
Various articles and offsite links that cover the wide range of practical know-hos and technical information that you can use for research or for personal reading.
NEX Dimension is an Ottawa, Ontario based company, specializing in Web Design and Development, Branding and Identity, Internet Marketing and E-commerce Solutions.
Articles
- Accessible Web Design
There are many people who require adaptive technologies that modify their computer workstations to enable access to the Internet or other computer-based resources. Voice recognition systems, screen readers and alternative keyboards are a few examples of the enabling technologies used by people with disabilities. | Read Full Article
Links
- HTML
- W3C HTML Markup Standards
W3C's home page for HTML containing links to multilpe guides, specifications, working groups and related activities.
- Sitepoint HTML Reference
Reference to HTML, covers various topics and areas of interest.
- On-line HTML Tutorial
A good on-line HTML Tutorial from Eric A. Meyer including exercises and examples.
- HTML Dog
Another great resource for learning HTML. Site also contains Articles that tackle deeper areas of HTML and web design practices.
- XForms 1.1
XForms is the successor to HTML forms, and this documentation offers great technical reference to the role of XForms to current Web Development practices.
- CSS
- Links to resources and examples
Popular Del.icio.us links tagged with "CSS".
- Tutorials and code generation tools
Tutorials from MaxDesign regarding CSS techniques using lists, floats, etc.
- CSS Beauty
A portal and design gallery with focus on CSS based sites.
- CSS, Accessibility and Standards Links
A great collection of links to CSS related sites, articles and tools with topics ranging from Accessibility to Web 2.0.
- Position is Everything
A definitive guide to understanding and solving CSS bugs and getting to know interesting CSS behaviors.
- The Zen of CSS Design
A great book on CSS and how to achieve great design with standards-compliant methodologies.
- CSS Zengarden
Promotes the proper use of CSS to achieve separation of content and styling, and features the different ways of what a website with the same constant content be graphically styled differently.
- Mezzoblue
A weblog by Dave Shea, a Vancouver-Canada based designer, covers a wide scope of topics, and features great articles on CSS.
- W3C CSS School
A great site to start anyone learning CSS on the right track, the W3C CSS Tutorials covers the fundamentals for CSS.
- W3C CSS Resources
The startpage for beginners and those who are involved in CSS, provides updates, links to tools and online resources.
- Layout Reservoir
The 2-column and 3-column layouts are the basis for many websites, and this is a great resource to understanding and getting to know how this is done by looking at the CSS for each layout.
- CSS Edge
CSS experiments with great explanations.
- CSS Edge
CSS experiments with great explanations.
- Hierarchical Menus
Examples of Javascript Hierarchical Menus.
- Sitepoint CSS Reference
A great resource for CSS beginners and experts.
- CSS Compatibility and Internet Explorer
IE is still the dominant browser, with a large percentage of internet users having it preinstalled on their machines. This reference site helps in ensuring that your CSS would work on previous and current versions of IE, and also pinpoint why you might be having unusual behavior with IE as opposed to other browsers.
- Tools
- W3C HTML Validation Service
Validates web pages in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc.
- W3C CSS Validation Service
Validates CSS and lets you pinpoint typos and other errors in your CSS files.
- W3C Link Checker Service
This tool allows you to scan your website for broken links.
- Web Page Analyzer
Test your web site speed with the free web-based analyzer.
- Accessibility and Usability
- Government of Canada Internet Guide
The Common Look and Feel (CLF) Web site has been developed to assist federal government departments and agencies with the implementation of the Treasury Board Common Look and Feel Standards.
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Web Standards Checklist
A great checklist for ensuring that your site is set to Web Standards. Knowing and testing against Web Standards also ensures that you have a more accessible, usable and findable ( through Search Engines ) sites.
- Dive Into Accessibility
30 days to a more accessible web site. Excellent website.
- Books, Online Training and Tutorials
- Lynda Weinman
lynda.com is one of the best places to learn about the mysteries of web-safe colours. The site also has some links to other sites that make exceptionally good use of colour, fonts, frames, etc. Also check out her books. She is a good, accessible writer and teacher.
- A List Apart
Weekly online magazine for people who make websites - from pixels to prose, coding to content.
- Design Practices
Explores current design practices employed by designers.
- Domain name registration
Domains gives sites their unique identity.
- DMOZ - Open Directory
DMOZ is the largest human-edited directory of the Web.
- Web Standards Project
The site features articles, news and tutorials for getting the most of Web Technologies by adhering to Web Standards.
- Government of Canada
The Government of Canada Official Website.
- Youtube
The video-sharing site has great video content and tutorials on web design and other related topics.
- Photoshop Support
Free Adobe Photoshop tutorials.
- Article Submission Directory
Article Submission Directory
- Other WebSite Designers
Other Web Site Design Resources
- Small Business Resources
- Canadian E-business Initiative
- Canada Revenue Agency - Small Business
- Ottawa Entrepreneurship Centre
- Ontario Business Service Centre
- Strategis - E-biz Enable
- Business Registration Online
- Divorce Online
Find information on filing a divorce and ways to hopefully save money.
Web Design & Development
NEX Dimension Web Technology specializes in combining the right elements of design, form and functionality with current techniques and technologies to bring you and your business closer to consumers, customers, clients and other business organizations through the ever growing reach of the Web.
Branding and Identity
We offer branding and identity services that sets you on the right track by helping you formulate a brand strategy for your business, product or service, and letting you move forward towards the right direction.
Internet Marketing
Drive customers, clients and visitors to your site through Search Engines like Yahoo, Google and Live Search.
E-Commerce Solutions
We can help you build and manage an online store that caters to your target market, and is virtually open 24 x 7.
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