Web Design Resources

Over the past few years, I've gathered together a variety of web design resources. This collection of links includes magazines, books, technical sites, inspirational sites, forums etc. I hope you find them useful!

Design Information and Inspiration

Web Design Inspiration Sites:

Cool Home Pages
www.coolhomepages.com
This site evaluates web site design. It provides thumbnails of entry pages and sorts them into different categories, e.g. navigation, clean, flash etc. Great resource for design ideas and inspiration!

Web Creme
http://www.webcreme.com/
Good selection of worldwide web site design organized by thumbnail.

About.com
http://webdesign.about.com/cs/inspiration/
About.com is an excellent web and graphic design resource. I enjoy looking at the sites in their "inspiration" page.

Other Sites
http://bestwebgallery.com/
Nice collection of web and Flash design examples.

http://www.asiteaday.org/
And another!

http://www.mostinspired.com/
And another!

CSS Inspiration Sites

http://www.cssmoon.com/index.php
Another CSS inspiration site

http://www.csselite.com/
Another CSS inspiration site

http://www.urbantrash.net/cssgallery/
Another CSS inspiration site

http://www.cssleak.com/
And another!

General Web Design Reference

Web Reference
The following sites offer articles and tutorials on a variety of web development topics.
http://www.webreference.com
http://www.webmonkey.com

Smashing Magazine:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
High quality articles on a variety of web design (and other) topics.

Web Development SIGs, Forums and Discussion Lists

Web Monster Web Design Discussion List
http://www.topica.com/lists/web-design
You can learn quite a lot from participating in a mailing list. The participants in this list can range from outright beginners to Macromedia support staff.

Sonoma County Web Developers SIG
http://www.sonomawebsig.org/
SCWD SIG is Sonoma County's only special interest group that provides networking and educational opportunities to Web professionals. We feature a guest speaker at our monthly events, held on the second Tuesday of each month. Event topics cover the many aspects of Web development—interface design, search engines, software upgrades, security, legal issues, and whatever else our members suggest. Each month brings opportunities to connect with others and learn something new. There’s a lot to be said for both. Our trade is ever-evolving; we must keep up with constant change. If we build our professional network in the process, so much the better!

North Bay Adobe User Group
http://groups.adobe.com/groups/36a18c9379/summary
The North Bay Adobe User Group was founded in May 2007 to provide a forum of support and technology to students, professionals, and enthusiasts. At NBAUG we strive to create community, increase networking, unveil the latest technology innovations, and reveal the techniques that turn novices into experts, and experts into gurus across many of the Adobe applications.

Web Site Tips Discussion Lists and Newsletters
http://www.websitetips.com/lists/
This is a fairly lengthy list of mailing lists and newsletters for web designers (including CSS, web design, marketing, typography, Dreamweaver, search engines etc.).