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/3


960 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=eng

Color Theory and ColorJack

http://www.colorjack.com/

ColorSchemer ($$)

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

Color 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/html

Chris 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..1

24 ways: Transparent PNGs in Internet Explorer 6

http://24ways.org/2007/supersleight-transparent-png-in-ie6
and
http://allinthehead.com/retro/338/supersleight-jquery-plugin

Firefox spacing issue

http://css-tricks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1588
Same 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%29

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”” />

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO

Learn more about robots.txt
http://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 designs
http://www.abtests.com

24 ways: The Construction of Instruction (writing copy)

http://24ways.org/2009/the-construction-of-instruction

Design - 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.htm

5 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.php

Object-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.asp

The Ever-Evolving Arrow: Universal Control Symbol

http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2009/10/the-ever-evolving-arrow-universal-control-symbol.php

Drupal 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-transparency



15 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 Enterprise
http://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.html

Bloom's Taxonomy Information

http://www.skagitwatershed.org/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html

Quoted for truth in web design
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/design_hell