• Finding an Internet Provider 
• Tutorials for Writing Web Pages 
• Domain Names Registration & Site Hosting 
• Helpful Resources & Sites for Web Site owners 
• Checking your site pages for errors 
• Content Providers 
• Graphic Resources 
• Sites & Information for E-Commerce/Business Sites 
• Sites & Information for Library WebMasters  
• Free Online Learning 
  Check out Sites With HTML tutorials(Links on separate page: "Ed4You" pages)

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Site Design Resources

Every Web site is a publication, and readers approach publications with two fundamental needs: 
to find specific information, and to be given an opinion, to be informed on what's important. 
That's the job of content. 
Everyone agrees site design and content are central to the success of a Web site. 
It is also important to understand, that putting up a "useful" website or a site that others will
want to visit, requires a commitment of those responsible for it, to keep it updated and useful.

Designing Usable Sites
Design Principles of Websites
http://www.sitepoint.com/subcat/design-principles
Read up on these basic design principles to help
you build the most effective and broad-reaching
website possible. The central philosophy?
Take into consideration the widest range
of your user capabilities - whether physical or mental.

Visit Jakob Nielsen's "UseIt.com" website
on Useable Information Technology.
Read his article:
Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox, May 12, 2002)

Visit the site : Viewable With Any Browser - Accessible site design guide
Internet browsers are what is used to See/View & Display your website
- the two biggest and most used
IE and Netscape may each  display or showcase your site differently
You can download or request a CD (pay postage & handling)
for Internet Explorer and/or Netscape
Be Sure to test view your  "Creations" in
ALL Browsers
(* See useful links on this page to help you with "compatibility issues"
for desgining websites for all browsers *) - 
Please note that Microsofts Internet Explorer and its email 
Outlook Express, (also MSN groups, and MSN's email Hotmail)
often seem to be the most vulnerable
to glitches, spyware, popups, etc. that hackers and spammers
like to attack. Make sure you keep your computer updated
with the latest versions and or updates for your browsers.
You should be using the latest versions of these FREE browsers
Netscape Communicator | Internet Explorer | FireFox | Mozilla Suite | Opera

FINDING A ISP - Internet Service Provider

Many Internet providers today offer "free" web page space
and online help in page creation..
Be sure to check with your provider about this.. 
Need help in finding an Internet Provider or thinking 
of changing from your current one..
Here is 

• The Complete List of Internet Service Providers in the US  
• and..also see-ISP Check  

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There are several sites that have excellent Tutorials
I am going to give Links to ones that I feel - fill the needs for most
people - wanting to put a basic web site together.
One of the best all around sites for **FREE**Learning is
W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
There are tutorials for everything
Cut & Pastes (my favorites!!)
and even "tests" to test what you know
Go ahead! - Learn something!
The other sites listed below on this page
are also good learning sites,
Print out lessons and file in 3ring notebooks
to use as reference
as you learn & advance in your skills.

Remember - Learn the BASICS of web writing (HTML) first!!
Excerpts are  quoted from the individual websites:

FUNDAMENTALS OF PROFESSIONAL WEB DESIGN
    Camilo K. Cobile, Professional Web Designer & Consultant
    Before you add snazzy new features to your existing web site,
make sure it possesses all the fundamentals. 
A well designed web site should have easy-to-read typefaces, 
practical navigation tools, and small easy-to-load graphics. 
You also should have it optimized for use in multiple browsers. 
The following tech tips may lead you to the successful completion 
of user-friendly web sites.." 
http://www.webionic.com/fundamentals-webdesign.htm

W3 Schools
Completely Free Web Building Tutorials !!
Inside W3Schools you will find a large number 
of free Web building tutorials, 
from basic HTML and XHTML tutorials, 
to advanced XML, XSL and WAP tutorials.

