Planet of the Web

Making Money with your Blog and Google's Adsense

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Google Adsense is a service that allows you to place advertising on your blog or website easily with minimal setup and can help you generate revenue for your online efforts. This article discusses Google Adsense for Links and Search.

Online Graphic Formats

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The World Wide Web uses a variety of graphic formats to display images, photos and illustrations. The modern web artist must learn the differences between the graphic formats and their advantages/disadvantages.

Online Advertising Models

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The web has developed a number of different revenue models, delivery methods and advertising types. This article talks about the different ways of advertising in the online universe.

Key tools for Online Professionals

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Internet has transformed the way people work, but true web professionals can get more done, more efficiently and faster than others. Part 1 of this series explores key web technologies that will help you learn and become more efficient.

Choosing a Platform for your site

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Creating more robust websites with content that changes on a regular basis is best handled via a content management system. This article discusses the different Content Management System options designers have when creating websites.

Understanding Links & References

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The world wide web was created with the goal of linking documents to one another through hyperlinks. To be able to accomplish this, a web developer must understand the different types of links and references available. This article discusses the different types and methods of linking your pages.

CarrosYa.com Fans

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Some custom fans for a festival. This is a mockup. The fans will be printed later.

The Anatomy of CSS

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Style sheets allow you to design how HTML in web pages look, understanding their structure is an important part of becoming a web developer.

Setting up a Simple Server

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

In order to upload files to an FTP site, you'll need to know how to get to the username and password information on your host. This article discusses how to set up a 1&1 site and Cyberduck, a mac FTP client.

The Structure of HTML

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

HTML is the language behind almost all of the pages of the internet. This tutorial is an introduction to the important concepts and tags that make up the web's markup language.

The Fundamentals of the Internet

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

This article discusses the history and the different technologies that make up the backbone of the internet. It is meant for web professionals who are getting started on the field and is part of a series of a class I'm teaching at Seminole Community College called the Fundamentals of Interactive Design.

Your Web Server

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Two of the most important decisions you'll make when setting up your web presence is your domain name and who you choose to host with. This article introduces you to the different server technologies available at different hosts and makes some suggestions on what you should consider.

CarrosYa.com

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

A new place to research buy and sell your car online. Part of a larger promotional campaign.

Learn to build a horizontal platform game.

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Ray shows you how to build a fairly complex platform game using Flash and ActionScript with walking, jumping, gravity, friction, ladders, multiple levels, etc.

Encapsulation

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Flash allows you to embed movie clips inside other movie clips. An important concept to master is a clear understanding of the Flash hierarchy. This lesson teaches you to control the structure of your flash piece by purposely creating complex clips.

The Joy of Preloading

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700

Preloaders give visual feedback to your users about the loading progress of large flash documents. In this tutorial Ray Villalobos teaches you how to build extremely re-usable preloaders. He also covers building common libraries and templates to make your workflow more efficient.

XML in Flash

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Learn my award winning technique for separating presentation from content. It allows producers and designers to work concurrently instead of making designers wait for content from producers. You'll be twice as productive and you'll never program the same way again.

Pixel Transition and masking

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Create a neat pixel style flash transition using masking and a pattern developed with Adobe Illustrator. Learn the basics of masking to create animations.

Multi purpose buttons and loading externals

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

In this episode of the Flash Video Podcast, Ray shows you how to build a slideshow that uses generic buttons and loads photos or flash animations from an external source. You can download the source files for this project here to follow along with the podcast.

Draggable Menu Element

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Ray shows you how to do a draggable menu element. It all starts with a circular button that expands into a full menu, then collapses back to it's original shape and allows you to control an interface element. Drag it around the screen in either it's original or open position.

Navigational Scroller

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Ray shows you how to create a scrollable navigational element. Very useful for instances where you need to navigate through a lot of photos in a confined space. Learn to control movie clip movement through ActionScript with a little bit (very little, I promise) of math and physics.

Auto Centering Content

planetoftheweb@gmail.com (Ray Villalobos) — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800

Learn to build a flexible auto centering content area with Flash and ActionScript. Click on a button to control the movement of a separate movie clip that looses momentum as it reaches it's destination. Once built, you can arrange your movie clips in any way you like.