Sources of Icons, Images and Backgrounds - Plus
Last Updated 04-25-08
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Information and Instructions Font Sources
Image Mega Siteschiba Servers
Image Search Engines Counters
Image Directories Colors for Web Pages
Image Web Sites Checking Web Pages
Image Creation, Mapping and Related Sites Meta Tag Web Sites


Information and Instructions
Check out a site for indications of free or copyright restrictions.  These sites are ideal for teachers who want to prepare pages for their classes.  "Geocities" http://www.geocities.com   Anyone using this page should be aware there are many that sites offer free web page publishing for personal and educational purposes.  For a list of  servers to host pages free of charge check out "The Free Site," http://www.thefreesite.com/  and use the link "Free Web Space."  Additionally, most search engines have an "Add Your URL" link for you to post your page.  Or add your page to a number of search engines with AddMe.   Have Fun!!!!!

How do you save a background or icon?  With a PC mouse, put the arrow over it, then click on the right mouse button and on the drop down window, select "Save image as" and save it on a disk or on your C-Drive so you can put it on your web page.   With a Mac, hold the mouse button down until the drop window appears.   Make folders first for at least 1) backgrounds; 2) icons; 3) animated; 4) lines; 5) buttons; and 6) picture images.   This minimizes confusion if you save very many of various items.

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Mega Sites - All Kinds of Free Stuff!  Includes Icons,  Backgrounds and Free Host Servers for Home Pages..
The Free Site, http://www.thefreesite.com/    (6-04-05)   It includes freebie Chat rooms, Homepages, Counters, Java, Custom Graphics, Mailing Lists, E-mail Accounts, Online Pagers, Fonts, Shorter URLs, Forms, Sites for Homepages, Free Digital Postcards, Website Checkers, Free Money, Website Graphics, and Guest books.
Free Tools for Webmasters, http://www.bravenet.com/index.php?sourceid=00384370423209521643   Provide many free resources along with free server space for posting a web page.   (6-04-05)

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Search Engines
ditto.com - http://ditto.com/
Image Finder (DL SunSITE) - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder/
The Picture Collection - http://www.thepicturecollection.com/

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Directories
Clip Art Directory, http://www.clipart.net/
Clip Art Review - http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
Tools for Searching Image Files,  http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html
Web Clip Art (About.com) - http://webclipart.about.com

