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hope what is listed will be of value to you. It certainly has
to me over the years. Please feel free to contact me about any
broken links. Sometimes I just get too busy with the business
end to take a peek back here and test this page out.
- Doug |
Fonts
font-Journal™
It's
impossible to find decent fonts on the web without having to put
up with vicious popup advertising and extremely annoying banner
ads you say? Enter the font-Journal. A private project by a professional
artist and designer. Fonts are cataloged and some fonts are available.
Still under development.
Fontcraft's
Scriptorium Fonts and Graphic Arts
Many
designers are now supporting the FREE web fonts offered by Fontcraft.
These are clean, easy to read, good looking fonts. You will probably
want to install them if you surf the web. You will probably need
them if you want to design attractive web sites because of the limited
supply of installed cross platform fonts which display well on the
screen (most fonts are designed for printing).
Designers
 Symbiotic
Design
My small
new media design studio with a large freelance artist pool can meet
your every need. We design for the web with promotion and search
engine optimization in mind. We work hand-in-hand with our SEO and
web promotion expert, a results proven professional. We also cover
many other forms of media, including but not limited to: digital
broadcast video, interactive CD-ROM & DVD, textile screen printing
and paper printed media. Design solutions for your company as it
grows.
deadlock
Design, Ltd
Nice
clean designs. What is important about deadlock is that they design
with promotion in mind. This is a major drawback of most other studios
which merely give you some nice web pages and wish you good luck.
Promotion is the key to success on the internet.
Northern
Webs
Web site design covers many different technologies. Northern
Webs has extensive experience in constructing websites which include
Java, JavaScript, CGI, Data Bases, Flash etc. But not all web sites
require such fancy interaction. Fancy or plain, Northern Webs is
capable of designing and performing the site promotion.
DesignerIndex
If the above designers are too busy to help you out,
the DesignerIndex is a great place to hunt for talent.
Domain Registration
SD-WebsiteDomains.com
Symbiotic
Design's Website Domains registrar & Domain tools web store
offers bargain priced Domain Names with very easy to use advanced
Domain management tools. If you purchase a .com, .net, .org, .us,
.biz, or .info Top Level Domain with us and later find a better
deal elsewhere, we'll sell you all subsequent Domains at wholesale.
It doesn't matter to us, we can't even afford to advertise because
our rates are already too low.
Website
Domains
This is where to go for the international Domains (.cc, .co.uk and
the new Chinese Domain extensions) to assure your global company
presence and/or protect your corporate name. A great co-merchant
program also available (it requires doing some active promotion
and marketing if you want to make any real money, it's not a get-rich-quick
scheme at all).
Register.com
ICANN's premiere Domain provider still hasn't worked out the bugs
in it's free options, but if all you want is a Domain Name, they
can provide it.
Verisign
Domain Names
(Network Solutions)
Network
Solutions is now a part of Verisign, and was the industry leader
in Domain Name registration in the early years.
Web
Site Search Engine Optimization Companies
Once
you
have secured your Domain Name, you might be surprised to find that
the very next step is getting a handle on how to do it correctly.
If you don't, you may wind up spending a fortune in redesign by
a true professional, wasting your valuable time redesigning the
site yourself, spending a fortune to promote your business, or some
combination thereof.
Symbiotic
Design
My small
new media design studio with a large freelance artist pool can meet
your every need. We design for the web with promotion and
search engine optimization in mind. We work hand-in-hand with our
SEO and web promotion expert, a results proven professional. We
also cover many other forms of media, including but not limited
to: digital broadcast video, interactive CD-ROM & DVD, textile
screen printing and paper printed media.
Search
Engine Optimization Pros
deadlock
Design, Ltd
Nice clean designs. What is important about deadlock
is that they design with promotion in mind. This is a major drawback
of most other studios which merely give you some nice web pages
and wish you good luck. Promotion is the key to success on the internet.
