Resources for Web Design

New resources will be added as they are discovered. RootsWeb resources will be added once all of the sites have been restored. You can keep up-to-date on them by checking the RootsWeb Blog.

Learn HTML and CSS

• W3Schools - This should be your first stop in learning to write HTML code.
• HTML Element Reference
• HTML5 Tutorial  from w3schools
• HTML and XHTML from w3schools
• CSS Tutorial from w3schools
• THE DO'S AND DON'TS OF WEB DESIGN IN 3 PARTS  
  • Part 1  
  • Part 2  
  • Part 3 
• Google Information for Webmasters - Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Even if you choose not to implement any of these suggestions, we strongly encourage you to pay very close attention to the "Quality Guidelines," which outline some of the illicit practices that may lead to a site being removed entirely from the Google index. 
• Quality Tips for Webmasters - Short, simple bits of knowledge for better Web design, authoring, and use, on quality issues related to W3C technologies such as HTML, CSS, HTTP. 
• Web Style Guide - 4th edition. This is the online version of the book by the same name.
• Introduction to CSS 
  • CSS Tutorial Part 1
  • CSS Tutorial Part 2 
  • CSS Tutorial Part 3 
  • CSS and images 
  • CSS in webpages 
• CSS Play 

Expression Web Resources

• Download Microsoft Expression Web 4 (Free Version)  - Even though the file name says trial, this is NOT a trial. It is the last version Microsoft released.
• http://by-expression.com (free tutorials, sample sites)
• http://any-expression.com (eBooks & tutorials)
• http://www.expression-web-tutorials.com (tutorials & free templates)

Front Page Resources

• AccessFP FrontPage Resources
• Version Specific Resources - FrontPage Resources for Specific Version Numbers.
• Folders in a FrontPage website - Description of the folders in a FrontPage website (slow loading)