Learn
Open Design Community
is a group of Open Source Website designers. They offer an advanced
search to restrict type of validation (versions XHTML strict,
transitional), license (Public Domain, GPL, Creative Commons), contrast
(dark on light, light on dark), width (fixed, fluid), Number of
columns, colors, designers and free search terms.
CSSEasy.com
is another great way to learn by doing. Which is really the
only way to learn anything.
A
Roadmap to Web Standards is a blog entry from an expert in
the field but written in a very accessible way. It contains links to
many other resources to learn from and the comments are quite helpful
as well.
Obvious Tip: And as you teach yourself, the best thing you can do is to Google any term you don't know yet.
Do
HTML Editor: NVU
is a full featured editor with a helpful web standards mode. It also
has FTP capabilities, so you can manage sites online right from the
side menu. There is a version for every operating system out there.
FTP: Cyberduck for Mac OS X
is an easy to use but powerful FTP program with lots of support.
For Windows, the most popular is Cute FTP.
Open Song:
This isn't a web site building program, but while we're giving
recommendations, it is a fantastic all-in-one presentation program made
especially for churches. It manages songs and chords, transposes on the
fly, supports multiple Bible translations, and is incredibly easy to
use. It will save you hours each week in preparation if you're
currently using PowerPoint. Plus, it will save your computer operator
from pulling out his or her hair if your worship leader likes to repeat
choruses out of order. Best of all, it's free!
Explore
See what other people are doing and sharing around the world.