For the advanced:
Visit XML 101

Virtual University is a terrific starting point - they give HTML courses
year round, and you'll be able to talk to the instructors, other Online
students and recieve a "bargain - quality" education!
You should be familiar with Computers and Comfortable
with Online Learning Techniques. You can take up to 3 courses
per semester for only $20 - total

HTML for the Conceptually Challenged
A good place to Start - print pages out and begin to understand
some of the terms and concepts you'll see in the HTML Tutorials

Here is a good cheat sheet to print out for
Special HTML Characters
such as the "Copyright" character, © 

A tutorial for Writing HTML - 
I downloaded all of the lessons and
created my first WEB page 
- it is an easy to follow tutorial - 
plus with having it on my hard drive - 
I can refer to the lessons when I need a refresher. 
This is Great Easy to Follow Course.
and now with most people having "unlimited" time on the Net.. 
you can spend an hour in the evening taking this course.

FREE 10 week HTML course
HTML.About.com

Nice EASY BASIC HTML Helper page.
Print it out - 
keep it nearby for quick Reference. 

Please READ this websites, excellent -
information about Writing for the Web..
this is a new medium to many folk and the way that some
of us Use websites and webpages chock full of information
 requires a different way of "Writing" - versus the PRINTED
Version of the same information..

Designing Useable Websites!!..Links. 

Learn how to Build a Webpage/Website
using Netscape
and their built in
Page Composer feature.
Netscape's  Webpage Editor 
Netscape Composer:  An Introduction
Quoted for this site:
http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/composer/
The following tutorials are designed to introduce you to the basic functions of Netscape Composer, 
a web page editor that is part of both Netscape Gold (v. 3.x) and Netscape Communicator 
Using this editor, you can do almost everything you need to do to create a basic web page. 
The one notable exception is forms:  Composer cannot generate forms automatically. 
Please NOTE ~ I use the oder version of "Composer" all the time to update and/or create pages fast.
See My Note on Composer and "scripts" or special links to offsite graphics

Free FrontPage Educational and Tutorial Web Resources 
www.intelinfo.com/free_frontpage_training.html 

Training Tools Online 
http://www.trainingtools.com/online/FrontPage98/index.htm 

MS FrontPage resources 
http://www.trainingtools.com/online/FrontPage98/index.htm
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorial/classroom/fp98/default.asp 

FrontPage 2000
www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=FrontPage2kTutorial
**Related - In and Out of the Classroom Microsoft Software help**
In and Out of the Classroom
These practical tutorial guides are designed to help students, teachers,
and administrators learn how to use Microsoft software in the classroom. 
www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=IOCTutorials

Visit The Site Wizard.com
for Free Stuff and Learning for your Websites
http://www.thesitewizard.com/
and also
HTML Goodies

Want an easy way to Learn..
HTML Tutorial Program by Email!
Learn the basics of HTML via email through this free weekly html tutorial program!
Find out more at
www.aaahtml.com/

Once you become familiar with HTML
and Comfortable writing it - 
You can download some of the
FREE HTML editors available - You actually don't need Fancy Software or
Microsoft's Frontpage, etc.
Wonderful websites can be created by using
free or inexpensive shareware - Try these sites to search for HTML Editors:

• FreeCountry FREE HTML Editor Listing 
• Softseek HTML Editors  
  C-Nets WebPublishing Tools 

  You can also with some versions of Microsoft WORD
  and WordPerfect - save slide programs and spread sheets, etc. as web pages.
  Read the online Help and Manuals that these programs come with
  to find out all the "How-To's" 

Once you have created a page:
To understand and see how your visitors will View your pages - 
Please - VIEW Your Completed Pages in Different Browsers,
(Internet Explorer, Netscape -old and newer versions)
different monitors - your friends systems, from your workplace systems
And make note of load time and check that Tables & Frames
Look the way you intended.
Just because it looks good on your machine
Doesn't mean all visitors from all systems/browserswill view it the same way!!! 

And using "fancy and or unusual" FONTS Can often cause problems
Unless the viewer - looking at your pages has the Same FONT installed
on their Computer they "Will Not" See it!  As you had intended.
They will view the page seeing a standard Default Font.
To play it safe Use a Standard FONT such as Arial, Helvetica
or Times New Roman for this page I am using Arial with a font size of -1.

and also note that you can create "graphics" with any font you choose if you really
want to jazz up your pages with unusual fonts. Graphics created with tools such as I use
XaraWebstyle can be optimized for quick loading.

