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http://www-3.ibm.com/ibm/easy/eou_ext.nsf/Publish/572
IBM: WEB DESIGN GUIDELINES. Covers all the good stuff: Planning, Design, Production, Maintenance, and Ecom topics. |
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http://www.wpdfd.com/index.htm
WEB PAGE DESIGN FOR DESIGNERS. Great site. Joe Gillespie writes a new
article every month and reviews new software and stuff. Also has a good set of web design links.
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http://macworld.zdnet.com/2000/09/how-to/reconcilable.html
DESIGN WEB SITES THAT WORK ANYWHERE. Jeffrey Zeldman's article in Macworld. Covers platform differences with type, liquid design, CSS, gamma, and more.
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http://www.metagrrrl.com/design/overview.htm
OVERVIEW OF SITE DESIGN. MetaGrrrl's process with examples.
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http://www.shorewalker.co
m/design/design01.html
LIGHTHOUSE - DESIGN. Has articles on design issues (see Dave Siegel's
"Why Mr. Web Design Doesn't Design Any More").
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http://www.darwinmag.com/read/010102/ecosystem.html
HOMEPAGE IMPROVEMENT. Ten things to improve your corporate website.
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http://www.design.ru/ttt/
DIMITRY KIRSANOV'S TOP TEN WEB DESIGN TIPS. Ten little tutorials from gifs to indenting margins.
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http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/pages/feature/womenindesign/
PIXELSURGEON'S WOMEN IN DESIGN. For when you need inspiration, here's a handy list.
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http://www.dontyoustop.com/
DON'T YOU STOP. More women in design.
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http://www.svcseattle.com/probono/
PRO-BONO ADVERTISING AND DESIGN GUIDELINES. Gives guidelines for clients and creatives.
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http://www.stickyideas.com/guest/archive/fisher_2.html
STICKYIDEAS: PROFITING FROM PRO BONO CREATIVE EFFORTS. Things you can get out of it.
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http://www.commarts.com/ca/coldesign/rogW_116.html
COMMUNICATION ARTS: INFORMATION DESIGN A GRAPHICH DESIGNER'S SALVATION. One POV.
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http://guir.berkeley.edu/pubs/denim/iwd-DIS-2000-revised.htm
SITEMAPS, STORYBOARDS, AND SPECIFICATIONS: A SKETCH OF WEB SITE DESIGN PRACTICE. From the University of Berkeley's Group for User Interface Research.
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<< Style Guides
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COLOR |
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http://www.mundidesign.com/webct/index.html
MUNDI DESIGN - WEB COLOR THEORY. Take their web color comparison for a drive. I especially like their color theory section of the Principles of Grahic Design. |
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http://www.coolhomepages.com/cda/color/
COOLHOMEPAGES: COLOR DESIGN FOR THE WEB. Quick little article with tips on color for your webpages. |
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http://www.poynter.org/special/colorproject/colorproject/color.html
POYNTER.ORG: COLOR, CONTRAST AND DIMENSION IN NEWS DESIGN. Bring your coffee, takes awhile to load the pages. |
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http://www.digital-web.com/features/feature_2001-5b.shtml
DIGITALWEB: WEB-SAFE COLOR PALETTE DISCUSSION. Follow the discussion started by Makiko and Nick. |
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http://www.colorsystem.com/
COLOUR ORDER SYSTEMS IN ART AND SCIENCE. Virtual colour-space, colours and culture, color and science...it's all here. |
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http://www.humanfactors.com/color/aidscanning.asp
USE COLOR TO AID SCANNING. Tips on using color to aid usability.
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http://www.web-graphics.com/feature-002.php
WEBGRAPHICS: A REVIEW OF WEB BASED COLOR PICKERS. Good comments.
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TYPE |
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http://www.giantant.com/antenna/archive/00000123.php3
SERIF VS. SANS-SERIF. Giantant's small list of links regarding legibility of various fonts.
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http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/14059.html?cprose=2-31
CREATIVE PRO: PROFILE OF A MODERN SANS SERIF. A warmer sans serif font.
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http://www.alistapart.com/stories/emen/
A LIST APART: THE TROUBLE WITH EM 'N EN. Peter gives you the low-down on those special characters.
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http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/latin1/3.html
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ISO 8859-1 CHARACTERS. Thanks, Jukka!
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GRAPHICS/WEB PAGE PHOTOGRAPHY |
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http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/wpd0102.htm#feature
WEB PAGE PHOTOGRAPHY. Joe gives tips on digital cameras, video cameras, scanners, and more. |
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http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/electronics/camera-comparison.shtml
DIGITAL CAMERA COMPARISON. So handy for the next upgrade. |
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http://www.apple.com/iphoto/
IPHOTO. Free! (OSX required) |
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http://searchpdf.adobe.com/
SEARCH ADOBE PDF ONLINE. Put in "photoshop tips". Also, here's Adobe's Recent Web Tutorials. |
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http://lynda.com/tips/index.html
LYNDA.COM TIPS. Lynda Weinman's tips for various programs: Photoshop, ImageReady, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Flash, and GoLive. The tips are in the form of QuickTime movies.
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INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE |
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http://webword.com/moving/restofus.html
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE FOR THE REST OF US. Explaining IA in a 'very simple and clear manner'. |
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
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http://www.webtechniques.com/archives/2002/01/fraser/
GROUNDWORK FOR PROJECT SUCCESS. Includes 'Why Projects Go Awry'. |
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BUSINESS OF |
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http://www.irs.gov/smallbiz/index.htm
IRS.GOV: SMALL BUSINESS AND SELF EMPLOYED COMMUNITY. Get the facts here, like how to figure your estimated taxes.
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http://www.ideacafe.com/html/tax1099.html
IDEA CAFE: 1099'S AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. Who is an Independent Contractor? And more. Here's a sample of their Independent Contractor's Agreement.
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http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/0-7251-8-5549883-1.html
CNET BUILDER.COM: BE A FREELANCE WEB BUILDER. Tips on finding work, managing your workload, and more.
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ADULT INDUSTRY |
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http://www.adultstaffing.com/
ADULT STAFFING. Check out the Webmaster positions. |
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http://www.pornresource.com/Articles/cyberfantasyarticle3.shtml
PORN RESOURCE: PASSWORD SITES EXPOSED. All about passwords. |
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http://bigbrain.pimpcash.com/
BIGBRAIN.PIMP.CASH.COM. They explain the nuts and bolts of commercial adult websites from the tools to avs to hosting...well, you get the picture. |
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http://www.theadultwebmaster.com/articles/untapped_01.phtml
THE ADULT WEBMASTER: UNTAPPED RESOURCE - ADULT SEARCH ENGINES. Having a hard time getting listed? Here's some tips. |
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http://www.youho.com/Adult_Webmasters/
YOUHO ADULT DIRECTORY: ADULT WEBMASTERS. Links to adult info. |
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