Pixel Mountain® Web Design - Favorite Links and Fodder for Creativity

Web sites designed with the visitor in mind

Professional advice

• How to Write an Attention-Grabbing Professional Bio (SitePoint)

Graphic design / image editing

• Breaking Bad Habits in Photoshop (Viget Inspire)

Software we like - beyond the obvious

• OfficeTime (time tracking – generates reports and invoices, but can also be used as a simple time clock)
• Things (task management – from to-do lists to project management and prioritization)

CMS

• CushyCMS (simple, free, web-based CMS / content editor)
• Frog CMS (an open source content management system based on PHP and mySQL)
• 13 free CMS options for Web Design Professionals Reviewed (Web Distortion)
• Do Your Clients Use Their CMS? (SitePoint)

Accessibility

• The Inclusion Principle (A List Apart)
• Quick Reference – Web Accessibility Principles (WebAIM.org)
• Creating Accessible Forms (WebAIM.org)
• Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization (W3C)

SEO

• High Accessibility Is Effective Search Engine Optimization (A List Apart)
• Jiggling the Web for Instant Search Engine Rankings – Says what I've always said, in almost exactly the same words: "People flogging seo (search engine optimization) services like to wrap it all up in mystical voodoo."

CSS

• On having layout – the concept of hasLayout in IE/Win
• The CSShark Answers FAQs - Your CSS Tutorial (MaKo)
• 5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS
• 7 New Essential CSS 3 Techniques Revealed (tripwire magazine)
• Universal Internet Explorer 6 CSS (for a beautiful web)
• 3 Step Process for Troubleshooting Your CSS (Es Bueno)
• CSS selectors: basic browser support (La Chatte Noire)
• Hybrid CSS Dropdowns (A List Apart)
• Easy Random CSS Backgrounds (SonSpring)
• CSS Layout Techniques (glish.com)
• Advanced CSS Layouts: Step by Step (webreference)
• Box Lessons (thenoodleincident.com)
• CSSREMIX (cssremix.com)
• css Zen Garden (csszengarden.com)
• CSS and round corners: Boxes with curves (webcredible)

Resources and inspiration

• Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web (Luca Passani)
• Crunch42 Web Services Blog (Crunch42) - Information and advice on general web design practices, SEO, eCommerce, hosting, marketing, security, and more.
• Max Design – Articles (Articles and presentation on aspects of CSS, accessiblity and web standards. Topics include CSS page layout tutorials, CSS layout samples, liquid layouts, styling lists, definition lists, centering with CSS, source order, skip links, web standards checklists and web standards workshops.)
• JavaScript, DHTML Tooltips – JavaScript Cross Browser Library (www.walterzorn.com)
• The best way to hide email address from spyders and bots
• Dive Into HTML5
• 24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners – Basix (Nettuts+)
• 3 Must-Watch Topics in 2011 (SitePoint)
• How to Make the Worst Website (AlecRios.com)
• Seven jQuery Plugins That Let You Do Cool Stuff With Images (SitePoint)
• 5 Fun and Practical Htaccess Solutions (Nettuts+) – Prevent Hotlinking, Block User By IP Address, Error Documents, Redirect While Performing Upgrades, Hiding Directory Listing
• "JQuery for Absolute Beginners" Video Series (Theme Forest)
• jQuery Tutorials for Designers (Web Designer Wall)
• Five jQuery Galleries And Slideshows (SitePoint)
• ThemeForest (envato)
• HTML, CSS, PHP and jQuery Killer Tutorials (In the Woods)
• 40 Beautiful Examples of Minimalism in Web Design (Six Revisions)
• Browser Display Statistics (w3schools.com)
• Archives for HTML and CSS (SNOOK.ca)
• Use Amazon S3 & Firefox To Serve Static Files (Nettuts+)
• Flash Embedding Cage Match (A List Apart)