Northern
Webs
"Fancy or plain, Northern Webs is capable of designing and
performing the site promotion. As the authors of Meta Medic/SET
SIM PRO, our unique abilities will work on your behalf, building
a web site that is not only user friendly but also search engine
friendly. After all, the prettiest web site won't do you any good
if your customers can't find it."
Web Site Search Engine Optimization Resources
The
most important part of a web page is it's content. But making a
page which is also spider friendly is crucial. If you are going
to take the design or promotion duties on yourself, at least arm
yourself with the knowledge you need to do it right. Unless you
are a large well known organization such as Pizza Hut or Walmart,
this step is critical to the success of your company. A word of
warning, this is not an exacting science. Search engines change
their rules often and guard their artificial intelligence system
of ranking. And these rules change quickly.
Search
Engine Watch - How to use HTML Meta Tags
I personally
think that anyone who designs a page should know and understand
HTML. But simply meeting specifications is not enough. Understanding
how to use Titles, Meta Tags, keywords and content will be more
important than knowing the code. This site explains the important
tags and gives you the meat of what you need to know.
10
Questions About Meta Data
CNET Builder.com
has a great comprehensive intro on how to use meta tags.
Back
to Basics: META Tags
This is a great
meta tag tutorial from WebDeveloper.com by Scott Clark about many
useful meta tags including the Dublin Core, which although isn't
used by the search engines currently, could be at any time.
META
- Meta-information
The information
you need. Covers
generator, author, keywords, description, refresh and expires. These
are they key tags.
A
Dictionary of HTML META Tags
If you want to
go beyond the necessary and know everything about meta tags, this
article will give you everything about every standard meta tag available.
And you only need the standard metas.
Metadata
Activity Statement
From
the W3C, the people who should know, a discussion on metadata, information
on information. Of particular interest here is their work on the
RDF and PICS standards. The W3C works in conjunction with the web
developing community through a collaborative effort to advance and
promote web standards.
Making
your Pages Easy for Search Engines to Index
From the Web Developer's Virtual Library, an article by Andrew Starling
on SEO.
Learning HTML
If
you're not going to go with us, or a true pro, you are going to
need to know it all. So why have I put SEO and Meta Tag information
in front of HTML? Because they are the most important part, the
very reason that you need to learn HTML is the same reason that
you have to learn how to do it right.
Yale
Style Manual - Table of Contents
Once you know your HTML, The Yale University Web Style Guide will
be the most important document you read on web design style. It
will provide a great reference for the future as well.
HTMLGoodies
Free html tutorials from industry experts. Featuring extensive tutorials
on tags, programming, basics, script, frames and more.
W3
Schools
Full web building tutorials - all free!
PageTutor.com
"plain English" HTML tutorials for the new web author.
Beginner to intermediate.
Page
Resource.com's HTML Pit Stop
A variety of good HTML tutorials. Covers getting started, advanced
HTML, HTML in email, DHTML, and plenty more.
HTML
Source
Large collection of HTML tutorials. Tag reference, special characters,
glossary, browser differences, basics, tables, frames, forms, XHTML,
CSS and much more.
HTML Style Guides, Tips & Tricks
If
you are the do-it-yourself type, there is no reason you can't. But
no matter who's WYSIWYG editor you wind up with, if you don't know
HTML you won't be able to fix simple problems. The simplest of problems
can wind up quite damaging in the long run.
Yale
Style Manual - Table of Contents
Once you know your HTML, The Yale University Web Style Guide will
be the most important document you read on web design style. It
will provide a great reference for the future as well.
Overture
- Style Guidelines
The
very first thing a good designer does is fabricate your titles and
keywords for each page. Although I have problems with pay for listing
services (they cannot represent the major portion of the web, free
information from homepages and organizations), Overture has provided
an excellent style guide to assure clientele can design their meta
tags properly before submitting sites. These rules do apply to more
engines than just their own.
Web
Site Development Information
Excellent
tips! Plus links to the best resources.
