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website guides

starting out

• Online Marketing E-kit – ATDW – designed for tourism operators, but a great guide for any organisation
• Digitalbusiness.gov.au – created by the Australian Government
• Non Profit Website Design: Examples and Best Practices
• How To Build A Website And Stay Sane by Jonathan Oxer. Comprehensive guide on all the things that make a website. Designed for beginners and seasoned website creators.
• NETT – web design small business advise

google and search engines?

• Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization
• Google Search Engine Ranking Factors – 37 leaders in the world of organic search engine optimization
• Google’s official SEO starter guide

what platform?

• 10 Things To Consider When Choosing The Perfect CMS

wordpress stuff

• Learning WordPress for site managers
• Recommended Sites for WordPress Themes
• Recommended WordPress Plug-ins

online shopping

• Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites – by Smashing Mag

aussie government guides

• Web guide for government agencies – Style Guide
• Website Practice - Articles and resources about website practice in government.
• Web Publishing Guide – For government agencies

industry resources

• Tech Talk – Design and print concepts and jargon by DigitalExpert
• Useful Glossaries For Web Designers and Developers
• creative resources
• 20 Resources for Freelancers
• Web Developer’s Handbook
• Freelance Switch
• Dan Turner - Freelance Workshop
• Creating The Perfect Portfolio – by Digital web
• Production Methodology – by webboy
• Top 10 Lies told to Naive Artists and Designers
• Corporate Identity Portal – styleguides
• Go It Alone – Bruce Judson
• scottberkun essays
• Hera is a new solution for managing web projects.
• 50 Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, Resources and Source Files
• 100 Free High-Quality XHTML/CSS Templates

working with a web designer

choosing

• What to ask your prospective web designers/developers (pdf) by the Australian Web Industry Association

briefing

• Interactive website brief
• The NO!SPEC campaign – free design concepts?
• How to Write a Business Website Brief

working

• Web Design Criticism: A How-To
• The 8 Types of Bad Creative Critics
• How to Ruin a Web Design

legals

• Sample website agreement

managing your website

online image editing

33 Free Online Image Editors

send large files

• dropbox
• yousendit
• dropsend
• sendbigfiles
• zshare

copyright information

• Creative Commons – an alternative to the traditional copyright system
• Creative Commons Australia
• Australian Copyright Council | info sheets
• IP Australia
• The Arts Law Centre of Australia
• Free Intellectual Property Resources by Magnum IP
• Blog, podcast, vodcast and Wiki copyright guide for Australia -QUT
• Larry Lessig on laws that choke creativity
• RIP: A Remix Manifesto

sustainable design

• Bindarri blog – australian design for positive change
• Bindarri directory – australia’s largest collection of creative change websites

australian Green Hosting

Hosting companies that have made an effort to reduce their impact on the environment. These are in no order. No links or resources on this page are endorsed by Dvize so please check them out to ensure that their green credentials are genuine and their facts are correct.

• anchor.com.au
• crucial.com.au
• ecohost.com.au
• digitalpacific.com.au
• greenwebhost.com.au
• ilisys.com.au
• webcity.com.au

international green hosting

• dreamhost.com
• greengeeks.com
• greenhosting.org
• hostgator.com
• thinkhost.com
• supergreenhosting.com