MARY'S LINKS

JUST FOR FUN

You know, this is what surfing the net is all about so try some of the links just for a good time:

http://www.netfix.com/poptart/hallo2.htm A little something to get you in the Hallowween spirit

http://www.marthastewart.com Martha, Martha, Martha...tips, recipes and a mail order catalog. It's a good thing.

http://www.cbull.com/ CBull lets us all in on the secret of the "best sites for women"

http://www.tucows.com/ You want shareware? You get it here.

http://www.hotmail.com/ Looking for a private, secure email address that doesn't include your life history? Get it here, free.

http://www-ceg.ceg.uiuc.edu/~haggag/hiero.html  Have you ever longed to see your name written in ancient hieroglyphics? Here ya go!

http://www.virtualpresents.com/ Give fantasy (virtual) presents to everyone you know...everything from a Lamborghini to a monkey wrench.  Try it! It's fun!

http://cool.infi.net/ You want to surf but just can't think of anywhere cool to go? Check out the Cool Site Of The Day.

http://www.live-online.com/  Music cybercasts, Music reviews, Music Chats, Music radio...sensing a theme? You can actually listen to full albums online.  Pretty cool, you gotta admit.

GRAPHICS

These graphics links are largely those which taught me how to enliven these pages, or who provided the animations or clipart you have seen throughout them.  I have tried to include all those who demand credit for providing these services, but if I have left any out it is usually because they were trapped in some frame and I have failed to reconstruct the bookmark properly.  Just let me know if you see your stuff without credit here. I urge everyone with a website to include a framebreaker on their site and even on every page....I intend to go back to all mine and do so.   Down with frames.

http://www.bellsnwhistles.com Bells n' Whistles is a great site full of information.  If you go nowhere else, go here

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/ HTML Goodies is full of super scripts for using java and lots of tricks of the trade

http://webclipart.miningco.com/ The Mining Co. is super for categorizing graphics & finding specific things, but I gotta say it: this is the most offensive frame site in terms of masking original addresses, so be aware.

  The Temple of Graphics has some tips, some horizontal lines and some animations

http://www.cbull.com/back.htm Bull's Backgrounds, Buttons and Bars.  Some real pretty things here.  

Over the edge animations has some cool things and lots of animations.

http://www.animfactory.com/ This looks like The Mining Co. but who knows? Check their Animation of the Day

http://www.talstar.com/cat/graphics/index.htm#menu This one is so easy to negotiate...has categories as well as a searchable database. Check it out!

http://www.talstar.com/cat/graphics/index.htm#menu This is the ultimate graphic site...nice clear clipart from Renet. I use this page to start because it loads the fastest.  Worth your patience.

http://members.xoom.com/imageaddict/index.html  I used some art from Image Attic, and it was good.  She has apparently lost all her pages but promises reconstruction. Check back because her things are creative and fun.

http://sherylsgraphics.com/ Sheryl's Country style art is good...the attitude could use a little improvement.  Check out her stuff if you can stand the lectures about putting her logos etc all over your site.  Nevertheless, I think I did use something so here it is.  Sheryl, hon, lighten up! Take an example from:

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/6355/ Debbie's Garden of Graphics also has cute country graphics and adorably offers them free, and will even customize them for you.

https://members.tripod.com/~BJ3044/index.html BJ's Designs: Some nice florals/graphics on the ornate side.

http://www.cateringnet.co.uk/clipart/clipfood.htm Lots of repeats from Renet's site, but I used a lot of their food items because they were faster loading pages. 

http://www.designedtoat.com/ Designed To a T...beautiful graphics, good Paintshop pro tutorials.

TIPS & TUTORIALS

http://www.designedtoat.com/  DESIGNED TO A T :This site is listed here but I also used some of their beautiful graphics. However, the address was stuck in a frame, and I was unable to extract their home page addy. If their tutorials are as good as their graphics, you should really check it out.

http://www.callaspot.com Calla has some of the best tutorials anywhere around. Her site is down for some reason, but I'm giving you the addy in case it comes back up.

http://www.pspro.ml.org/ Paint Shop Pro Tutorials on both psp image making and website construction. Great.

CLIPART SEARCHERS

http://www.webplaces.com/search/  This place has less popular search engines, as well as a registration service for new websites.

FREE WEBSPACE PROVIDERS

http://www.tripod.com This is the one I use, and they give 11 megs of space for free, among other services.

http://www.geocities.com Lots of folks use this one too, but I found it hard to find a place.