Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Hi Mario,
Joel asked me scrape together some information about web design and so I though everybody might benefit from these resources I have found to be inspirational in the world of web design.

RESOURCES


Net Diver - http://netdiver.net/industrial/
this is a collection of cutting edge web design work from people all over. Click through the different categories and if you see something that catches your eye, open that site and start poking around in it. It is a good way to see what is possible... mix an match elements to fuel your own ideas!

Css Zen Garden - http://www.mezzoblue.com/zengarden/alldesigns/
More web design possibilities...

Happy Cog Studios - http://www.happycog.com/design/
most of their work is a good example of balance between design and web/business functionality. For the most part they all look good and operate with sound html markup (These are the folks behind AlistApart.com).

AListApart.com - http://www.alistapart.com/topics/design/
They have good info!

Coudal Partners - http://www.coudal.com/
interesting advertising company



SEE WHAT MAKES IT TICK

Now the fun part, seeing how other people put stuff together! You'll need to download firefox and install these plugins:

Fire Bug - http://www.getfirebug.com/

Web Tools - http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/



Taking apart websites I was impressed by is how I learned the tricks of how to build them.
If anything it's fun to mess expensive corporate websites up!


XHTML / CSS TUTORIALs

common web mistakes - http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200408/web_development_mistakes_redux/
css tutorials - http://css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htm
open source web design templates - http://www.oswd.org/

Learn about SEACH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

FAQ: Search Engine Optimization - http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182915
FAQ: Google - http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=356031

Industry Specific RSS Feeds

Staying connected to the hive brain of the internet is another good way to see whats going on out there. Here are some RSS feeds I'm subscribed to on my google personal homepage.

AIGA - http://www.aiga.org/syndication/articles/home.rss
site point (alistapart type site) - http://feeds.pheedo.com/sitepoint_recent
Alist apart - http://www.alistapart.com/feed/rss.xml
456 Berea Street - http://feeds.feedburner.com/456bereastreet
happycog news - http://www.happycog.com/news/feed/




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now its your turn! any design/webdesign resources I should know about?

Thanks,
R