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Web Development Tools and Resources
Specifications and recommendations at the W3C site
- HTML 4.01: www.w3.org/TR/html4/
- XHTML 1.0: www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/
- CSS 1: www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/
- CSS 2.1: www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/
- WCAG 1.0: www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- WAI: www.w3.org/WAI/
- W3C: www.w3.org/
- Web Standards Group: webstandardsgroup.org/
- Web elements: meiert.com/en/indices/html-elements/
- www.w3.org/TR/css3-background/
- Sitemaps.org Sitemaps.org
- Schema.org Schema.org
Validators
- html, xhtml: validator.w3.org
- CSS: jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
- WAI: www.cynthiasays.com/
- Links: validator.w3.org/checklink
- Feed validator: feedvalidator.org/
Accessibility
- www.webaim.org/simulations/screenreader
- diveintoaccessibility.org/
- WAI: www.w3.org/WAI/
- Screen reader for Firefox:
- www.firevox.clcworld.net/downloads.html
CSS
- www.w3schools.com/css/css_dimension.asp
- www.htmldog.com/guides/cssintermediate/
- www.ericmeyeroncss.com/
- more.ericmeyeroncss.com
Speed Testing
Cache Wash to view site without ISP caching
Language and character sets
- lang=”xx” settings: www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php
- Unicode and Multilingual Support in HTML: www.alanwood.net/unicode/
- Language and character sets: www.w3.org/International/O-charset-lang.html
- Adding
Characters: www.unicode.org/charts/
www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php - Character Entity References in HTML 4 and XHTML 1.0: www.unicode.org/charts
Copyright
- www.copyright.org.au
- www.legal-definitions.com/internet-law/copyright-laws-and-the-internet.htm
- www.copyright-australia.com/
- www.ipaustralia.gov.au/
Trade Mark Consultant
Inspiration sites
- www.csszengarden.com
- www.cssbeauty.com/
- www.stylegala.com/archive/
- www.stopdesign.com/
- simplebits.com/
- clagnut.com/blog/1663
- www.mezzoblue.com
- www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/
Web Tools and resources
- Standard Web Banners at designers tool box
- Firefox and Web Developer 1.1.5 by Chris Pederick
www.mozilla.com | addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60 - www.robotstxt.org/meta.html
- www.thesitewizard.com/
- www.spiffycorners.com/
- www.html.it/articoli/niftycube/index.html
- www.positioniseverything.net/
- www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html
- realdev1.realise.com/rossa/rendertest/mp3.html
- www.snook.ca/jonathan/
- www.alistapart.com/articles/
- www.alistapart.com/articles/customcorners
- www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors
- www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors2
- www.dublincore.org/
- www.dublincore.org/tools
- www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
- www.tlc-systems.com/webtips.shtml
- www.creativelatitude.com/articles/
- www.sitepoint.com/recentarticles/
- About the Robots: www.robotstxt.org/meta.html
- favicon: www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
- mp4 converter to flv, wmv converter to flv for websites
- Secure Password Generator
Photoshop stuff
Textures
Photos
Web Forms
- Jack's Scripts www.dtheatre.com/scripts/
- www.response-o-matic.com/
- cgi.resourceindex.com/Remotely_Hosted/Form_Processing/
- www.boaddrink.com/phpformmail
- www.boaddrink.com/project/Formmail
Type resources
- Fonts Quirrel for web
- typetester.maratz.com/
- www.ms-studio.com/articles.html
- www.fontshop.com/
- www.fonts.com/
- www.myfonts.com/
- www.theinternetdigest.net/archive/websafefonts.html
- web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/fonts.html
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web-safe_fonts
- www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html
- www.safalra.com/web-design/typography/web-safe-fonts-myth
Colour resources
- ColorSchemeDesigner.com
- www.colorschemer.com/
- www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
- www.sitepoint.com/article/color-for-coders
- www.uri.edu/home/help/color_guide.html
Business links
Sitepoint
Other tools
Online Keyword Research tools include:
- Traffic Travis: A Market Research, SEO and PPC campaigns
- Google easy search.com
- Free Word Tracker Keyword tool
- Key word discovery
- Thesaurus.com| Dictionary.com
Standards compliant coding for a solid foundation which considers WAI accessibility, W3C validation for XHTML and CSS and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
Web Business Resources
Ebooks:
- A Guide to your web site landing page success
- Marketing Must-Dos for Every Small Business
- Learn how to make money online through affiliate marketing with the ebook "Year Of The Affiliate eBook" by Sean Rasmussen
- Product Launch Strategies
- How To Write Your Own EBook In 7 Days!
Web Business Software
- Video Web Wizard, Video Web Wizard is a new software tool that allows you to easily and quickly convert videos into web format and upload them YOURSELF! For more infomation regarding Video Web Wizard >>>
- Impact Web Audio, Impact Web Audio shows you exactly how you can create professional, streaming web-audio players with just a few clicks of your mouse! Even if you don't know a single line of HTML code, and have never recorded a single audio file in your life! For more infomation regarding Impact Web Audio >>>
- Copywriting software: B.U.R.P.I.E.S.
- Business Planning Software: A Web Business Planner, A Strategic internet marketing software program that helps you analyse the numbers for niche markets and project profits.
- Auto Responder System for use on your optin forms
- affiliate marketing system
Wordpress Theme sites
- WP themes news
- themeforest.net
- press75.com
- thethemefoundry.com
- themesjunction.com
- themepix.com
- diythemes.com
- studiopress.com
- rockettheme.com/wordpress
- simplethemes.com
- standardtheme.com
- problogger.net
- Gorilla themes
- Template Monster Wordpress Themes
Other useful Links
Book References
- Jason Beaird, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, Sitepoint, 2007, ISBN 0-9758419-6-3. http://tinyurl.com/Principles-Beautiful-WebDesign
- Ian Lloyd, Build Your Own Web Site The Right Way Using HTML & CSS, Sitepoint, 2006, ISBN 978-0-9752402-9-8. http://tinyurl.com/Build-Your-Own-Web-Site
- Rachel Andrew & Dan Shafer, HTML Utopia: Designing without tables using CSS, Sitepoint, 2006, ISBN 0-9752402-7-7. http://tinyurl.com/HTML-Utopia
- Rachel Andrew, The CSS Anthology, 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, Sitepoint, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9758419-8-3.
- Rachel Andrew, Build Your Own Standards Compliant Website
Using Dreamweaver 8, Sitepoint, 2005, ISBN 0-9752402-3-4. - Brandon Eley & Shayne Tilley, Online Marketing Inside Out, Sitepoint 2009, ISBN: 978-0-9805768-2-5, http://tinyurl.com/sitepoint-online-marketing
- Shirley Kaiser, Deliver First Class Web Sites, Sitepoint, 2006, ISBN 0-9758419-0-4, http://tinyurl.com/Deliver-First-Class-Web-Sites
- Elizabeth Castro, 2003, HTML For The World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS, 5th Edition, Visual Quickstart Guide, Peachpit Press, ISBN 0-321-13007-3.
- Tom Negrino, Dori Smith, Macromedia Dreaweaver 8,
Visual Quickstart Guide, 2006, Peachpit Press, ISBN 0-321-35027-8. - Eric A. Meyer, Eric Meyer on CSS,
New Riders Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-73571-245-X. - Eric A. Meyer, More Eric Meyer on CSS,
New Riders Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-7357-1425-8. - David Siegel, Secrets of Successful Web sites, Project Management on the World Wide Web, Hayden Books, 1997, ISBN 1-56830-382-3