Web Page Design

Need to fix up your own webpage? These sites will help you find backgrounds, icons, animations, and other stuff.

Resources in this category:

A-1 Clipart Archive
http://www.free-graphics.com/

This site has animations, arrows, backgrounds, fonts and clip art, as well as many links to other sites.

Animation Library
http://www.animationlibrary.com/

This site has lots of animated images of all kinds, including balloons and blimps, animals, holidays, clothes, flowers, buildings, food, and letters of the alphabet.

Awesome Clipart for Educators
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/

Search for clipart! This site has lots of clip art, especially of animals and holiday themes. Perfect for use with students and multimedia projects.

Background City
http://www.backgroundcity.com/

Huge collection of original background images that can be searched by Group or Theme.

Background Color Editor
http://www.zspc.com/color/index-e.html

Lets you choose and identify all sorts of colors for your web site. Simply pick from the color chart and it will display your choice on the right side of the screen with the identifying color numbers in the boxes.

Backgrounds and Wallpaper
http://backgrounds.iwarp.com/

Find some cool original backgrounds here. Includes such themes as "Children's," "Animal," "Holiday," "Plants/Flowers," and "Ocean."

The Banner Generator
http://coder.com/creations/banner/

Learn how to make a banner for your home page.

Boogie Jack's Sound Effects
http://www.boogiejack.com/sound_effects.html

From "Alien Chatter" to "Yo Mamma" this site has some really crazy and cool sound effects. Also, if you need "help learning to download or add sounds to your web page," this site lends a hand.

ClipArt Connection
http://www.clipartconnection.com/

Clip art of clothes, food, the planet earth, airplanes, and other things. Most of the images are animated.

Cool Archive
http://www.coolarchive.com/

Images you can use for your web page, including fonts, icons, sounds, buttons, bars, and backgrounds.

Cool Science Images
http://whyfiles.org/coolimages/

Find a huge selection of science images here, including images from astronomy, biology, environmental science, health, physical science, and technology.

CoolText.com
http://www.cooltext.com/

This site will help you build a logo or a button for your web page.

The Groan Zone
http://www.groan-zone.net/

The site includes, among many other things, webpage sets that contain at least a background, a welcome banner, a blank button, a bullet, a bar, guestbook buttons and some ready-made buttons.

Icon Mania
http://clip-art.kaboose.com/icons-index.html

Check out this site for all kinds of icons, including Cartoon Characters, Super Heroes, Barbie, Bikes, Boats, and Trucks.

Learning HTML
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/kidsweb/

Do you want to make a webpage? Then let's learn HTML! Creating web pages takes a little practice, but once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun.

Learning HTML for Kids
http://www.goodellgroup.com/tutorial/

This excellent tutorial on HTML instructs kids from age 10 and up on how to write their own web pages in HTML. The site is written so it's easy to understand, and includes great examples in each of the 12 lessons.

Lissa Explains It All
http://www.lissaexplains.com/

Let Lissa teach you about web design! This site started when Lissa was 11, and is now featured on CNN Science and Technology and Headline News. Learn to make your own web page and then add cool extra like .htaccess files and installing perl scripts and running CSS. Look for the latests gadgets too: forums, guestbooks, polls, e-mail forms, tagboards, blogs, counters and even an online HTML editor. Lissa also has Icon Art to make your own cursors and favicons! There's a forum here too where others can help you get a fast answer. The site has pop-ups and other ads, because Lissa says she likes them. Be sure to read all about Lissa and why she made this web site for everyone.

Photoshop Professional Tips and Tricks
http://www.tema.ru/p/h/o/t/o/s/h/o/p/

Make the most of Photoshop...tips and techniques for experienced users and tutorials for beginners.

Phyllis's Backgrounds
http://www.eskimo.com/~physmith/Backgrounds.html

This site has many backgrounds: wild, western, floral, sports, quilt, plaids, seasonal, monthly, and so much more.

Realm Graphics
http://www.ender-design.com/rg/

This site has buttons, lines, icons and backgrounds you can use for your web page.

Web Graphics 101
http://cs-cert.unisa.ac.za/internet/resources/webgraphics101...

Provides a nuts-and-bolts approach to creating graphics for the Web, including interactive tutorials. Great for beginners or even advanced graphic designers new to creating Web graphics.