Style and Design

This category relates to the design-related side of authoring pages for websites.

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DocB's WebDesign Clinic A guide to web site design, with an emphasis on usability and effectiveness.
Web Page Design Flaws What to avoid, how to fix them, and links to other sites with constructive criticism.
Hypertext Gardens A whimsical essay on unpredictability in hypertext design.
Web Design Group: Design Elements This section contains style, image, document type, and color guidelines for accessible web sites.
7 Sisters Productions Offers tips on good web design.
World's Worst Website Designed to graphically demonstrate common mistakes of web designers. Offers suggestions and links to examples of good and bad web page design.
Color Theory Notes on visual interaction and design.
WEBalley Provides HTML tutorials, web design articles, free templates, tools and webmaster resources.
Web Design From Scratch A guide on essential skills for designing effective web sites.
Hypertext Style: Cool URIs Don't Change Tries to explain why are there so many dangling links in the world.
Web Design Inspiration Screen-shots and links to some examples of web design.
Soulbath Experimental website all in gray, a self-declared exhibition of antibanners.
UI Patterns User interface design pattern library and screen shot collection.
Why are Most Web Pages Organized in Similar Ways? Why is the layout of so many web pages so similar? This is not by chance. There are simple logical explanations for why most web pages are formatted the way they are.
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design A classic article by Jakob Nielsen.