Web Page Design Links

1. BACKGROUNDS, BORDERS, AND OTHER WEB GRAPHICS

2. FONTS

  • Acid Fonts. Hundreds of free Truetype fonts for both the PC and Macintosh. The first site I go to when looking for new fonts.
  • Coron's Sources of Fonts. Fantasy, ancient, symbolic, and other speciality fonts.
  • FontFace. FontFace provides genuine Truetype fonts for the PC as well as the Macintosh. New fonts added daily.
  • Font Freak. This is the web's largest archives for downloading free Truetype fonts and dingbats for both PC and Mac.
  • TrueType Fonts by Curtis Clark. Truetype fonts of ancient alphabets and mythic and scientific symbols.
  • Spoogy's Eternal Nirvana of Fonts.

3. GENERAL WEB PAGE DESIGN RESOURCES

  • All Things Web. A unique collection of resources for experienced Web authors. ATW's primary focus is on the creation of usable Web pages. Key content areas include: reader-centered Web design, platform independence, and performance optimization. ATW also focuses on page design techniques, navigation aids, and issues of Web document quality.
  • Announcing Your Web Site. The Practical Professor's Guide will make it easy for you to list your Web site in important places on the Web. Tips are given to improve you ranking with the major search engines, and many links are provided to additional resources.
  • Creating Killer Websites Online. The companion site to David Siegel's best-selling book. If you want to learn how to create third-generation web sites, this site is a must see.
  • Net Tips for Writers and Designers. For site designers, typographers, architects, screenwriters, HTML hackers, and thrill seekers.
  • News, Tips and More About Search Engines. Search Engine Watch is the authoritative guide to searching at Internet search engines, and search engine registration and ranking issues. Learn to submit URLs, use HTML meta tags and boost placement.
  • Web Page Design for Designers. Great techniques for making beautiful, effective web sites.
  • Web Pages That Suck. The web site version of the book Web Pages That Suck.
  • Writing for the Web (part 1). How users read on the Web and how authors should write their Web pages. Part 2. Part 3.
  • Yale University Web Resources. Links to dozens of web design resource sites.
  • Yale Style Manual. Online version of their popular internet style manual.

4. HTML RESOURCES

  • Beginning HTML. Excellent tutorials for learning HTML and Javascript.
  • gettingstarted.net. Designed to help you learn the basics through bite-sized tutorials and hands-on interactive lessons.
  • HTML Help. HTMLHelp.com is maintained by the Web Design Group to provide Web authoring reference material, tips, and answers to frequently asked questions.
  • HTML Tag List. An outstanding reference of most current HTML elements, their attributes, and some examples. Lists elements supported by Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, the WebTV browser and the HTML 4.0 standards. The entire tag list can be downloaded in HTML format for off-line viewing and quick reference.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Web Technology.
  • Links to Helpful Web Page Sites.
  • ZDNet: Five Hot HTML Text Editors. When you need ultimate control over your HTML pages, nothing can help you better than an HTML text editor. This site reviews five of the best.