Useful web sites for making web sites

[misohoni]

Just wondering what sites you use to design/develop your web site?

Here's mine, hope you find them useful:

Web Design:
http://www.yayhooray.com/forum/2.html
http://www.andybudd.com/links/
http://www.eleganthack.com/widgetopia/
http://www.thebestdesigns.com/

Web Development:
http://www.greatnexus.com/articles/introduction-to-php.php
http://www.w3schools.com/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Photos:
http://www.istockphoto.com/
http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm?CategoryID=38
http://www.wade.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/tutorial1.htm

SEO:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/
http://www.netmechanic.com/server_check/site_monitoring.htm

[THT]

For beginners in HTML - http://www.the-html-tutorial.com

THT

[disgust]

I use http://www.photo.net/ when I'm just playing around, sometimes I find things I can work in, but you can't use them for anything beyond private use (usually)..

[curious]

Hi,

I have never put up a website before.. :-( Planning to work at it. I was told that it's not rocket science with ipowerweb. Anyone familiar with it?

Tx.

[THT]

curious, see the link in my sig.... its not hard at all!

[misohoni]

w3schools.org is pretty useful as well.

[rfuess]

Here is a great color code chart. Unlike most, it allows you to see what colors look good together. It has a chart of over 1000 colors. I built it so my customers could pick a good color scheme and see the impact of their color choices. Its free for anyone to use though.

http://www.SpiderWebLogic.com/HTML-color-chart.aspx


For html tags, I usually use DevGuru's listing.
http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/html/quickref/html_index.html

Robert Fuess
Spiderweb Logic
Software Engineer

[zez]

w3schools.org is pretty useful as well.

This is great site.
Your list is very helpful! :)

[Foxy]

Hi,

I have never put up a website before.. :-( Planning to work at it. I was told that it's not rocket science with ipowerweb. Anyone familiar with it?

Tx.

I use ipowerweb and they have quite a few tools for free there it will take you sometime to understand how to use them tho

[curious]

Thank u for all your help. I am using ipowerweb now. Just started writing the site. Bought a template from 4template.com and had a friend came over and guided me step by step. Using Dreamweaver.. slowly and hopefully surely
:-)

[Foxy]

Thank u for all your help. I am using ipowerweb now. Just started writing the site. Bought a template from 4template.com and had a friend came over and guided me step by step. Using Dreamweaver.. slowly and hopefully surely
:-)

Well done - its the only way - slowly and surely.

Do not be afraid to come back and ask for help from anybody :)

BTW - when you want to use eg Blogger you will go on to the Plugins in vdeck and it will do it for you setting up b2 - very easy. But then it says as the title "My Blogger" so you go to templates and try to find where to change it - which you can by taking out the code between Title tags and replacing it directly with your Text. [You will need to scroll down further on that page to change your links using html] But in order to do it on the config file you will need to go directly to that file using the system files - the "other file" changing button won't allow you. To access the system files you need to click on preferences, top right, and enable the system radio button [4 down I think] and this will show you the system files when you click on host manager. Select b2 and then find b2_config and then click the "text" button on the right which will give you your page to edit - scroll down to name and change it what you want.

Also you should know that ipowerweb on these type functions will give the address as http://xxx.com rather than http://www.xxx.com - you need to use the latter [which will work] as the address for blogger for the SEs :)

Good Luck

[schlottke]

maybe not a good idea to link out to porn sites? ;)

[Owlcroft]

A few quick thoughts:

1. If you use any automated or semi-automated means to generate web pages, look them over "by hand" (in a text editor) afterwards. You can often drastically shrink the code size.

2. Always run all your pages through a third-pary validator, such as the w3c validator. Auto-made pages are usually full of noncompliant code. Fix it.

3. As the "General Instructions" in Chapter 10 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball admonish umpires, "Keep your eye everlastingly on the ball." Your site has a purpose, and its look and feel and operation are means to an end, not ends in themselves. Imagine yourself as your typical (or your most-desired) visitor, and ask yourself what your first impression and your thoughts would be seeing this site. Many people are actually driven away by a lot of glitz and dazzle. Make sure that your site's function and purpose are immediately obvious (and on every page, not just your front page), and that how to do what you want visotors to do is extraordinarily clear and obvious. (The title "Don't Make Me Think" didn't become a best-seller by chance.)

4. Never forget that human minds absorb useful information overwhelmingly by way of words, old saws about the worth of pictures notwithstanding. Make your critical text simple, clear, and eminently readable. Sites with fonts at html size-level 1 will drive away a lot of people.

5. Sites with tools that help you measure how you're doing SEO-wise are very helpful, but (plug coming) look also for sites that help you actually do things to your site to SEO-improve it.

6. As #1 and #2 above imply, learn HTML (and XHMTL) well. It's nice to have a calculator, but no one suggests we stop learning how to do arithmetic.

[misohoni]

Try this one for Domain names:
http://www.nameboy.com/

[Dji-man]

richinstyle.com is an excellent CSS site, complete with bug guides for every browser. Saves a lot of time when everything works fine except in 1 browser.

It has been very helpful to me and has been keeping me from destroying my computer many times, especially since my sites have to work with NN47 (yes, I know, I know, but I work with a dinosaur who thinks NN47 and 640x480 is the way to go.) :D

[vlead]

http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
http://www.asp101.com/

are good resources for ASP.Net/ASP

[david_sakh]

i would check out the chami site if you are interested in soemthing free.