Best-of-Web.com's
HTML Directory
This
is a nice little
directory of useful and helpful information, pointers to free fonts,
clip art and other good stuff, but I was surprised how many great
HTML help files, tips and tricks he had available there. The design
is simple and straight forward, easy to navigate. If a blinking
banner pops up, reload the page, problem solved. This one is worth
the trip. In fact, I found an answer to one of the questions that
I was trying to get answered on a particular topic that the pro
sites had no information on. Thank God my quest is over. Very good
links to hard to find info here.
W3C
Style
Once
you know HTML, take a look at how to use it with style from the
people who standardized it.
The
Library of Congress World Wide Web Style Guide
While pretty basic, this is still a good and complete reference
tool.
Web Promotion Companies
Symbiotic
Design
Are
you tired of seeing us wind up in every corner? We're sorry, but
that's just it, we are in every corner of the business. We'll lose
the guys down below soon. We offer total commitment to providing
you with complete solutions for your needs. And promotion is another
field we excel in because of the variety of expertise on our staff.
deadlock
Design, Ltd
Nice clean designs. What is important about deadlock
is that they design with promotion in mind. This is a major drawback
of most other studios which merely give you some nice web pages
and wish you good luck. Promotion is the key to success on the internet.
Northern
Webs
Fancy or plain, Northern Webs is capable of designing and performing
the site promotion. As the authors of Meta Medic/SET SIM PRO, our
unique abilities will work on your behalf, building a web site that
is not only user friendly but also search engine friendly. After
all, the prettiest web site won't do you any good if your customers
can't find it.
Web Promotion Resources
www.apromotionguide.com
You
must be asking why this section came up now. Well, in order to promote
your web site correctly, you have to design it with search engine
optimization in mind. If you don't, you will almost undoubtedly
wind up redesigning much or most of each and every page. So look
into what you need to know first, now that you know what Meta Tags
are and how to work with HTML effectively.
Search
Engine Tutorial for Web Designers
Now
that you understand the key basics, you have to understand how titles,
meta tags and keywords are used in order to know how to take advantage
of them. If you don't, you may well fall so far down in the listings
that you will never get noticed and have to rely on expensive ad
campaigns. Northern Webs are experts in this area.
J.K.
Bowman's Spider Food - Search Engine Optimization and Web Site Promotion
This is an important asset for the web design and development community.
Handles this subject on all fronts and is a great teaching tool.
Meta
Medic
Once
you are ready to submit your pages, make sure that they will pass
inspection. Northern Webs provides the oldest tool in existence
for this, which they have refined over the years, Meta Medic. However,
this should be your very last stop. Your content should be ready,
your copy checked, and all of your links, both internal and external,
need to be verified. Your web site needs to be complete, without
any signs that it is under construction. And yet all good sites
are constantly under construction, constantly evolving. Not redesigning,
but updating and staying current, adding new features. Just don't
make it common knowledge that there's more work to do, especially
to the search engines.
Website
Promotion Myths - Debunked
This
is the best article I have read on web site promotion. Again, Northern
Webs steps into the lime light with this one. It covers almost all
forms of web site promotion other than search engine and directory
optimization in plain and simple easy to understand English. They
cover directory listings and search engine optimization in a separate
tutorial (previously mentioned). A must read!
Overture
- Advertiser's Guide to Listing with Overture
This
should be required reading for anyone wanting to boost their search
engine ranking. Relevancy is key to understanding how search engines
rank web sites. Overture's explanation of this term is excellent.
Though Overture uses different methods of ranking than many search
engines, relevancy still applies to almost all of the big guns no
matter whether they index meta tags or not.
Web Design Techniques, etc.
As
I have stated previously, content is key. Even if you used the search
engines to get a number one listing on all of them, if users simply
hit the back button because they didn't find anything, didn't find
what they expected, or simply thought the presentation sucks, your
number one listing will become a very low listing quickly. Search
engines monitor the time your visitors spend at your site and figure
this into the overall ranking.
Website
Tips
"An educational resource, provides HTML tutorials, graphics
tutorials, articles, tips, information and resources to build or
improve your Web site presence." And they are very good at
it.
