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Table of Contents: (links to sections of this page, below) WebSiteDev - GENERAL WEB-DEV INFO sites WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS (download) SOURCES sites WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS TOOL sites WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS TECHNIQUES sites WebSiteDev - JAVASCRIPT SOURCE (and tutorial) sites WebSiteDev - CSS SAMPLE (and tutorial) sites ( CSS = Cascading Style Sheets ) WebSiteDev - SITE-BUILDING SOFTWARE sites WebSiteDev - FORUMS & WEB-DEV USER sites WebSiteDev - SOUND/MUSIC SAMPLES sites WebSiteDev - WEB SITES with INTERESTING FEATURES WebSiteDev - 'WEB-DIRECTORY' pages Some SEARCH engines (on a separate web page) by which to find more web-site development objects/tools/tutorials/help Note : You can use an option like 'Find in This Page ...' of your web browser to find keywords on this page, such as 'image' or 'html' or 'script' or 'javascript'. End of Table of Contents.   Start of WebDev Links.

WebSiteDev - GENERAL Site-Development INFO sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > WebDeveloperNotes.com - at www.webdevelopersnotes.com (Free online tutorials, Tips & Tricks, Images Info, Blog) HTML Goodies - at www.htmlgoodies.com (Primers, Tutorials, more) A Webmaster's Reference Library - at www.webreference.com (Web Authoring Tips & Tutorials for Developers ; ANNOYING popup ads) Dan's Tips on Web Page Development - at webtips.dan.info WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web development resources' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS (download) SOURCES sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > 5-STAR sites : ***** CoolText - at cooltext.com ( an on-line logo/text-with-background generator ; I have used this and can recommend it ; very high-quality, useful site ; NOT annoying, not a lot of ads ) 4-STAR sites : **** ARG! Animated Cartoon GIFs - at www.artie.com/index.htm (tutorials and animated gifs, including animated backgrounds ; and not an annoying site) **** ARG! Dancing Cartoon Alphabet - at artie.com/credits.htm **** ARG! Animated Words - at toons.artie.com/alphabet/words/ **** ARG! Animated Names - at toons.artie.com/alphabet/names/index.html **** ARG! Animated Cartoon Characters - at toons.artie.com **** Web Reference on Graphics - at www.webreference.com/authoring/graphics/ (Links to collections for animation, backgrounds, imagemaps) **** MillanNet - at www.millan.net (lots of fun animated gifs, including smileys ; good quality) 3-STAR sites : *** Animation Factory - at www.animationfactory.com ("Royalty Free" animations, 3D clip art, backgrounds, PowerPoint templates, and video clips ; over 400,000 animations, backgrounds, and video clips; requires membership) *** CoolArchive - at www.coolarchive.com (free clip art, fonts, icons, animations, textures, bullets, bars, logo generator, button maker, arrows, sounds ; also, good links) *** Graphic Maps clip art - at www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm (WARNING: a POPUP AD with each click) (mostly maps, free for students and web sites ; includes countries, continents, usa, world, globes ; also flags) *** Home Page of Michael G. Shaikun - at www.gifs.net ('FREE Animated GIFs' in about 17 categories ; some are quite useful ; example: spinning shiny-metal alphabet) *** Heart Animated Gifs and others - at rezepte.nit.at/gifs_herzen.html (some good quality animated gifs of hearts, and about 5 other categories) *** ScubaMom site - at www.scubamom.com (Gateway to Information about Exotic Plants and Palms, Caribbean Travel, Scuba Diving, and Dive Humor ; some fun, high-quality animated gifs related to fish and scuba diving) *** GIFs in about 150 categories - at www.sitevip.net/gifs/ (good quality animated gifs in about 150 categories ranging from apple to zodiac) *** site of zoologist-psychobiologist Dr. Donna Hardy - at www.csun.edu/~vcpsy00h/images/ (over 100 hi-quality animated gifs) 2-STAR sites : ** 1 Archive - at www.1archive.com ("Best Freeware of the Planet" ; fonts, java applets) ** Barry's Clipart Server - at www.barrysclipart.com (lots of still images ; not watermarked ; nice coloring but rather boring ; also fonts) ** Harry the Cat Graphics (Gif) Archive - at www.harrythecat.com/dorret/ (about 200 categories of animated gifs ; categories in alphabetical order ; the animated gifs are of farily good quality) ** Infocellar images - at www.infocellar.com/ networks/ graphics/ images.htm (about 300 jpg's and gif's in this directory ; many are computer-networking related) ** Noetic Art - at www.noeticart.com (rather crude clip art ; some are OK) 1-STAR sites : * Animation Arthouse - at www.animation.arthouse.org (animations, paintings, and graphics by Lisa Konrad ; mostly dragons, insects, and