Understanding the web design process - links, articles and online magazines.

We're happy to share

If you're interested in learning how to design and construct web sites, here are a few links that we use:

Content Management Systems (CMS)

• CMS Watch - a Content Management System magazine

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• Eric Meyer - one of the leading names in CSS development and publisher of several CSS-related books
• New York Public Library Style Guide - some good tips here

Directories

• SEO Consultants Directory - 1 Cog is a fully approved member of the Search Engine Optimisation Consultants Directory. Membership applications for this directory are strictly vetted. The editor comments for our application included "...Very nice looking site. Well organized, great information... Definitely one of the nicer sites we've reviewed over the past year.".
• Independent Web Designers Portal - an independent directory for web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member in several categories, including: W3C Validated Code, Accessibility, Perl/PHP/CGI, JavaScript/DHTML, Graphics/Imagery, e-commerce and Search Engine Optimisation.
• UKWDA - the UK Web Design Association is an independent directory for web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member.
• UK Web Design Directory - an independent directory for UK web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member.
• ITtoolbox Web Design Knowledge Base - content, community, and service for web design professionals. Provides technical discussion, job postings, an integrated directory and news.
• SEO Today - a specialist search engine optimisation portal. 1 Cog has been included in the 'Leading SEO Agencies' section.
• Web Designers Directory - web site developers and graphic artists organized by country and services.

Hosting

• Web Hosting Talk Forum - if you're looking for web site hosting this is a good place to start

HTML

• Web Design Group - a good resource for HTML and CSS
• W3 Schools - an excellent source of tutorials for most web technologies

Internet

• Internet Glossary - helping you understand the jargon

Magazines

• A List Apart - an excellent source for web design tips and current news
• WebStandards.org - a very important site in the fight for standards compliant web design
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - the governing body for standards on the world wide web

Search engines

• Webmaster World - a very active forum for all things search engine-related

Software

•   TopStyle Pro 3 HTML Editor / CSS Editor - this is the leading HTML + CSS Editor for serious web design. It produces standards-compliant web sites with the minimum of effort. We highly recommend it.
• Accessibility Toolbar - a freely available toolbar for Internet Explorer that provides an enormous range of tools to aid web development, including accessibility checking, HTML validation, link checking, reference documents and more.