Find FREE resources for Fonts on my  teas2dine4.com page

Here are more sites with information on designing pages for "ALL BROWSERS"

AnyBrowser.com Your source for browser compatibility verification. 

Article: Designing for Multiple Browsers Without Being Bland

Article: Cross Browser Compatibility

Article : Creating Dynamic / Compatible Web Sites 

Read this online article:
The Truth About Fonts

Macintosh & Windows Text Rendering Comparison

Remember to always think of Your "Sites Visitors"
Make your site
"Viewer" Friendly! 

From "Fixing Your Website" : Dive into accessibility
www.fixingyourwebsite.com/DiveIntoAccessibility/index.html

You can "validate" your HTML code for FREE on this site from
the Web Design Group
www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/
Find lots of "HTML HELP" from the Web Design Group! 

From "All Things Web" resources see:
Testing & Quality Assurance
Strategies and tools for creating error-free Web documents 

User Testing Techniques -
A Reader-Friendliness Checklist

Don't forget about user feedback, you can place simple web polls
and surveys on your pages for FREE or little cost
Check out my 4surveys page for some resource sites.

Article: Words Worth More on Web Sites.
(advice on constructing a successful web site
and the web sites that can help you along the way)
Author/s: Reid Goldsborough
Black Issues In Higher Education, July 2000.

Copyrighting Your Website and Content

Read/Complete the "Website Audit Checklist "Before" publishing your site.
Useful sites to research:

• U.S. Copyright Registration Info for Online Works 
• Copyright and Multimedia Law 
  for Webbuilders and Multimedia Authors.
• US Copyright Office 
• Copyright & Intellectual Property Resouces 
• Intellectual Property Lawserver 
• The Copyright Website 
• Copyright Law in Cyberspace 
• Copyright & Fair Use Resources and Information 
• Fair Use of Copyrighted Works Article & Resources 
• Sample copyright notice 
• Plagerism.org 
• DigiLaw article: Copyrighting Web Sites 
• 10 Big Myths about Copyright 
• Use the Services of icopyright.com 
  Read EContents June 2000 article
  by Mary Ellen Bates on ICopyright Services

Once you've learned how to create basic web pages you'll want a place
to Post them to the Internet 
There are several spots that will HOST you for FREE
FREE Space - most often comes with Advertising, Banner Ads, etc.
These 2 particular sites below come with NO BANNER ADS!!
You buy a DOMAIN NAME and they will HOST YOUR SITE FOR FREE!!
These are great for sites that are "personal" or low traffic sites.
DO NOT USE these FREE hosting/No ADs options if you have a business site
or expect alot of traffic. - Although each site offers "pay for" hosting options
that you can upgrade to.

Catalog.com
 For just $35 a year, you get a domain name and high-quality, free web hosting including:

• 50 MB of storage
• 3 GB of transfer
• 5 POP3 Email Account
• MySQL
• Free WebMail
• 24x7 Ticket Support
• Free Web Site Builder
• CGI-BIN
• PHP enabled
• Server Side Includes
• FrontPage Extensions
• Web Statistics
• Free Search Engine Tools

And see Doteasy.com
Take a look at their FREE hosting service options.
doteasy.com hosts for FREE my local Western NY Library Assistants site
wnyla.org

I use a FREE FTP program to upload/download all my webpages
You can download a FREE Easy to use Simple program too:
Try either of these FTP free software programs
FTP Explorer or FTP Commander

The lure of having your own.."website address" can be mighty tempting
Obtaining a domain name is easy..the cost of a domain name can 
range from $10 to $35 per year - and
that COST  Covers
the "REGISTRATION FEE"  Only!!!
Your domain will be registered with Internic.

