lib) even though your user doesn't have write access to it.
Viewer Question: When installing Ubuntu to a fresh hard drive, should I partion up the drive, or just let it use the whole hard drive?
Viewer Question: When I want to do a fresh install of Ubuntu Linux, what is the best way to do it in such a way that I don't lose my installed applications and settings?
Setting your div's background color in CSS.
Using the CSS min-height property to set the minimum height of a div block object.
Viewer Comment: I'm really enjoing the web development series. It's inspiring me to redesign my own index page when I have the time.
Why building a web site from scratch is so nice.
Viewer Question: Why does Firefox seem to load slower than Chrome no matter what operating system you're on?