RESOURCES FOR THE ASPIRING WEBMASTER
STUF FOR BEGINNERS, REFERENCE GUIDES & TOOLS
- W3Schools My go-to HTML/CSS/JS reference site.
- MDN Web Docs My other go-to HTML/CSS/JS reference site.
- Stack Overflow When you're having trouble figuring something out on your own, there's a 99.99% chance Stack Overflow has multiple solutions with explainations + examples. Always go here first!
- HTML Cheat Sheet
- CSS Cheat Sheet
- CSS Hell Common mistakes + solutions.
- JSFiddle Test HTML/CSS/JS. Similar to Codepen, but without needing an account.
- HP Sozai A GREAT resource for basic elements. This site has hundreds of different table and frame styles, plus each element has a million color variations. Navigating this site is very easy with a translator extension, and using/editing the codes is very straightforward.
SOFTWARE ETC.
- This entire site was created using Brackets and Firefox on my
decrepit vintage 2013 MacBook Air
- Firefox is the only browser worth using as far as I'm concerned.
GRAPHIC DESIGN CAN BE YOUR PASSION, TOO
OTHER USEFUL STUFF
- SYMBL categorized lists of unicode characters
- Fonts in Use Searchable index of... fonts in use.
- WhatTheFont a tool to help identify fonts
SOFTWARE ETC.
- I am, always have been, and always will be a GIMP user, stan, believer, defender, truther, etc etc etc and so on and so forth until the end of time.
- Speaking of free and open-source Adobe alternatives, I use InkScape for all of my vector needs.
- I use Procreate on iPad for the majority of my digital art creation, even pixel art!
RECOMMENDED MEDIA and FURTHER READING
video essays, youtube videos
a list of my favorite videos exploring a wide variety of topics
- discussions on internet culture & society
- recovering lost media, preserving niche or obscure subcultures & history
- retrospectives on internet subcultures, communities, and events
- art/media critique and analysis
- miscellaneous (mostly tech and science)
youtube channels
an unsorted list of youtube channels to check out
more categories of media will be added soon!
A GUIDE ON ACQUIRING SKILLS for the INQUIRING MIND
or, teaching yourself to do it yourself
This section will be added once i'm finished writing it, lol. I ended up writing WAY more than I initially planned... Check back l8r!