Inspiration

I've come across a few sites that have lists of inspirational and greatly designed websites. I find that even though they are mostly CSS/Flash, they help with the process of getting my creative juices flowing. Maybe you'll see something you like, too. Here's an example:

http://www.webdesign-inspiration.com/

Also, a website titled "Design Your Way" hosts a "Weekly 30 Inspirational Websites" that I find very helpful and interesting to look through. Check out the main Archive HERE.

If you're interested in a particular entry, just click the title of it, or "Continue reading"...or click this link for an example: Weekly 30 Inspirational Websites #21

(Browsing through these sites is also a reeealllyy good way to pass empty time away...)

-Katy Edling

Free Pictures

Don't know if you guys have ever heard of stock.xchng, but it's a great place to get free images. Sure you can just google pictures but you don't want to accidentally infringe any copyright laws. Better safe than sorry! The people on stock.xchng are fellow designers who don't mind sharing their works free of charge so you can use them for wallpapers, illustrations, in your website designs, etc.

Stock.XCHNG

-Catherine Chua

World of Colors

I found this site called Colors on The Web. It basically has a color wizard which allows you to choose a base color, and it automatically returns matching colors for the base color that you selected. It has all the web colors and their codes. I used this for my project. It is a very good source for experimenting with colors and having a great color scheme going. 

The link for the website is:  http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp

 Try it!!

-Aarushi Malhotra

Extra help with Dreamweaver

If you're confused on how to work with Dreamweaver, or would like to get a further understanding of what it can do for website building, the following link can help.

http://www.thesitewizard.com/gettingstarted/dreamweaver1.shtml

The page it links to is the first part of a guide to understanding Dreamweaver CS3, which is the program we use in class. At the end of the tutorial you'll find the remaining pages of this guide under a table marked "thesitewizard.com's Dreamweaver CS3 Series". It does require a lot of scrolling, but it's a necessary evil and the website really does help. It covers from the basics to uploading the site to the web in, as always, step by step, comprehensive tutorials.

Even further, you'll likely notice that the site offers information not just on Dreamweaver CS3, but on Dreamweaver CS4 (a newer program, but remember we're using CS3 in the classroom), HTML, CSS, and more web design techniques. Plus, it offers many useful tips on making your website appeal to visitors.

- Kevin

Html Tutorials

For those of you who would like extra help or a step by step guide through style sheets head over to Davesite.com. Although this website is riddled with ads, it has great step by step tutorials to help you with all your html needs. Each tutorial explains the use and usefulness of each tag. At the end of each tutorial there is a place to try out the tags right on the website. It's fast and it's easy and it contains a beginners guide for style sheets so check it out.

~ Jared