While government and business have web sites, many individuals now have web sites of various kinds. This page is designed to help people create basic web pages/sites. This may be an ordinary web page, a blog, or one of several other formats. Tutorials, advice pages and software are listed to assist this.

There are links to more advanced information if you wish to continue development of your skills and other related information for this area.

For those wanting to extend their understanding, use this link to the Computing Studies page for tertiary students. You can also check information on the Technology Resources and Information Technology [secondary studies] pages.

Beginners

Basic information for those about the take the first steps.

• 13 Design Rules
  That every Web site designer should know about. Directed to professionals, but simple and sensible enough for everyone to consider.
• Beginners Web Design Tutorial - How-to-build-websites.com
  ‘The easiest web design tutorial on the web’.
• Enchanted Web Learning
  Good for younger students.
• First Page 2006
  Free Australian program to build websites.
• FREE HTML Course
  A good starter taking about 5 hours to complete.
• How to Make/Create Your Own Website : The Beginner’s A-Z Guide to Starting a Website
• How Web Pages Work
• Internet 101, Building Websites
  Multiple sections.
• Learning HTML
  ‘An annotated source of the resources you’ll need to learn HTML. I have also included a few styling tips’..
• Lissa Explains - HTML Help for Kids
• Nvu
  An editor and site manager that is eminently suitable to beginning site developers. Open source product.
• Page Tutor 5.0
  Downloadable version of a range of tutorials, and sections of other tutorials, for beginners. Access links in the menu.
• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
  All levels. beghinners to experts.
• Web Adventure !
• WEBalley - Web Publishing Made Easy
  Tutorials, resources, news, web design assistance.
• The Web Design Group
  HTML help.

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Other Information

For More Advanced Developers

• Bravenet
  Everything you want to start a web page.
• Display RSS
  ‘The following sites and tools will help webmasters generate java or html that can be used to display content in rss feeds’.
• Drupal
  ‘Use Drupal to build everything from personal blogs to enterprise applications. Thousands of add-on modules and designs let you build any site you can imagine. Drupal is free, flexible, robust and constantly being improved’.
• Handy Hints for Web Designers
  Design advice.
• HTML Goodies
  ‘To help new and growing website developers learn their trade, and to provide them with tips, guides and reference sets for their use as they become more accomplished’. Introduction, Primers, HTML & Graphics Tutorials, Beyond HTML.
• Mobilefish
  ‘You have stumbled upon a website where its primary goal is to provide you with QUICK practical answers about website, animation and midlets development’. Tutorials, Developer assistance, Online services that help, more.
• TechRepublic
  High end development information.
• The HTML Pit Stop
  Advice on using HTML. Part of Pageresource.com.
• The Web Book
  ‘The Web Book is a Free 350-page book that tells you everything you need to know in order to create a home or business Web site from scratch. It covers everything from registering a domain name and renting some hosting space, to creating your first HTML page, to building full online database applications with PHP and MySQL. It also tells you how to market and promote your site, and how to make money from it’.
• Tips, Tricks, How to, and Beyond
  HTML to hosting.
• WCI Development Tools
  Information on tools to use.
• Web Design - HWG.ORG
  Fee-based courses.
• WebDeveloper.com
  ActiveX to XML.
• Webmaster Tools Central
  Website Tools, Services. Check the links at the left.
• Web Page Design for Designers
  Specific design advice.
• Webreference.com
• Microsoft WebsiteSpark^™
  ‘WebsiteSpark gives Web designers and developers a jump-start by providing the tools and resources needed to build great websites, Free of cost’.

Additions

Additional material for constructing web pages - usability, sounds, applets, graphics, Flash, CSS, more.

