Free Web Design Information

For all those front end web designers out there here are some great resources I have come across over time. I have one rule of thumb; If its useful and or has potential for at some point being useful to me (a front end web designer) then I will likely list it here. If something is missing, let me know!

ALSO see my Web Design Examples!

• Awesome List of Resources
  A great list of resources put together and updated over time.
• Bulletproof Web Design ∴ Example Code
  Example code from the master himself Dan Cederholm. The book is Bulletproof Web Design and I would say it's a must have for anyone learning web design.
• Web Standards Solutions ∴ Example Code
  The Markup and Style Handbook. A definite must have for anyone learning web design. The book is easy to read through, insightful, and full of practical solutions for essential elements of web design.
• Visibone Web Design Sheet
  What more can I say other than I loved this so much I bought it and use it on practically a daily basis. Sure this information is easily accessible on the web but it's a hell of a lot easier using this guys functional and equally beautiful layouts.
• ListAMatic
  Learn all about making beautiful lists. Lists come up more often than not, trust me.
• over LIB
  A nifty little chunk of js that allow for text and images to appear on mouseovers of links. I guess you gotta see it to really understand it so click the link.
• Coding for IE7
  When looking at your website in Internet Explorer 7, you may notice a few things look different or even that the layout is totally broken. This will almost certainly be due to a number of changes that have been made in IE7 from its predecessor, IE6.
• Color Detector Tool
  A cool tool to detect the color of anything on your screen.
• A List apart
  Some great articles on general design principles.

E-Mail Related

• HTML E-Mail How To Guide
  A must read for anyone trying to figure out sending html formatted e-mails. Warning: Headache may follow.

Newsletter Distribution Solutions

• Vertical Response
  A great way to manage your newsletter with marketing analytics.
• Constant Contact
  Another source for e-mail newsletter software that is fairly popular.
• Get Response
  Another well priced option for e-mail newsletter marketing, foreign based.

Website Analytics:

• Click Tracks Analytics
  Dig deep into your websites statistics.
• Google Analytics
  Powerful and free software from Google. They should be charging for this stuff.
• Add This
  A great bookmarking tool to integrate into your website. You need to have a way for users to bookmark your pages easily.
  
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Domain Name Tools:
Getting a quality domain name can make a huge difference. Here are some sites I found useful in addition to where you would normally register a website.

• GoDaddy
  After market domain shopping on GoDaddy.