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89 Community Sites for Webmasters

SOCIAL MEDIA SITES FOR WEB DESIGNERS

Dzone

Dzone - Provides links for developers that members can vote up or down.
Pixel Groovy - A user-controlled tutorial directory.
Sphinn - For search and internet marketing professionals.
CSS Globe - Not a typical social media site where members vote, but rather a site that lets members provide links to relevant articles and blog posts.
DevelopersNiche - A smaller social media site for developers.

ONLINE PERIODICALS

There are a number of online periodicals that consistently provide new, quality content for webmasters. Most of these allow comments and other interaction that builds the community atmosphere.

Vitamin

A List Apart
Vitamin
SiteProNews
WebProNews
Digital Web
Smashing Magazine

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FORUMS

If you’re looking for some help from other webmasters, or looking to provide help to others, forums are great place to be. Here is a list of more forums than you will ever need.

Sitepoint

SitePoint
Webmaster-Talk
The Webmaster Forums
The V7 Network
Digital Point
Webmaster World
WebmasterForums.com
OZZU
iWebTool
Designers Talk
Geek Village
OutFront
WebmasterForums.net
Webmaster-Forum.net
Webmaster Ground
Coding Forums
Webtalk Forums
AKA Marketing
WebForumz
9mb.com
WebDevForums.com
WideWebTalk
Search Engine Forums
Kahuki
Tizag
Webicy
Webdigity
Webmaster Tips and Tricks
iDOT Source
WickedFire
Website Publisher
Website Babble
WebmasterTalk.net
WS Forums
Webmaster Ranks
GID Forums
WebmasterEarth
Go4Expert
e-Topic
New Zealand Webmaster Forum
Irish Webmaster Forum
Philippine Webmaster Forum

ARTICLES, RESOURCES, ETC.

Webmaster Setup
Developer.com
PHP Builder
ASP 101

GOOGLE GROUPS FOR WEBMASTERS

Google Webmaster Help Group
National Association of Government Webmasters
StopBadware
Alt.internet.search-engines
Web Design and Development
SEM 2.0

YAHOO GROUPS FOR WEBMASTERS

Webmaster International
Work at Home Webmaster
The Designer’s Hub
SEO Success
SEO Techniques

SCRIPTS

Save time on your projects by using free scripts that others have created. By browsing through these sites you’ll probably get some new ideas for your work. If you develop scripts, consider sharing them with others through these sites.

Dynamic Drive

Dynamic Drive
Hot Scripts
The CGI Resource Index
JavaScript Kit
Java-Scripts.net
Java File
PHP Freaks
PHP Junkyard
PowerfulScripts.com
Script.aculo.us
DHMTL Goodies
OpenSourceScripts.com

GALLERIES

Galleries are a great place to get inspiration and ideas for your new projects.

CSS Vault

CSS Vault
CSS Based
CSS Beauty
CSS Drive
CSS Mania

WEB STANDARDS

The Web Standards Project

NET NEUTRALITY

Net neutrality is an important issue that is relevant to all of us. Visit these sites to learn more and get involved.

SaveTheInternet.com
Open Internet Coalition
We Are the Web

Originally Published September 3rd, 2007

44 Responses

  1. Dave RH | September 3rd, 2007 at 10:23 pm

    Awesome list, I will definitely be referring back to this one on a regular basis :)

  2. devnic | September 3rd, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    How do you get this kinda idea to gather so much info into one page. Simply Amazing work. Bookmarked it and saved so much space in my bookmark folder

  3. PreBlogging | September 4th, 2007 at 3:29 am

    sweet list , there are some ones I never even knew about. A book mark would be a great idea for this, plus I stumbled this.

    Becky

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  5. Michael from Pro Blog Design | September 4th, 2007 at 3:42 pm

    Great list. I recognise a good few of those links, but more importantly, there’s a good few I don’t. ;)

  6. Vandelay Design | September 4th, 2007 at 5:16 pm

    Dave, devniche, PreBlogging, and Michael,
    Thanks for your feedback, for the bookmarks, and for the Stumble!

  7. Rangan | September 4th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    Great list. Your effort to compile this list is commendable.

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  9. Vandelay Design | September 5th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    Rangan,
    Thanks for the positive feedback. It took some time to complete!

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  12. steve M | September 10th, 2007 at 5:29 am

    A very list i must say u done a great effort :) http://website-design.com.au

  13. Vandelay Design | September 10th, 2007 at 5:53 pm

    Steve,
    Thanks for your comment.

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  15. Sal | September 13th, 2007 at 2:39 pm

    Nice list. Another good resource is http://www.clickitscripts.com

  16. Vandelay Design | September 13th, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    Sal,
    Thanks for visiting and for the resource.

  17. Karthik | September 14th, 2007 at 7:49 am

    Very nice collection of links - easily deserves a bookmark, thanks!

  18. Karen Zara | September 14th, 2007 at 9:40 pm

    Although I already knew many of the sites mentioned, it’s still a great resource. I’m going to add it to StumbleUpon.

  19. Vandelay Design | September 14th, 2007 at 9:46 pm

    Thanks Karen!

  20. Vandelay Design | September 14th, 2007 at 9:56 pm

    Karthik,
    Thanks for bookmarking!

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    Excellent resource - several on there I hadn’t heard of.

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  27. Rachel Goldstein | November 8th, 2007 at 9:58 pm

    This is an excellent post. I found this article on designfloat.com and I am glad that I found it. I knew there must have been more social networking sites for designers / webmasters.

    Thanks.
    Rachel
    http://www.allgraphicdesgin.com/

  28. vhg | November 27th, 2007 at 7:09 am

    Bookmarked :)

    Thank you
    Vel

  29. Rachel Goldstein | December 10th, 2007 at 11:39 am

    Woops, I forgot to mention that some more resources for your list
    Another designer forum is http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/phpBB2/
    Another design community is http://graphicdesigncommunity.com/ and http://designsitesup.com/

    Again great post, I am going to link to it in an article I am writing about design communities - thanks.

    Rachel
    http://www.allgraphicdesign.com/

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  34. webmaster | March 13th, 2008 at 9:59 am

    Bookmarked :)

    Thank you
    Vel

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  36. samet | March 21st, 2008 at 11:52 pm

    Google,sametesener,bloglar,webmasterblog,tr.gg
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  39. Houston | May 20th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn?t hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.

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  44. DeadFly | November 10th, 2008 at 5:20 am

    Great list - thanks for the work, it will only take me a few days to work through it.

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