Resources

Understanding the web design process - links, articles and online magazines.

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If you're interested in learning how to design and construct web sites, here are a few links that we use:

Content Management Systems (CMS)

• CMS Watch - a Content Management System magazine
  
  

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• Eric Meyer - one of the leading names in CSS development and publisher of several CSS-related books
  
  
• New York Public Library Style Guide - some good tips here

Directories

• SEO Consultants Directory - 1 Cog is a fully approved member of the Engine Optimization Consultants Directory. Membership applications for this directory are strictly vetted. The editor comments for our application included "...Very nice looking site. Well organized, great information... Definitely one of the nicer sites we've reviewed over the past year.".
  
  
• Independent Web Designers Portal - an independent directory for web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member in several categories, including: W3C Validated Code, Accessibility, Perl/PHP/CGI, JavaScript/DHTML, Graphics/Imagery, e-commerce and Engine Optimization.
  
  
• UKWDA - the UK Web Design Association is an independent directory for web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member.
  
  
• The Designers Network - an independent directory of design-related professions. 1 Cog is a fully approved member of the web design category.
  
  
• UK Web Design Directory - an independent directory for UK web design professionals. 1 Cog is a fully approved member.
  
  
• ITtoolbox Web Design Knowledge Base - content, community, and service for web design professionals. Provides technical discussion, job postings, an integrated directory and news.
  
  
• SEO Today - a specialist search engine optimization portal. 1 Cog has been included in the 'Leading SEO Agencies' section.
  
  
• Web Designers Directory - web site developers and graphic artists organized by country and services.

HTML

• Web Design Group - a good resource for HTML and CSS
  
  
• W3 Schools - an excellent source of tutorials for most web technologies

Internet

• Internet Glossary - helping you understand the jargon
  

Magazines

• A List Apart - an excellent source for web design tips and current news
  
  
• WebStandards.org - a very important site in the fight for standards compliant web design
  
  
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - the governing body for standards on the world wide web.

Engines

• Webmaster World - a very active forum for all things search engine-related