Great resources for making good webpages

Many of you have indicated that you think web design could be a very important skill for you as teachers. Well, Dr. Allen, who teaches another section of IPT 286, posted some great resources on her blog. These sites can help you know how to make web pages work, and how to make them look fantastic.

Design Websites

Here are a few websites that either demonstrate or teach (or both) good design principles:

http://www.lynda.com - an awesome site with all the latest tips and links to training companies and free resources, (tips on color, inspirational web sites (look in lower right hand side for the free resources info)

http://www.mundidesign.com - a site that teaches design principles (with interactive models), shows good examples of Flash interface design, and provides you with a change to try out different color schemes in a web page context

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html - this online app lets you set colors while automatically generating related color schemes

http://www.webbyawards.com - a site that you can see all kinds of different sites that have won the "webby award" for good design
http://coolhomepages.com - the website that hosts the most effectively designed websites on-line (financial, Flash, educational, fun, corporate, etc.)

http://ucda.com/
http://www.graphic-design.com/
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/
http://www.commarts.com/
http://www.lorrainepress.com/QandA.htm
http://www.elementkjournals.com/