Directory of Style and Design Resources

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This category relates to the design-related side of authoring pages for websites.

Subcategories

• Accessibility
• Best of the Web
• Style Guides
• Usability
• Worst of the Web

Resources in This Category

• 7 Sisters Productions

  http://www.7sisters.com/
  Offers tips on good web design.

• Color Theory

  http://www.valcasey.com/webdesign/color.html
  Notes on visual interaction and design.

• DocB's WebDesign Clinic

  http://www.moonlake.net/clinic/
  A guide to web site design, with an emphasis on usability and effectiveness.

• Hypertext Gardens

  http://www.eastgate.com/garden/
  A whimsical essay on unpredictability in hypertext design.

• Hypertext Style: Cool URIs Don't Change

  http://www.w3.org/Provider/Style/URI.html
  Tries to explain why are there so many dangling links in the world.

• Soulbath

  http://www.soulbath.com/
  Experimental website all in gray, a self-declared exhibition of antibanners.

• Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design

  http://www.nngroup.com/articles/top-10-mistakes-web-design/
  A classic article by Jakob Nielsen.

• UI Patterns

  http://ui-patterns.com/
  User interface design pattern library and screen shot collection.

• Web Design From Scratch

  http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/
  A guide on essential skills for designing effective web sites.

• Web Design Group: Design Elements

  http://www.htmlhelp.com/design
  This section contains style, image, document type, and color guidelines for accessible web sites.

• Web Design Inspiration

  http://www.webdesign-inspiration.com/
  Screen-shots and links to some examples of web design.

• Web Page Design Flaws

  http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/mistake.html
  What to avoid, how to fix them, and links to other sites with constructive criticism.

• WEBalley

  http://www.weballey.net/
  Provides HTML tutorials, web design articles, free templates, tools and webmaster resources.

• Why are Most Web Pages Organized in Similar Ways?

  http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/layout/
  Why is the layout of so many web pages so similar? This is not by chance. There are simple logical explanations for why most web pages are formatted the way they are.

• World's Worst Website

  http://www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs/
  Designed to graphically demonstrate common mistakes of web designers. Offers suggestions and links to examples of good and bad web page design.

Other Languages

• Chinese Simplified

 

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