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Maths In Games Variables and Physics
This is the 3rd post in the Maths In Games series. The previous posts have given a very brief overview of some of the ways that maths can be used in computer games. Had algebra been explained to me in school using examples of its use in games, it might have made things more interesting […]
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In the last “Maths In Games” post (click here to read Maths In Games Intro), we used X and Y coordinates to place our character on screen. This time we are going to talk about algebra and moving our character around. Algebra is the part of mathematics in which letters and other general symbols are […]
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This post and the next few will cover “Maths in Games”. The idea came to me after talking to different friends about their kids in school and how very little has changed over the years. When I was their age I used to sit through Math classes wondering why I would ever need to know […]
Continue readingAnimate In Excel
When creating a logo for my next site, I wanted to do it completely in Excel and then I later decided to animate in Excel. The logo itself is relatively straightforward using Excel’s shapes. The image below shows the final logo and also the shapes used to make it. I used Excel’s Drawing Tools to […]
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In 2017 I will be creating my ExcelWithExcel.ie site, in preparation for this I had to design a logo. So, being an Excel geek, I thought why not create the logo in Excel….. so I did. When talking about animating the logo as an introduction to videos, I was challenged to animate the logo in […]
Continue readingSum By Color in Excel
With improvements to the last few versions of Excel I see people using colors in cells more, the ability to filter by color adds to the benefit of using fill colors. However, the increasing use of colors has led to the increasing number of requests for help I receive to sum by color in Excel. […]
Continue readingLayout With Columns
Improving your layout with columns is easy to do. Whether you want to set a layout with 3 columns, or a 3 column layout, it’s simply and gives very different results. I say 3 columns, but this could be 2, 4, 5 whatever you want (the more columns you have, the less impressive the page […]
Continue readingHTML5 CSS LAYOUT
So, you can display text and images on screen, you can insert numbered lists and bullet point lists, you can change elements of the page, but you’re probably not feeling as warm and fuzzy about your website as you feel. Let’s look at HTML5 CSS Layout now, “div” in particular and then hopefully you will […]
Continue readingCSS Selectors
CSS Selectors allow us to target and style specific elements of our webpage. In the last post, we applied borders and fonts to different headers in our page. The different level headers (h1, h2, h3) are different elements of the page. In the CSS file, we use CSS selectors to select and style those […]
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Improve the look of your website with borders. They are easy to create and useful for separating sections of your page and improving the look of the site. CSS borders should not be mistaken for tables. Tables contain rows, columns, cells and may or may not have borders. A CSS border on the otherhand, is […]
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To improve the look and layout of webpages, CSS is often used alongside HTML. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can dramatically improve the look of your page with just a few small changes. If you’re following the HTML series of posts below you will have created 3 relatively bare looking pages. HTML Basics HTML Lists HTML […]
Continue readingBasics of HTML Images
Without images and other media, websites can be as boring as phone books (remember those?). In this post I will show you how to add images to your HTML pages. The code for HTML images is relatively straightforward. If you have been following this series of posts, this is the 4th post in the series. […]
Continue readingBasics of HTML Links
If you’re following the series of posts, you will have created two basic html web pages so far, one called “index” and one called “music”. If you haven’t been following the posts, you can read them from here if you want… Basic HTML Page Basic Lists You do not need to follow these posts, if […]
Continue readingHTML Basics of Lists
This post will go through creating simple lists for your website. It covers ordered lists, unordered lists, definition lists and nested lists. In the last blog post we created a file called “index.html”. Click here to review the blog if you haven’t read through it already and want to continue following this series. If you’re […]
Continue readingHTML Back To Basics
As you look at websites, do you ever wonder about how it was made? Did it cost thousands to create? Was it made by a 45 year old virgin living in his mother’s basement? These thoughts are not entirely true. You can write your own website for free. It is true that there are some […]
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