Resources

HTML5

W3Schools.com

W3Schools. Accessed 2/3/2016. This HTML reference site has several indexes of HTML tags and includes multiple visual examples of how tags might be applied. It's highly searchable and provides examples of sucessful integration of techniques and elements.

CSS-Tricks

CSS-Tricks. Christ Coyier. Created November 9, 2009. Last accessed: 2/3/2016. This pdf js a helpful guide to making "beautiful" (or well-formed) HTML.

CSS

CodeAcademy

Code Academy. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. Code Academy has a series of helpful tutorials on both HTML and CSS. Using an interactive environment, the site provides an overview of a given concept and then gives you a task to complete. If you get stuck or have trouble, they have a hints and solutions available to help you learn.

W3C CSS Property Table

W3C. Bos, Celik, Hickson, Lie. Edited December 17, 2014. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. This website comes from the World Wide Web Consortium and consists of a full table of CSS elements and includes the values you can assign to these elements, what HTML elements it applies to, and the type of media it falls under.

Color and Design

Trendy Web Color Palettes and Tools

AWWWWards. Created June 9, 2015. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. This article lists several examples of effective color and design palettes. There are also writeups on various helpful color and design tools that you can use to create cohesive color schemes and examples of effective designs.

Learning Guides: Web Design Theory

Envato Tuts+. Various authors. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. This series of articles tackles different pieces of web design theory, including color theory, layout strategies, and visual hierarchy. This site will be helpful in learning the "why" behind successful designs and layouts.

Copyright-Free Images

Creative Commons Search

Creative Commons. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. Creative Commons has a search feature that will allow you to search a given type of image and only come up with images under a creative commons license. It uses specific search functionalities of some of the web's biggest image-hosting sites, such as Flickr, Google Images, and Wikimedia Commons.

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed: 2/10/2016. Wikimedia commons is a site that houses millions of images that are available for free use. It has a search feature that will turn up results in several different kinds of media categories, all of which are copyright-free.