Brian Ascani's Web World - Links

Example links

All of the links on this page are examples of websites that I like, get ideas, or just look at. They are great websites so check them out.

http://www.luisalarcon.com/blog/: In this website I really like how this website laid out the navigation, content, and then footer. I also love the header and how it fits with the rest of the content.
Fireworks - Rounded Edges: Just a website that showed me how to make rounded edges in Fireworks.
Smashing Pumpkin: No description. Just look. You'll be amazed.

http://www.wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html: If you click on the colors already picked for you, you can get a great hue of colors.
http://colormixers.com/mixers/cmr/: Has great colors that work together.

http://thefwa.com/: A good resource for Flash examples for the final project.

Google Webmaster Guidelines: Webmaster Guidelines from Design guidelines, to Meta tags, to cheating the system, to technical guidelines. Find out information about using keywords, or where to go to see why your site isn't indexing.
Add your URL to Google: Although, it doesn't always work because there are so many of them, it's a good idea to Add your URL to Google for a better chance of being indexed.
Lynx Browser: Google recommends that you view your web page in this browser because that is how the spider is going to view your web page.
Web Robots FAQ: A lot of information about what "spiders" or robots do and can even download the text file or view the meta tag that allows you to not have google index a certain page.
Webmaster Help Center: A bunch of information about how to help get your site to the top and how the indexing and spiders work.
Image Labeler: Help get your images indexed better at Google by using this fun little site.
Site Maps 0.9 Protocol: Get the latest protocol for Site Maps. They are very important not only for a user to search your page but also for a spider to search your page and learn a little about it.
Photobucket Sitemap: Example of Photobucket's sitemap.
Google's XML Site Map Help