Web
Design Resources
We have put together
some helpful links and resources for those people who are designing
their own web sites.
Official
Web Language Sites
PHP.net
The official web site for the PHP programming language. Containing
forums, information and support.
Mysql
Official Site
The official web site for the world's most popular open source database.
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
Develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines,
software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C
is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective
understanding. Search all web programming languages.
ASP.net
The official web site for Microsoft's ASP programming language.
Contains support documentation and forums.
Most
Popular Web Browsers
Internet
Explorer
The official site for Microsoft's browser, currently used by about
92% of web surfers.
Mozilla
Firefox
The official site for Mozilla's Firefox browser. The best browser
out there. Fast, great features and able to import all favourites
and settings from Internet Explorer and other browsers.
Opera
The official site for Opera. Another great web browser. Has advanced
cross-platform browser technology for desktop, phones and other
mobile products.
Netscape
The official site for Netscape. This has improved greatly since
the versions of the late nineties, now a very good browser.
Disability
Accessibility Guidelines for Web Design
Web
Accessibility Toolbar
A superb toolbar for help with testing and checking your sites for
disability compliancy.
Disability
Rights Commission
The online library. View and order the policies, and find out the
latest news and research.
Watchfire
Webxact
A free service that tests your pages for accessibility and quality.
Web
Accessibility Initiative
Guidelines and resources for making accessible websites.
Employers'
Forum on Disability
Click on publications to read about the book they wrote on disability.
Web
Accessibility and the DDA
A useful essay written by Martin Sloan about web site accessibility.
Web
Development Scripts
The
PHP Resource Index
PHP scripts of all varieties that are ready for use on your web
site.
HotScripts
The net's largest PHP, CGI, Perl, JavaScript and ASP script collection.
WebDeveloper.com
Where web developers and designers learn how to build web sites,
program in Java and JavaScript, and More!
Web
Script Validation
HTML
Validator
Check that your web pages are compliant with the latest standards
of HTML design.
RSS/XML
Validator
Check that your RSS/XML scripts are valid with this useful tool.
Web
Page Design
CSS
Design: Size Matters
There are many different ways of setting font sizes in your pages
and many obstacles, made by different browsers, to these methods.
So what is the best method for setting font size? This article has
an effective method.
W3
Browser Stats
The trends in browser usage and current browser usage percentage
figures from W3.
The
JavaScript Source
A fantastic resource containing useful javascripts for your web
site.
JavaScript-FX
Some funky JavaScript effect scripts which you can download and
use in your web site designs.
Add
a Favicon to your web site.
Intrigued by those sites that have their own icons appear in the
Favourites list or in the Address bar when you return to that site
via your bookmarks? Here's how to add one into your site.
Freelance
Copywriting
An English freelance copywriter with 14 years in journalism, copywriting
and editing.
MySQL
Reference Sites
Juicy
Studio MySQL Reference
A useful MySQL reference resource.
Useful
Stock Photography Sites
Clipart
and Graphics
Finding
free clipart on the Internet can be a nightmare. Sites have a habit
of sending you round in circles, making it a baffling search. So
I am listing a few useful clipart sites here as I find them.
1clipart.com
Search
Engine Optimisation
High
Rankings
A great site for learning about how to optimise your site for the
search engines. Lots of information, tutorials and forums.
Web
Site Security
AntiSpamBot
Mailto
A very useful script for encrypting your email addresses in your
web site. Why do this? Well many spammers deploy spiders which go
from web site to web site looking for email addresses in the HTML
code. Once it has found your address, it will add it to its list.
Consequently you will be spammed. This script encrypts your email
address in the code, which prevents it from being indexed and logged
by these spiders.
Other
Useful Links
SpamCop
Sick of receiving spam? Use this reporting service. The original
and best reporting service will help you report spam quickly and
accurately.
InformIT
- Online Guide to Tech Reference
Reference guides, newsletters and information resource on all areas
of IT and web design & development. Packed full of ideas and information.
A great resource!
