Web Design Links
This is by no means an exhaustive list of resources, but these links represent some of the best and most important resources regarding web design, web standards and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
- HTML Dog
- "A Good Practice Guide to XHTML and CSS. HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, Articles and News. Welcome to HTML Dog, the web designer's resource for everything HTML and CSS, the most common technologies used in making web pages."
- Google Sitemaps
- "Google Sitemaps is an easy way for you to submit all your URLs to the Google index and get detailed reports about the visibility of your pages on Google." http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/login
- Creative Commons
- Creative Commons is a nonprofit that offers a flexible copyright for creative work.
- BrowserCam
- See what your design look like in all of the browsers (you will be surprised).
- Web Design Practices
- Examinations of current web design practices on the Internet.
- 12 Website Design Decisions Your Business or Organization Will Need to Make
- Examinations of current web design practices on the Internet.
- XHTML Tags
- "You may be on your first website. But more likely you're faced with redesigning a website that isn't functioning as well as it should. I see 12 vital decisions involved with developing a website, and I want to explain them with you in mind . . ."
- Formatting Lists
- Take that ordinary Unordered List and really jazz it up.
- Style Versus Design
- Jeffery Zeldman discuss the difference between the two and "Why Understanding the Difference Is What It's All About".
- Stylizing Links
- Guidelines for Visualizing Links
- Enkoder Form
- Hide your email address from spam bots with this fantastic online tool.
- How to Conceive a Layout
- How to begin with your CSS layout.
- W3 Schools
- An extensive (if not exhaustive) list of online tutorials for web technologies. An EXCELLENT resource for all.
- Web Standards Project
- A grassroots coalition fighting for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
- The W3C
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) defines the medium in which we all are part of.
- Markup Validation Service
- A free online service for validating your web pages for conformance to the W3C recommendations and other standards.
- CSS Validation Service
- A free service that checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.
- Bulk Register
- If you are going to register a lot of domains, there is no better way to become your own domain registrar.