References for Computer Classes
This page has links and references to useful sites.
HTML and Web Design useful links
Sites for choosing colors.
- Color Codes - links to several pages of color codes shades or different families of colors.
- WebMonkey Color Charts - another nice page of color choices.
- Color Scheme Designer - for putting together sets of colors that work together.
- Interactive Color Chooser - has RGB slider bars that let you see the colors you build.
Useful validation sites.
- HTML and XHTML Templates. I tested the XHTML 1.0 Transitional template with w3c.org and passed.
- Here is another XHTML 1.0 Transitional Template that passes the w3c.org validator. It adds a meta tag specifying the character set to the template listed above.
Other Topics
- Write Web Pages for the Iphone - tips on writing for small portable devices.
HTML5
- HTML5 Video Tag Demo. Works in all browsers.
- The HTML5 Canvas Tag. An article on how to draw with the HTML5 canvas using javascript.
- New Elements in HTML5.
- HTML5Rocks. Google's HTML5 showcase and playground.
Other Useful Links.
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Useful information on making your website accessible to all people on any kind of device.
- Email Obfuscation tool - takes a regular mailto: email address link and changes ito to special characters so spam robots can't read it.
- Button Generator - an interactive page that builds button graphic files. Nice for simple rollover menus.
Javascript
Javascript Reference and Tutorial
Javascript Object Reference - a complete reference to all Javascript objects and their methods.
Here is a reference to an excellent Javascript Tutorial available on-line for free.
Open Source Javascript library - jquery.com.
Wordpress Resources
- wordpress.com - go here to sign up for a free blog.
- wordpress.org - main site for the wordpress code.
- Wordpress Codex - the primary source of wordpress documentation.
- Wordpress Academy - interesting source of tutorials and training material, some free, some paid.
- Thesis theme framework - a very popular and customizable commercial wordpress theme framework.
- ThemeFrame - a commercial wordpress theme builder program, by the same people who created the atahualpa free theme framework.
Scripts for Dropdown Menus, Popup Windows, and Other Stuff
Dropdown Menus with CSS and sometimes Javascript
- HTML Dog - Dropdowns. This page has a small Javascript function that implements the li:hover function for IE 6 and earlier.
- Free CSS Drop Down Menu Framework. Already built style sheets and html templates that are easy to modify and implement.
- Simple Drop-Down Menu.
- CSS Express - one level drop down menu. Code plus tutorial on how to use.
- Free CSS Drop-Down Menu. An online tool that builds the code you can download. The lower half of the page has links to other css menu sites.
- ThinkHTML Drop-Down Menu. CSS only.
- Drop-Down Lowdown. This page has reviews of several sites that have dropdown menu code, with pros and cons of each.
Popup Window Sites
General Script Sites
- Dynamic Drive DHTML. Has categories of scripts for menus, windows, and more.
- Javascript Kit. Cut and paste javascript.
- codearena.com.
Mobile Web Development Links
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