CMS 3720 Outside Resources

Web Design

Color Palette Creator
This Javascript-powered site lets you choose a base color and quickly generate complementary tones of that color.
CSS Cheat Sheets
(At least) two good ones are available. Leslie Frank's page is more straightforward, while ilovejackdaniels.com's is more detailed.
CSS Zen Garden
This site demonstrates the flexibility and power of CSS. Graphic artists have crafted individual style sheets that give very different "looks" to the same HTML file.
Flickr Creative Commons
Flickr's users have published millions of images that we can use, under a variety of different restrictions. Make sure to follow the requirments.
Hillman Curtis
Curtis's design house site maintains an inspiring portfolio, in addition to examples from the book.
Jakob Nielsen's useit.com
Nielsen, among the Web's best-known authorities on information architecture, maintains a resource on usability. His hotlist of other recommended Web sites is particularly useful.
Media Inspiration
This is an excellent site to review the work of high-end graphic designers.
Stylegala.com
This is a publication about web design and standards.
Webby Awards
The Web's answer to the Oscars, sponsored by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Webmonkey
This webzine is devoted to creating World Wide Web sites.
Web Style Guide
This is the excellent, though aged, online style guide by Patrick Lynch and Sarah Horton.

Web Standards and Professional Organizations

A List Apart
This Web journal publishes articles and other resources for the standards-compliant developer community.
New York Public Library Web Style Guide
This is the best place to start learning about transitional XHTML and CSS. The NYPL uses both languages to ensure that the widest possible audience can benefit from its resources. Its style guide offers excellent explanations and tutorials.
Web Standards Project
A coalition of designers and graphic artists seeking to convince the major browser makers that consistent support of standards are in everyone's best interest.
W3C Markup Validation Service
Use this site to test your home page's XHTML.
World Wide Web Consortium
Headed by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, this is the Web's ultimate standards body.