- DocB's WebDesign Clinic - A guide to web site design, with an emphasis on usability and effectiveness.
- The Browser-Safe Color Palette - Article about non-dithering colors in browsers, by Lynda Weinman.
- FortuneCity's Web Page Development Tutorial - Website and design building tutorial - answers to the most frequently asked questions by new designers.
- Benefit from IT - Web design and development as it relates to usability.
- Freeloader - Free advice for building a site which is attractive to your surfers.
- Web Page Design Flaws - What to avoid, how to fix them, and links to other sites with constructive criticism.
- Building Really Annoying Web Sites - Step by step instructions for creating annoying tricks for web pages.
- Good Site Design Practices - Links to HTML authoring and site development resources with a list of good site development practices.
- How To Make An Annoying Web Page - Learn what makes bad web design annoying and see how to avoid it.
- Hypertext Gardens - A whimsical essay on unpredictability in hypertext design.
- Soulbath - Experimental website all in gray, a self-declared exhibition of antibanners.
- SpiderPro - Styleguide on web design with 100 do's and don'ts. Tips on presentation, performance, and usability.
- Steadfast Suggestions for Web Design - A dozen suggestions and principles for basic web design and site architecture.
- Style Your Sheet - By Justin Hall. Basic style principles.
- Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design - A classic article by Jakob Nielsen.
- Web Design Group: Design Elements - This section contains style, image, document type, and color guidelines for accessible web sites.
- Web Wonk Net Tips for Writers and Designers - Offers tips designed to improve a site's communication effectiveness.
- Why are Most Web Pages Organized in Similar Ways? - Why is the layout of so many web pages so similar? This is not by chance. There are simple logical explanations for why most web pages are formatted the way they are.
- Web Design Tips - Colin Mackensie's guidelines for web design. Includes examples and illustrations.
- Glassdog - Writings and tutorials focusing on design topics. Also includes site reviews.
- 7 Sisters Productions - Offers tips on good web design.
- Code Style - Articles on CSS, XHTML, JavaScript, Java servlets, and standards-oriented Web design.
- World's Worst Website - Designed to graphically demonstrate common mistakes of web designers. Offers suggestions and links to examples of good and bad web page design.
- Crossmind.net - Gallery and news for site design. Includes site and technology reviews and a forum.
- Web Page Design for Designers - "Editorials" and reference material on selected topics, plus a resource directory.
- The Link Between Accessibility and Optimization for Search Engines - A paper discussing how W3C accessibility guidelines may be used to improve performance in search engines. It points out how to use each checkpoint and is an attempt to persuade optimisers to make the W3C guidelines standard practice in SEO.
- Color Theory - Notes on visual interaction and design.
- WEBalley - Provides HTML tutorials, web design articles, free templates, tools and webmaster resources.
- Basic Web Design - General web design information.
- Kitprice Productions - Various Java and DHTML scripts.
- Web Design From Scratch - A guide on essential skills for designing effective web sites.
- Webmonkey: Site Building - Articles on site organization, usability, and design theory presented in a clean, concise format.
- s38.org - WebWorks - Articles on web development topics including interface design rules of thumb, W3C compliancy, and ADA issues in website design.
- Colin Barth Design Consulting - Articles including using artistic design principles, making form follow function, and improving usability.
- Hypertext Style: Cool URIs Don't Change - Tries to explain why are there so many dangling links in the world.
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