Digital
Web Magazine
This
site ROCKS. The web designer's online magazine of choice. Tutorials,
Features, Interviews, Columns, Reviews, Critiques, Profiles... best
of it's kind anywhere.
webpage
design for designers
Don't miss this site, either. That's all I need to say.
A
List Apart for people who make web sites
This is a great
site for the informed. Very logical and helpful for Web Page Designers.
Worth a look. Simple, clean and to the point. Well done.
Sioux Falls
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Don't
for a minute think that if you know web site design you won't need
graphic design skills. I have never seen an employer who didn't require
Photoshop for a web site design position unless the position is soley
to work on XML, ASP, PHP, REBOL, C++ or some other language for database
driven sites. Learning web design is learning the limits and advantages
of your media, with well thought layout for effective user interface
and navigation. Graphic Design studies why layouts work, what strokes
affect users, how to build a corporate identity, brand recognition,
plus more... AND GRAPHICS!
First
things first, no self respecting web, graphic or logo designer should
(or would) ever be caught without Adobe Photoshop. GET IT! You don't
have to get the latest version from me or Amazon.com, JUST GET IT!
Go to Adobe if you prefer, but
GET IT! This is the single most important decision you will ever make,
nothing else measures up, though Fireworks is starting to look promising
in the future of it's development. What did I say? GET IT!
To
get the most out of Photoshop, add some professional plugins from
www.alienskin.com
These plugins will help you make the most of Photoshop, allowing you
to do cool effects (chrome, glass, metalic surfaces and more), complex
bevels, superior shadowing, make seamless repeating tile background
images, and much more. And Eye Candy 4000 now features an all new
improved interface which makes it even more useable and friendly.
Symbiotic
Design
Since 1997, Symbiotic Design has been producing logos and graphics
for organizations such as the University of Sioux Falls, the American
Association for the History of Medicine, THP, Maria's Violin &
Viola Lessons, New Business Listings, the NCC, Search Engine Optimization
Pros, and others. Experience counts!
desktopPublishing.com
This has always been a great web source of education and this site
specifically caters to those who are seeking an education in the Graphic
Arts.
Balance
Balance
is a graphic design forum on About. It's run by Judy Litt and
she is a very good writer on the subject of balance, always seemingly
taking a different approach but writing effectively so that you understand
and (usually) agree. She hosts a list full of pleasant surprises.
Web
Hosting
WOW!
was that a lot to take in or what? But here comes a little reward,
finding a web host and getting your web site online. If you are using
a pro to do this for you, you have just saved yourself an incredible
amount of work. With technologies evolving daily, it's a wonder we
get a chance to stay up with all that's going on. Any good web designer
has hosting facilities to meet your need, or at the least has partnered
with another professional hosting firm who knows how to take care
of you.
Unfortunately,
this is not always the case. If your professional is merely a designer
who can give you the quality design work you expect at a great price
AND know what he is doing as he also designs for the search engines,
you are set. But don't ask for anymore than he can provide. Find a
truly professional web hosting company to assure that when someone
types in your address the browser isn't timing out half of the time
because you are using a virtual IP on a backwoods connection. Here
is a qualified list of hosting professionals:
Symbiotic
Design Hosting
Our servers blah, blah... I could talk all day about how damn good
we are. But I'd rather show you. If at 28 days of service (a full
four weeks) you are not completely satisfied with our service, I will
refund you every penny (even the "nonrefundable" setup fee)
and close your account with only one question, "What can we do
to improve our service?" And you do not have to answer if you
don't want to. We want to provide you with the best hosting you can
find, and we will. We are connected directly to the fibernodes
of the AT&T, GC, and Qwest highspeed backbones for a truly global
online presence. Advanced Linux Apache servers (if you want poky Windows
systems, see another listing). Free Webmaster Tools Black Label Edition
with every new hosting account (licensed to the web site owner and/or
webmaster, only). Our name is hard to remember, but our service is
unforgettable.
