Resources for Web Designers

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This is a list of resources of interest to those creating their own web sites or working with XHTML. I have others I'll be adding as time allows.

Web Design Resources Topics

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• Hosting
• Freeware
• Online Tools
• References

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Hosting

Trying to find a hosting company for your web site? I've researched several and after trying various companies, I'm currently a very satisfied customer of Tiger Technoglogies. For information on their web hosting services, click on the graphic below. They can get your site online and get you up and running with your very own domain name. You can tell them I sent you.

For those with non-commercial sites who are interested in free web space, you might want to check these out:

1. http://www.dreamstation.com
2. http://www.podbean.com/
   For hosting podcasts.

I always check the credentials of my web hosting companies before purchasing their services. Here are some sites that are helpful in checking up on a company before you purchase web hosting services from them:

1. http://groups.google.com
   Run a search on reviews for a particular company name.
2. http://www.hostsearch.com/
3. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/

Freeware

See my list of Open Source Alternatives for other options.

1. text editor - Scite
2. graphics editor - mtpaint, http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
3. graphics editor - Gimp, http://portableapps.com/apps/graphics_pictures/gimp_portable
4. Html Help Image Editor, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms670169.aspx
5. CamStudio, http://camstudio.org/
6. ftp - Filezilla, http://filezilla-project.org/
7. telnet, http://consoletelnet.sourceforge.net/
8. IM - Trillian, http://www.trillian.cc/trillian/index.html
9. IM - Miranda, http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/miranda_portable
10. Xnews, http://xnews.newsguy.com/
11. Gnash - Gnu Flash Player, http://www.getgnash.org/
12. browser - lynx, http://lynx.browser.org/
13. browser - links, http://links.twibright.com/
14. browser - Firefox, http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable
15. GUI web editor - Kompozer, http://portableapps.com/apps/development/nvu_portable
16. GUI web editor - Amaya, http://www.w3.org/Amaya
17. e-mail - FoxMail, http://fox.foxmail.com.cn/
18. e-mail - Sylpheed, http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/
19. Less, http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
20. Zip, http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/Info-ZIP.html
21. 7Zip and 7za, http://www.7-zip.org/
22. gsar (general search and replace), http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gsar.htm
23. preprocessor and make programs, http://www.mingw.org/
24. ps - Ghostscript, http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
25. ps - html2ps, http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html
26. pdf - PDFCreator, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
27. pdf - pdf toolkit, http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/
28. pdf - wkhtmltopdf, http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/
29. pdf - xpdf, http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
30. pdf - Evince, http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/
31. pdf for Windows - Sumatra, http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html
32. drip - IE memory leak detector, http://www.outofhanwell.com/ieleak/index.php?title=Main_Page

Online Tools

1. XHTML Validator, http://validator.w3.org
2. CSS Validator, http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
3. Feed Validator, http://validator.w3.org/feed/
4. Accessibilty checker, http://wave.webaim.org/
5. Accessibilty checker, http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
6. Accessibilty checker, http://www.cynthiasays.com/
7. Accessibilty checker, http://www.etre.com/tools/accessibilitycheck/
8. Accessibility checker, http://www.section508.info/index.cfm
9. color checker, http://www.iamcal.com/toys/colors/
10. 3d titles, http://www.scriptfx.com/graphicprog/xara/3dtext.htm
11. browser viewer, http://www.delorie.com
12. link checker, http://validator.w3.org/checklink
13. link checker, http://www.netmechanic.com/cobrands/zd_dev/
14. Javascript lint code checker, http://www.jslint.com/
15. Javascript minimizer, http://www.crockford.com/javascript/jsmin.html - see JavaScript link
16. my Atom feed generator

References

1. Intercomp - creators of customized software and web sites. They helped make this page a reality.
2. XHTMLDesign mailing list, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/XHTMLDesign - discuss web page design with other web site owners. Mainly for web sites that have fiction archives, but discussion on topics such as web site readability and standards is welcome.
3. HTML reference, http://werbach.com/barebones/download.html
4. HTML reference, http://www.htmlhelp.com/
5. HTML tutorials, http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/css.html
6. CSS examples, http://www.cssplay.co.uk/
7. HTML accessible navigation, http://www.jimthatcher.com/skipnav.htm
8. browser quirks, http://www.quirksmode.org/css/contents.html
9. mail tutorial, http://stagecraft.theprices.net/nomime.html
10. file formats, http://www.wotsit.org
11. Perl tutorial, http://www.sthomas.net/roberts-perl-tutorial.htm
12. Perl CGI tutorial, http://www.lies.com/begperl/
13. Flash development tools, http://osflash.org/open_source_flash_projects
14. color tutorial, http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/
15. color tutorial, http://hubel.sfasu.edu/research/reslvs.html
16. font size info, http://developer.apple.com/internet/webcontent/index.html
17. html, css and printed material, http://www.alistapart.com/articles/boom
18. browser compatibility, http://www.anybrowser.org

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