- useit.com
By Jakob Nielsen. Includes Alertbox, a bi-weekly column on web usability and user interface design.
www.useit.com
- @Websites
Offers web design resources for beginners including HTML tutorial, clip art, fonts, backgrounds, forums where pros answer your questions, and more.
www.atwebsites.com
- 12 Design Decisions Your Organization or Business Will Need to Make
An interactive article designed to help small business people make correct design decisions the first time. Returns an e-mail copy of decisions made.
www.wilsonweb.com/articles/12design.htm
- 123 ClipArt.com
Resource for new web developers containing articles focusing on web graphic creation, and free clip art.
www.123clipart.com
- Best Designs, The
Features design examples, articles, resources, and more.
www.thebestdesigns.com
- Best Web Gallery
Inspiration for CSS Flash Design Inspiration.
bestwebgallery.com
- bk2k.com
Includes free web graphics, HTML tutorials, tools, java applets, design tips, and book and software reviews.
www.bk2k.com
- Boxes and Arrows
Peer-written journal dedicated to discussing, improving, and promoting the work of the design community through the sharing of exemplary technique, innovation, and informed opinion.
www.boxesandarrows.com
- BrainJar.com
Features technical articles, tutorials, and examples of programming for the Web.
www.brainjar.com
- ByCorene.com Design Tips
Step by step instructions for using Netscape composer, Internet resources, and articles about good web design.
www.bycorene.com/class/webpage.htm
- CAUGHT
Consortium Against Unnecessary Graphics and Hypertext Tags.
www.jetcafe.org/~npc/caught/caught.html
- Compworks Guide to Design
Guide to producing web pages, from simple HTML text editing to using professional web design, associated graphics programs, Java, JavaScript, and DHTML. Includes information on building and maintaining your PC.
www.compworks.freeserve.co.uk
- ConceptShare
Online design collaboration made easy.
www.conceptshare.com
- CoolHomePages.com
Scan and view thousands of the best site designs for inspiration via this fully categorized and searchable gallery.
www.coolhomepages.com
- createBlog
Layouts, scripts, tutorials, and help for Blogger, Livejournal, Myspace, Xanga, and other sites.
www.createblog.com
- Design Is Kinky
Intelligent discussion about web design.
www.designiskinky.net
- Design Not Found
[read review]
Usability critique looks at the best and worst examples of contingency design through a series of site snapshots.
www.37signals.com/dnf
- Design Project
Design examples, interviews with leading designers, tutorials and so on.
www.design-agency.com/project
- DesignersTalk
Forums for designers to talk about website design.
www.designerstalk.com
- DesignSquare
Includes downloadable graphics, interfaces, templates, and scripts, plus HTML tutorials and a forum.
design.s-q-u-a-r-e.com
- Eightfold Path to Enlightened Websight, The
Distillation of Web design principles from teknozen @ction web sites.
www.teknozen.com/tekfiles/8.html
- Elegant Hack
Guide to articles and books on information architecture, interface design, usability, user centered design, and more.
www.eleganthack.com
- GeniusShack.com
Offers a place for website owners to connect and get design tips and advice, find articles, and access message boards.
www.geniusshack.com
- Graphic Design Resources
Categories include fonts, cgi, web design guidelines, image collections, image viewers, sound libraries, validation, and web tools.
www.lightlink.com/xine/graphics.html
- Halfproject
Gathering of artists to create new ideas and promote collaboration and communication among local and foreign design scene.
www.halfproject.com
- Head-Space
Cooperative project of several web designers, dedicated to pushing boundaries that aren't approached in commercial design.
www.head-space.com
- JErmExpress
Offers tutorials, discussion forums, and interfaces.
www.jermexpress.com
- Kaliber 10000
A gallery of web design and typography.
www.k10k.net
- Light on Dark
Promotes web design formats with light text on a dark background to enhance the site's usability. Includes a gallery of web sites with dark backgrounds, related resources, and news.