Image
Cafe Web Sites
(Network Solutions/Verisign)
Network
Solutions have been key providers of Domain Names since near the inception
of the internet as a commercial power. Now owned by Verisign, Network
Solutions Image Cafe can provide a capable and reputable home for
your future web site without worrying about it at night. Perhaps a
bit pricey, but they are a big player.
One
World Hosting
One
World Hosting is a good choice for hosting. There are few I would
trust with the task, and they are good enough to be my toughest competitor.
Why do you think I listed them last?
Web
Development Companies
Symbiotic
Design
Who'd
of thunk it, eh? Yes, we are quite capable of web development as well.
We can draw on a large pool of freelance developers from the Symbiotic
Design Team, and they are very good at their specialties. We cover
PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, Perl/CGI, Java (JSP and Servlets), JavaScript,
SSI, Shockwave, Flash. We are looking for more database driven
website projects, as well. We can't stand still, or we might lose
our edge. Get our screened and approved developers working for you!
JND
Technologies
From India come experts. JND enjoys doing PHP development, MySQL intergration
and excels in a host of other languages including Flash. Fluent English
spoken here.
Northern
Webs
"Fancy or plain, Northern Webs is capable of designing and performing
the site promotion. As the authors of Meta Medic/SET SIM PRO, our
unique abilities will work on your behalf, building a web site that
is not only user friendly but also search engine friendly. After all,
the prettiest web site won't do you any good if your customers can't
find it."
Web Development Resources
No,
no, no, you aren't done yet. Every web designer needs to know a little
something about the way things work. Web Designers are usually required
to know advanced JavaScript or Flash, at the very least. Knowing ASP,
PHP, Java or ColdFusion will dramatically increase your chances of
success. Even if it's just your web site you are working on, You want
it to be a masterpiece, right?
If
you are going it alone, while you are gearing up your server and getting
things ready, you will want to take full advantage of the spare time
you have to actually reduce your workload and develop a highly addicting
interactive web site that your visitors will enjoy, spread the word,
generate more traffic for you. Remember, you have to use every tool
at your disposal to ensure success.
webmonkey
Webmonkey simplifies everything for you. Except design. These guys
are GREAT developers and wonderful at explaining it, but they only
seem to have a design section out of obligation. Still first on my
list for development though. Their Director tools rock. And this is
one of few web developer sites that is actually designed well.
SitePoint
This is the best developer's resource I've seen for Database driven
web sites, as well as PHP and MySQL fans. There's a whole mess of
help for other schools of folk as well.
webdeveloper.com
Where
Web Developers and Web Designers go to learn. Well, one of many such
sources, of course. But a very good one because of the information.
Though it strikes me as a little hard to navigate for a site that
is teaching designers. But it's more of a developer's resource. They
like things geeky.
Developer.com
Tons
of resources for the geek in you.
WebReference.com
Another geeky site. Despite it's lack of jazz, it works and informs.
Check out the Experts section. You can't lose.
CGI/Perl Scripts
CGI
Made Really Easy
An easy-to-follow
guide to using CGI to process forms on your website.
BigNoseBird
Sample
scripts archive with tutorials
Script
Search
Large valuable script archive. Very hefty Perl archive.
Dale
Bewley's Perl Scripts and Links
Extraordinary
collection.
The
CGI Resource Index
Enormous.
Matt's
Script Archive
Great resource, but STAY AWAY from Matt's FormMail script. It is insecure
and can be easily hijacked to produce spam which could shut down not
only your server, but everyone else's sharing the server as well.
PHP
Scripts and Applications
PHP
The official
PHP site.
Developer
Shed - The PHP section
A great and very large PHP resource.
PX:
the PHP code exchange
An
excellent starting point with sample code for useful functions catagorized
into a directory with search capabilities.
phpWebSite
From the phpWebSite website: "phpWebSite provides a complete
web site content management system. Web-based administration allows
for easy maintenance of interactive, community-driven web sites."
phpWebSite is quite honestly, a godsend for creating dynamic content
websites. All features are supported in every Symbiotic Design Hosting
account! Make your Mama proud.
