Web Development Links and Resources
Additional reading, related software, training and more.
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Additional Reading
- Wikipedia on FTP Clients
- Lifehacker's FTP Client Review
- Image Preparation for the Web
- Web Industry Jargon
- Joe Weiss Blog
- IronMyers CSS Layouts
- CodeSucks CSS Layouts
- Smashing Magazine's CSS Layouts
- Free Web Templates
- Free Website Templates
- Wikipedia Page on Web Widgets
- Brusheezy Free Photoshop Brushes
- Myphotoshopbrushes Free Brushes
- psbrushes Free Photoshop Brushes
- Qbrushes Free Photoshop Brushes
- CSS Zen Garden
- Listamatic CSS Lists
- Creating a CSS layout from scratch
- Smashing Magazine's CSS table gallery
- Review of Soundslides by Andrew DeVigal
Devigal is the current multimedia editor for the New York Times.
- SEO Glossary
- SEO Additional Reading
- Google SEO Webmaster Central
- Official Google Webmaster Blog
- Google SEO Webmaster's Forum
- Google Webmaster's Help Resource
- Online SEO Tools
- HTML Tutorial
- SEO Aggregation Page
- CNN: A new way of looking at the world
- Information Aesthetics
- IBM's ManyEyes
- Media Vitals
- KDMC Wordpress Tutorial
- Interactive Advertising Bureau Guidelines
- Building an Interactive Census Map
- Datatypes for Dummies
- Official Documentation
- DFP Community Forums
- Wordpress Documentation
- WordPress for Dummies
- Learning WordPress
- A general guide for new WordPress users.
- WordPress Lessons from the Codex
- Settings described in the Codex
- Installing WordPress
- "Official" installation guide in the WordPress Codex.
- Category Description Editors
- Category Images
- Weasel's HTML Bios
- Twitter for Wordpress
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Other Tutorials
- W3Schools Tutorial
- Making a Site with Dreamweaver
- Slideshow Web Design Standards
- Tutorialized Photoshop Tutorial
- Photoshoptutorials
- PSDTUTS Graphics Design Tutorial
- Photoshop Video Tutorial
- W3Schools CSS Tutorial
- SEO/SEM Resources and Tutorials
- Enable Apache and PHP in Mac OS X
- PHP Tutorial at W3Schools
- W3Schools tutorials are always excellent - concise and to-the-point.
- Google's DFP Tutorial Videos
- Webcast: DFP Consultant Rainey Smith "Unraveling the Mysteries of Online Advertising"
- Smith was a guest speaker at KDMC's March 2011 Independent Journalists workshop, and delivered an excellent 1-hour presentation on maximizing ad revenue with DFP. Highly recommended!
- ThemeShaper
- WordPress Tutorials at Lynda.com
- The Top 50 WordPress Tutorials
- Bluehost's video guide to WordPress installation
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Companies and Organizations
- NPPA Multimedia Contest
- Examples of good use of SoundSlides.
- Open Web Design
- Open Source Web Design
- Open Designs Community
- Monoslideshow
- The Windy Citizen News Feed Widget
- Example: National Geographic's "Photo of the day" Widget
- SmoothGalery
- Deviant Art
CC licensed Images are also free to use
- Wordpress Official Site
- Home of the WordPress open source software project. Download WordPress itself, read documentation, download plugins and themes, find user forums.
- Stock-xchng Stock Photos
- Everystockphoto
- Morgue File Stock Photo Service
- Flickr
Photos with Creative Commons Licences are usable.
- Kavewall Stock Photo Service
- Stock Vault Stock Photo Service
- Image After Stock Photo Service
- Creating Online Stock Photo Service
- A Digital Dreamer Stock Photo Service
- Free Foto Stock Photo Service
- Dreams time Stock Photo Service
- Free Ranges Stock Photo Service
- Free Digital Photos Stock Photo Service
- Free Stock Images Stock Photo Service
- Turbophoto Stock Photo Service
- Vsipix Stock Photo Service
- Cepolina Stock Photo Service
- Official Soundslides Site
Developed by journalist Joe Weiss
- Google Keyword Tool
- Google Adsense
- Google Trends
- Google Webmaster's Channel on YouTube
- Google Zeitgeist
- Google Conversion University
- SEOMOZ Tools and Blog
- Search Engine Watch
- FusionCharts
- Visual Complexity
- Information Is Beautiful
- Interactive Advertising Bureau
- Creative Commons Organization
- I Stock Photo
- The Official PHP Site
- 960 Grid System
- The official site of the 960 grid. Find additional templates and HTML and CSS tools
- DFP Consultant Rainey Smith
- Hosted WordPress
- If you're not ready to run your own WordPress installation, you can get a free blog at wordpress.com. However, you'll have much less control over the site than you get with self-hosted installations.
- WordPress.org
- Home of the open source content management system.
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Recommended Software
- Cyberduck
- Transmit
- Costs $29.95
- Fetch
- Commercial, but free .edu version is available
- WinSCP
- CoreFTP
- FileZilla
- Soundslides Embedding Utility with tutorials
- Scooch Web Slideshow Software
- Members
Alter permissions for WordPress "roles."
- Google Analytics
- Wordpress Plugin: Allow HTML Tags in Category Descriptions
- Enable Apache and PHP for Windows
- Final Photoshop File
- Download the finished tutorial file
- Wordpress Search Plugin
