Web Design Resource Thread

[Availor]

I think you will find this most useful;

http://tutorialblog.org/free-vector-downloads/ - free vector arts you can use in your work.

http://www.vecteezy.com/ - free vector art.

http://www.flashvillage.com/index.php - free flash templates (need to register first)

enjoy

[Availor]

http://jsbox.net/ - download free themes and designes

[remi]

• Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design
• What differences we might expect between HTML4 and the new HTML5

[remi]

Site Checks for Quality Web Resources:

• W3C Markup Validation Service - the most important test for webdesigners which cares about quality
• W3C CSS Validation Service - validates the CSS files of a webpage
• W3C's database of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
• UITest.com: Site Check for Quality Web Resources
• Functional Accessibility Evaluator - Test websites for use of CITES/DRES HTML/xhtml best Practices to implement Section 508 and W3C WCAG accessibility requirements
• WAVE - Web Accessibility Versatile Evaluator
• Basic Accessibility Check - Web based tool with tests that all web pages should pass. Based on the Ruby Accessibility Analysis Kit
• TAW - Web Accessibility Test - Tool for the accessibility analysis of Web sites, based on the W3C - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (WCAG 1.0)
• Text-only browser emulation - Tool for accessibility evaluation by emulating the Lynx text-only web browser
• Truwex Online, Web Accessibility Validation Tool - The tool validates a web page and displays results on a web page screenshot

Background info:

• Why W3C Compliant? The Importance of Valid Web Codes

Remi

[haakoo]

Hi,

There's a toolbar available for Firefox wich has all the tools to validate and checkout the sites your working on

Hans

[germaine]

http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/07/...esign-programs
I found this today

[germaine]

I start learning popfly from microsoft

http://www.popfly.com/

and this
http://atwiki.com/faq.en/category2.html

[StevenWWinters]

This is a javascript based slideshow I like and have used:

http://smoothgallery.jondesign.net/what/

There is a "lightbox" effect that can be added to it:

http://www.oscandy.com/open-source/5...-smoothgallery

I've applied it with timed slideshow, gallery preview, and lightbox here:

http://www.delnero.com/4thgen/projects.html

The lightbox can be used standalone as applied here:

http://www.delnero.com/4thgen/products.html

[Availor]

This is a list of cms (content management system) programs. There are more but I guess you can find what'd best for you. My personal recommendations are wordpress.org and joomla. I've tried many - many cms software.

http://www.e107.org/
http://www.ez.no/
http://www.php-fusion.co.uk/
http://www.tikiwiki.org/
http://www.runcms.org/
http://www.php-update.co.uk/
http://pxsystem.sourceforge.net/
http://www.phpnuke.org/
http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu/
http://www.ovidentia.org/
http://www.typo3.org/
http://www.xoops.org/
http://www.joomla.org/
http://www.insanevisions.com/
http://www.jupiterportal.com/
http://www.igamingcms.com/
http://source.mambo-foundation.org/
http://www.ez.no/
http://www.exponentcms.org/
http://www.php-update.co.uk/
http://www.igamingcms.com/
http://www.drupal.org/
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
http://www.bitweaver.org/
http://www.yetanothercommunitysystem.com/
http://www.xaraya.com/
http://www.toenda.com/
http://www.spip.net/en

[Albacore]

I found the index site really helpful for all my CSS problems hope you find as good as myself. Posted it on as a new thread on main board so it may get lost:
http://www.artypapers.com/csshelppile/scribble.php