www.lightondark.com
- Make Your Own Personal Web Site
Learn about creating a website, buying your own domain name, HTML and WYSIWYG editors, web page hosting, and search engine optimization.
www.makepersonalwebsite.com
- My Cute Graphics
Resource page offers free layouts, backgrounds, icons, glitter graphics, and animations for Myspace, blogs, and email.
www.mycutegraphics.com
- Netmaking.com
Webmaster resource site with tutorials, articles, and site reviews.
www.netmaking.com
- Operation Web
Provides resources for webmasters.
www.operationweb.com
- Page Resource.com
Tutorials on HTML, JavaScript, and other information for creating web pages.
www.pageresource.com
- Patrick J. Lynch
Site of the co-author of the Yale Web Style Guide and the Design Director at the Yale University School of Medicine's Web Design and Development Unit features the biweekly column visualLogic.
www.patricklynch.net
- Pirated Sites
[read review]
Showcases side-by-side comparisons of web sites that are suspected of borrowing, copying, or stealing copyright-protected content, design, or code without permission.
www.pirated-sites.com
- Review Web Design
User-generated review of web sites to understand new design technologies. Features suggest a site and links to design guide.
www.review-webdesign.com
- Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi
Comprehensive guide to writing web sites.
www.htmlbyexample.com
- Student Web Awards
Nationwide Web design contest just for high school students.
www.studentwebawards.com
- Studio Smackdown
Five contestants, four weeks, one graphics design winner.
www.studiosmackdown.com
- Style Your Sheet
Weave your wild web the Underground way.
www.links.net/webpub/style.html
- Techude's Claris Home Page Tutorial
Provides step-by-step instructions for web page layout in Claris/Filemaker Home Page, focusing on the use of tables.
www.easygreen.net/design/lessons
- Textbased.com
Minimalistic web design, theory, and discussions by Jarrod Piccioni.
www.textbased.com
- Typetester
Online application for web designers to compare font sizes on screen.
typetester.maratz.com
- U Creative
Resource site for web designers, graphic designers, imaging companies, and amateur design enthusiasts. Features tips and how-tos for using different designing software.
www.ucreative.com
- Usable Web
Contains links and information about human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the Web.
www.usableweb.com
- ventilate
Reviews Canadian and international web design, photography, and music through interviews, links, and more.
www.ventilate.ca
- Viewable With any Browser
Campaign for a non-browser specific WWW ; site also offers graphics and information for use in joining the campaign.
www.anybrowser.org/campaign
- Void3.com
Offers critique on the design and style of various web sites.
www.void3.com
- Web Creme
Blog featuring daily examples of the cream of the crop in web design.
www.webcreme.com
- Web Design From Scratch
Ben Hunt takes you through the basics of good web design with tutorials, case studies, and how-to guides.
www.webdesignfromscratch.com
- Web Design Library
Provides tutorials, articles, basics, tools, tips, and more for web designing.
webdesign.templatemonster.com
- Web Design Practices
Devoted to helping designers understand what design practices are currently in use on the Web. Also gathers research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices.
www.webdesignpractices.com
- Web Page Design for Designers
With an emphasis on graphic design and content rather than on technology.
www.wpdfd.com
- Web Site Design
An online course in designing web sites.
www.shire.net/learnwebdesign/index.html
- Web Style Guide
Provides a thorough and accessible guide to Web design for developers around the world. Covers graphic and information design, page layout, site organization, navigation, and multimedia content.
www.webstyleguide.com
- Wigglebits
Features a guide on how to build a school web site using HTML and a web editor.
www.wigglebits.com
- WildMag 256b.htm Compo
Competition to create a nice static or dynamic web site in just 256 bytes.
wildmag.de/compo.php
- Write Market, The
Articles, resources, and tutorials on design, search engine promotion, ezines, writing for the web, and Internet marketing, also offers free art gallery.
www.thewritemarket.com
- Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
Takes into account graphic design, user interface design, information design, and the technical authoring skills required to optimize HTML code, graphics, and text.
cal.bemidji.msus.edu/webtraining/yalemanual
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