Web Resources
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books + general + HTML & CSS + JavaScript
scripts + hotlink help + tagboards + brushes & textures
photography + graphics + flash + fonts + SEO
copyright + browsers + computer help + just for fun
Recommended Reading
Books to add to your web design library
- CSS Mastery
Everyone who is interested in CSS based design should read this book. Very clearly written, easy to understand with a lot of pratical examples and two full case studies by leaders in the web design field. - DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model
How to properly incoperate JavaScript with XHTML and CSS.
Resources That Cover Just About Everything
I can't keep track of everything and I only link to stuff I personally have found useful. These lists have so much more.
- Web Developer's Handbook
- HTML, CSS, PHP and more Cheat Sheets
- Cheet Sheet Roundup
- Quick Lookup
Quick reference to all things PHP, MySQL, JS, and CSS. Start typing and see the bit of code and it's properties. - Code Fetch
- A List Apart
Articles from leading web designers on a variety of subjects. - Open Web Design
HTML & CSS templates—feel free to copy :) - HTML Goodies
Great for beginners. - W3Schools
Web standards compliant mark-up from those who set the standards, fantastic for beginners. - Web Standards Workshop
- HTML Dog
HTML and CSS guide - EchoEcho
Tutorials on all sorts of web languages. - Mark-up Semantic Basics
- ASCII Code Table
Code for all those special charaters. - XHTML
- CSS Layouts
- One True Layout
The ultimate CSS layout with tips, tricks, browser hacks and documentation. - The Holy Grail 3 column, liquid center, fixed sidebars CSS layout.
- Another 3 Column Liquid Layout
- A CSS Framework
- CSS Grids
Lots and lots of CSS grids to play with. - The Layout Reservoir
Basic pre-made CSS layouts - CSS Layouts
Pre-made CSS layouts, part 2 - CSS Liquid Examples and tutorial for liquid layouts
- One True Layout
- CSS Based Drop Down Menus
- CSS Dropdown menus
Doesn't work quite right in IE 7 - Another CSS Dropdown menu
- CSS Dropdown menus
- Stripped Down Style: Formatting content for CSS
- CSS Techniques Roundup—20 CSS Tips & Tricks
- Box Float Hack
- CSS PLaY
A ton of fun stuff, not all of it pratical, but fun. - Centering a fixed width layout
- Rounded Corners Without Images
- Star Rater with CSS
- CSS Uberlinks
Image swap style links without the JavaScript - CSS Panic Guide
- A Guide to CSS Support in Email
- 10 Good Practices for Writing JavaScript
- Java Script Kit
- JavaScript City
- Java-Scripts.net
- JavaScript Libraries Roundup
- Enkoder: JavaScript Encoding for email address links
- iPhoto Like Resizing with JavaScript
Assorted Scripts (PHP, CGI, etc.)
- Code Grrl
Home to many great PHP scripts, including PHPfanbase. - Matt's Script Archive
CGI scripts. - HotScripts.com
A little bit of everything. - Cute News
- Coppermine Photo Gallery
Coppermine Themes and their demos.
- C Box
- Tag-Board.com
- My Shoutbox (multilingual)
- Hybrid Genesis
- Vbrush
- Textura
- Pattern Bomb
- Miss M
- PhotoshopBrushes.com
Free for fun or buy for professional work. - Secret Loft
- Void Brushes
- Dubtastic Design Labs
- Darkwaif Phantasy Gallery
- Imprints
- Tre-xture
- Misprinted Type
Stock Photography: Free or Cheap Sites
- Where to find free images
A list of great sites. - iStockPhoto
Cheap photos from 72 to 300 dpi. - PhotoCase
- Good Tutorials.com
Great stuff and a ton of it; for Photoshop. - Sketch Pad
Great beginner tutorials for multiple programs. - Pixel2Life
Tutorials for every graphics and web programs under the sun...well, at least the ones worth having. - Lunacore
Great tutorials for editing faces in a non-destructive manner. - Emoticon Tutorial
- Flash Kit
- Action Script Toolbox
A great guide to the language of Flash: actionscripting. - Flash Content and Z-Index
- JavaScript Embedding for Flash:
- Method One: Flash Object
- Method Two: UFO
- Method Three: Flash Satay
- In search of... a perfect plugin technique
Browser analysis of the three methods.
- 1001 Fonts
- DaFont
- Font Freak
- Larabie Fonts
- Cool Archive
Free fonts, clip art, sounds, etc. - 20 Best License Free Official Fonts
- 25 Best License Free Pixel Fonts
- Web Typography
Search Engines Optimization (SEO):
- Google Webmaster Guidleines
- Draw Attention to Your Site Through Search Engine Optimization
- Search Engine Relationship Chart
Know where to submit your site first. - Robots.txt generator
Prevent search engines from crawing certain directories in your site - UrlTrends
Website Optimization Reports, Search Engine Ranking Trends and Online Competitive Research. - Site Score
Rates how well designed, popular, and accessable your site is. - SEO for the Big Three
Google, Yahoo!, and MSN - SEO Tools
Free tools to help you analyze and optimize your site
- Copyscape
Search the web for people copying your site's content.
Browsers (does your site work in all of them?):
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox (my favorite)
- Opera
- Yahoo! Graded Browser Support
- A list of every browser ever
- Browser Archive
- Quirks Mode
Make sure your site looks right for everyone on every major browser.
- Brilliant Button Maker
- FavIcon Maker
Resizes pics to make a favicon for your site - Color Blender
Pick any two colors, decide how many steps you want, and push a button—Hexadecimal code included. - Color Schemer