Resources
Below we've assembled several articles and excerpts to help you become aware of the latest trends, familiarize yourself with some of the web buzzwords, and learn to distinguish good web design from bad.
General Web Design
- Web Accessibility Overview (Wikipedia)
- Mystery Meat Navigation (Webpagesthatsuck.com)
- The Daily Sucker: Current Live Examples of Bad Web Design Techniques (Webpagesthatsuck.com)
Writing for the Web
Chances are, at some point, you'll be tasked with writing copy for the web. Though good grammar and sentence structure are important in all writing, there are some specific techniques for writing on the web.
- Your About Page Is a Robot (A List Apart)
- Attack of the Zombie Copy (A List Apart)
- 10 Tips for Good Web Writing (About.com)
Web Terms
HTML, CSS, Stylesheets, Microformats, semantic markup, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), AJAX? What is all this stuff!? If you're unfamiliar with all of these terms you may want to start with Wikipedia's Web Design Overview.
- CSS No Crap Primer
- What is AJAX? (Wikipedia)
- What are Microformats? (Whatis.com)
- What is Semantic Markup? (Brainstorms and Raves)
- What is HTML? (Yourhtmlsource.com)
- Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) (Webconfs.com)