CSS [Cascading Style Sheets]

• A List Apart
  For those who wish to expand their knowledge and use of CSS techniques. Articles with mini-tutorials on various aspects and techniques, developed by the experts.
• Cascading Style Sheets, Learning CSS
  From the W3C.
• Complete CSS Guide
  ‘A reference to every aspect of cascading style sheets’. Check their Tutorials here.
• CSS Frequently Asked Questions
• CSS Help
  Help, tutorials, resources, glossary, FAQs, more.
• CSSplay
  ‘I have created this site in the hope that it will help newcomers to CSS and show old hands that it is more than just a mechanism for styling your documents’.
• CSS Properties
  Covers all properties. Check about tutorials in the main menu.
• CSS Reference, Sitepoint
  Concepts, Properties, @Rules, Selectors, Live Examples.
• CSS Tricks
  ‘A web design community’. Explained and demonstrated. Videos, freebies, articles, snippets.

Javascript Resources

Access scripts. Most simply cut and paste, others may require minor modification.

• Dynamic Drive
• HotScripts.com
• JavaScript Source : Free JavaScripts
• The JavaScript Source
  ‘Free Javascripts, tutorials, example code, reference, resources, and help’.

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Graphics & Media

• Acoustica
  Sounds.
• Adobe Flash - Support Centre
• Background City
  
• Backgrounds
• Fresher Images
• Graphics
  Web graphics.
• PrayStation
  Free Flash scripts. Skill required to implement them.
• SoundCli.ps
  Sound Effects & Clips. ‘SoundCli.ps empowers it’s users to share, listen, and even download the clips of audio that have been uploaded to it’s site. There has never been an easier way to share sound clips online. No registration required’.
• Sound Effects
  Sound effects for the web or desktop.
• Web Clipart

General Sites

• CGI Scripts
  Add material using this site.
• Colour Set 2.3
  Free to design a colour scheme for your site. Colour codes provided.
• Cool Web Design
  Examples of well designed web sites to show good design features.
• HTML Writers Guild
  Information about classes, books, news, and services.
• Multilingual Webmaster
  Information on establishing web presences in multiple languages.
• Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
  What web pages looked like some time ago. Use Pandora Archive for Australian sites.
• Jakob Neilsen’s Guide
  What people want from web pages by the design guru.
• Really Big
  5 000+ resources - scripts, counters, fonts, HTML, Java, clipart, animations, icons, etc..
• Sourcebank
  A directory of source code and scripts, news articles and much more.
• The Web’s Top 100 Sites
  Continually updated listing of the top 100 sites. Rankings, reviews.
• Usability First
  Helps make your web page usable so it is well received and constantly revisited.
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  ‘These guidelines explain how to make Web content accessible to people with disabilities’. W3C.
• Web Devout
  ‘This site is aimed at promoting the health of the Web by providing web developers and the public with the knowledge and tools needed to help the Web move forward’.
• WebsiteTips
  ‘An educational Web site design and development resource especially for Web site owners, Web designers, Web professionals, webmasters, teachers and educators, students and anyone wanting to learn about Web sites’.
• Writing for the Web
  ‘Research on how users read on the Web and how authors should write their Web pages’. Similar sites include Web Content, Writing for Web Sites and Writing for the web - tips, ideas and resources.

Tutorials

You will also find tutorials in the CSS section above.

• Da Tutorials
  Tutorials on Photoshop, PHP, ASP, HTML, CSS, Javascript, VB Script, DHTML, MySQL, more. Internet Explorer software.
• HTML.net
  ‘Use our tutorials on HTML and CSS and start building your own website in about an hour’.
• HTML Tutor
  ‘This is a tutor which teaches how to use HTML and describes every element. It creates files and shows you how to use them. It’s a way to learn HTML easily with just one free program’.
• PageResource.com
  Links to tutorials on web page development from HTML to Perl, informative articles on web development.
• TutorialIndex
  ‘Your best source for free online tutorials - Photoshop, Flash, 3D, PHP, HTML, SQL/MySQL, ASP - the most useful collection’. Can work with individual programs.
• Webmonkey Tutorials
  These cover multiple areas for web creation including HTML, AJAX. Javascript, CSS, Blogs, backend, more.

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