Resources
One thing that sets Circuit Riders apart from the majority of other Web consultants is our commitment to teaching our clients as much as possible about their websites. We always explain what we're doing and why, and how it impacts the bottom line, in language that matches our client's level of understanding. It's one of the cornerstones of our company.
The following resources are provided for our clients and anyone else who finds them useful. We'll be adding more over time, so check back once in a while!
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
- Introduction to Search Engine Optimization – Mary was invited to Carnegie Mellon University as a guest lecturer for the Intro to Website Design class on October 12, 2009. This is her presentation in .pdf format. The professor teaching the class is Hillary Meurer (www.muffinmanstudios.com).
- Understanding SEO Basics
Website Development Basics
Web Graphics
HTML
- The Bare Bones Guide to HTML – THE classic reference lookup by Kevin Werbach. Although it references HTML 4.0, which is slightly out of date (tags are now all lower-case, for example), this is still a great quick lookup reference.
- Getting Started with HTML, by Dave Raggett – This and the following two articles by Dave are also classics.
- More Advanced HTML, by Dave Raggett
- Adding a Touch of Style, by Dave Raggett
- HTML Beginner's Guide
- HTML 4.01/XHTML 1.0 Reference – Another good tag lookup reference
- W3C Markup Validation Service
- Google's Webmaster Help Center
CSS
- CSS Tutorial – Learn how to use CSS for layout, and be free forevermore of using nested tables!
- CSS Layouts
- Flexible Layouts with CSS Positioning, by Dug Falby
- CSS Zengarden – Be inspired...