Links Shared
A small sampling of the many resourceful sites online to help you on your way seeking out items or information. Links are checked about 2 or 3 times a year to make sure they are still active.
Copyrights & Other Legalities
- 10 Big Myths about copyright explained "An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication." by Brad Templeton [Includes brief thoughts about Fair Use, e-mail/mail lists, articles/sites, and linking thoughts.]
- Domain Law [about names and trademarks] Found at Mark's Online, another site that provides domain registration services, you can see a copy of the law resulting to help protect trademarks and names.
- Pirated Sites Sure, you want sites to find your's and link back to it. Pirated site designs are compared side-by-side - letting the viewer be the judge of if the site design was lifted. Do you really want this kind of a link back to your site? I don't think so! View the source but be original and don't "just copy it".
Free Online Validators & More Tools For Your Site
- Dr. Watson
- W3C's HTML/XHTML Validator - Your pages need to be uploaded to site to use this service. Will not correct the errors for you but will point out where they are.
- W3C's CSS Validator - can download it, check after uploading the file to your site, or upload the style sheet for validation! Will not correct the errors for you but will point out where they are.
- Online Bobby: - Since this is program and not a person doing the accessibility validation, it will be tricky getting your page compliant with all their recommendations. It will give you a headstart on some things to think about and to consider in your markup and layout/design approach though.
- Site Valet - Offers three free level online help: Web Accessibility, MarkUp Validation, and Link Checking.
- HTML Tidy [online version] - Not really a validator but will help clean up some of the sloppy coding in your pages. It will not correct all of it, particularly if you have many errors showing up, but provides a nice head start in streamlining your pages.
- HTML Help - WDG Validator - Allows 4 options: 1 page at a time, up to 10 URLs, paste in the page's coding, or select to validate whole site [up to 100 pages].
- Online Lynx Viewer - Not a validator but a helpful online tool in sharing how your page will look on the Lynx text browser. Will also reveal where you forgot any alt="" attributes for your images - which can help in that area of editing of your pages. Very nice yet unique online resource for people to use!
- Link Popularity - Online tool that shares how many and which sites are linking to yours plus what they are linking to; uses results from three search engines.
Site Trackers & Stats
- GoStats.com - One of three URLs I will be sharing with you that offers a free tracker. The stats offered will be limited at the free level but will share the number of hits in various charts, browser information, and more information that can be useful to your site management.
- Site Meter - Another site that offers a free tracker. Their stats include averages and projected averages based on prior information gathered along with other vital statistics. Upgrade to pay service for referral or search engine information to be shared with you on how people are finding the site.
- extreme-dm.com - Yet another site that offers a limited but free tracker for your use. Various stats are available to help in the management of your site's contents and optimization of those pages. Their tracker is solely JavaScript based. Sites that have an online editor only at their disposal that is HTML Safe styling [certain markups and JavaScript not accepted] will not be able to use this tracker.
Miscellaneous Links
- 404 Lounge You've heard of making your own 404 error page. Here is a site that inspire you on getting some ideas! Some of the unique, humorous, or downright creative 404 error pages shared on this site.
- Free Sticky Free content and games that you can share on your Web Site. Why? To help attract return visits!
"Tech News"
- CNet One of the technology online content magazines that will help you keep on top of some of the Web trends and thoughts.
A Little Technical Humor?
- Chronicles of George Collection of helpdesk tickets gleaned from the support database of one IT technician. "George is, quite simply, the worst helpdesk technician ever," states the site's author.
- A Netizen's Guide to Flame Warriors Not only provides definition of terms, like netiquette and flaming, but also "portraits" and characteristics to create profiles of Flame Warriors.
Those who have shared WebSitePrimer.com with their readers:
- WURD.com Thank you for referring others to our color charts!
- School of Engineering & Electronics at University of Edinburgh Thank you for referring others to our navigation ease in Web sites articles!
- HarlequinDomains.com Thank you for sharing us as a place for tips about web design to others!
- Pleasure Gait Farms Thank you for referring others to our article about Bandwidth Theft!
- Outfront Webmasters Thank you for sharing about the Color Blind Charts with others!
- Bad Luck Sue Thank you for referring others to us as a HTML tutorial resource!
ISP Info &/or Free Site Hosts
- The List Looking for a new ISP or one that offers a package of services within your budget? This site can help you with a listing of over 9700 ISPs that you seek by area code, country, or type of package service you are seeking!
- Yahoo! GeoCities - the URL ends with the membername you select [e. g. http://geocities.yahoo.com/membername ]. Ads are javascripted in as a pop-up which generally has your page, if trying for validation, reported to have 20 or more errors.
