Links
Links to our other personal and professional websites:
(all external links open in same new window)
Marilyn Fenn Fine Art Redesign
Marilyn Fenn Fine Art:
Redesign. Website showcasing Marilyn's art. Features streamlined tableless CSS design, database-driven art gallery pages and random quotes. Validated CSS and XHTML. Search engine optimized. A joint effort: HTML, CSS, and Javacript design and coding by Marilyn, and database design and coding by Terry.
Marilyn Fenn Decor:
Site to showcase Marilyn's interior decor projects
( a recent development 
). Design, coding and illustrations by Marilyn.
Marilyn Fenn Design:
Marilyn's new online design portfolio site. Design and coding by Marilyn.
Terry Dyke:
Terry's site showcasing some of his musical compositions. Design and coding by Terry.
In for a Penny:
Portal website to all of our other sites. Design and coding by Marilyn.
Travel Photos:
A work that is always in slow progress, as time allows, and as our travels photos multiply. I'll probably redesign it before I ever finish filling out the first design. Design and coding by Marilyn.
Family Tree:
Private family tree website with extensive interactive family trees for both Terry's and Marilyn's extended families. Updated as time allows and new information comes in. Design and coding by Marilyn.
Links to information about web design:
Not all usability experts agree on all points, as you will notice if you read the articles linked below.
The Good
Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability
Ten Good Deeds in Web Design
The Bad
A number of top ten (or more) lists from usability guru Jacob Nielsen and others:
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design
The Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines
Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design 2003
The Most Hated Advertising Techniques
Biggest Web Design Mistakes in 2004
The Ugly
Some just plain useful links related to website design:
How to banish junk mail from your inbox forever.
Email address encoder.
Password
how-to
Links to tips for creating newsletters.
Create
the perfect business or organization newsletter
Writing
style guidelines for the web
Information on website marketing
A basic color code table
Color scheme generator.
Color
blind image correction
UX Magazine
- The User Experience Magazine
CSS Zen
Garden - what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.
And some downright geeky stuff:
Browser
stats
Essential web
tools in one place
W3C validation
service.
CSS
validator
CSS plus color contrast analyser
View your site through Safari Screenshot Service
Lynx viewer
Bobby
accessibility checker
Cynthia
Says accessibility checker
W3C web accessibility
initiative
Color blindness viewer
Color contrast checker
Image analyser
Test the readability of a website
Web page speed analyzer
SEO Mini-tester
Google
webmaster guidelines
Keyword effectiveness index.
Article
on death of the keyword metatag
W3C Index of Elements chart, including deprecated markup
Does Web Site Suck? Checklist 1 (Fatal mistakes)*
Does Web Site Suck? Checklist 2 (Mortal sins)*
*Checklists to determine if your web pages suck were designed for large companies or NPO's, so many items may not apply if you have a small personal, music, performance, art or other creative or experimental site, and even some small business or organization sites.