My Web Design Gold-Mine (aka my bookmarks)

The Basics

(mix and match these)

• Normalize CSS
• Bootstrap
• Foundation Framework
• Boilerplate

Cheet Sheets

• Can I Use (Browser Compatibility)
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Every Programming Language (I think)

Great Scheme Tools

• Color Scheme Designer
• Adobe's Kuler
• Color Lovers' Palette Software
• Pictaculous

Wireframing

• Pencil (download)
• Lumzy
• Web Site Wireframe Tool (Simple but effective)

Fonts

• Google Webfonts (A list of 600+ web fonts that have a free dedicated CDN)

CSS Tools

Would rip my hair out without this

• CSS3 PIE

Simple pattern maker

• Patternify

Photoshop like control over background gradients

• Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator

Amazing color tool (Firefox & Chrome)

• ColorZilla

A bunch of awesome CSS3 patterns

• CSS3 Patterns Gallery

A quick & simple CSS3 generator

• CSS3 Generator

Awesome CSS3 Button Generator

• Button Maker

Great for converting to responsive layouts

• PX to EM

Border Image Tool

• Border-Image-Generator

Paid Services

• Adobe Creative Cloud — $50/mo
• Hosting24 — $4.84+/mo (great for starters, good support team)
• Rackspace — $20+/mo (good for large sites)

 
 
 

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