Welcome to the first edition of the digitalVU e-mail newsletter—a collection of links from around the web for Vanderbilt web developers, designers and online communicators.

Module Tabs in Web Design

Module tabs are seeing an increase of use as websites and web applications push for optimizing web page screen areas without sacrificing the amount of information presented at once. GO »

45 Incredibly Useful Web Design Checklists and Questionnaires

Dealing with clients, designing prototypes, coding, programming, and testing – there’s a lot to keep track of and a lot to make sure gets done. That’s where checklists can make your life a whole lot easier. GO »

247 web usability guidelines

Helpful list of usability guidelines for task orientation, navigation, IA, forms/data entry, home page effectiveness, trust/credibility, writing/content, layout/visual design, search, help/feedback. GO »

Web Browser CSS Support Index

Detailed information about CSS support in major web browsers. GO »

How to Setup Goals in Google Analytics

Explains what Goals are in Google Analytics, why they're useful, and how to set them up. GO »

How to track Social Media Analytics

Social media analytics is young, and not many people know where to start. Where are users coming from? What topics excite them? GO »

17 Sets of Excellent Hand Drawn Design Elements

Hand drawn or sketched elements can make a web site inviting, and add an overall fun factor to a design. GO »

WepAppers

Collects the best open source resources. GO »

do you digg it?

• 15+ techniques and tools for cross browser CSS coding
• The Ultimate Guide to .htaccess files
• 14 Free Tools To Validate Your HTML, CSS & RSS Feeds
• Top 10 Information Architecture Mistakes
• CSS Properties Index
• 40 Must Have Cheat Sheets for effective Web Designers
• W3C Mobile Web Best Practices
• 10 criteria for selecting a CMS
• Free, Best Practices for Drupal Guide
• SilverStripe - fast flexible and free CMS

cool tools

iPhone Applications for Web Designers

There are apps for nearly everything, from helping create color schemes to choosing the best font.

Typetester

Quickly and easily visually compare different typefaces

Color Palette Generator

Upload an image to generate a color palette based on the image's primary colors.

CSS Menu Maker

Find, customize and download the HTML, CSS and images for custom menus.

Firebug

Firefox plugin - edit, debug, and monitor CSS, HTML, and JavaScript live in any web page

training

• 50 Lessons in Graphic Design Theory
• Adobe Training Videos
• net.tuts
• psd.tuts

got ning?

The Vanderbilt web community is on NING. Join the discussion: post videos, links, ask/answer questions on the forum, etc. GO »

full of goodness

These sites just rock - you can't just pick one article!

• Fuel Your Creativity
• Smashing Magazine
• Web Designer Wall
• A List Apart
• Abduzeedo
• ReadWriteWeb