Useful sites for webdesign

Note: This was created for a class I taught in 2003 on webdesign. These days, I would just put these all (and I have!) in del.icio.us. ;-)

Reminder:
Always read copyright and usage statements carefully.

Code checkers

• Dead link checker: http://www.dead-links.com/
• Metadata Creator/Generator: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
• Accessibility & more checker http://webxact.watchfire.com
• Link checker, etc:
  http://validator.w3.org/

Color & Graphics

Color theory

• Color theory: http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
• Color design for the web, http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/color/
• Kodak: Digital Color:http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/book3/chapter2/index.shtml

Color tools

• Colormaker: shows realtime color choices, http://www.bagism.com/colormaker/
• Color Palette Generator: interactive design of color palettes (themes) for website, http://slayeroffice.com/tools/color_palette/
  
• Colors for websites (interactive color wheel), http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/
  
• Non-dithering colors by hue & value: http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html
• Retouch Pro: Color charts for skin & hair: http://www.retouchpro.com/pages/colors.html
• Webmaster's Color Lab: http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

Fonts

• Abstract fonts: 10,000 free fonts: http://www.abstractfonts.com/fonts/new_fonts.htm?set_date=2002-09-11&p=1
• Fontfreak: free & shareware:
  http://www.fontfreak.com/index2.htm
• The Webmaster's Color Lab:http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/
• Non-dithering colors by hue & value: http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html

Graphics generator &
freeware/shareware images

• Logo creator: Cool text: http://www.cooltext.com/
• Barry's Clip Art Server:
  http://www.barrysclipart.com/
• Clips Ahoy: http://www.clipsahoy.com/

Software

• UGA software: http://www.uga.edu/sitesoft/
• Download.com: shareware, etc:
  http://www.download.com

Statistics

• Statcounter.com: free hits and traffic counter: http://www.statcounter.com/

Style & Accessibility

• Worst of the web (for what NOT to do!) http://www.worstoftheweb.com/
• Yale's Style Manual: http://www.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/contents.html

Writing the code (HTML, Javascript, CSS)
CSS

• Adding a touch of style: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style.html
• CSS Cheat sheet: http://www.tek271.com/articles/css_cheat_sheet.html
• CSS Spacing: http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/20061/0/page/18

HTML

• Advanced HTML for Beginners: http://www.ahfb2000.com/html.php
• Creating web pages in Composer: http://www.nova.edu/stafftrain/composer.html
• HTML
  Cheat sheet: http://www.netlingo.com/tags.cfm
• HTML Code Tutorial: http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
• HTML goodies: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
• Introduction to HTML: http://www.cwru.edu/help/introHTML/toc.html
• Writing HTML:
  http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

Javascript

Some other interesting sites:

• Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/
• Learn the web: http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/www.html
• Search engine watch: http://searchenginewatch.com/
• Site banned by Google? Or was it the other way around? http://www.traffick.com/article.asp?aID=99
• Web error messages: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/error.asp
• Web Monkey: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
• The web robots' page:
  http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/robots.html
• Why web users scan instead of reading:
  http://www.useit.com/alertbox/whyscanning.html
• Writing for the web: http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/