- Angel Fire - longer URL, since you choose region plus membername which are both used in it, and pop-up ads.
- Fortune City - 50 megs, online editing or FTP offered, but hard to remember URL assigned; they will advise to use a free URL redirection service - if that gives you any clue. Embedded ads on pages.
- Tripod - the URL thought is like with GeoCities, ends with the membername you select. Ads embedded into the page but you can choose the framing style. Comparable to GeoCities on many levels.
- Homestead - small space for free level. Your pages are pages are put into a frame by their template - to accomadate Homestead's advertising. Poor online editor offered that creates mangled HTML for the pages.
- Brinkster - 50 megs, limited at free level to using a slow online editing area - especially if on a 56k dialup. No forced ads, even at free level, and URL will have a number and membername you will need to share [e. g. http://www2.brinkster.com/membername ]
- Affordable Host - 50 megs of space at free level without advertising shared; can use your own domain name. Limited support, such as no PHP, for the free level but overall a package that will suit a number of sites.
Domain Registration Sites
- Dot Easy Another domain name registering service you can look over to see if it suits your needs. Dot Easy allows you to pick the package for your needs, starting at $0 US on up in pricing.
- Network Solutions Seeking a domain name? This site offers easy searching for available names and pricing for registration of a site name. [Around $70 US for the 1st year, $35 US for each year following]
- Registry Domains Offers domain registration/transfers for slightly under $10US. Also offers a list of domain names that are up for grabs.
- Go Daddy Another site that offers domain registrations/transfers for under $10US.
Free Image Editing & Optimization Tools
- NetMechanic's Gif Optimizer: not a graphic site but this is a free yet helpful online tool that can help reduce the file size of your images. Follow their directions otherwise you may find out you did not save the optimized copy. Will need to supply a e-mail address but I have not experienced an increase in spam as a result of using this service.
- Irfan View: a handy and very nice free image editor. It will not be as fancy as PhotoShop or such [eg. doesn't add text to images] but I like the thumbnail gallery feature and some of the other tools it does have bundled in for quick fixes. Great for changing file formats [eg. .art or .bmp to .gif or .jpg]. Has a few artistic touches one can use on images also bundled in.
Clip Art &/or Graphic Sites
- Art Today - now known as ClipArt.com Free access is limited. If you subscribe to the site, you receive full access to the site's offerings [e.g. fonts, photos, clip art, web art] instead of just the 125 x 125 pixel thumbnail images that the non-subscribers have available. [correction: as of January 2004 ClipArt.com doesn't allow non-subscribers ease in downloading the 125 pixels or smaller thumbnails. *sigh* Bummer.]
- Bimsan Gallery I fell in love with this graphic site back in 1998 when I revamped one of my home pages and refer it to others ever since.
- Ann-s-Thesia Beautiful original graphic sets for your home page, can be ordered on CD if you do not want the copyright showing. Basic sets and ones offered for those interested in mouseovers!
Online Banner Generators
- Cool Text Not to be confused with Cool Archive, whose link is located further down on this list, this site offers an online generator for banners, bullets, and logos. Have fun!
- GifWorks.com Online banner generation resource ... I know, yet one of many that I am sharing on here. *grin*
- Web GFX Click on their log-o-matic to easily create a basic online banner by using their step-by-step method or check out their other resources and links!
- Xara Modules For a fee or for free, an image/banner generator and other offerings for your home page!
- Crecon Online Banner Generator Yep, yet another resource for you if you need a banner for your site. This one has background images and a couple of ways offered for your creative side to explore!
- Create A Graphic - Adobe An online imager program where you can create banners or more.
- My Imager Online graphic program that you can use to create banners or other items with.
- Cool Archive Another place that also hosts an online imager to create banners and more.
- Flaming Text Online image generator where you can make banners and more from their selection of styles and fonts.
Web Designer Directories
- WhiteGyr Web Page Design - Professional web design, site hosting, Internet marketing and search engine placement for an affordable price.
- The Premier Web Design Directory - Top Design Firms Design Seekers: You will find design firms, web hosting companies, articles and other resources to make your website the best it can be. Web Designers: You can list your company for FREE.
- DesignFirms.org - Designer Services One of the web's leading design directories. Find designers from your area. Web designers, logo designers, flash designers and more. Get a free quote for your design project.
- Web Site Designer : Web Designers : Seo - Blue Gecko Network's Directory Listings and SEO Forum.
- Web Designers Directory: Ecommerce Solutions, Web Page Design, Web Design, Florida Web Design, Affiliate Programs - 1234-find-web-designers.org directory listings.