Resources For Web Design Basics

Resources on XHTML basics

http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_xhtml.asp

Title: XHTML Introduction
Author: Refsnes Data
Date of Creation: 1999
Date Last Looked at: June 14, 2012.
This website included several tutorials on XHTML basic coding.

http://webdesign.about.com/od/htmltags/a/bltags_basictag.htm

Title: Basic XHTML Elements
Author: The New York Times Company
Date of Creation: 1996
Date Last Looked at: June 14, 2012
This website covered the foundation tags of XHTML and included individualized instructions on each

Resources on CSS basics

http://www.echoecho.com/css.htm

Title: CSS Tutorial
Author: Netkontoret
Date of Creation: 1999
Date Last Looked At: June 14, 2012
This website included a breakdown of all the CSS basics, and detailed instructions on each topic within CSS.

http://www.htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/

Title: CSS Beginner Tutorial
Author: Patrick Griffiths
Date of Creation: 2003
Date Last Looked At: June 14, 2012
This website included both the basics of CSS, as well as instruction on how to use color, text, etc in the proper way to make it look legitimate.

Useful Web Design Tools

http://newark1.com/color/

Title: Color in Web Design
Author: Donald Peterson
Date of Creation: 2001
Date Last Looked At: June 14, 2012
This site included a lot of good elements of web design from a seasoned designer’s personal web design site. The linked page in particular noted how to properly use color, and was quite detailed.

http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/design/useful-web-design-tools-daily/

Title: 40 Incredibly Useful Web Design Tools You Should Use Daily
Author: Daniel Mekss
Date of Creation: 2009
Date Last Looked At: June 14, 2012
This site included a list of forty really useful website design tools by Daniel Mekss, who is a web designer, and gives information about each tool.

Copyright-free Images for use in Non-commercial Sites

http://www.deviantart.com

Title: Deviant Art
Author: Devious Technology
Date of Creation: 2001
Date Last Looked at: June 14, 2012
This website includes searchable images that are copyright free, and cover a wide variety of categories.

http://www.imageafter.com

Title: Image After
Author: Image*After
Date of Creatin: 2001
Date Last Looked At: June 14, 2012
This website, much like deviant art, includes searchable images that are copyright free. It also has drop down menus that break the images down by category.

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