A Guide to Domain Name Registration 
**NOTE: this site also offers registration sevices, etc. through a partner **
http://www.dombay.com/guide_faq.htm

Having a Domain name registered
Does NOT mean YOU have A WEBSITE!
Find out more about Domain Names,
Check to see if  What you would like to have is available:
NetWork Solutions  - http://www.networksolutions.com

To put your DOMAIN Name up in Web Lights:
You will need to FIND A PLACE to  "HOST" your website.
Costs and Service Plans - vary across the Net.
Low Cost sites offer Considerable Value!
Examine the program, read the fine print, e-mail the Host provider,
see what kind of response you get, test their knowledge,
See if their support team would be able to accomodate your needs.
Most programs offer much more than a Beginner needs,
and unless you plan on putting up an Extensive site, that will
be updated often with content, etc. - You are probably 
best off with a FREE website either from your own ISP,
or a Free site (Such as Yahoo/Geocities,) from an Online Provider

Check with your own Internet Provider and ask if they can
Host your "namehere domain".com

What is bandwidth?
When you buy a web hosting plan, generally you have limited bandwith 
available for your website. Bandwidth is the amount of data transferred
when your website is accessed. e.g. if you home page size is 10K ( k - kilobytes ) 
and it has an image of size 50k, then when your website home page is display, 
a total of 10k+50k=60k bandwidth is used. 
Some hostings provide unlimited bandwidth usage. 
The more the better. 
If your website has lot of traffic, then you can easily uses bandwidth in GigaBytes. 

More definitions  - What is bandwidth?

A measurement of the amount of data that can be transmitted over a network at any given time. 
The higher the network's bandwidth, the greater the volume of data that can be transmitted. 
www.oit.ohio-state.edu/glossary/

The rate at which you can send or receive information through your connection to the Internet. 
The range of transmission frequencies a network can use. 
The greater the bandwidth the more information that can be transferred 
over that network at one time. The term bandwidth also broadly includes throughput, 
meaning the amount of data sent 
www.ircbeginner.com/opvinfo/webglossary.html

Explanation of Stealing Bandwidth
http://www.phenomenalwomen.com/donteventhinkaboutit/

Bad use of Bandwidth by webmasters.
http://www.msu.edu/user/stakorch/bandwidth/

Bandwidth Conservation Society
http://paxar.bc.ca/bpc/Bandwidth_Stuff/default.html

DreamWater is an example FREE websitehost
and sites like Doteasy - let you buy your own domain name,
they register it, and then give you 20meg of space with NO banner ads!!
For FREE! - you can add frills for a price but most folks can get by
without "cgi bins" etc.
Search for other FREE WebSites from
http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Web_Space/

Remember - You DO NOT NEED - to purchase a Domain name to have a Website-
Some sites such as Yahoo/Geocities let you pick a user name and you can
create a site, easily online for FREE, (your site will have ads).
And be sure to check with your own Internet Service Provider, they
may offer a free website and webpage building tools.
I personally use the services Verizon DSL and they offer 5meg of free space
and SiteBuilder tools to create a personal website.

But Purchasing "younameit.com" is a easy  way to have friends & family find you -
and if you want an e-business site, or a group or "organization" site -
it will help establish "Your On Line Identity"

Helpful Resources for the WebSite owner

Visit theWebMaster Reference Page
  a Resource for Beginners to Masters

1,001 FREE Webmaster Resources  A Must See!!
Find Free Guestbooks, Bulletin Boards, Chat Rooms,
Content, Scripts (CGI & Java) and More 
to Spruce up your Web Home!

Start your own E-mail Group/Write a Newsletter
See the resources I have collected on the
Subscribing to Listservs page

Wonderful listing of RESOURCES.. 
for all your HomePage Plans available at 
Anne's World

HTML Tags for all browsers

How Do They Do THAT with HTML!!?

Advanced HTML Tutorials with links to Tables tutorials
Image and Forms tutorials, etc.
http://www.pageresource.com/html/index6.htm

Definitions of web terms and Lots More at - What Is?.Com

ADD A POWERFUL SEARCH ENGINE TO YOUR WEB SITE
It is what I am using for "THIS SITE"
With Atomz.com Search,
simply add a few lines of HTML
(no additional hardware or software needed)
and in minutes your site will have
a powerful and completely customizable
site search engine.
Try it FREE for 500 pages or less
(with no required ad banners!)
 Visit: Atomz.com

Another site to consider for Adding a Search Engine to your site
FREE Find - Try it here - Search>>> Library Support Staff.com

Search this site or the web        powered by FreeFind Site searchWeb search

Site Map

What's New

Search

Don't forget GOOGLE! My favorite Search Engine
will also allow you to place a FREE Search utility for your sites pages
and for the Internet! Cool!!

