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This section contains Links to Websites
that I have found useful in designing Web Pages.



I have divided the links into three seperate groups:

  • Technical Info: Contains list of sites that specialize in providing info that is helpful in the development of websites (Many also have links to or contain their own fonts and gifs).
  • Fonts: Contains list of sites that specialize in Fonts.
  • Gifs: Contains list of sites that specialize in Annimated Gifs, clipart, Backgrounds, buttons, etc.


TECHNICAL INFORMATION
link to www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html Alchemy Mindworks, creators of Graphic Workshop, GIF Construction Set and other popular shareware applications. (Great software for creating or editing animated gifs and banners. It is shareware... which means you can download it for free. There is a small, but fair fee if you want to register it.)
Link to www.screamdesign.com ScreamDesign is the learning place for the next generation of Web Designers and the rest of us who want to build a web identity. Whether you are a novice who's been bitten by the web bug or looking to take your present skills to the next level, your dreams are in "site"!
Link to bignosebird.com Big Nose Bird. The strangest name in Webmaster's resources. But it does have everything you need to create and maintain great web sites... for free.
Link to dynamicdrive.com Dynamic Drive DHTML code library. Free, original DHTML scripts and components, all of which utilize the latest in DHTML and JavaScript technology!
Link to reallybig.com/reallybig.shtml If you are looking for Web building resources, you've come to the right place! Just follow the subject guides below to find more than 1000 links to the best Web building resources available on the internet
Link to www.onlyscripts.com ONLYSCRIPTS - Free CGI and Java Scripts. Great links to other useful sights.
Link to www.poorrichard.com/freeinfo/index.html This Web site contains a variety of different types of free information designed to help you set up your own site.
Link to usa.hyperbanner.net USA Hyper Banner Network - the one stop-shop solution for productivity and financial benefits for website owners.
Link to www.ineedhits.com Effectively promote your website to the whole world. Specialize in search engine submissions and website code preparation
Link to www.www.trellian.comLink to www.www.trellian.com SubmitWolf PRO is an automated web site submission tool. It is also used by most commercial URL submission services to provide their service. Why pay a submission service to promote your web site?
Link to www.htmlhelp.com The Web Design Group was founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. To this end, the WDG offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics. We hope that with this site as a reference, you will be able to create Web sites that can be used by every person on the Internet, regardless of browser, platform, or settings. (Includes the HTML 4.0 Reference, a Cascading Style Sheets Guide, and a Character Set Overview. Online tools including our HTML Validator; CSSCheck, and a CGI test kit.)
Link to www.bcentral.com Effectively promote your website to the whole world. Specialize in search engine submissions and website code preparation. (Includes LinkExchange)
Link to www.bcentral.com Three pages covering the entire process of creating an animation. First, the preparation of individual frames and what to consider. Second, putting together an animated GIF file. Third, looping animated GIFs and other information.
Link to www.bcentral.com A Web Development Tutorial & Information Site Includes Tutorials for HTML/DHTML, Java, CGI/Perl. Also has free graphics and backgrounds.
Link to www.backalleyweb.com A great collection of Annimated gifs, clip art, backgrounds, and web design tips. In additon, click here for photoshop tips from BackAlley.
Link to www.searchengineworld.com Search Engine World, the search engine promotion and optimization site for the rest of us.
Link to www.javaplace.co.uk
A gathering of the Best JavaScripts, and a list of free Java tutorial sites.
Link to www.biginfo.net
Provides the latest information on creating a great-looking webpage. Our webmaster resources page combine extensive content from four web sites we acquired. Whether you are just starting out, or need advanced tips, TopHosts has something for every webmaster!
Link to www.gif.com Your One-Stop-Shop for Web Graphics. It does have some graphics, but this page is best for the great articles and other good technical info about graphics, and web design. Has an explaination of the difference of primary colors for paints -vs- pixels; difference between flash and shockwave; etc.
Link to javaboutique.internet.comm The Java Boutique is a collection of java applets, games, scripts, and tutorials. Learn programming and download free java applets and source code. You can also find news about java and jini.
Link to wsabstract.com
Website Abstraction:
The JavaScript Technology Center
with over 300 original JavaScripts.
Link to www.wiley.com/compbooks/graham-quin/html4ed/index.html
Excellent
Strongly suggest you buy it!
THE HTML 4.0 SOURCEBOOK
by Ian S. Graham

