Get Caught Up in the Web

Welcome to our Cool Tools class! Today we will be learning about several free tools that will help you to create web pages quickly and easily.

Web Design Resources

  1. 10 Principles of Effective Web Design
  2. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/index.php/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design
  3. 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
  4. http://psdtuts.com/designing-tutorials/9-essential-principles-for-good-web-design/
  5. Web Design Basics
  6. http://webdesign.about.com/od/webdesigntutorials/a/aa070504.htm
  7. Web Page Readability / Usability Research
  8. http://www.laurenscharff.com/research/web_read_lvs.html
  9. Web Page Eye-Tracking Information
    1. http://www.virtualhosting.com/blog/2007/scientific-web-design-23-actionable-lessons-from-eye-tracking-studies/
  10. Cool Eye-Tracking thermal images
  11. http://www.useit.com/alertbox/reading_pattern.html
  12. Download Times
  13. http://www.cbord.com/downloadtimes.asp
  14. Web Statistics and Trends
  15. http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
  16. Global Web Trends
  17. http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
  18. Web Monkey Web Basics
  19. http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/tag/web_basics
  20. Real-time HTML Editor
  21. http://htmledit.squarefree.com/
  22. Color Scheme Generator
  23. http://colorschemedesigner.com/
  24. 11 Free And Helpful Web Based Tools That Every Designer May Want To Know!
  25. http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/10/04/11-free-and-helpful-web-based-tools-that-every-designer-may-want-to-know.html
  26. 35 Great Free Icon Sets
  27. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/03/06/35-really-incredible-free-icon-sets/
  28. 40 Free Icon Sets
  29. http://sixrevisions.com/resources/40-beautiful-free-icon-sets/
  30. 55 More Free Icon Sets
    1. http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/02/55-free-high-quality-icon-sets/
  31. 120 Tools for Web Development
  32. http://mashable.com/2008/11/01/web-development-tools/
  33. Free Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Templates
  34. http://tutorialblog.org/css-tools-free-templates/
  35. 45 Excellent Free Web Templates
  36. http://dzineblog.com/2008/07/45-excellent-free-web-templates.html
  37. Stephen's Web Resources
  38. http://delicious.com/srahn/webdesign
  39. Teacher Files (free clip art)
  40. http://teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
  41. Dynamic Drive
  42. http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

Browser Information

  1. Internet Explorer
  2. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/ie/default.mspx
  3. FireFox
  4. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
  5. Google Chrome
  6. http://google.com/chrome
  7. Safari
  8. http://www.apple.com/safari/
  9. Opera
  10. http://www.opera.com

Online Web Page Creators

  1. Google Sites
  2. http://sites.google.com
  3. Weebly Web Creator
  4. http://www.weebly.com
  5. Webon
  6. http://www.webon.com/
  7. Wix
  8. http://www.wix.com/
  9. Microsoft Office Live - Small Business Version
  10. http://smallbusiness.officelive.com
  11. Creating Online Web Page Tool
  12. http://www.creatingonline.com/webmaster/html_generator.htm
  13. SchoolNotes
  14. http://www.schoolnotes.com/
  15. Class Jump
  16. http://classjump.com/
  17. Classtell (90-day trial - only $20 per year after that)
  18. http://classtell.com/

Blogging Sites

  1. WordPress
  2. http://www.wordpress.com
  3. Edublogs
  4. http://edublogs.org/
  5. LiveJournal
  6. http://www.livejournal.com
  7. Class Blogmeister
  8. http://classblogmeister.com