Websites

1. http://www.bestanimations.com/index.html

This site has free animations. It has a frequently asked question page about downloading animations and how to use them.

2. http://grsites.com/webgraphics/

One subtopic of this site was backgrounds. They have many backgrounds which are organized by color scheme.

3. http://www.geocities.com:0080/SoHo/Gallery/2681/main.html

Well organized site with graphics broken down by subject matter as well as type of media.

4. http://www.ditto.com/

A web search engine for graphics.

5. http://www.yahright.com/

Excellent search engine for graphics with intuitive categories.

6. http://members.tripod.com/~etkatluv/Globes.html

Ready made snow globes. Some are really nice.

7. http://www.clipartconnection.com/

Lots of easy to navigate to clip art and animations. The purple font on dark green background is difficult to read.

8. http://www.clipart.com/

Easy to use site with links to other sources of clipart.

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Web Site Design and Development

Below are some sites that I have found to be useful resources:

1. http://www.allaboutyourownwebsite.com

An unbiased report and guide to the essentials of web site design & web site development, web hosting, web site promotion & web site maintenance. It has an internal search engine as well as many links.

2. http://www.lynda.com/

The web site by the author of our book. Interesting information on color; also order information and good links.

3. http://www.sitepoint.com/

Tutorials about different features of web design such as navigation hints.

4. http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/multimedia/index.html

I am interested in developing multimedia for course use and this has tutorials
on the development of multimedia for web design.

5. http://webdesign.about.com/compute/webdesign/mbody.htm

This web design has tutorials, a chat room, articles and a free newsletter. It also has an internal search engine. It was referenced on several sites that I visited and is very complete.

6. http://www.outfront.net/newlsetters/newsletter.htm

A newsletter with articles and tips pertaining to FrontPage. Useful Information.

7. http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/

Of course the primary source is always good for information.

8. http://www.webmasterslibrary.com

Source of articles dealing with a variety of website issues. I found the article on advertising banners interesting.

9. http://www.dynamicdrive.com

This site has Java Scripts for various effects to add to your web page.

10. http://freewarejava.com

Java Applets for special effects such as cube with photos.

11. http://www.anfyteam.com/anj/index.html

Free Java Applets, the ripples effects and rollovers

12. http://www.webreference.com/dlab

Excellent site with many tutorials for various elements of design

13. http://www.ivanhoffman.com/website.html

To the point site about "Who owns the copyright in your web site?"

14. http://www.bravenet.com/index.php

Free web tools for webmasters; counters, buttons, etc along with a changing joke of the day

15. http://cnet.com/webbuilding/

This site has a lot of tutorials and links to other sites. Useful resource.

16. http://www.clipartconnection.com/

Lots of easy to navigate to clip art and animations. The purple font on dark green background is difficult to read.

17. http://www.angelswebgraphics.com/
I added this site to the web design side since she had some mini tutorials on how to create special effects. She has some elegant free graphics also.

18. http://ann-s-thesia.com/webgraphics.htm

Interesting site with a few exotic themes free. Her site is an interesting example of some of the legalities in using free clipart

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