Welcome to the HTML 4.0 Sourcebook supporting Web site. This site provides online access to all the HTML and other documents from the book, plus corrections and updates. The Supplementary material section includes: Glossary of Web and Internet Terms; Web Management and Maintenance Tools; Character sets & encodings; List of common Web MIME types (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions); Color Names and RGB codes.
Sitebuilder Resources Your Internet one-stop directory of all the best Webmaster Resources on the world wide web! Now featuring links to the most popular sites on the Internet such as webhosting links, HTML education, web promotion, authoring tools, cool content resources, hit counter resources, ways to get paid for links, free site submission, Java resources and a whole lot more! (Also transition effects entering or leaving your web page.)
Link to www.curiouscat.com Has some JavaScript code, and info on using cookies to count number of visits, and how to interactively change the background of your page.
Active Controls examples Active X and the creation of Active controls. Active controls are like Java applets, and can be inserted inside web pages, spreadsheets, word documents etc. This page shows some examples of active controls, and how they can be used to "enhance" your web site. You will need IE4 or above. (Includes: Floating image - always at bottom left; rotating imaging; rotating text; inserted document scroller; flying button & drop down menu control)
Link to ebbets.poly.edu/~mchan/menu2.html
Some Jave applets, including a digital clock (with date on passover), and buttons & titles that appear under images as you pass over them.
Link to www.infi.net/wwwimages/colorindex.html The HTML programmer is able to control the colors of several items that make up the page. These include the background color, text color, link color, and visited link color. This site lists the name and RGB of 100 colors that are now available. You can view all the colors at once. Or if you select an individual color - you will see it set as the background color, with an example of 8 possibilities for text colors.
Test of Universally Defined Color Names This document uses a table with cell-specific background colors to illustrate browser rendering of the 16 basic defined color names. You can use this document to test your browser's support of these color names. You can also view the list of Extended color names (124 more colors: name and rgb). This is Appendix F of The HTML 4.0 Sourcebook (See listing above).
Two4U's Homepage Really good section on colors, including an engine that allows you to compose your favorite color combination. Next to the engine, there are some databases with color samples ready for downloading. Also have a Great FAQ on Backgrounds (including making watermarks).




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FONTS
Link to frontrow.fontframe.com/index.html The ultimate destination for free fonts!
Link to www.treedev.com/Create8/index.htm Tons of Fonts, Dingbats, Links to other Font sites, and Font Tools
Link to www.fontaddict.com Welcome to Kemosabe's Font Source, where some of the best Truetype faces available on the Net are showcased. We aim to please, offering fonts with full character sets — no missing letters here — and each preview has been carefully anti-aliased for your viewing pleasure.
Link to fonts.tedesign.net Total Eclipse Design
This page was born of.. well, a bunch of fonts, and an urge to contribute to the unorganized chaos that we call the internet, an urge to to make yet another free font archive to further complicate the proccess of finding "that font"....
Link to swiggle.simplenet.com/fontguy/index.html Swiggle (The Font Guy) has created an archieve of a lot of cool fonts. Come have a look.




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GIFS, BUTTONS, BACKGROUNDS, ETC
Link to www.animfactory.com 12,000 Original Animations for use on web pages and in e-mail! These animations are the hard work of a dedicated group of artists here at the Animation Factory. All graphics have been 3D rendered and are completely original.
Link to www.1-click-clipart.com 1-click-clipart.com is the home of one of the MOST POPULAR clipart and resource sites on the web! All of these sites are voted for daily from their homepages, and contain high quality free material for you to use.
Link to www.aplusart.com A+ Art
Icons, Bullets, ClipArt, Annimation, Backgrounds, and Bars.
Also contains references to over 375 Sites In Our Database.
Link to www.geocities.com/Heartland/1448 ICONZ'S
Icons (780), Arrows (18), Buttons (105), Backgrounds (??), Lines (102), Bullets (180).
Link to www.sdsu.edu/graphics/backgrounds San Diego State University
Index of background images - over 1400 available.
Link to webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart Links to hundreds of other sites. Includes Animation, cartoons, icons, web basics (ie: backgrounds, arrows, email, etc). Covers every subject imaginable.
Link to www.opusartis.ppg.br/freewebdesign/freewebdesign.htm FREEWEBDESIGN is a collection of public domain graphics. Links of the best cliparts, gifs, fonts, buttons, backgrounds, borders, Adobe Photoshop tips and other graphics sites.
Link to pcconnects.com/home John Kostenko's Gallery of 35mm Color Images. Some beautiful pictues to select from. Also, 19 links to other photographers.
Link to www.theodora.com/maps Fantastic selection of all kinds of Maps and Flags
John's Background Page 105 of the best backgound images (very unusual). Also 12 links to other websites featuring backgrounds.
Cody's Animation Station Archive contains over 1100 Copyright-free annimations.


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