Hello! I just wanted to know what are the best websites about web design?
I'm looking for websites about either web design, CSS, Photoshop for the web or web development in general (like new web technologies).
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There's a bunch of stuff at http://w3schools.com/. It includes tutorials and samples across a bunch of different technologies.
Nader Shirazie
2009-06-23 19:46:10
Already knew this one. Great tutorials!
Partial
2009-06-23 20:21:04
I actually got downvoted for this? There's something I'd like an explanation for...
Nader Shirazie
2009-09-14 03:28:02
it's not bad, but they have a lot of outdated stuff
Omar Abid
2010-02-08 10:59:52
Fair enough. I used it 6 years ago, it was current then :) Still valuable for those learning the ropes too. Still don't understand the downvote, but meh.
Nader Shirazie
2010-02-08 20:30:07
CSS Zen Garden is cool for inspiration, but I find the lack of actual insight or information there make it lower on my own list. Not arguing its merits at all.
Gabriel Hurley
2009-06-23 21:36:48
CSS Zen Garden really showed me what CSS is capable of doing. I think that is its real benefit. Once you know, I don't see a lot of reason to go back unless it's for design inspiration.
Nathan Long
2009-09-09 17:22:37
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A List Apart. They have really thoughtful articles written by the best for the best. They'll go beyond basics to important considerations like usability too.
Chet
2009-06-23 19:50:40
One of the best around. Their level of professionalism and thoroughness is hard to beat.
Gabriel Hurley
2009-06-23 21:39:15
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Really like
Lots of demos and links to all the topics you have mentioned in your question
Russ Cam
2009-06-23 19:51:56
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24 ways is a good one. It's a self-proclaimed "advent calendar for web geeks," as it posts an article a day for each day in December. Lots of good, in-depth articles by industry heavy-weights like Jeffrey Zeldman, Andy Clarke, and Jason Santa Maria.
Joshua Porter's Bokardo is THE place to go for social web design. Lots of thoughtful discussion.
Wireframes isn't specific to web design, but offers good practices for sketching mockups and information architecture.
Typesites reviews website designs with a focus on typography.
Lastly, Vitamin (part of the Carsonified network) has a lot of fluff, but from time to time posts some quality articles that are worth reading.
Evan Meagher
2009-06-23 19:57:50
Both excellent sites. Bokardo gives a lot of advice for creating good interfaces too!
Partial
2009-06-23 20:11:28
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I'd suggest Stu Nicholl's CSS Play. It's not a tutorial site, as such, but it features a whole load of innovative techniques (admittedly they're more whizz-bang than necessarily useful, but definitely interesting).
David Thomas
2009-06-23 21:02:02
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Currently in my "web design" RSS feed selection (and sorted alphabetically):
Gabriel Hurley
2009-06-23 21:30:21
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There's loads of good recomendations up there, it really depends if you are looking for design orientated sites or technical orientated sites. Here are a few of my favourites (well the ones not previously mentioned):
http://webdesignledger.com/ good articles and tutorials on just about everything you mentioned, still a young site but has some good material anyway.
http://www.redswish.co.uk/ blog with a fair selection of articles, mostly based on design aspects (visual, information structure etc) but also stuff on SEO, marketing etc.
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk if you want to know about design, design theory, inclusive design... for everything, and some specifically targeted at web.
http://www.inspirationbit.com/behind-the-scenes-of-exquisite-web-typography/ A series of articles on great web type. Typography is what makes or breaks any good design.
http://netdiver.net/ an ezine entirely based on galleries of designers portfolios, these are largely webdesign and interactive design agencies, if you want inspiration, or are researching a way to approach something someone on here will have done it in a way thats truly excellent.
Toby
2009-06-23 21:33:46
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Lots of good suggestions above ... my 2p: For beginners, broad "web design" but less code try [http://boagworld.com/] and associated forum, but for code geeks [http://www.sitepoint.com/] is cool :-)
Oh, and for good CSS advice the css-discuss email list is good & friendly [http://www.css-discuss.org/]
eimaj
2009-06-23 21:41:34
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Tutorials:
- http://www.subcide.com/tutorials/csslayout/index.aspx
- http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp (this is where I started my learning of html/css - great starting tutorials)
- http://psd.tutsplus.com/
- http://vector.tutsplus.com/
Design blogs:
- http://designblurb.com/
- http://noobr.net/
- http://www.lostandtaken.com/
- http://ilovetypography.com/
- http://www.designshard.com/
- http://www.devlounge.net/
- http://www.noupe.com/
- http://www.thedesigncubicle.com/
- http://www.problogdesign.com/
- http://sixrevisions.com/
- http://www.seomoz.org/blog
- http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
- http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
I also find good links through following people on Twitter - if you check out who I am following some of the people on there might be of interest: http://twitter.com/cazmaraline
Hope this helps!
Cazmaraline
2009-06-24 05:03:22
I think http://psd.tutsplus.com/ is the best site about web design. Killer tips
Arthur Ronald F D Garcia
2009-09-12 04:24:12
Too bad it sucks and the people there are pompous elitists. WebDevRefinery is better.
Serg
2010-06-06 17:35:45
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For a wealth of usability information see: www.useit.com by Jakob Nielsen.
macleojw
2009-09-14 09:35:56
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Nobody listed abduzeedo!! Although not a specific web design website, but still it gives a lot of new ideas and inspration to web designers.
All other exceptional web design websites have been mentioned above...so, upvotes for all of them :) Still smashing magazine and a list apart are my favorites :)
Learner
2009-09-14 11:57:07
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I used to love Webmonkey
Thau's Javascript introduction was my first ever introduction to programming anything.
Powertieke
2009-09-14 14:34:01
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Can't believe nobody submitted http://www.designfloat.com/, it's like digg but for web-design. So you get all the latest stories/tutorials/etc...
Phill Pafford
2009-09-14 18:33:12
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I use my friend, Jeremy Koempel's small transport site as a jumping off point.
David Watson
2009-09-15 02:32:07