Need to design a website?
Where do you start? Where do you find answers to your questions?
RunTheWeb.com has searched for
the best places to find the answers to your web development questions.
Just starting Out ???
WebDeveloper.com has an article called
ABC's of building a Website
which covers topics such as: What is HTML, What are Domain Names, How to add pictures to your website,
Top 10 signs of a amateur website and promoting your website. A very good starting point to cover the basics.
Ten Minutes To HTML
- This is our quickest way for newbies to learn the basics of writing their own html.
I wrote this a few years ago, but it is still one of the easiest ways to get started.
As the name suggests, it's a quick read, you'll be learning to create your own web pages in only 10 minutes.
Web Development Websites
BigNoseBird.Com
has many tutorials and design advice on all aspects of web development and
management. Free scripts, graphics and other downloads are available.
Bravenet
offers webmasters many useful tools for their websites including free counters and an impressive selection
of scripts
Developer.com
is a great informational resource for technical information on website design and programming.
Echo Web
is a collection of web developing resources. They offer tutorials, articles,
tools, live help, a directory of resources, plus much more.
Elance.com
- makes it quick and easy for buyers and sellers of services to find each other and to
negotiate through price bidding.
Particularly useful to visitors of Run The Web, is the ability to post and bid on jobs
for web designing and development.
Ezboard.com
- Looking to add a discussion board to your website?
Here's a website that will set you up for free
ScreamDesign
offers tutorials on a wide assortment of different graphic and web design
programs. If you are looking for help on your favorite program, I'm sure
you'll find the help you need here.
Sitepoint.com
has many articles about website design and promotion as
well as a nice list of links to tools and other useful resources.
Make sure you visit their forums section where you'll find topics on all
aspects of web development and marketing.
They also have many reviews of: software, services, Internet tools,
e-books and more.
W3Schools
- all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP.
WDVL.com
is the Web Developer's Virtual Library. Find articles, information
and tutorials on virtually any web development topic.
Webdeveloper.com
is an endless source of web development articles, tutorials, software
reviews and more. This is one of the few website I visit everyday.
WebsiteWave.net
offers you only great stuff (web sites, scripts, resources, manuals,
tutorials, articles, forums, ...) for webmasters and web developers. Tons
of resources sorted in many categories. All sites with small reviews and
rating.
Wdforums.com
has different forums of interest to webdevelopers. Such topics as website
development, programming languages and internet marketing are discussed.
Webmonkey
has a large library of articles on all aspects of website design.
Online tutorials on html, graphics, javascript, databases, e-commerce and
more.
ZDNet has a
vast library of information on web design & development and computers
in general. Be sure to check out their newsletter subscription area
where you can choose from 30 different newsletters for your favorite
topic.
CGI Scripts
Cgi scripts allow you to do all those cool
interactive things websites need these days. Online forms, bulletin
boards, setting cookies, random image generators as just a fraction of the
things that are possible due to cgi scripts.
In many cases, these scripts are very low
cost or even free .
Where to find them and how to use them are
answered at these sites:
CGI Resource Index
has listings with reviews for thousands of different
scripts written in all different languages.
ScriptSearch
indexes over 5,000 different scripts that do all sorts of things.
No listing of scripts would be complete without
mentioning Matt's Script Archive.
Matt Wright has become nearly famous for his scripts and the resources he
has collected.
Need help with your scripts? Richard Hanson from
MarketingResource.com
is the person you need to talk with. Rick has a lot of experience
installing scripts for others and has helped us with one of our
scripts as well.
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