Resources for Redesigning Websites

Thinking about the new design of the San Jose Public Library reminded me that I've been collecting links to tools and articles about web design. I posted a few resources before, but the demise of Bloglines has prompted me to pull out all my bookmarks and do something with them.

I'll be using these when we redesign our website, and hopefully you'll find them helpful too:

Web Design Overview

• First of all, perhaps the most concise and useful guide to web design:
  
• A Quick Guide to Website Design
• 10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
• "State of Web Development” survey covering technologies, techniques, philosophies and practices that today’s web professionals employ
• Study on how library catalogs searched and used
• Study about scrolling and attention spans on websites

Design Tips & Goals

• 250 Quick Web Design Tips
• Webmaster tips for creating accessible, crawlable sites
• How To Integrate Twitter Into Your Web Site (here's how we're using Twitter)
• Ten essentials for any library site (Library Journal article)
• Designing Digital Experiences for Library Websites (David Lee King presentation)
• Quick review of the Maui Community College Library website (what they're doing right)
• Does your Website Look Professional? (how to tell and why it's important)
• Digital Branch Style Guide (Developed by David Lee King)

Testing & Development Tools

• Is Your HTML Good Enough? 7 Browser-Testing Services
• 7 Incredibly Useful Tools for Evaluating a Web Design
• Quick and Dirty Remote User Testing
• 10 Great Tools to Create a Mobile Version of Your Site (here's my attempt at creating a mobile site)
• W3C Markup Validator
• 35+ Usability Resources for Web Designers
• Usability Testing Toolkit: Resources, Articles, and Techniques
• 50 Best Free Tools To Create Perfect Color Combinations

And the final word on this subject will come from Chuck - Design Coding is not only hilarious, it's amazingly accurate:

But I'm sure there are tons of other tools out there, so please share your favorite in the comments. Thanks.

Posted under Uncategorized | 4 Comments »