1000+ WEB DESIGN TOOLS THAT YOU CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT
This list took me a few weeks to put together…the reason it took so long is because there are so many sites listed AND because these sites are so great that I couldn’t stop looking at them long enough to get back to work. I hope that you guys like these tools as much as I do. I am going to bookmark this page and use it daily…I hope you find it just as useful. I would say that these are some of the best web design resources / tools on the net. Please add yours to the comments and I will add them to the list.
COLOR TOOLS
Color Scheme Generator
Color Blender Tool
Top Color Combinations
Kuler
Color Contrast Tool
Visibone’s Color Lab
I like Your Colors Tool
Pantone and Hexidecimal Colour Conversion Chart
Advanced Javascript Color Picker
Color Combinations
Color Combo
Color Combos
Color Library
Color Schemer
Web Color Schemes
Color Lovours
Lynda Weinman’s Browser-Safe Colors Organized By Hue
Lynda Weinman’s Website Tips For Designers: Browser-Safe Colors Organized By Value (Lights and Darks)
Visibone’s Swatch Collections
WEB DESIGN RESOURCES DIRECTORY
Graphic Design Resources
Web Design Resources
A2Z Web Design Resources
Best Catalog
Hoover Web Design
Webmaster Edge
WEB DESIGN / GRAPHIC DESIGN FORUMS
Graphic Design Forums
Digitalpoint
Open Web Design Forum
WebmasterWorld
Web Dev Forum
Web Design Forum
Web Design Forums
Graphic Design Forum
Graphic-Design-Forum
Steel Dolphin Forum
FREE TEMPLATES SITES AND DESIGN
80 Free 2 Column Templates - Mashable
40 Free 1 Column Templates - Mashable
30 Free 3 Column Templates - Mashable
101WebTemplates
Ades Design
All-in-one Website Templates and hosting packages
CSS Design Templates
Design Load
Dreamweaver Templates Tutorial
Elated Web Page Kits (Templates)
Free Basic CSS Templates
Free Layouts
Free Site Templates
Free Templates & Web Designing
Free Web Templates
Free Web Site Templates
Graphic Templates
TheNetter.com Web Design
MyCelly Free CSS Templates
My Free Template Home
Open Design Community
Opensource Web Design Templates
Opensource Templates
Professional Dreamweaver Templates
Studio 7 Opensource Templates
Template Hunter
Templates Box
Templates to Go
Template Eyes
Templates Theme Graphics
Template Monster
Template World
Web Page Design Templates AU
Zero Web
WEB DESIGN INSPIRATIONAL SITES
Brands of the World
Dot Com Logotypes
How to Design a Logo
Free LogoTypes
Good Logo
Go Promos
Logoed
Logo in Process
Logomarket.com
Logotypes Russia
LogoTypes from Maldolva
Logotypes
Satlogo.com
Sport Logos
WEB SITE RATINGS & INFORMATION SITES
Alexa
Any Rank
Blogoscoped
GoLexa
Google Toolbar
GreatDB
RankQuest Toolbar
SEO Browser
SEO Open for Firefox
SEO Toolbar for Firefox
SEO Toolbar
Site Information
Toolbar Browser
URL Trends
WebSite Grader
KEYWORDS TOOLS FOR SEO
Good Keywords
Google Adwords Keyword External Tool
Google Trends
Free Keyword Suggestion Tool
Keyword Discovery
Digital Point Keyword Suggestion Tool
SEO Keyword Optimization Tool
Wordze
SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION / SEO SITES
30 Day Challenge
136 SEO Tools
Database of Web Robots
Click Survey Analysis & Heatmap
Google Ranking Factors
Link Bait
Matt Cutts
Search Engine Optimization Forum
Search Engine Watch
SEO Book
SEO Egghead
SEOMoz
SEO Roundtable
Webmasters World
WEB DESIGN INSPIRATION AND WEB DESIGN IDEAS
Best Designs
Brain Fuel
Coolest Designs
Cool Home Pages
Digital Refueler
Digital Thread
Dreamer
Internet TINY Awards
Misspato
Moluv
Newstoday
No Found
No Limit Media
Plastic Pilots
Visual Designer
FREELANCE WEB DESIGN JOBS
All Freelance Work (non bidding jobboard so cuts down on foreign competition)
Contracted Work
Elance
12Freelance
37 Signals
Agave Blue
Aquent (recruiting agency for freelancers)
Adveres
Authenic Jobs
Bid-Job
Bid Radar
CareerBuds
CraigsList
eWork
FaceBook
Freelance Auction Network
Freelance Bank
Freelance BBS
Freelance Center
Freelancers.net
Freelance Hub
Freelance Job Search
FreelanceJobs.Org
Freelance Jobs Post
Freelance-Work
Freelance.com
Freelance Groups (For Christians)
Freelance Mom
Freelance Ireland
Freelance India
Freelance Quotes
FreelanceQ
Jobs and Gigs
LinkedIn
No Agencies Please
ODesk
Project4Hire
Smarterwork
SoloGig
The Central Mall
Total Freelance
Trally (translation jobs)
Woompa
Work at Night
WEB DESIGN SPECIFIC FREELANCE SITES
CGI Lance
City IT Jobs
Code Lance
Coder for Rent
Coroflot (Designers)
Creative Freelance Web Designer Marketplace
Design Quote : Where web designers and web design projects meets.
