Search Boxes

I found this while surfing.  I am not ready for something like this but maybe some one else may find it useful.

http://blog.reindel.com/2007/08/13/howto-spruce-up-your-search-box-with-css-and-a-background-image/

Web Design Portfolio

If any of you are contemplating a career in web development, it is a must to have a Web Design Portfolio to show off your skills.  Here are two nice websites that show you how to create one, and they give great tips on how to get started.

• How to Successfully Build Your Web Design Portfolio
• How to Create a Portfolio

-Tom

Web Standards Checklist

I found a Web Standards Checklist that lists a lot of important items that MUST be addressed on every site that you develop to be standard-compliant.  It shows the breadth of web standards, is a handy tool for developers during the production phase of websites, and is an aid for developers who are interested in moving towards web standards.

-Tom

Web Standards

The Ten Reasons to Learn and Use Web Standards site explains the top ten reasons why you should learn and use web standards when creating websites.  I thought this site gave good pointers, and it summarizes what we have learned thus far in the WEBT143 class.

I also found an article titled “Developing with Web Standards.”  This article gives some recommendations and best practices for creating standard-compliant websites, showing how to separate structure ((X)HTML) from presentation (CSS).  This article also sums up everything we have learned in the WEBT143 class thus far.  I found this article to be very useful, and I will refer to it in the future.

-Tom

10 more future web trends

Sorry for long long wait but i found a pt 2 to my web trends article

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/10_more_future_web_trends.php

MIMIC

When searching for how to create accessible websites, I came across a website called Mimic, which shows how any webpage will look on a mobile device. If the page is highly accessible, it will probably be nicely readable on a cell phone or handheld device. I found this site to be quite fascinating and thought I would share it with everyone else. Try it out!

-Tom

Web Accessibility 101

When creating websites, you always want to make certain they are accessible to everyone via a variety of technologies. I found these websites that explain how to make websites accessible, as well as some quick accessibility tips.

• Make Your Website Accessible
• Top 20 Things to Make Your Website Accessible
• 10 Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites

-Tom

Web Design

I found three web pages that I thought had useful information to consider when creating websites – effective websites, that is. I thought this information would be helpful for the WEBT143 final project.

• Planning A Web Site
• Writing Web Content
• Web Site Layout Tips

-Tom

CSS Layout Techniques

This CSS Layout Techniques website contains links to CSS techniques, resources and tutorials. It gives examples of how to layout webpages using CSS and provides the code to create such layouts (which are free to use). These layouts might give those in WEBT143 some ideas of how to layout their website for their final project. There are also many resources and tutorials which I found to be quite useful.

-Tom

Preview Your Website in a Variety of Browsers

The website, Browsershots, lets you see how your website will look in a variety of browsers for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS by means of a screenshot. I found it to be helpful because I can see how my websites will display in different browsers and in different versions of those browsers. I thought others would find this site useful as well.

-Tom