Resources for Newbies (like myself!) - [updated 12/11/13]

byJLM2

262 followers

12 years ago

Hello all,

Here are a few resources that I found in the last week while doing my initial training and beginning my first site.

I thought I would share the knowledge in case it might help someone else.

Privacy Policy Generator

This free service generated a very nice looking privacy policy for my site:

https://www.freeprivacypolicy.com/

Premium Stock Images Trial

I've been grabbing up some nice images from this website. You get 5 free downloads per day for the first week. (If you don't cancel, it's $69/month... so be sure to do so if you don't want to spend that money for images!)

http://www.bigstockphoto.com/

Free Logo Generator

This site will only give you a low-res copy of the logo that you create, but it was perfect for the theme that my first site has. You can pay ~$20 for high-res or get additional services like business cards or t-shirts.

I liked how easy it was to generate a decent looking logo. You could then try to take that and "reverse-engineer" it in Photoshop or Gimp. (Or check out www.fiverr.com!)

http://www.logogarden.com/

[Update: 12/11/13] - I got a promotional offer email to use coupon code FROMJOHN to get my saved logo for only $14.99. I believe the price when I did the design was $19.99, but this email is claiming a 78% discount from $69.99... those crazy marketers! :)

Recap

This is what I've managed to find so far. I'll update the post as I go through the training / if I find some additional resources.

Best of luck!

- James