Sunday, August 28, 2005
Favorite Bookmarks
It's Sunday and time for me to share some of my favorite bookmarks with you again. Let's look at some of the bookmarks I've saved out of need rather than out of really, really enjoying them.
They're sites on the technical side of running a website. Now it's not that I don't like these sites, but just that I much prefer the creative side of webmastering over the technical side. That said, here are some sites I've bookmarked because they've proven so useful when I needed answers or tips on technical matters.
Web Developer’s Virtual Library
The WDVL is an essential tool to visit when you want to learn how to use some new technology. They have an incredible library of tutorials as well as news tips and up-to-the-minute info on anything on the technical side of running your website. I won't pretend to be frequent visitor to this site, but when I need to know something, this is where I go.
Big Nose Bird
Call me a sucker for sites that bring a quirky sense of humor to webmastering, but I enjoy this site. It's largely a library of free scripts. I wonder sometimes if anyone is still running it. The copyright date hasn't been changed since 2002. But I've always found some good scripts for free there.
Granted, as I've adopted 1Shopping Cart and SiteBuildIt! with their large collections of built-in functions for the sites I run, I've had very little need for independent scripts, but Big Nose Bird is where I turn first when I need something that 1Shopping Cart and SiteBuildIt! don't carry.
Plus, I enjoy their tutorials, tutorials written in everyday language instead of geek-speak.
SitePoint
SitePoint is a news and tips site that I'm fairly new to, but that looks like it might combine the more accessible tone of Big Nose Bird with the up-to-date information of WDVL. I haven't found the kind of tutorials on SitePoint yet that I've found on WDVL and, to a lesser extent, Big Nose Bird, but the tips are good and written in a way that even I can easily understand it. Definitely a site worth keeping an eye on.
Accessify
Meeting the needs of those who have special challenges is becoming more and more important as the Web matures. I'll admit I haven't put as much into this aspect of my site building as I wish I had. I tend to rely mainly on writing valid code and avoiding a few red flags that I know about. But I really need to dig more into accessibility matters in web design and this is the best place I know of for that.
Its forums focus specifically on accessibility issues on the web and is the best that I know of.
Jeff
It's Sunday and time for me to share some of my favorite bookmarks with you again. Let's look at some of the bookmarks I've saved out of need rather than out of really, really enjoying them.
They're sites on the technical side of running a website. Now it's not that I don't like these sites, but just that I much prefer the creative side of webmastering over the technical side. That said, here are some sites I've bookmarked because they've proven so useful when I needed answers or tips on technical matters.
Web Developer’s Virtual Library
The WDVL is an essential tool to visit when you want to learn how to use some new technology. They have an incredible library of tutorials as well as news tips and up-to-the-minute info on anything on the technical side of running your website. I won't pretend to be frequent visitor to this site, but when I need to know something, this is where I go.
Big Nose Bird
Call me a sucker for sites that bring a quirky sense of humor to webmastering, but I enjoy this site. It's largely a library of free scripts. I wonder sometimes if anyone is still running it. The copyright date hasn't been changed since 2002. But I've always found some good scripts for free there.
Granted, as I've adopted 1Shopping Cart and SiteBuildIt! with their large collections of built-in functions for the sites I run, I've had very little need for independent scripts, but Big Nose Bird is where I turn first when I need something that 1Shopping Cart and SiteBuildIt! don't carry.
Plus, I enjoy their tutorials, tutorials written in everyday language instead of geek-speak.
SitePoint
SitePoint is a news and tips site that I'm fairly new to, but that looks like it might combine the more accessible tone of Big Nose Bird with the up-to-date information of WDVL. I haven't found the kind of tutorials on SitePoint yet that I've found on WDVL and, to a lesser extent, Big Nose Bird, but the tips are good and written in a way that even I can easily understand it. Definitely a site worth keeping an eye on.
Accessify
Meeting the needs of those who have special challenges is becoming more and more important as the Web matures. I'll admit I haven't put as much into this aspect of my site building as I wish I had. I tend to rely mainly on writing valid code and avoiding a few red flags that I know about. But I really need to dig more into accessibility matters in web design and this is the best place I know of for that.
Its forums focus specifically on accessibility issues on the web and is the best that I know of.
Jeff
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