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This is my collection of links to information about making web pages and working with Paint Shop Pro and other art programs. There are also links to sites that offer free graphics, midi files, counters, guestbooks, applets, and everything else I've gathered in the course of designing web pages. Almost all of these sites offer links to other similar sites, so it's highly likely that you'll find exactly what you need to develop your own site.
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Font Frame - a free-ware only font site with 500+ freeware fonts, type history, and tutorials
Fonts for Kids - lots of cute fonts for child or family-oriented pages
Frequently Asked Questions About Fonts - answers to anything you can think to ask about fonts.
PCFonts.com - a huge directory of sites offering free fonts for downloading
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Absolutely Free Clipart - thousands of royalty free clipart images; without pop-ups
AnimatedGif.net - a large collection of animated gifs and free graphic web images provided as a free community service
Barry's Clip Art Server - Free resource foffers more than 13,000 graphic images including clipart, Web graphics and animated gifs
Clipart.com - offers free images and links to the internet's best sources for clip-art, fonts, photos and web graphics
Clip Art Connection - offers thousands of downloadable images
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Adobe Photoshop - A site featuring all sorts of information about Adobe Photoshop, mainly focusing on 5.5. You can order Photoshop here, as well as learn more about it. Features tips, question and answer, and detailed information of the different aspects of Adobe Photoshop.
Corel PhotoPaint Tips and Tricks - Tutorials on creating 3D buttons and rolled edges, using the image sprayer tool, working with photos, adding color to black and white photos, using grayscale masks.
GrafX Design Tutorials - This site offers tutorials in the use of Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, and Corel Draw. Also offers tutorials on creating animated GIFs.
Laurie McCanna’s Free Art Site - Offers more than 30 tutorials for using Photoshop, Corel, Xara, Painter and Paintshop Pro and selections from McCanna's book, “Creating Great Web Graphics.”
Lori’s Web Graphics - Offers a general guide to making your own web graphics, with emphasis on using Paint Shop Pro 5. Tutorials include basics, filters, effects, optimizing, image maps, and animated GIFs.
Paint Shop Pro Tips & Tutorials - Jasc Software’s Digital Studio offers image creation and editing tips for beginners and advanced users of Paint Shop Pro.
Software: Graphics Tools - The About network offers a list of links to sites featuring drawing/illustration tutorials, software, utilities, plug-ins, add-ons, and new products.
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Trout's GIF Optimizer - a free, online tool that reduces the file size of GIF images allowing web pages to load faster
JPEG Optimizer - low-priced downloadable JPEG Optimizer will compress image files in the JPEG format. The program interactively displays on your screen the changes to the image as a result of changing compression settings
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Dave Raggett's Introduction to HTML - a short introduction to writing HTML, includes basic and advanced HTML coding and an introduction to style sheets.
HTML Tag Guide - a concise and handy list of the most important HTML tags with good examples showing how to use them
HTML Q&A - answers some common questions about working with HTML and creating web sites
HTML Writer's Guild Resources - offers HTML tutorials and links to additional resources
HTML Validators and Meta Tag Help - a list of links that offer free HTML validation to check for broken links and spelling errors, and to test how your site will look in different browsers
Introduction to HTML - excellent tutorial presented by Case Western Reserve University.
Might Mouseover Machine - great place for assistance in creating rollover effects for your web pages
TableMaker - generates code for tables after you fill in your preferences for the table you want to make
Table Tutorials - a tutorial for creating tables from HTML Goodies
Web Style Guide - focuses on interface and graphic design principles underlying Web site design, and gives advice on issues ranging from planning and organizing goals, to design strategies for a site, to elements of individual page design.
What Makes A Great Web Site? - guidelines for improving your web site or designing one to maximize its appeal to visitors.
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Sources for scripts and applets to add mouse-over effects, pop-up windows, alerts, etc.
Applet Depot - free java applets for installing games, puzzles and other good stuff on your site
Beginner's Guide to JavaScript - gives examples and explanations for inserting javascripts into your web page
CGI Resource Index - a large cgi script web site with free and "for purchase" offerings and a wide selection of unusual scripts
Java Boutique - offers free Java applets, games, programming tutorials, downloads, FAQ, and a discussion forum
JavaScript City - source for free scripts
Javascript Corral - an excellent javascript resource with free scripts
Javascript FAQ Knowledge Base - an outstanding resource for answering all your questions about specific types of scripts; other sections of the site cover Java and CGI questions
JavaScript Source - another excellent javascript resource
Matt's Scripts Archive - one of the best resources for free cgi and perl scripts
Website Abstraction - free scripts and java applets, beginner and advanced tutorials, web building totorials
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About Embedded Midi Files - a word of advice before adding background sound to your siteClassical Midi Connection - if it's classical and not found here, you probably won't find it
Laura's Midi Heaven - a huge midi resource site
Ragtime Piano Midi Files by Warren Trachtman - features music of Scott Joplin, Jelly-Roll Morton, Eubie Blake and other composers of ragtime piano music
Search for Midis on the Web - utilizes multiple search engines to locate all sites containing a specific midi
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Bulletin boards/message boards
Chat Rooms
Counters
Guestbooks
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10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained - discusses common myths about copyright that are seen on the netCopyright - an excellent discussion of internet copyright issues from an artist's point of view
The Copyright Website - site provides "real world, practical and relevant copyright information of interest to infonauts, netsurfers, webspinners, content providers, musicians, appropriationists, activists, infringers, outlaws, and law abiding citizens."
What Is Copyright Protection - basic definitions regarding copyrights
Direct Linking and Hot Linking - why this is bandwidth theft and bad
