Web Design Resources | christine castigliano
Design
Inspiration and Resources
Cool
Homepages.com
[ Site offers categories for browsing well-designed sites,
from corporate to swanky ]
The
Webby Awards
[ study the
best ]
Kaliber10000
[
if you aspire to the latest, check out this ultra-hip site made by and
for young designers. ]
Communication
Arts
[
THE design magazine, online; exhibits link showcases recent award winners
]
lynda.com
- web design training, books, and tips
[ Lynda Weinman - the queen of web graphics - has several
great books and training options ]
websitesthatsuck.com
[
Seattle's own Vincent Flanders. ]
Yale
Style Manual
[ one of the best web design references - also in book form ]
webmonkey/design/
[ good stuff here, though not too recent ]
The Dao
of Web Design
[ article from a list apart - the best ste for designers
who think ]
webdesign.miningco.com/
[ about.com's resources - good inspiration sites ]
Font and
Typography Resources
Free
fonts, TrueType, OpenType - Microsoft Typography
[ Download the "web safe" fonts from Microsoft
]
Identifont
[ find names and sources for many common fonts ]
elkfonts
[ well-organized site to browse and download decent
fonts. Don't know if this is legal, though! ]
counterspace
[ interactive history and classification of typography
]
hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/fonts/tutorials/tutorial3.html
[ Well-written article on viewing type on screen, and type
issues on the Web.]
User Interface Resources
Browser width shown in pixels
[ Simple way to figure out target width and height. Set
screen resolution and browser window and visit this page. ]
the
myth of 800 x 600 - screen resolution stats
[ article on screen res and why we should design web pages
to expand and contract ]
Usability and Navigation Resources
Web
Navigation, Designing the User Experience
[ Article from O'Reilly book identifies key processes ]
User
Interface Engineering
[ Company studies user interaction, publishes reports and
offers usability courses ]
Human
Factors
[
10 usabilty tips from a usability consulting and training company.]
Color Resources
http://www.visibone.com/colorlab
[
great interactive resource to preview and compile a color scheme with
hex colors. ]
http://www.colormix.com
http://www.lynda.com/hex.html
http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/stories/articles/0,4413,2782892,00.html
[ good article on secrets of web color ]
http://www.webdesignclinic.com/ezine/v1i1/color/
Mediarama's
Color Page Builder
[
enter rgb values and it will send the hex values back to you in an email.]
HTML / CSS resources
Webmonkey:
stylesheets: Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial
[ webmonkey's
still the best resource ]
http://www.glish.com/css/
[ excellent,
exhaustive ]
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topnavbar.htm
[ scripts
for menubars, and more ]
jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
[ validates
your CSS ]
The
HTML Writers Guild
FTP
FAQ
NetMechanic
[ check your site's performance ]
Index
Dot HTML: THE Advanced HTML Reference
Welcome
to WebTools
[ another article site ]
molly.com
[ web how-to journalist's site ]
W3C
- The World Wide Web Consortium [ THE official WWW
]
Clip Art
/ Stock Photo Resources
GettyImages.com
[ royalty-free digital stock ]
arttoday.com
[ offers subscription-based access to various royalty-free media types
]
fotosearch.com
[ search engine for many stock image companies ]
images.google.com
[ search away. ]
Microsoft
clip gallery live
[ collections by style or subject ]