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Hockey Arena Video Tutorial Series
Written by Sam Hansen
Wednesday, 17 June 2009 07:13
Introducing the Hockey Arena Tutorial series of videos. Since creating my first review of the Hockey Arena site I have had a number of people ask if i could cover the finer points of the game. Hence the idea of a video series was born. I apologize in advance for the quality of the videos. I am still learning the ins and outs of Camtasia and trying to find the best setting to use.
The series comprises of 8 videos and covers the following topics:
Today I uploaded part 5 of the video series teaching how to build a CSS website using nothing more than Notepad. In today's video I gave an introduction to Styles and Formatting, and how they apply to CSS websites. Primarily todays video focusses on heading tags and setting styles withing the CSS stylesheet. In the next few videos we will be greatly enhancing the styles and bringing in more CSS styling options.
To view todays video, click the thumbnail in the right menu, or click here. You can also view the videos on youtube (if you have issues viewing them on here) by going to my Youtube page.
According to Google Trends, Joomla use has been steadily on the rise since mid 2005, giving credence to the belief that Joomla is the best CMS option to use for a wide variety of websites.
This got me wondering, how many people use Joomla to it's full advantage? We all know that Joomla is a fantastic system to use as a more feature rich version of a blog, but often i've noticed that people write content and hit post without thinking about the finer details of what they're doing.
So today I wanted to touch on 2 features of posting a new article (from administration and/or user end) that are missed in over 70% of posts i come across, those being:
Parameters (Advanced)
Metadata Information
I'm going to start with the latter in this case, as it's the more important one to use.
Meta Data used to be key to getting good page rank. As the internet and search engine tactics improved, they became less important, but are still a "must have" on every single web page. This is where many people go wrong. When you post a new article in Joomla and view it in the browser, it is loaded with it's own meta information such as title, description, keywords, etc. This allows you to have posts on almost any subject and ensure their metadata applies perfectly to each page. A massive kudos to Joomla for this feature. So do you use it?
Over the last few years I have been approached many times asking for tips on how to build custom websites using up to date CSS build techniques.
CSS, or "Custom Style Sheet" is essentially a way to build websites that are quicker to load, easier to work with and compatible with more web browsers. Unlike original HTML which used clumsy tables and hard coded formatting, CSS is more fluid, and much much more powerful.
The problem is, those new to web design often turn to low quality web-design software to help them with their sites. Many of these still use the old style HTML, so the sites they build, while good looking and serving their use are not fully compatible with the search engines, and therefore seriously a major issue.
As promised, the first 3 videos are live, with an added bonus of a 4th video covering how to create a CSS file, duplicating your page and getting your website started.
Part 1 begins with the basic CSS code, and defining the parameters that will make up your website. View all 4 of the videos in the video section.
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Today I uploaded part 5 of the video series teaching how to build a CSS website using nothing more than Notepad. In today's video I gave an introduction to Styles and Formatting, and how they apply to CSS websites. Primarily todays video focusses on heading tags and setting styles withing the CSS stylesheet. In the next few videos we will be greatly enhancing the styles and bringing in more CSS styling options.
As promised, the first 3 videos are live, with an added bonus of a 4th video covering how to create a CSS file, duplicating your page and getting your website started. 
