Design Links and Tutorials Process of Web Design
Vanderbilt Tutorial (http://www.vanderbilt.edu/create/tech/index.html) focuses on generations of designing, principles and the planning process.
Mike Markel's Web Design (http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/markel_tutorial/1a.html) is a tutorial that contains lots of good information regarding process, and is well organized, but is best suited to experienced designers.
Style Guides
Yale Web Style Guide, 2nd Ed. (http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/) is a wealth of information on how to write and design for the web.
Technology
Window 95 (http://www.window95.com/image/utility.html)
is a great gateway to many free or shareware programs you can use in the process of designing for the web. Some links are no longer usable.
Tutorials
Project Cool (http://www.devx.com/projectcool/) has a large number of tutorials including information on HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, color, audio, CSS, graphics, XML, Web Dev, and optimizing images Fireworks (http://www.macromedia.com/support/fireworks/tutorial_index.html) is a graphics editing program used by many designers. This is Macromedia's page with Fireworks tutorials. Dreamweaver (http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver/) is a web authoring tool that helps you create web pages. This is Macromedia's page with Dreamweaver tutorials.
Instant Web Sites (http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/skaalid/tresource/instant.htm) is Skaalid's list of tutorials for simple web site building. It includes Page Wizard, Web Wizard, AOLpress and Net Studio.
Front Page
Actden's Front Page tutorial (http://www.actden.com/fp2000/java/toc.htm) is designed for use in elementary and high schools.
Creating Pages in Front Page (http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/website/) has a step by step process that is text heavy but clear. Microsoft's Front Page Tutorial (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=299DFA4E-8BEC-4A9D-9F8A-277F43EE8EF6&displaylang=EN) must be downloaded but is very complete. |