Website Design & Development Top References

The following websites have been carefully selected as they offer a variety of important information from guidelines for building the credibility of a website to how to legally copyright a website. We have put together this list for your reference.

  1. Adobe.com
    The Adobe® Reader® software is offered free from Adobe® for viewing and printing Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Adobe has become the standard adopted by governments and enterprises worldwide.
  2. BBBOnLine, Inc. — Promoting Trust and Confidence on the Internet
    BBBOnLine is a subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus. Includes essential information for web site owners.
  3. Copyscape.com
    Online tool to monitor and protect Web sites against content theft and plagiarism.

  4. CSE HTML Validator – Professional HTML Syntax Checker and HTML Editor
    CSE HTML Validator is a powerful, easy to use offline HTML, XHTML, and CSS syntax checker/HTML validator, accessibility checker, and link checker for Microsoft Windows. A less powerful, free version is also available.

  5. Dynamic Drive – Favicon Generator
    Use this online tool to easily create a favorites icon (favicon) for your site. Capable of generating desktop icons as well.

  6. Google Webmaster Guidelines – Webmaster Tools Help
    Essential webmaster guidelines from Google. Includes design and content guidelines, technical guidelines, quality guidelines and more.

  7. XML-Sitemaps.com
    Offers an online tool to generate Google XML Sitemaps that generates in seconds.

  8. Microsoft Office Online
    Microsoft’s template home page. Includes free templates for calendars, business cards, invoices, expense reports and more.

  9. U.S. Copyright Office
    U.S. Government Copyright Office official Web site offering information on how to copyright your Web site. See: Form TX