Websites for Better Designers

Coding

• Quackit… Reminders for coding pages using XHTML
• HTML Goodies…CSS topics/tips for all levels
• Max Design…CSS how-tos: lists, floats, column layouts
• NuTutorials…Refresh yourself with these HTML/CSS tutorials
• Tutorial 18:CSS Positioning, Part 1…Good diagrams!
• Your CSS Tutorial…Links to frequently asked CSS questions
• CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit…Layout using CSS positioning -- no tables!
• The CSS Box Model…One-page article on the box model
• Simple 2 Column CSS Layout…Straightforward two-column CSS layout tutorial

Color

• EchoEcho Web Hosting… Coloring text and background with CSS
• Java Applet… Picking colors in two easy steps
• Vandelay Website Design… Excellent resource to learn about color
• Color Scheme Generator…Investigating possible color schemes made easy
• Kuler…Explore, create, and share color schemes

Design

• Free Website Templates…Free website templates:boon or bane?
• A List Apart…Intelligent, thoughtful approach to web design
• How I Prepare Pictures for the Web with PhotoShop …Easy PhotoShopping for web-ready images
• Template Monster…Ready-made web designs found here
• Typetester…Handy way to compare popular fonts
• The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web…Finessing your type for the web
• Dynamic Graphics…Good "real world" web design habbits
• CoolText…Free graphics generator and font archive

Extras

• Free Ruler… Mac users only: versatile free ruler
• Go To And Learn…Learn Flash design/development for free
• Flashkit…Thousands of tutorials for Flash users
• Firefox Add-ons…Firefox add-on gives developers more tools
• Layers…On-line magazine instructs on all Adobe products

FYI

• Practical eCommerce…Design search engine-friendly websites now!
• ezine Articles…Find the right web hosting company
• Head First Forums…“Head First” forums answer your questions
• Web…Get your free domain here!
• Maximized Software…Who's visiting your website? Check here!
• Digital Inspiration…Make your website foreign visitor-friendly
• Elated…Webmaster forum provides help and chat
• Webhosting Guide…Web hosting, design, marketing and you
• F-Shaped Pattern for Reading Web Content…F-shaped reading pattern and site usability

Writing

• wikiHow…Quick how-tos for successful web writing
• Research Tools Style Guide…Writing style guide: good and handy
• Blah-Blah Text: Keep, Cut, or Kill?…Introductory writing: what goes, what stays
• Website Tips…Lots about writing for the web

Contributors

• Adams, Chris J.
• Cassidy, Colleen M.
• Cornielle, Diana I.
• Dowling, Elaine K.
• Dunbar, Jason
• Greenhoe, John R.
• Kudrin Jr, Gilbert S.
• Morgenstein, Sarah E.
• Neal, Loretta L.
• Nitza, Patricia A.
• Peters, Nicholas E.
• Stanley, Amanda C.
• Suchovsky, Deborah A.