Web Design

Web Design Concepts

About.com: Web Design
http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesign/Web_Design.htm
Web Design topics for beginners.

Ask Tog: First Principles of Effective Interfaces
http://www.asktog.com/basics/firstPrinciples.html
Seventeen design principles that every interface should follow.

Section 508
http://www.section508.gov/
"Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities...Using this web site, Federal employees and the public can access resources for understanding and implementing the requirements of Section 508."

Sun Microsystem's Java Applets
http://java.sun.com/applets/
Java applets can be used to add interactive elements to a Web site. This site contains a number of free applets and links to other applet resources.

University of Washington AccessIT: Web Design & Development I
http://www.washington.edu/accessit/webdesign/
"This [free] course curriculum is an introduction to the design, creation, and maintenance of web pages and websites. With it, you will learn how to critically evaluate website quality; learn how to create and maintain quality web pages; learn about web design standards and why they're important; and learn to create and manipulate images."

Usability.gov
http://www.usability.gov/
Information on "designing usable, useful and accessible Web sites and user interfaces."

Vischeck
http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/
"Vischeck is a way of showing you what things look like to someone who is color blind. You can try Vischeck online- either run Vischeck on your own image files or run Vischeck on a web page. You can also download programs to let you run it on your own computer."

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
http://www.w3.org/WAI/
"WAI, in coordination with organizations around the world, pursues accessibility of the Web through five primary areas of work: technology, guidelines, tools, education and outreach, and research and development."

Web Style Guide
http://www.webstyleguide.com/
Eight chapters on Web design: process, interface design, site design, page design, typography, editorial style, graphics, and multimedia.

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Web Design Software Tutorials

W3 Schools
http://www.w3schools.com/
"At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, Multimedia and WAP."

Adobe Digital Design Curriculum
http://www.adobe.com/education/resources/k12/instructional/digitaldesign/index.html
"Digital Design is a year-long curriculum guide that develops ICT skills in web design and production using Adobe web tools. You can use Digital Design in career and technical education courses as well as general web design classes."

Dreamweaver Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/
Dreamweaver updates, tutorials, training, FAQ's, design suggestions, downloads, and more from Adobe.

Flash Developer Center
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/
Flash articles, tutorials, and samples from Adobe.

Lynda.com Free Training
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modListing.asp
"FREE access to over 1095 movie tutorials" on a wide variety of web design and image editing software."

Microsoft Expression Web Site
http://www.microsoft.com/Expression/products/overview.aspx?key=web
Microsoft FrontPage information, assistance, tutorials, and support.

Microsoft FrontPage for Educators
http://www.microsoft.com/education/FrontPage.mspx
Highlights, product resources and tools, and information on previous versions of Microsoft FrontPage.