Policies
Need help creating an accessibility, commenting, or terms of use policy for your site? Morris County has the following approved policies for you to work from.
Hurricane Sandy
Articles about web and social media responses to the storm.
- Sandy Recovery Gets Tech Help
- Facebook, Twitter help officials spread information after Hurricane Sandy
General
Get your feet wet in the world of web design! Learn the basics of the web and make your first site.
- How to Build Websites
- Basic Web Design Principles
- Web Design 101
- Tutorials from W3Schools
- Beginner Web Design (video series)
CSS3
CSS3, the latest iteration of CSS, gives designers incredible freedom to style web sites. Learn the basics and take your first steps to creating a responsive web site for mobile devices!
- W3Schools CSS3 Tutorial
- CSS3 Generator
- 9 CSS Properties You Can Use Now
- CSS3 Cheat Sheets
- Responsive Web Design Overview
- How to Use Media Queries to Create a Mobile Version of Your Website
- Responsive CSS3 Frameworks
HTML5
The next major iteration of HTML, HTML5 includes more features and better semantics; if you’re starting a site from scratch, it’s best to code it in HTML5. Learn how!
- Yes, You Can Use HTML5 Today!
- Introduction to HTML5 (Video)
- My First HTML5 Page
- HTML5 Doctor
- How to Make All Browsers Render HTML5
- HTML5 Gallery
- HTML5 Boilerplate
JQuery
JQuery, a simple-to-use library based on Javascript, makes adding interactivity to your websites a snap. Download the base code at Jquery.org, and then check out some plugins hands wet:
- A Beginner’s Guide to JQuery
- Responsive Web Design Plugins: as web users move to mobile, responsive web design is becoming a vital tool for designers. These plugins will help.
- Coding Techniques for More Dynamic Websites: Succinct and informative tutorials to add interactivity to your sites, like hover effects, search, and sliders.
- Plugins for Form Validation: Make your forms responsive with auto-tabbing, upload capability, auto suggest, and more.
- Sliders: 70 (!!) amazing Jquery-powered slideshows that you can use for your sites.
Blogging/CMS
WordPress is far and away the most widely used open-source blogging/CMS platform, but there are many out there to choose from, each with their own benefits and drawbacks. Take a look and see which one may work best for you.
Tips, Tutorials and Freebies
There are countless web design blogs and tutorial sites out there. Many of these have a mix of tutorials, general tips, and freebies (graphics and code). Here are some of the best:
- Smashing Magazine
- Noupe
- A List Apart
- Design Newz
- NetTuts (and the full TutsPlus network)
- Designmodo
- D-Lists: Design + Developer Resource