Thomas Hardye Science College

Web Design Workshop

  • Home
  • World Wide Web
  • Introducing HTML
  • Introducing CSS
  • Dreamweaver Interface
  • Top Tips
  • Putting it all together!
  • Design Principles
  • Accessibility
  • Useful Links
  • Glossary

Useful website Links & Books

  • Web design
  • CSS Links
  • Web Standards
  • Accessibility
  • Accessibility Tools
  • General Links
  • Books

Web Design

  • http://usabletype.com/styles/fonts/
  • http://www.visibone.com/colorlab/

CSS Links

  • CSS Zen Garden
  • http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
  • http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/

Web Standards

  • W3C CSS Validation Service
  • W3C Markup Validation Service
  • http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style
  • http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

Accessibility links

  • ict hub
  • http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.7017
  • http://www.abilitynet.org.uk
  • My Web, My Way from the BBC
  • RNIB - Web Access Centre
  • Powerpoint accessibility

Accessibility Tools

  • WebXact a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues
  • Cynthia Says content accessibility validator
  • Vischeck online to test your site for people with colour blindness
  • Colorfilter - Colour blind web page filter
  • Georgia Southern University with Links to lots web of tools
  • http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/table-builder/

General Links

  • Fifteen Years of the Web - Timeline of the www from the BBC

Books

Teach Yourself Visually books are really good for learning software and the Master Visually takes things a step forward:

Teach Yourself Visually Dreamweaver 8 ISBN 9764599984

Creating Web Pages with HTML Simplified, 3rd Edition ISBN 0471786470

Master Visually Creating Web Pages ISBN 0764577263

Master Visually Dreamweaver 8 & Flash ISBN 0471776181

Published by Wiley

Build Your First Website the Right Way - Using HTML & CSS ISBN 0975240298

Published by SitePoint

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8: Hands-On Training ISBN 0321293894

Published by Peachpit Press

*Note* Amazon has them at a good price

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Web Design Workshop - Science College/DASP 2007 Marilyn Peddle & Richard Scott