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to Life of Learning Foundation's Web Site Design and Reference Center.
The following reference materials have been put together to help our
new Affiliates learn how to create their own web sites.
If you come across other reference materials that
you feel would help other aspiring webmasters, we certainly would
appreciate you sharing them with us.
Click on the topics below that interest you.
Learning the basics of web
site design:
This section contains a large assortment of references showing you
how to get started with designing your own website from scratch.
Web Page Editors and Development
Tools:
Find tools to help you with your site development
tasks, including free HTML editors.
Easy Site Creation Tools:
These online services make it possible for you
to create advanced, professional-looking web sites without any knowledge
of the HTML programming language. Just point-and-click, and you'll
have a complete site in minutes.
Troubleshooting
- Getting Help from Your Peers:
Find sources for FREE online technical support.
References and Resources:
Keep these trusty resources nearby to help if
you get stumped.
Web-Hosting and Domain
Name Registration:
Get a domain name for your website and learn
about web-hosting.
Promoting Your Web Site:
Learn some powerful tips and tricks for promoting
your web site, for little or no cost to you.
Finding Clip Art and Graphics
for Your Site:
Spruce up your site and grab a little more attention
with well-placed graphics. Learn where you can find them.
The
Basics of Web Site Design
HTML
Goodies
A website based on the book by the same name. A terrific introduction
to the building blocks of web page design.
HTML
Primer
Provides essential lessons for novice users interested in learning HTML. Each lesson, tutorial, will help you learn the various aspects of HTML. HTML Primer provides a discussion forum, HTML glossary, special characters, and other resources.
HTML
Forums
Devoted to providing HTML discussion forums, this site offers forum categories including development, design, promotion, commerce, off topic, and network help. Subcategories break these down even further. If you have a specific question, this is a good place to ask others for answers.
Create
Your First Web Page In a Weekend (3rd Edition)
by: Steve Callihan
A very highly rated book on Amazon.com.
The
ABC's of Building a Web Site
An article on webdevelopersjournal.com
that will introduce you to all aspects of creating your own website.
Be sure to stop by their "Ponytails"
page - a collection of all sorts of web development articles and
references. They also have a good selection of downloadable web
development tools.
Web
Design for Beginners
A very good starting point for those who have never set foot into
the world of web design.
W3
Schools
Another great site to help you learn all about HTML and web site
design. This site is a kind of online school, and has lots of tutorials
and articles. You might want to spend a little extra time in their
web-hosting
section - especially if you've never dealt with web-hosting
before.
Web
Design Guide
This site has a couple well-done beginner-level articles. The status
of this site is a bit unclear, but the reference material is still
available.
Beginners
- Tutorials
You will be amazed by all of the tutorials found at this site.
About half of them are free, and the other half are pay-for-use.
Web
Page Editors and Development Tools
FREE
HTML Editor - 1st Page 2000
Claims to be the #1 rated FREE HTML editor.
CNET's
Download.com
CNET has been around for a long, long time, and its Download.com
site is a great source for free and fee-based software. The link
above takes you directly to their web-development section. Here
you'll find HTML editors, graphics programs, and even references
and tutorials.
Create
an Entire Site with Just a Few clicks - Online Services Providing
Template-Based Web Site Creation
Homestead.com
Looks to be one of the best solutions for a completely web-based
development solution. You can set-up a site with them for about
$6/month and the really nice part about it is that it includes
special award-winning drag-and-drop SiteBuilder software to make
it easy to build a customized Web site without any knowledge of
HTML.
AutoSiteCreator
They're a bit expensive (starts at $20/month), but you get a very
nice-looking site in a matter of minutes by selecting from 30 different
professionally-designed site layouts.
WebBizBuilder
Another site comparable to AutoSiteCreator in pricing and features.
Register.com
Register.com is quite well-known when it comes to registering domain
names. They now offer web-hosting packages that include online,
template-based web site creation software for around $4.95/month.
ebiz-u.net
Another company offering complete web site creation and hosting
packages. This one apparently has very high ratings at the Better
Business Bureau. (always a good thing to know!).
Troubleshooting
Internet.com
Forums
A collection of quite a few web-development forums & discussion
groups. When you run into a problem that you just can't figure
out, you can go here and ask your web-development peers for a little
help.
Freebyte.com
- Free Technical Support
Another site listing different sources of free technical help.
References
and Resources
Web
Developer's Virtual Library
Tutorials, articles, reference tools, and more! Includes a broad
"How-To"
section.
Webopedia.com
A must-have reference source. "The only online dictionary
and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.
"
Sitepoint.com
- Web-Development Resources
A well-organized collection of development resources, including
articles, design guides and practices, tips and tricks, tutorials,
and user forums.
WebMonkey.com
One of the best sites when it comes to programming and web-design
tutorials. In addition, here you can find lots of little code snippets
to add powerful new features to your site.
Web-Hosting
and Domain Name Registration
WebHostingStuff.com
An easy-to-use web-hosting directory listing nearly 6,000 web-hosting
plans. A great place to start when searching for that perfect hosting
plan at the best price.
W3
Schools
Once again this is a great source for learning about the different
aspects of web-hosting.
Comparewebhosts.com
An ellaborate site for finding and comparing web-hosting providers
based on specific criteria.
Tripod.Lycos.com
- Free web hosting
Tripod from Lycos.com was CNET's top-rated free web-hosting provider,
including easy site creation tools. Even if you don't need them
for web-hosting, you'll appreciate their selection of free tutorials.
Hostsearch.com
Another tool to help you find a web-hosting provider that meets
your needs.
Dot
Easy
A well-designed site and service, offering free web-hosting with
the purchase of a web site domain name ($25/year total). However,
be careful of their add-on features - some look to be rather expensive.
Register.com
A very well-known site when it comes to domain name registration.
Also has a few other tools relating to domain names that you might
find useful.
Hostica.com
A web-hosting and domain name registration company with very good
prices. They also have quite a few online videos
to walk you through all kinds of development and site set-up tasks.
Tools for Promoting Your Web Site
Site
Promotion Tips from webdevelopersjournal.com
Some great suggestions for promoting your website - and most of
them can be done on your own!
Finding Clip Art and Graphics for
Your Site
BoxedArt.com
This site, though subscription-based, is full of time-saving tools,
most notably its interface designs and web page templates. The
web page templates can save you a huge amount of development work.
ClipArt.com
A very professional pay-for-use clipart site. Nice images and reasonable
rates.
Photos.com
High quality photos at prices that are about as good as you'll
find anywhere.
Free
Clip Art
Try out clipartconnection.com for a limited selection of free clip
art images.
Microsoft Word - Get Free
Clip Art
If you're a user of Microsoft Word, here's a great way to find
free images for your web site. Open a new Word document and select
Insert | Picture | Clip Art. When the "Insert Clipart"
dialog box launches, click on the "Clips Online" button
from the top toolbar. This will take you to Microsoft's supporting
web site where you'll find some powerful tools for finding just
the right image.
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