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Basic Web Design

On This Page . . .

• Domain Names -- Look for an available domain name.
• The List -- Search for an Internet Provider (ISP)
• Web Design Guides -- Resources to assist you in the designing process.
• HTML -- Learn the latest HTML standards.
• HTML Browser Support
  -- Learn which tags are supported by various browsers.
• Graphics -- Sources for color information, images, backgrounds and textures.
• Typography -- Fonts for the Web
• Tables -- Explore the basics of tables.
• Frames -- Learn how to create a framed page.
• Forms / Guestbooks & Counters

Looking for information on HTML, graphics and other Web Page design goodies? Use this page as your starting point. Good Web Page Design is more than learning HTML. It takes content or solid marketing communications skills, design and graphics ability, HTML skills and programming skills (especially for high-end work). Be prepared to delve into all four areas if you want to develop a quality Web Site. Advanced topics are discussed on the Webmaster Links page.

Domain Names

Search the InterNIC's domain database to see if a proposed domain name is already taken.

• Search for a Domain Name on the InterNIC's Web-based form
• The InterNIC

Web Design Guides

• Bandwidth Conservation Society
• David W. Baker's WWW Authoring Information
• HTML Primers - If you know nothing about HTML, this is where you start
• Sucky to Savvy - Do's and Don'ts of Web Design according to Jeffrey M. Glover
• Web Tools Review
• The Mining Company's Web Development Site

HTML

If you haven't chosen your Web Editor, see CNET's review of 11 HTML Editors

• Author's Guide and HTML Reference for Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Bare Bones Guide to HTML
• HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
• HTML Goodies: The Tutorials
• Netscape Navigator's 3.0 Reviewer's Guide
• Ron Woodall's Compendium of HTML Elements lists what versions of HTML, Netscape, MSIE, and Mosaic support a given tag.

Bobby

Your Web site should be designed for all browsers. A quick way to check how your site will look in another browser is with Bobby. Designed to help you make web pages accessible to those with disabilities, it will also find HTML compatibility problems that prevent pages from displaying correctly on different Web browsers.

Browser Support

• BrowserCaps provides information about browser support including platform information and beta versions.
• The HTML Reference Guide has a great comparison section for MSIE, NN, and Spry for the Windows platform. It comes as a Windows Help file for both Win3.X or Win95 systems.
• Sizzling HTML Jalfrezi This site has a nice list of all the tags AND it tells you which tag is supported by which browser and version.
• Browser Features Chart

Graphics

• Netscape's Creating High Impact Documents -- Information on GIFs and JPEGs
• MetaBuilder's Graphics Tutorials - A huge list of graphics tutorials on the Internet for a variety of graphics programs.
• Web Clip Art Resource Library

Color

• DMS Guide to Web Color & Palettes & Gamma
• Lynda.Com's Hue and Value Charts - provides both hex number and RGB code.
  • NHue.gif
  • NValue.gif
• Netscape Color Names -- HTML codes for page and table color backgrounds.
• RGB Color Chart
• Victor Engle's No Dither Netscape Color Palette
• Web Color Tutorial

Graphic Images -- For a Fee

• Corel Art
• Photo Disc
• Publisher's Depot

Graphic Images -- Free

• Free GIF Photos
• Yahoo's Clipart Links
• Net-Users Graphics Library
• Yahoo's Icon Links

Backgrounds & Textures

• The Art Machine--Textures & Wallpapers
• The Background FAQ
• The Background Sampler (Netscape)
• Controlling Document Backgrounds (Netscape)
• TextureLand
• Thalia's Color & Background Page
• Web Background Archive - searchable
• WebGround

3-D Graphics

• 3-D Graphic Artists - Tutorials, gallery and interviews on 3-D Graphics.

Animation

• 3-D Animation Workshop
• Stevemd's Animation Instructions
• Web GraFX 2 89a Animated GIF Archive - 5,000+ Animated GIFS

• Bitstream TrueDoc Technology--How to Create Web Document with TrueDoc and Dynamic Fonts and Sample Pages
• Dynamic Font Support in Netscape Communicator
• Microsoft's Typography Page

Tables

• The Table Sampler

Frames

• Frames Made Easy
• Guide to Frames Usage

Forms / Guest Books & Counters

• FreeForm -- A free service which allows you to add fill-out forms to your website without the need to access (or even know) CGI!
• Web Page Access Counters & Trackers

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