Anthony Rettig
SLM 521
Web Link
Bibliography
~ A collection
of web page creation resources ~
Free Clipart, Buttons, and
Banners:
321 Clipart - An extensive sight with many free resources. Contains fonts, textures, backgrounds, side bars, banners, buttons, bullets, dividers, icons and more.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://www.321clipart.com/
The Free Graphics Store - A collection of free graphics, bullets, animated gifs, icons, backgrounds, strip backgrounds and more. This site gives very specific information about the colors used in the creation of each object, the file size, and the artist who created them.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://ausmall.com.au/freegraf/freegrfa.htm
iBand - A collection of free clipart separated into many categories such as Animals, Flags and Signs, Transportation, Music, Sports and Recreation, and many others. Warning, this site does offer free clipart but does contain a lot of pop-up ads.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://www.iband.com/clipart.html
By Dezign - A small collection of original clipart, icons and backgrounds. Also feature some unique Interface templates. No pop-up ads here.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://www.graphicsbydezign.com
Gif Animations - An extensive collection of animated gifs. They are separated into various categories to make your browsing easy. The quality of the graphics seems amateurish, butyou may find what you need. Worth a visit.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://www.gifanimations.com
Castle Trash - A site with free clipart graphics and backgrounds. All items are Fantasy / Medieval themed. The Interface seems awkward at first but once you get used to it browsing the site is easy.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://www.castletrash.com
Flamingtext - A free flaming banner generator. Simple to use, simply insert the text you would like to appear as flaming text. You have some input on color and background style. The site will generate an animated gif file showing the text.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.flamingtext.com/
MicrosoftOffice Online: Clipart and Media Library - An extensive collection of resources, tips, clipart and more. May require download and installation of a small program to access the clipart.
Date visited - 02/24/04 http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
MCPS Digital Vertical File - a database of photographs, clip art, sounds, streaming movies, and other multimedia created by MCPS staff and students. This database, with over 1000 files and growing, is designed to be a resource that can be easily use by teachers and students.
Date Visited - 3/01/04 http://coldfusion.mcps.k12.md.us/cfms/webteam/dvf/
Google Image Search - A powerful resource to help you locate images on the web. The engine operates as any other search engine except instead of returning with links to websites you are provided with a gallery of thumbnail photos related to your search. By clicking on a link you can see the full size image and even visit the page the photo came from.
Date Visited - 3/01/04 http://www.google.com/imghp
Yahoo Image Search - Another powerful resource for image searching. Simply change the pull down selector next to the search field from “The Web” to “in Images”. Images are displayed as thumbnails and can be enraged to full size by clicking on them.
Date Visited - 3/01/04 http://www.yahoo.com/
Free Java Scripts and
Other Page Enhancers:
JS Made Easy - This site features many free basic Java Script codes to add a variety of special effects to your web page. The scripts are segregated into several categories to make browsing much easier. Some of the more popular script categories include Animation, Audio, Background Effects, Image Effects, Mouse Tricks and More! The site also includes tutorials and information useful for beginners.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.jsmadeeasy.com/
Vortex Design: Web Design Tutorial - Vortex Design is a complete hosting and web design company for small businesses. They also have a free help section for people creating their own sites. The tutorials are easy to read and understand. Some of the tutorials include Mouse Rollovers, Image Maps, Password Protection for your page and many more.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.vortex-webdesign.com/help/index.htm
Digits.com - A service which will proved a free counter for your webpage. If you are paying for webspace this service is likely provided free by your host. If you are using free webspace you will want to use a service like this. Digits offers other services such as tracking and statistics on who is visiting your page. This link takes you directly to the free counter creation page.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.digits.com/create.html
Stat Counter - A complete web counter and real time tracker solution for free. A bonus is they do not require any advertisement on your page for their service. In order to view your sites live tracking and statistics you must log into their site, and look at their banner advertisements. This service is free until you surpass 250,000 hits a day.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.statcounter.com/
Easy Hit Counters - A very easy to use service for a simple web counter. Simply register your site, insert some small code into your page and your counter is active. They even allow you to select from a variety of styles.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://easy-hit-counters.com/
Tucows - A one stop for shareware and freeware programs and utilities. Once you have created your page you may need to find a good FTP program to upload it. Perhaps you are looking for an animated gif builder? Want to use a different browser to make sure your web content is compatible with all the browsers on the market? Visit Tucows and use their browsing menus to find reviews and links for download to any program you could possibly want. Most software is shareware or nag-ware requiring you to pay a small activation fee after limited use to make annoying reminders go away.
Date Visited - 3/1/04 http://www.tucows.com
FreeWebSpace.Net - Need a place to host your page? Want to explore and compare the wide range of Free Hosts to paid Hosting services? This site is a search engine / portal to help you find a host that will best meet your needs .
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.freewebspace.net/
50Megs - A web host who provides a tier of services to meet your needs. Basic free service allows for 50 megs of webspace. They will help you purchase a domain name or select a sub-domain name to add onto their address. Free sites will feature banner advertisements chosen by the provider.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.50megs.com/
Tripod - Another provider who offers basic free web hosting services. They offer tutorials and templates to help beginner web master with few resources get started. If you select free hosting you will get to select the type of banner ads you would like them to place on your page.
Date Visited - 2/28/04 http://www.tripod.lycos.com/