Search WWW Search librarysupportstaff.com

And : Check out >>>>PicoSearch
http://www.picosearch.com
PicoSearch offers free search for sites up to 1,500 pages,
with unlimited searching.

A tutorial for JAVA..Don't have time to Learn IT..
then Cut-N-Paste It!!
Java Scripts.(that's how I do it..!) 

More helpful information available from
WebGrammer's Free Tips
for better writing

Good Articles, Tutorials & Information
Web Developers Resource
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/

Advanced Web Design - A primer from SitePoint
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php3?aid=265&pid=0

For Advanced Web Designers - Keep up with latest trends
http://webtechniques.com/

Free Ware software to download
BK ReplaceEm
BK ReplaceEm, your premiere-quality, freeware string-replacing utility
for Windows 95/98/NT. At its core, BK ReplaceEm is essentially a text
search-and-replace program. However, unlike the search-replace functionality
of a standard text editor, BK ReplaceEm is designed to operate on multiple
files at once. And you need not only perform one search-replace operation
per file -- you can setup a list of operations to perform. If different
groups of files need to have different operations performed on them,
this is no problem either. You can also specify a backup file for each
file processed just incase the replace operation didn’t do exactly what
you wanted. 
http://www.orbit.org/replace/

 Net Mechanic   offers WebPage Fixes..
Checks your links, your HTML and Images..
keeps your pages..running smooth!

Dr Watson will check your site for FREE
Dr. Watson is a free service to analyze your web page on the Internet. 
You give it the URL of your page and Watson will get a copy of it 
directly from the web server. 
Watson can also check out many other aspects of your site, 
including link validity, download speed, 
search engine compatibility, and link popularity. 

BOBBY - Checks your site for Web Accessibility
Can all visitors enjoy your site

If you prefer..
you can always take your pages in to see Dr. HTML,
the Doctor has an excellent web site manner,
and no appointments are necessary,
complete physicals can take a bit of time-
depending on your net connection,
please be "patient" there is often a full waiting room.

Spelling Checker 
http://siteowner.bcentral.com/sitecheck.cfm
Misspellings are very common even on the smallest web sites. 
Take a minute to run our checker and make sure your site checks out. 

Add FREE Spellchecking for your Website, Bulletin Boards, Chatrooms,
Email and virtually any Text Box from:
http://www.spellchecker.net

Content Providers

Many places on the Net will provide "feeds" to News and Information
to place on your Web Site.

**NOTE** Check out some of the Librarian created NEWS sites
on my 4libnews page Some of them used "web blog" software
to create their sites.
You may need to register at each site and most feeds are FREE.

Choose Wisely for the Content - that Compliments and **ADDs** Something  to your site.

Sticking your site out on the web..
After all your hard work,
Don't you want folks to come visit, and have a reason to "stick" around,
Don't you want them to "come back"?
While some of the info below applys to "business" sites, 
there is useful information for anyone who puts together a website.
Plus lots of links to things you can ADD On and too your site for
FREE! fun, useful information and "sticky times"!

Articles of Interest:
Read this InformationWeek article (Dec. 2000)
Help For Building Sticky Web Sites 
http://www.informationweek.com/815/webapps.htm

Eight Ways to Sticky Sites
by Marcos Sanchez
http://www.efuse.com/Plan/sticky-sites.htm
**Note - by Marcos definition - my websites fall into the "niche" catergory,
but also a "launch pad" to other sites related to this "niche"

Is Your Web Site Sticky?
Eight ways to make your site a traffic magnet!
© 2001 Brett Krkosska
http://www.homebiztools.com/sticky.htm

Make Your Web Site Sticky.
by Justin Talerico
http://www.i-on.com/know/articles/sticky.asp

Note the Top Welcome Note at the top of this page, where it mentions the
city and country of visitors. Well that script is a FREE service from
Geobutton! You can make/write any script you want, the Geobutton will try to map
where your visitors are from and it automatically inserts that info when
visitors visit your site!