Developreneurs
Developreneurs
Developer Bids
Dev Bistro
e-Global Solutions
Freelance Auction
Freelance Central
Freelance Designers
Freelance Web Projects
Freelance Seek
Freelance Switch
Freelance Web Developer
Freelance Web Programming
Fresh Web Jobs
Gawker Internet / New Media Jobs
Geek Bidder
Get a Freelancer
GuruLance
Hire Coders
Job Pile
Krop (creative and tech jobs)
List Bid
NY Freelancers
Outsource Today
OsLance
PHP Freelancers
PHP Quote
Planet Recruit
Project Pool
ProjectSpring
Programming Bids
Programming Outpost
Project4Hire
Project Simple
Freelance Free
Freelance Job News
Freelance Your Project
Guru.com
HireBid
iFreelance
Joomla Jobs
Joomlancers
Lance Site
Monster (Monster has a Contract and Temporary Work section)
No Agencies Please
NUJ Freelance Direct
ProjectLance
ProSavvy
Rentacoder
Script Alliance
Script Helpers
Script Plaza
SnapLance
Sologig
Support Universe
TemplateLance
Web Pro Jobs
Web Walas
FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY SITES
AMG Media
Art Favor
ARS Image Gallery
Amazing Textures
Burning Well
Big Foto -
Buzz Net
Barry’s Free Photos - Free Stock Photos
Creating Online
Cepolina
Creative Commons Search
Copyright Free Photo Archive
DHD Multimedia Gallery
Free Photographs
Free Digital Photos
Free Images and Stock Photos
Free Photos Dot Com
Free Photos Bank
Free Stock Photos Dot Com
Free Media Goo
GeekPhilosopher
Free Stock Photos
Free Foto
From Old Books
Holy Land Photos
Image Base
Image After
Lycos Image Gallery
Morgue File
Majestic Imagery
Pics4Learning
Pixel Perfect Digital
PD Photo
Photo Rogue
PixelBag
PhotoCase
Picture Station
Piotr.Pix
Stock Xchng
Stock Vault
UnProfound
Visipix
Woophy
Yellowstone National Park
YotoPhoto
NWYH Stock Image Library
Open Photo
Stockcache Gallery
Vintage Pixels
Wikimedia
Wallpaper Stock
PORTFOLIO SITES
AllFreelanceWork.com
AltPick.com
DeviantArt
Graphic Design Community
Portfolios.com
DESIGN MAGAZINES
.net : The Internet Magazine
Digital Web
Inside Web Design
**How Magazine 
**Communication Arts
**Dynamic Graphics Magazine 
**Layers Magazine
Computer Arts C-W Computer Arts Projects
Computer Graphics World
Digital Arts Magazine 
Eye - International Review of Graphic Design
Step Inside Design Magazine 
Graphic Communications World
Graphic Design - USA
Graphic Design Journal
Graphis
I.D. Magazine 
Novum : World of Graphic Design
Digital Graphics Magazine
Graphic Arts Monthly Magazine 
Grafik Professional Magazine 
Arkitip
Before & After
Big Magazine
Coupe Mag
Digital Output
Inside Adobe Indesign Magazine / Journal
Trade Pub
VUEPOINT Magazine
Digital Media World
Advanced Photoshop
Inside Photoshop Magazine 
Photoshop Creative Magazine
Photoshop Elements Techniques Magazine 
Better Photoshop Techniques Magazine 
DESIGN MAGAZINES ONLINE
A List Apart
Before & After
Born Magazine
Brigata
Creative Behavior
Creative Business Newsletter
Delve Magazine
Digital Output
Digital Producer Magazine
Grafik Student Magazine
Graphic Exchange
Graphis
Net Diver
FontSite
Pink Mag
GUUUI
OVER 200 FREE FONTS SITES
1001 Free Fonts
1001 Fonts
2200 Free Fonts
1 Archive Fonts
4Yeo
A1 Fonts
About.com Free Fonts
Abstract Fonts
ABCWebWorx
Absolute Fonts Archive
The full list of free fonts here….
