Keeping your web pages and documents out of search engines
http://www.lionessconsulting.com/Tip071502.htm (for more information)
Code for don’t index this page and don’t follow the links on this page:
<meta name=””robots”” content=””noindex,nofollow”” />
If you are going to put your work on the Web, you should add this disclaimer:
This interactive media project was created by students for educational purposes at The Art Institute of Charleston and is in no way intended for commercial gain or as a source of public information.
Toolbars for Testing in IE and Firefox
Steve Faulkner’s Toolbar for IE
http://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/wat-ie-about.html
Chris Pederick’s Toolbar for Firefox
http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/
Gez Lemon's Colour Contrast Analyser Extension for Firefox
This is the same analyzer that’s in the Internet Explorer toolbar. It works on the Firefox for Mac.http://juicystudio.com/article/colour-contrast-analyser-firefox-extension.php
Fire Vox, a screen reader extension for Firefox
http://firevox.clcworld.net/downloads.html
Embed Audio (attributes)
http://www.devx.com/projectcool/Article/20131/0/page/3960 Grid System
http://960.gs/Color Palette Generators
Color Scheme Designer (free and can export)
http://colorschemedesigner.com/Color DB - The Color Database (awkward interface)
http://pourpre.com/colordb/?l=engColor Theory and ColorJack
http://www.colorjack.com/ColorSchemer ($$)
http://www.colorschemer.com/online.htmlColor Palette Generator (from image)
http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/List of Generators
http://www.cssjuice.com/25-popular-color-scheme-and-palette-generators/Type Tester
http://www.typetester.org/Latin Generator
http://www.lipsum.com/feed/htmlChris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling
List of lessons http://fall2009imd360.wikispaces.com/Interactive+Storytelling+-+Chris+Crawford
Social Media Club Charleston on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29165477916&ref=search&sid=794802375.1992956882..124 ways: Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6
http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6and
http://allinthehead.com/retro/338/supersleight-jquery-plugin
Firefox spacing issue
http://css-tricks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1588Same issue.
Adding a 1px border the same color as the background works.
Adding a 0.01px margin to the top of the wrapper worked.
Using “position: relative” on the wrapper, header divs did not work.
Markup for Text Messages in Basecamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile_%28markup_language%29Keeping your web pages and documents out of search engines
http://www.lionessconsulting.com/Tip071502.htm (for more information)Code for don’t index this page and don’t follow the links on this page:
<meta name=””robots”” content=””noindex,nofollow”” />
Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO
Learn more about robots.txthttp://www.mattcutts.com/blog/robots-txt-remove-url/
Legal Disclaimer for Student Work
If you are going to put your work on the Web, you should add this disclaimer:This interactive media project was created by students for educational purposes at The Art Institute of Charleston and is in no way intended for commercial gain or as a source of public information.
Articles
ABTests.com
Improvements to web page designshttp://www.abtests.com
24 ways: The Construction of Instruction (writing copy)
http://24ways.org/2009/the-construction-of-instructionDesign - Exploring Options and Making Decisions
http://www.uie.com/articles/design_exploring/How to Create Clear Web Navigation Menus
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2009/nt-2009-11-16-Create-clear-menus.htm5 Simple, But Useful CSS Properties
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/5-simple-but-useful-css-properties/User Testing - Inexpensive Ways to Target Problem Areas
http://www.adaptivepath.com/ideas/essays/archives/001115.phpObject-Oriented CSS: What, How and Why
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/object-oriented-css-what-how-and-why/Role of the Social Scientist in Web Design
Gartner predicts the rise of the social scientist (in web design)http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2248335/business-needs-social-science
The Future of Gaming: 5 Social Predictions
http://mashable.com/2009/11/09/gaming-predictions/7 Deadly Sins of Site Design
http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/20865.aspThe Ever-Evolving Arrow: Universal Control Symbol
http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/10/the-ever-evolving-arrow-universal-control-symbol.phpDrupal or Django? A Guide for Decision Makers
http://birdhouse.org/blog/2009/11/11/drupal-or-django/Creating Email Newsletters
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/11/a-guide-to-creating-email-newsletters/IPhone Apps Design Mistakes: Diregard of Context
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/15/iphone-apps-design-mistakes-disregard-of-context/Call to Action Buttons: Examples and Best Practices
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/13/call-to-action-buttons-examples-and-best-practices/Friday Focus 11/06/09: Playing with Transparency
http://www.devlounge.net/friday-focus/friday-focus-110609-playing-with-transparency15 Common Mistakes in E-Commerce Design
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/10/08/15-common-mistakes-in-e-commerce-design-and-how-to-avoid-them/Articles about Social Networking
Corporate Twitter Toolbox: Twitter Tools for the Enterprisehttp://mashable.com/2009/08/17/enterprise-twitter-tools
The Social Networking revolution is just getting started. There’s so much more to come.
http://thenextweb.com/2009/08/17/beginning-social-network-revolutio
Top 5 Twitter Trends to Watch Right Now
http://mashable.com/2009/10/17/crowdsourced-twitter-trends/
Awesome Persona Vision Statement Link
http://www.aide-eu.org/vision.htmlBloom's Taxonomy Information
http://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/hrd/bloom.htmlQuoted for truth in web design
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell