Resources

Web Design Wisdom: Tools & Guides for Success

At Martin Blee Web Designs, we believe that great websites are built on knowledge, creativity, and the right tools. Our Resources page is here to provide you with valuable insights, tutorials, and industry-leading recommendations to help you enhance your online presence. Whether you’re looking for design inspiration, web development tips, SEO strategies, or the latest trends in digital marketing, we’ve got you covered. Explore our curated collection of guides, tools, and best practices to take your website to the next level.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Periodic Table of SEO Elements
The SEO Periodic Table organizes key SEO elements into categories, helping marketers, designers, and creators understand factors that influence search rankings.
A Beginners Guide to SEO
SEO blends technical and creative strategies, including keyword research and unique content creation, to attract and engage web visitors.
What Is SEO? An Intro to Search Engine Optimization
SEO (search engine optimization) boosts website visibility in search engines like Google, helping earn organic rankings without paid ads. Also called organic search marketing.
Beginner’s Guide to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – Moz
SEO is complex but easy to grasp. Even basic knowledge can make a big impact. Plus, free SEO education is widely available online to help you get started.

Front-end Web Development

Refactoring UI
Learn how to design awesome UIs by yourself using specific tactics explained from a developer’s point-of-view.
Positive Work Environment at W3C: Code of Conduct
W3C’s Code of Conduct defines expected and unacceptable behaviors and promotes high standards of professional practice.
Understanding WCAG 2.0
A guide to understanding and implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
CSS Grid Layout Guide
A detailed guide to CSS Grid, covering all configuration options for both the grid container and its child elements.
CSS Flexbox Layout Guide
A complete guide to CSS Flexbox, covering all properties for flex containers and items, plus history, demos, patterns, and a browser support chart.
Welcome to the Accessibility Developer Guide
Our content follows WCAG 2.1 guidelines, offering simple and effective best practices for designing, implementing, and testing accessible websites.
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
CSS is a stylesheet language that defines how HTML or XML elements are displayed on screens, paper, speech, or other media, including SVG, MathML, and XHTML.
Frontend Developer Roadmap: What is Frontend Development?
A step-by-step guide to becoming a modern frontend developer in 2025, covering essential skills, tools, frameworks, and best practices.
Devhints — TL;DR for developer documentation
A comprehensive collection of web development cheatsheets for HTML, CSS, JavaScript, frameworks, and more—quick reference made fun!
Front End Development Libraries Certification
Learn to style sites fast with Bootstrap, add logic to CSS, and extend styles with Sass in the Front End Development Libraries Certification.
Eloquent JavaScript
A book about JavaScript, programming, and the wonders of the digital world—exploring code, logic, and creativity in the modern era.
PHP: The Right Way
An easy-to-read, quick reference for PHP best practices, accepted coding standards, and links to authoritative PHP tutorials around the Web.
Free Programming Books
Free Programming Books on Android development, C, C#, CSS, HTML5, iOS development, Java, JavaScript, PowerShell, PHP, Python, SQL Server and more.

Front-End Development Tools

Can I use… Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc
“Can I use” offers up-to-date browser support tables for front-end web technologies on desktop and mobile, maintained by Alexis Deveria with community updates.
Realtime Colors
Preview colors and fonts on a real website before implementation! See how your design choices look in action for a seamless web development experience.
Fontpair
Discover free typography for your next design project with Google Fonts, Fontshare, Fontesk, Font Squirrel, and more.
Omatsuri
Build modern PWAs with these 12 open-source frontend tools! Enhance performance, UX & offline support effortlessly. Fast, reliable, and responsive.
Fluid Typography Calculator
Calculate a fluid typography scale to enhance your web design! Create responsive, scalable text that adapts beautifully across all screen sizes.
Google Webfonts Helper
Hassle-free self-hosting for Google Fonts! Get eot, ttf, svg, woff, woff2 files & CSS snippets to improve privacy, performance & control.
HTML Color Picker
WC3 Schools’ HTML Color Picker lets you explore, select, and customize colors with HEX, RGB, and HSL values for web design and development.