snakes) * Cool Notions - at www.coolnotions.com (free clip art and animated gifs, rather crude ; also web page backgrounds, textures ; also, good links) * The Home of Dee Dreslough - at www.dreslough.com/main/index.html (Dee Dreslough's Artwork and Novel ; mostly dragons, still images) SOME IMAGE SEARCHERS : Google Image Search - at image.google.com WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web site images' WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web site animated gifs' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS TOOLS sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > 3D Text Maker - at www.3dtextmaker.com ('Create Free 3D Banners for Your Web Pages.', an on-line 3D text banner creation tool ; dynamic or stationary text ; nothing to download or install ; I have not used it yet ; use it at your own risk, or check web for evaluations ; some 3D-style GIF animations and video backgrounds are downloadable from here ; this site seems related to the pay-for-use AnimationFactory) Animation Workshop - at schools.sd68.bc.ca/plvl/ Div2/ other/ workshop/ Animation_Workshop.html (workshops by Kirk Coleman, on using Paintshop Pro [about $100] and other tools to create GIF animations ; describes how to use a combination of Freeware : 'XnView' and 'GIF Animator') ***** CoolText - at cooltext.com ( an on-line logo/text-with-background generator ; I have used this and can recommend it ; very high-quality, useful site ; NOT annoying, not a lot of ads) Colors and hexcodes: Web safe colors palette, for web design - at www.techbomb.com/websafe/ (shows the 216 colors that can be used "safely" on machines with a graphics mode limited to 256 colors ; this is not really an issue on most of today's computer monitors that support 24-bit color, i.e. millions of colors) WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web graphics tools linux' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - GRAPHICS TECHNIQUES sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > Web Graphics Tips - at www.buildwebsite4u.com/ building/ web-graphics-tips.shtml (advice on JPEG vs. GIF ; JPEG compression tips) WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web graphics techniques tutorial' WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web graphics techniques linux' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - JAVASCRIPT SOURCE (and tutorial) sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > DYNAMIC DRIVE - at www.dynamicdrive.com (Dynamic Drive DHTML [dynamic html] & JavaScript code library) SAMPLE SCRIPTS from 'dynamicdrive.com' : DYNAMIC DRIVE - 'snow effect' script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/ dynamicindex3/ snow.htm DYNAMIC DRIVE - 'floating images' script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/ dynamicindex4/ flyimage.htm DYNAMIC DRIVE - 'text sizer' script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex9/ textsizer.htm DYNAMIC DRIVE - 'trembling message' script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex10/ tremble.htm DYNAMIC DRIVE DHTML - 'image trail' script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex13/ trailer.htm DYNAMIC DRIVE - 'domroll' mouse-over script - at www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex15/ domroll.htm (DOM = Document Object Model) DYN-WEB site - javascript code page - at www.dyn-web.com/javascript/code/ SAMPLE SCRIPTS from 'dyn-web.com' : DYN-WEB site - 'rotate images' script - at www.dyn-web.com/javascript/ rotate-img/ documentation.html JAVASCRIPT KIT - at www.javascriptkit.com (Comprehensive JavaScript, DHTML, CSS tutorials --- and over 400+ free JavaScripts) SAMPLE SCRIPTS from 'javascriptkit.com' : JAVASCRIPT KIT - 'simple image trail' script - at www.javascriptkit.com/ script/ script2/ simpleimagetrail.shtml JAVASCRIPT KIT - 'random background image' script - at www.javascriptkit.com/ script/ cut176.shtml WEB DEVELOPER NOTES, Javascript tutorials - at www.webdevelopersnotes.com/ tutorials/ javascript/ (online javascript tutorial , javascript tutorial for novices , javascript history) SAMPLE SCRIPT from webdevelopernotes.com : WEB DEVELOPER NOTES - 'random image display' script - at www.webdevelopersnotes.com/ tutorials/ javascript/ random_image_display_javascript.php3 CODE BRAIN site, Javascript page - at www.codebrain.com/javascript/ ( 'Tools & Scripts for WebMasters - JavaScript, and Perl' ) CODE LIFTER site, Javascript page - at www.codelifter.com/main/javascript/ ( 'Software & Scripts by CodeBrain.com' ) WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web site javascript source code' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - CSS SAMPLE (and tutorial) sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > Dave Ragget's Introduction to CSS (2002 Apr) - at www.w3.org/ MarkUp/ Guide/ Style (a nice introduction to CSS) John Prince's CSS Tutorial - and HTML and CSS Generators/Templates - at www.ibdjohn.com (includes a frankly-written life history at 'About John') CSS Tutorials - at html.net/tutorials/css/ CSS Tutorials and Dreamweaver-generated Templates - www.smartwebby.com/ web_site_design/ css_styles_tutorial.asp CSS No Crap Primer page - at wendypeck.com/css101.html (a 'down and dirty ... quick tutorial') CSS external file for the 'CSS No Crap Primer' page - at wendypeck.com/css101.css (A simple example of a CSS external file - separate from its HTML pages.) CSS, HTML, and XHTML Tutorials - at www.albinoblacksheep.com/ tutorial/ CSS Font Tutorial - at www.albinoblacksheep.com/ text/ font/ WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web site css source code' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - SITE-BUILDING SOFTWARE sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > I simply use the Scite text editor - at www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web site building software linux' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - FORUMS & WEB-DEV USER sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > Web Developer Forum - at www.webdeveloper.com/forum/ WEB SEARCH on keywords 'web developer forum' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - SOUND/MUSIC SAMPLES sites < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > SoundCloud - at soundcloud.com (a popular worldwide sound/music sharing site that was bought-out and ruined when it was 'monetized') WEB SEARCH on keywords 'sound share' WEB SEARCH on keywords 'music samples' Go to Table of Contents, above.

WebSiteDev - WEB SITES WITH INTERESTING FEATURES < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > Maniza birthdays - at www.maniza.com/birthdays.htm (nice use of a TABLE of birthdays and a TABLE of anniversaries) Pars Times Webguide - at parstimes.com/webguide/ (an Iranian financial analyst's 'Best of the Web' links ; there are some good links to web searchers ; you/I can use these links to find examples of good web sites, and links for my site) Go to Table of Contents, above.

'WEB-DIRECTORY' pages for Web-Development-Resources < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > It seems that 'web directories' are dying out. Google and Yahoo closed theirs down around 2014. Then around 2017, the directory from which the Google and Yahoo web-directories were spawned --- the DMOZ "Open Directory Project" closed down. It seems that it is just not feasible for a team of people to keep up with all the sites that are going dead and the new sites that appear. About a year after the dmoz.org site closed down, it appears that a new web-directory site --- curlie.org --- arose from the ashes of 'dmoz.org'. It remains to be seen how long that web-directory lasts. Following are a few links related to 'web directory' sites. Wikipedia List of Web Directories - at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_web_directories the 'Curlie' web-directory project on WEB DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT - at curlie.org/ Computers/ Internet/ Web_Design_and_Development/ (Click on categories such as "Chats and Forums " or "FAQs, Help, and Tutorials" or "News and Media" or "Weblogs" --- or "Hosting" or "Authoring" or "Site Management Software" --- or try search engines at the bottom of the page.) Rather than depending on any remaining 'web-directory' links, here are some WEB SEARCHES to get you started with 'web development resource' inquiries --- using keywords 'web site development resources graphics', and keywords 'web site development resources javascript', and keywords 'web site development resources faq'. Another approach to take: Go to the Wikipedia 'Website' page or the Wikipedia 'Category:Web_development' page and start following links from that page. Go to Table of Contents, above.

Bottom of this WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT LINKS page. To return to a previously visited web page location, click on the Back button of your web browser, a sufficient number of times. OR, use the History-list option of your web browser. OR ... < Go to Table of Contents, above. > < Go to Top of Page, above. > Or you can scroll up, to the top of this page. Page history: Page was created 2006 Apr 21. Page was changed 2015 May 19. (Removed dead links to the old Google and Yahoo 'web-directories'. Removed some other dead links. Added 'WEB SEARCH' links.) Page was changed 2018 Sep 12. (Added css and javascript to try to handle text-size for smartphones, esp. in portrait orientation. Removed the old DMOZ 'web-directory' link.) Page was changed 2021 Feb 10. (Specified the width of images in proportion to the width of the browser window. Some minor re-formatting.)