TUTORIALS SITES
Tutorials Select
Pixel2Life
Good Tutorials
Total Tutorials
Tutorial Outpost
Tutorial Quest
W3 Schools
BLOG HOSTS AND SERVICES
Blogger
LiveJournal
Multiply
Open Diary
Squidoo
Tumblr
Twitter
TypePad
WordPress
COMMUNITY / CMS SOFTWARE
Drupal
Elgg
Joomla
Mambo
Radiant CMS
Typo 3
Boonex Dolphin
FORUM / MESSAGE BOARD SOFTWARE
PHPBB
Invision Power
Simple Machines
Snitz
Phorum
PunBB
WebWiz
WowBB
UBB
Vanilla
VBulletin
WEB DESIGN BLOGS
Web Design Resources Blog
456 Berea Street
Andy Budd
A List Apart
Andreas Vilkund
Bartelme Design
Bitt Box
Brian Gardner
CSS Beauty
Fadtastic
Graphic Design & Graphics News Blog
Meyer Web
Pearsonified
Snook
Simple Bits
SitePoint
Smashing Magazine
Undersigned
Vitamin
Warpspire
Web Designer Wall
WEB HOSTING REVIEWS AND DIRECTORIES
File Hosting Review
Web Hosting Jury
Web Hosting Unleashed
Host Excellence
Review Web Hosts
Power Reviews
Web Site Hosting Reviews
ADVERTISING
Google Adsense
AdBrite
Adengage
BidClix
Bidvertiser
Clicksor
Commission Junction
Compact Ads
InterClick
Kontera
Kanoodle
Partner Weekly
PeakClick
TextLinkAds
ValueClick
Yahoo Publisher
WEB DESIGN / DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIES
AJAX
AJForm
Ajax Gear
Bajax
Behaviour
Color Combos
CPaint
Cross Browser Toys
DHTML Libraries
Dojo
DOM Drag
Drag and Drop
Dynamic Drive CSS Library
Engine
Javascript Vector Graphics
Mochikit
Moo.FX
OverLib
Pear
Plex Toolkit
Prototype
Qooxdoo
Rico
Sack
Sarissa
Script.aculo.us
Solvent
Swat
Tibet
Toxic
Yahoo UI Library
Zimbra
TOP CSS TOOLS
BluePrint CSS
CSS Fonts and Text Library Tool
Dynamic Drive CSS Library
CSS Compression
CSS Optimizer
CSS Tidy
CSS Creator
CSS Pixel Font Sizes Tool
CSS Accessible Form Builder Tool
CSS Form Code Maker
CSS Rounded Box Generator
CSS Rollover Generator
CSS Typetester
CSS Vista
HightDots Tabs CSS Generator
I Like Your Colors from Redalt
Korhoen CSS Typeviewer
Make Template CSS Tool
Navigational CSS Menu Generator
Position Is Everything
Scrollbar Color Changer
Slideshow Creator
Stylesheet Generator
Tableless Layout Generator
Template Code Generator
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17 Comments
WOW! This is an amazing and extremely thorough list indeed.
I have been to a lot of these sites, but this is more than I’ve ever seen in one post. Thanks for posting and sharing them…
Cool. I like all the links that is provided here and I now working to improve some of my websites. The information works well for beginners and advanced user.
This is absolutely helpful to me.. thanks a lot for a great collection
Very usable cool tools nice collect of bunch resources. Hopefully you can give more… very nice
Excellent article - It’s going to be a long weekend!!
Great article, and a great repository of useful sites and links.
Nice - that’s a huge list - thanks for putting it together
That’s quite a huge list. Thx!
Indeed, a massive list but by no means lacking in quality. Thanks.
Excellent List, being project manager for a web design company I have been to or seen a lot of these website but thanks for allowing me to add a few more to favorites tool bar. Thank You
Great list, I would have liked to see Firebug in there. I would say that has been the most useful development tool I have used and it’s free from mozilla. I made a blog entry on this tool alone, I use it everyday. Hopefully someone else will find it as useful.
Cool. thanks for all this links
Awesome work! All the resources in one place…Bookmarking this one page is enough lol
A very long list! Thanks!
excellent list,keepit up
excellent article……keep it up….nice
Thats is a really good list….
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