CONTENT IDEAS ~

Free Reference tool you can add to your own website

Power Reference Online dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia and much more...

Tell me about:

Find  "Content" to help make your site "Sticky", useful, informative or fun!
At FreeSticky.com  and at FindSticky.com
for sites or information to "help you stick out"

"Article" Feeds  and or copy and paste codes for complete articles
on variety of subjects are available for FREE from sites such as:
MagPortal.com
See this example of a feed from Magportal 
also find articles from Ezine Articles
and, Quality Books - Free Reprints
also see: FreeWeb Articles 
Question on FreeArticles - quoted from site 
(these comments usually apply to most "articles" from other sites that allow you to post on your site,
Please, follow all instructions for "use" of articles or content)
Can I use an article from here on my website/e-zine/newsletter?
Yes, you can. All articles unless otherwise specified are free of use 
on your webiste, e-zine, newsletter. 
The authors just request that you keep the article
in complete form and include their resource box at the end of the article.
Also it would be curtious to send them an e-mail letting them 
know when and where the article(s) is to be published and if in paper form a copy of the published work.

See these free ezine articles about writing & speaking online and off
http://ezinearticles.com/sitemap/Writing-and-Speaking.html

Another site for Interesting Articles with "Family" Appeal
Try Womens-Net and see whats "Growing"
from Your Garden.com Free article feed

ADD a FREE Community or personal Calendar to your site:
From : Localendar.com
http://www.localendar.com
or
Calendars.net
http://www.calendars.net/

You can also host your own Bulletin Boards or Forums for FREE
using opensource software that is FREE! to download from:
www.phpbb.com
Your website hosting service would have to support
MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers
Check with your Hosting service to be sure.

NOTE: Some pay for Hosting Sites, have forums and/or bulletin board functions built in. Be sure to read all the various functions or
services available with any plans you choose.

Build Your own BLOG for Free
here are a few sites to get you started 
http://www.blogger.com/start
http://www.blog-city.com/bc/
http://www.ebloggy.com/
Related: see my Library Blogs page

Jacob Nielsen's Alert Box..column
has an interesting article
About Creating "Your Own" Content
"Content creations for average people"

Article to read:
20 Ways Posting Unique Articles Online will Bring You Fame and Fortune

But in leiu of that if you want to "add" some freebie information/ News & Article feeds:
Here are some providers to consider I have used their feeds on 4 of my websites
MagPortal.com  |  Janim.net

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More free content fun!

See the free Cartoon feed I have on my Library Humor resource page

See also these FREE Webmaster Resources sites

http://www.onlywebmasters.com/
http://www.321webmaster.com/
http://tools.devshed.com/

Barry's Free Clipart Server

All FREE Clipart

Bravenet Navbar Generator
Generate an animated navigation bar for your website.
It's FREE! 

Make your own 3D headings for your new websites!
Using the Xara.com 3D Generator
Note: The majority of graphics of LibrarySupportStaff.com
were made using products fromXara.com
Such as the "Neon Lights" banner and
TO the Net & Beyond graphic at top
of this page, were created with
Xara Webstyle

DeskTopPublishing - Graphics/Clipart Resources
FREE Website Templates

BigNose Bird - Webpage Sets

FREE Webpage Templates at:

321Clipart

http://freesitetemplates.com/

http://www.steves-templates.com/templates.html

Free web templates with images and
HTML to help you build a better site.
Really unusual and "creative" sites-
Check them out at Elated.com

You'll find some "java'd" complete sites
with mouse over menus and more,
at 13th Hour.net
13th-hour.net
There are some really interesting website sets..unusual and classy ones too
Click on "link-ware" and remember to read all the instructions.
The FREE linkware graphic sets pages are password protected.
Download the sets in their "zip" format, to keep all java script
and graphics layouts intact.

