Planning and Designing a Municipal Web Site
This page contains links to resources pertaining to planning and designing Web sites, including HTML tutorials, Web site accessibility, and information about contracting for Web design services.
Municipal Technology Resources Home Page
Resources for Municipal Officials Home Page
Web Developers
PLEASE NOTE: This is obviously not a comprehensive list.
- GovOffice Web Site Developer
- Information about an affordable, easy-to-use Web page creation tool called GovOffice WebCreator. Designed for local governments, it's available through a partnership of VLCT, the International City/County Management Association, Avenet, and Microsoft. No knowledge of HTML is necessary!
- Locust Creek Graphics
- Working with students from Vermont Technical College, Locust Creek Graphics designs municipal Web sites free of charge. Based in Randolph, Vermont.
- Barleywine Graphics
- A Development company out of Perkinsville
Web Site Development and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Building a Web Site
- A basic introduction to building a Web site for your municipality. Published by the Center for Rural Studies.
- Issues to Consider When Designing a Web Site
- A brief paper with advice on designing a municipal Web site. Published by the Center for Rural Studies.
- HTML Help
- Like the name says, get help with HTML.
- TechSoup.org
- The technology place for non-profits.
- HTML Tutorials for the Complete Idiot
- It's also good for those of us who are not idiots.
- HTML Home Page
- HTML guidelines published by the World Wide Web Consortium.
- HTML Goodies
- An excellent source of information about HTML.
- WebMonkey
- Information for Web site developers.
- Web Building - CNet.com
- Solutions for Web site builders
- HTML Tidy
- This site contains an application that will analyze Web pages and help to find and correct HTML errors.
- HTML Gear
- Add-ons to enhance your Web site.
- Browser-Safe Color Palette
- Get the hexadecimal codes for colors that can be safely seen on all browsers.
- eFUSE
- Information about Web site planning, designing, building, publishing, and promotion.
Web Site Accessibility
These sites will provide information that use can use to make your Web site accessible to people with disabilities.
- Web Site Accessibility Initiative
- Find out about the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Site Accessibility Initiative.
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
- A good source of accessibility information from the World Wide Web Consortium.
- Bobby
- Contains and application that will help you identify and repair significant barriers to access by individuals with disabilities.
Reviewed on 10/08/03