Resources and Goodies
Our Tutorials Website, TechHelp @ PUC: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Tutorials
Flash Resources
- Flashkit.com - Excellent Flash developer resource: http://www.flashkit.com/
- Flash tutorials with lots of useful info: http://www.entheosweb.com/Flash/default.asp
- Adobe Flash Tutorial/Support Center: http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/tutorial_index.html
Dreamweaver Resources
- Dreamweaver tutorials at Entheos: http://www.entheosweb.com/dreamweaver/default.asp
- Dreamweaver tutorials at PUC: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Tutorials/HECC
- Adobe Dreamweaver Tutorial/Support Center: http://www.adobe.com/support/dreamweaver/tutorial_index.html
Fireworks
- Nice collection of Fireworks tutorials and useful info: http://www.entheosweb.com/fireworks/default.asp
- Adobe Fireworks Tutorial/Support Center: http://www.adobe.com/support/fireworks/tutorial_index.html
- Fireworks tutorials at PUC: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Tutorials
- Some image optimization tips and info: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=3624327
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- CSS layout techniques: http://www.glish.com/css/
- CSS Tutorials: http://www.w3schools.com/ css/default.asp
- Another good series of CSS Tutorials: http://www.echoecho.com/css.htm
- And finally, a third good CSS discussion: http://www.csstutorial.net/
General Web Design
- General web design advice and information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_design
- "Writing for a Web Audience": http://www.smartisans.com/articles/web_writing.aspx
- Article about web design, audience, and content: http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/Design/audience.html
- Another good design article: http://webstyleguide.com/interface/user-centered.html
- An Adobe columnist discusses designing for an audience: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/dialogbox/targetaudience/
- Web Pages That Suck - Great advice and ideas about creating attractive sites: http://webpagesthatsuck.com/
- Web Accessibility Content Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/WAI
- Research-based usability and web design guidelines (warning: the entire booklet download found here is huge - 161MB!): http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html
- Web design fundamentals: http://www.pantos.org/atw/basics.html
Royalty-Free Images and Media to Use in Your Sites
- Gimp Savoy Photo Archive, http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE
- DHD Multimedia Gallery, http://gallery.hd.org/index.jsp
- Free Foto, http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
- Free Photographs, http://www.free-photographs.net/
- Free Tock Photos, http://freestockphotos.com
- Image After, http://www.imageafter.com
- The Morgue File, http://www.morguefile.com/
- Pics for Learning, http://pics4learning.com
- The Smithsonian, http://smithsonianimages.si.edu/siphoto/siphoto.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=home
- Copyright Free Photo Library, http://www.ecarboot.net/photolibrary/
- Wikimedia, http://www.wikimedia.org
- Foto Search, http://www.fotosearch.com/stock-photos-categories/
- Imagine, http://www.inmagine.com/
For audio, try the following resources:
- AKM Music, http://www.akmmusic.co.uk/
- Acoustica, http://www.acoustica.com/sounds.htm
- Koumis, http://www.koumis.com/soundfx.htm
- Ljudo, http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it
- Partners in Rhyme, http://www.partnersinrhyme.com
- Incompetech, http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
- Royalty Free Downloads, http://www.royaltyfreedownloads.com/
- Public Domain, http://www.publicdomain4u.com/
- Flash Kit, http://www.flashkit.com/soundfx/Instruments/
- Stonewashed, http://www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html
- A1 Sound Effects, http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/noflash.htm
- Absolute Sound Effects Library, http://www.grsites.com/sounds/
Free Web Hosting Services
- About Domain Names, including places to get one and what they're all about: http://personalweb.about.com/od/hostingdomainnames
- http://geocities.yahoo.com
- http://www.tripod.com
- http://www.quia.com
- http://homepage.scholastic.com/classpages/start_hp.cfm
- http://myschoolonline.com/golocal
- http://www.teacherWeb.com
Extras
- Helen’s website: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Faculty/jancich
- Staci’s website: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu/Faculty/trekles
- Purdue Calumet School of Education: http://education.calumet.purdue.edu
- Purdue University Calumet: http://www.calumet.purdue.edu
- MyTarget: http://mytarget.iassessment.org
- The Center for Educational Leadership: http://cel.calumet.purdue.edu
