66 Links To Learn The Webdesign Basics
Written by Stefan Vervoort on August 25, 2008
In the past, DivitoDesign has learned you how to start blogging and many people have learned from that. So I thought, why not give beginners some articles that help you to start with webdesign in general.I remember the time I started out and it wasn’t easy, simply because I didn’t know where to begin. It’s time to change that. Here are some of the best articles and sites from around the internet that will learn you all the basics you need.
General
- “What is Webdesign” guide
- Understanding Webdesign
- Validate HTML / CSS (Very important!)
- Why validate?
Programs
- Adobe Photoshop CS3 (Design)
- GIMP (Design)
- Adobe DreamWeaver (HTML/CSS/PHP editing)
- NVU (HTML/CSS editing)
HTML
CSS
- CSS Basics
- Complete CSS Guide + Reference list
- W3Schools – CSS reference
- Free CSS Ebook – Need to subscribe to the RSS feed to download the Ebook!
Design
- Photoshop tutorials
- GIMP tutorials
- Photoshop Basics
- Photoshop Shortcuts
- Create a weblayout in Photoshop + Dreamweaver
- 27 “how to design a website” tutorials in one place
Site Structure
Tutorial Sites
Colors
Resources
- Photoshop Brushes
- Photoshop Brushes II
- Photoshop Patterns
- Photoshop Layer Styles
- WordPress Plugins
- WordPress Themes
Stock Images
Search Engines
- How Search Engines Work
- Search Engine Optimizing Basics
- Off-Site Search Engine Optimizing
- On-Site SEO
- Add a Sitemap to your website
Inspiration
Fonts / Typography
- Wikipedia – Typography
- I love Typography
- Typography Essentials – A Getting Started Guide
- Fonts On the Internet
- DaFont
Usability and Accessibility
Blogging
Suggestions?
If you think a beginner would benefit from an article you have wrote or which you have found, feel free to leave a comment with the link, or send me an email!
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This article is written by:
Name: Stefan Vervoort
URL: http://www.divitodesign.com
Description: I am a 18-year-old webdesigner and blogger from Waalwijk, the Netherlands. I also blog at WPTOY and work at DivitoMedia.
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this article is GENIUS! Definitely all top quality points in the article and a guideline a lot of websites need to follow.
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A nice list that can help anyone; graphic designers can check out the more techy stuff, techy people can look at the design elements and learn more there, and everyone can benefit from understanding the ways search engines work.
Great links for webdesign. I’ve put some in my favorites already.
I totally agree with Website Design Cardiff
Great list of resources – love the links to the color sites. Always hard to know what works well together – not being a formal ‘designer’ but these kinds of sites help a bunch!
Mike
Thanks for putting together quite a definitive list, i have added this page to a list of resources that our artists should be reading. I talk about SEO on my blog and I get emails and comments from people a lot asking me for basic design stuff. This is a great list to send them to.
These are all great articles for people who are trying to learn. My favorite is the Photoshop CS3 tutorial. It is most good.
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this great list of tutorials and resources I can see many uses for them.
Thank you ones more!
Great post. I just bookmarked this page. As a beginner this will help me a lot in blogging. Thanks for sharing the information.
I suggest http://www.dzinemart.com also for inspiration .
Maybe try tutvid.com it is very basic but the guy covers things well for beginners. Either way you have posted some exceptional site on here.
Your post is full of resources and tutorials. I am more than happy to visit this blog because it is difficult to find all that good stuff at one place. I like the font and resources collection the most.