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Creating Your Own Web Site
Last checked 3/15/2024

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  • Web Developer's Handbook5 out of 5 - absolutely the best collection of links for Web site programmers.
  • W3Schools4 out of 5 - Full Web development tutorials for free.
  • Web Wiz Forum - Web development forums, ASP tutorials, Web dev book reviews, etc.
  • 8 Sites with Quality HTML Coding Examples from the folks at MakeUseOf.
  • Don't Fear the Internet is a collection of tutorial videos that show you beginner level HTML and CSS.
  • Tutorial Links from Westciv.
  • WebDeveloper has some tutorials, articles on Web servers, tools, etc.
  • dZone is a blog for developers.
  • HTML Help - Web Design Group Web Tools - Web page validators, CSS checker, CGI debugger, etc.
  • Essential Tools for Web Developers - Web based tools.
  • HTML5 Templates This article contains a few sites that give you a good start in coding with HTML5.
  • BoilerPlate is a set of HTML5 code that helps you create your own web page. The code includes CSS and javascript.
  • allaboutyourownwebsite has information on designing your web page, reviews of Web software, tutorials, color wheels, etc.
  • The WWW Help Page is a collection of links to various topics related to Web page building. Includes style sheets, background colors, CGI, etc.
  • Color Chart - color chart showing names and hex equivlents. Web safe colors are identified but other colors are also listed.
  • Web Colors - in the Wikipedia, shows the hex, decimal triplet, and color name.
  • Colorlab lets you select from the 'color safe' palette and shows the colors that you select within each other so you can see how they'll look together.
  • Color Selector - color selector page - mix colors to see who they will look together - table of Web safe colors with hex codes and names.
  • Color Palette Inspiration - lots of samples of graphics using minimal number of colors in palette.
  • Browser Safe Color Chart gives the hex codes for browser safe colors.
  • Visibone Color Swatches has some great resources for using color on the Web including a palette for Paint Shop Pro.
  • Browser Safe Colors translates the named colors into hex.
  • Colorzilla is an add-on for Firefox that gives you a dropper which can tell the color of any object on the screen. Useful when developing sites.
  • ReallyBig.com has a little bit of everything for the Web page builder including graphics, hit counters, scripts, code, etc. It is very big.
  • Andover Update's Web Traffic Report can tell you if the jam up is in the Web or in your intranet.
  • Web Developer's Notes - lots of tips and tricks associated with Web page maintenance including tutorials on HTML, Javascript, Flash, and SQL.
  • Digital Point Forums - forums for Web developers
  • go4expert - programming and Web development forums.
  • Web Dev Forums - for Web developers.
  • Webmaster World4 out of 5 - has forums and a nice collection of posts that are highlighted due to their highly interesting content.
  • Web Page Design has some pretty good links to Web development resources.
  • Web Design References is a rather large collection of links to design tools sponsored by the University of Minnesota Duluth.
  • DreamWeaver FAQ
  • DreamWeaver Tips & Tutorials
  • Web Page Basics - very basic.
  • Webby Awards have links to the best designed Web pages.
  • A Search Engine for Your Site is a collection of search engines. Some sites supply code that you can include in your Web page.
  • Bookmarklets These are little utility programs disquised as bookmarked sites. You can put their links in your toolbar and click on them whenever you need them.
  • A List Apart is a e-magazine and site for Web site developers.
  • Cookie Central tells you all about cookies.
  • Code Guru is a site for Web site developers. Has info on IIS, SQL Server, etc.
  • IIS FAQ - excellent info broken down into categories.
  • WebTalk Guys - Web talk radio show - listen to short presentations on topics related to the Web including reviews of sites.
  • Five Tips for Optimizing GIF Files
  • WebDesign References - put together by University of Minnesota Duluth - is a collection of sites that have information on Web design including HTML, CSS, script, color, etc.
  • Web Style Guide - has some great material on designing a Web site - no code.
  • Cheat Sheets for Web and other programming languages.
  • Add a Search Engine to Your Site
  • How to Install XAMPP This software loads Apache and MySql on your local device so you can host Web sites from your local network.
  • How to Install WAMP This software loads Apache, MySql, and PHP on your local device so you can host Web sites from your local network or continue work place Web development at home.
  • Tableizer This site converts a spreadsheet table into HTML code that you can add to your Web page.
  • Word2CleanHTML This site converts Word documents, or pasted portions, into HTML.
  • Web Scrapers These are Linux tools for scraping Web pages and converting the data into CSV files.
HTML and Web Pages
Scripting: Javascript, CSS, Java, ASP, etc.
Publishing and Promoting Your Web Page
  • Weebly has customizable site templates so you can build a rudimentary site pretty quickly.
  • Wix has customizable site templates so you can build a rudimentary site pretty quickly.
  • Buy.domains will register your domain name for about $16 per year.
  • Homestead is a hosting site that has an easy to use tool to help you build your own, small Web site.
  • Bigstep - commercial site builder (small business).
  • PromoPhobia has links to sites that promote your web site. They will gladly do the work for you for a price.
  • Web Pages That Suck intends to instruct by showing bad page designs.
  • Host Search helps you search for a host service provider.
  • Best Web Hosting (2020) article by Who Is Hosting This.
  • FindMyHosting - how to find the best hoster for your site.
  • Web Hosting Talk - Web hosting forums.
  • Uptime is a chart of hosting provider failures for the top 100 hosting services. The site has a treasure chest of other information about hosting providers.
  • Network Solutions is a domain registrar.
  • Dotster is a domain registrar that is cheap and lets you 'park' a simple page on their server as you build your production Web page.
  • Blogger vs WordPress compares the two blogging platforms.
  • How To Host A Website On Your Local PC Or Laptop includes some pretty detailed instructions without explanation.

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