April 2006
Web Design from Scratch - Free web design course - basics, layout, free tutorials, case studies, how to guides and examples
by 90 othersWeb Design from Scratch is for everyone involved or interested in creating web sites - whether novice or expert. It will help you understand what makes web sites succeed or fail, and what can be done to increase the chance of success.
You don't have to be a web designer to benefit from this site. You may have a current web site design project, you may be updating an existing site, or just interested in learning new skills.
December 2005
CSS Cheat Sheet - CSS - ILoveJackDaniels.com
by 26 othersThe CSS cheat sheet is designed to act as a reminder and reference sheet, listing all selectors (as of CSS 2.1) and properties. It includes a visual example of the box model, unit reference for CSS units and the various media types CSS makes allowance for
November 2005
The Shape of Days
by 1 otherA colophon is a section of a book, usually at the back, that describes the book itself. It usually tells you what typefaces were used, what country had to be colonized to build the plantations to make the paper, and how big the drum of ink was. ’Cause t
Web Design Library — One-stop resource for web designers
by 13 othersAn internationally refereed resource that provides a platform for the dissemination of design thinking and research. It covers all theoretical and practice-oriented aspects of the effective, efficient and attractive presentation of information on-line.
Writing Efficient CSS
by 3 othersThis article is intended for people familiar with CSS syntax and usage. If you are new to CSS, see Adrian Senior's excellent article, CSS: An Introduction, in the articles section of CMX
Particletree · Typography Crash Course Roundup
by 1 otherYou can spend your whole life obsessing over type. It’s a craft with an awesome history and practicing it well often takes designers on a sort of quest that never seems to end. The strategies are both infinitely complex and sometimes irreducibly simple.
SimplytheBest Fonts archive
by 11 othersBrowse through the alphabetical font listings or the font categories to view the available free fonts. Each font has a full preview page with proprietary details. Most fonts are freeware and as such free to use for professional webmasters and hobbyists.
October 2005
Juicy Studio: Div Mania
by 7 othersMore and more web documents are appearing that consist of nothing more than a collection of div elements. In most cases, better use of CSS selectors could be used to avoid overusing the div element.
wg:Javascript: what's next?
by 4 othersConsider this post as a links-article: instead of repeating or summarizing what others have said, I'll use links as if they were concepts trying to maintain a logical thread.
Web Badges / Buttons | ZwahlenDesign
by 26 othersStandard web badges or web buttons 80x15 pixel and 88x31 pixel in PNG format (maximum quality) only with the "Silkscreen" font.
Weblog Usability: The Top Ten Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
by 15 othersWeblogs are often too internally focused and ignore key usability issues, making it hard for new readers to understand the site and trust the author.
August 2005
July 2005
CSS Panic Guide
by 16 othersThis is not a complete resource, this is a fast resource. These are the sites that I refer to first, and that I tell people to read. When you want more, just about all of them have their own links to good sites.
wg:CSS design for the future: workaround vs hacks
by 4 othersThere are many resources on bugs, hacks and filters, but I believe too few on workarounds... so here's my attempt to shed a small light on good practices on CSS coding for browsers.