**Remember as I noted previously ~ download everything to do with
your website creations to the "same folder" or spot in your computer
files (floppy disc, or hard drive)
KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER

Some of my favorite sites for Website Sets

http://www.creationsbydawn.net/graphic/graphic.html
See the set I used on http://www.sippingtea.com/index.html

http://www.moonandbackgraphics.com/

http://www.fullmoongraphics.com/index.html
http://www.fullmoongraphics.com/graphindex/graphindex.html

There are many free website sets available from some
very creative people, so you can create just about any 
"theme" or style. Remember if it is "linkware" to include 
a link back to the original artist or creator of the graphics set.

Visit : http://www.linkwaregraphics.com/

Search the sites of The Graphics ring

Image reduction tool
http://www.highpowergraphics.com/cruncher.html

DesignerWiz.com
.JPEG Image Byte Reduction Cruncher - Optimizer Generator
Make your .JPEG images load much faster by reducing the image size bytes.
Free .GIF Graphic Image Byte Reduction Cruncher Generator :
http://tinyurl.com/3n3sh

Free Online GIF and JPEG Cruncher
http://www.animated.gifs.btinternet.co.uk/crunch/crunch.htm

Find:Compression and Optimization Software
Software for compressing and optimizing GIFs, JPEGs, animations, 
and other images for the Web.
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/optimizationsoftware/

Listing of Free software to download (*some are free to try only)
Graphics > Graphic Manipulation > Image Resizing 
http://www.freewarehome.com/Graphics/Graphic_Manipulation/Image_Resizing_t.html 

These are links to graphics information and resources available on the Web and that can assist you in graphically enhancing a web page or web site.
http://www.callihan.com/weblinks/graphics.htm

Visit this website for information on
Animations, Graphics, Javascripts, resources, Free Software, Information, and more
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/info.html

See siteformat.com for Graphics, Website design help and much more

I use a variety of software products to create graphics for my websites
Microsoft Picture It Photo 2002, Microsoft Digital Image Pro 10, Adobe Photoshop Elements
and the one used most for LibrarySupportStaff.com's graphic headings and buttons - etc.
is Xara Webstyle 4.0 - which has complete Website Templates as well.

Related: see this page on my teas2dine4.com site that has links to
software programs, price comparisons and learning sites for individual programs
http://www.teas2dine4.com/4printsoftware.html

And don't forget that most wordprocessing, or
slide presentation programs (like power point) also allow you to save your
creations, as HTML web pages.  Just remember to upload 
all graphics/photos, images, that are associated with your documents, or slides to your website server.
If you don't upload each image you have on your web page, your visitors will not see them.

Image Uploads
http://www.imageuploads.net/
Example FAQ
How does ImageUploads work?
Signup for an account or login if you already have an account and upload your images.
It's as simple and easy as it gets.
Is direct/hot linking allowed on ImageUploads?
Yes direct or hot linking is allowed, especially convenient for message board, 
personal website or ebay auctions since our system outputs forum, 
html tag and url codes automatically.

Other sites to explore for posting photos, and graphics/images

Picture trail
http://www.picturetrail.com/
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Many arts and crafts hobbyists use PictureTrail to host photos of their projects. 
This is a great way to facilitate interest and discussion with online friends 
about your arts and crafts interests.
http://www.picturetrail.com/webpages/photo_sharing_ideas.shtml

PhotoBucket.com
 provides free image hosting for Ebay, live journals, blogs, message boards, 
and online photo albums. Photobucket is reliable, fast and very simple to use. 
http://www.photobucket.com/
PhotoBucket tutorials
Ebay Auction Posting | Uploading with FTP | Upload publisher with Windows XP 
http://photobucket.com/tutorials/

FreeImage Hosting
Our free image hosting service is a perfect place to 
host your images for auction listings, message forums, blog posts and much more.
http://www.afreeimagehost.com/

Free picture hosting
http://freepicturehosting.com/

ImageHosting
http://www.imagehosting.us/

Image Shack
http://www.imageshack.us/

Image Uploading
http://www.imageuploading.com/

Picgoo
http://hosting.picgoo.com/

Village Photos
http://www.villagephotos.com/

ZippyImages
http://www.zippyimages.com/

E-Commerce/Business Sites

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Other Resource Sites for E-Commerce Page Builders

• Marketing Tips 
• Smith Family Internet Marketing Support

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