PHPBuilder
Another great PHP resource.
Free
JavaScripts
JavaScript
Kit
A
great JavaScript repository for you to check out.
Free
JavaScripts
A huge
archive of JavaScripts for you to cut your teeth on.
JavaScripts.com
A
great place to look for JavaScripts.
A1
JavaScripts
This
is a good archive of JavaScripts.
JavaScript
Source
Free JavaScripts, Tutorials, example code, reference, resources and
help.
Web Site Tools
Webmaster
Tools Black Label Edition version 2
A complete webmaster's toolkit that offers numerous tools to put the
finishing touches on any website. Includes tools such as anti-spam
mailto: links, rollover image and text link maker, special effects,
image popup makers, promotion ideas, script testing, notes, text editor
and much more with a built-in support forum. I paid $29.95 for my
copy and use it daily. It's indispensable and my primary tool for
JavaScript. At $6.99 you can't go wrong.
WebmastersOasis.com
A webmaster portal that offers numerous webmaster tools, content and
promotion opportunities.
E-Commerce Resources
Merchant
Account Enablers:
PayPal
The #1 online payment service.
Sell Products/Services:
Work
From Home Superstore
The ultimate source for home based businesses.
Business
Resources
Personel Services:
Employment
Screening
Background checks made simple!
Windows
Tips
Annoyances.org
The
keepers of the pies thrown in Bill Gates' face. I love technology,
but technology sucks. Computers should do MUCH MORE, better, safer,
quicker and with less cash outlay (STILL).
TweakXP.com
A
good source for customizations.
Specialized
Portals
My.Yahoo.com
Take advantage
of the world's largest and most configurable online portal. Hey, they
specialize in everything!
Open
Source Developement Network
IBM's prefered news source and the largest online community of developers
in the world.
VideoCD
Help
TechTV
TechTV
has done some great VideoCD tutorials, though the site is hard to
search because content goes on and offline so quickly. Try looking
through the section for their crowning jewel TV show, The
Screensavers.
DVD
Mastering
Apple
Apple's
DVD Studio Pro is an all-in-one complete solution for mastering
professional DVD titles on the Macintosh.
Pinnacle
Advanced
DVD mastering for the Windows platform.
Herby
Screwball™
Who
am I?
Above is Herby
Scewball™. I am Douglas Peters. I use the joined D
and P Trademark logo as my Artist's Mark shown below:
 TM
I run Symbiotic
Design™ - a small new media design studio with a large
freelance artist pool in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We hope you will
visit us on the web. We do graphic and logo design in all media, and
we specialize at web design. All work on the Symbiotic Design™
web site has been solely handled by me, to date (
8/30/03
). This will change as we grow, but the web site itself is also intended
as an instructional tool for budding artists and designers. We are
known world wide as Identity Architects and Business Image Experts.
I am also attempting
to produce a very professional CD-ROM with my art. This CD-ROM will
specialize in providing graphics that are tailored especially for
use on the web. By mere association, this also makes the art particularly
well suited for computer backgrounds, presentations, software and
video. Most of the page backgrounds are absolutely seamless tiles
and therefore can also be used as textures and bumpmaps in 3D modeling.
Examples of the material on the CD-ROM will be added in our CyberGallery
as we have the opportunity. Please check back for details from time
to time, though we won't be announcing anything until we are finalizing
the dpArtCD for release.
My real love is
for animated epics. One day I hope to produce the most spectacular
animation ever filmed.
With that, I'll
close this little bio, as I get extremely enraged over this topic.
However, please note that this fiasco has only crippled my ability
to manage my free time, that was Maria's job. I have not and will
not jeopardize my commitment to you, our client.
God Bless
-
TM
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Art
changes the world. Fashion, music, movies, even television play
a major role in how we perceive the world around us, and life. It
provides us culture and nurtures our spirit and introduces imagination
into problem solving skills. Even our own lives can be greatly effected
and enriched by the arts. Technology enhances our experience of it.
-Amiganaut