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Web Sites and Mega Web Sites
3D CAFÉ - http://www.3dcafe.com
Absolute Background Textures Archive - http://grsites.com/textures/
Animations and Graphics for Your Website - http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/
All Clipart Site - http://www.allclipartsite.com/
Anthony's Icon Library - http://www.sct.gu.edu.au/~anthony/icons/
Art Image Collections -  http://www.datadesignsb.com/
Art Today - subscription - http://www.arttoday.com/
AskAsia's Map Images - http://askasia.org/image/  http://askasia.org/teachers/images/    
Awesome Clipart for Kids: Kid, Teacher & Family-Friendly Free Clipart for All Ages - http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/
Background Sources - http://www.desktoppublishing.com/backg-free.html
Backgrounds - http://home.uleth.ca/backgrounds/index2.htm
Backgrounds, Textures, Icons, Balls and Page Dividers - http://desktoppublishing.com/backgrounds.html
Barry's Clip Art Server - http://www.barrysclipart.com  (01-21-01)
Billy Bear'sPlayground - http://www.billybear4kids.com/  
Browsers Com - http://www.shareware.com
CERN Icon Index - http://www.w3.org/Icons/
Classroom Clipart Sources - http://jc-schools.net/techupdate/classclip.html
Clip Art - http://www.clip-art.com/   (01-21-01)
Clipart.com - http://www.clipart.com  Contact: webmaster@clipart.com
Clip art by Dream Maker Software for scrapbooking, computer crafts, and more! -  http://www.coolclipart.com/
Clipart Connection - http://www.clipartconnection.com/index.html
Clip art links to dancers plus ballet and tango and other dance related graphics from Web Clip Art - Web Clip Art - Net Links -  http://webclipart.about.com/internet/webclipart/msub43.htm
Clip Art Review - http://www.webplaces.com/html/clipart.htm
Clip Art Searcher -  http://www.webplaces.com/search  (01-21-01)
Clip Art Servers -  http://desktoppublishing.com/clipserv.html  (01-21-01)
ClipArt Universe - http://www.nzwwa.com/mirror/clipart
Clip Art Warehouse, http://www.clipart.co.uk/index.shtml
Cool Archive Free Clip Art and Fonts - http://www.coolarchive.com/   (01-21-01)
Creative Connections -  http://www.creativeconnections.org/letter_scrapbooks/
Dave’s Graphics - http://www.waternut.com/links/grphsite.html
Desktop Publishing, http://www.desktoppublishing.com/   
Discovery School Clipart - http://school.discovery.com/clipart/
The Dog Hause - http://www.doghause.com/
Dr. Zeus' Textures - http://www.best.com/~drzeus/Art/Textures/Textures.html
Flags - http://www.law.ou.edu/flags.html  (07-09-00)
Floral Web Graphics - http://www.valentine.gr/web_flowers.htm
Free Backgrounds.com - http://www.free-backgrounds.com/ (07-08-01)
Free Website Buttons -  http://www.freewebsitebuttons.com
Free Christian Clipart Mall - http://www.christianet.com/   (01-21-01)
Free Clipart Kingdom - http://www.clipartcastle.com/ (3-11-02)
Free Foto:- http://www.freefoto.com
Free Graphics - http://freegraphics.com
Free Graphics.org -  http://www.freegraphics.org/  
Free web clip art - http://webclipart.miningco.com/
Fonts, Graphics, SoundFX -  http://www.grsites.com/
Geography Clip Art - http://geography.miningco.com/msub29.htm
Glorious Web Designs - http://www.erols.com/gbond/graphics.htm
Graphic Maps - http://www.graphicmaps.com/clipart.htm
Holidays: Christmas, Halloween, Easter, & More - Web Clip Art - Net Links -  http://webclipart.tqn.com/msubmenu3.htm
The Icon Bank - http://www.iconbank.com/gx/index.htm
Icon Bazaar - http://www.iconbazaar.com/
Icons at University of Kansas - http://www.math.ku.edu/icons/    
Icons Paradise - http://desktoppublishing.com/icons.html
Image Paradise - http://www.desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html (Some are free)
inki's Clipart - http://www.inki.com/clipart/  (01-21-01)
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - http://www.zeldman.com/
Jim's Cool Icons - http://snaught.com/JimsCoolIcons/
Julianne's Backkground Textures - http://www.sfsu.edu/~jtolson/textures/textures.htm
Kira's icon Library - Backgrounds - http://lightsphere.com/kicons/textures.html
Kitty's Animation Page - http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/demo.html
Library of Congress Photos - many historical photos - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html
Lycos Pictures and Sounds - http://www.lycos.com/picturethis/
Media Palace - http://www.multimediapalace.com/
MediaBuilder Icon Library - http://www.mediabuilder.com/index.html
Millanimations - http://www.millan.net/anims/giffar.html
Nerd Wide Web CLIPART Resources (Mega-Site) - http://www.nerdworld.com/nw3963oo20.html
New Clipart, Wallpaper, and buy clip art and Graphics - http://www.gifart.com/
Pardon My Icons - http://www.zeldman.com/icon.html
Penny Lane Graphics - http://www.plgraphics.com/
Photo Images - http://creative.gettyimages.com/    
Realm Graphics - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/index.html
Rutgers University Network Services WWW Icons and Logos -  http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/doc-images/
The Teacher Files - http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
Teacher Graphics -http://www.juliehicks.com/teachergraphics.html
Teacher Net - http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/clipart/
The Teacher’s Guide - http://www.theteachersguide.com/Freebies.html
Shawn's Web Art -  http://www.shawnsclipart.com
Spinning Globes - http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Square dancing icons and clip art - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1503/Icons.htm
Useful Resources for Empowering your Site -  http://www.icq.com/sitecreator/useful-resources.html
Web Clip Art, http://webclipart.about.com/   (01-21-01)
Web Graphic Resources - http://www.desktoppublishing.com/webgraphics.html
WWW Icons and Logos at Rutgers University - http://www-ns.rutgers.edu/doc-images/
Yale Style Manual-GIF Graphics - http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/graphics/gif_files.html

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Image Creation, Mapping and Related Sites
Creating Great Web Graphics, http://www.mccannas.com/
GIF Construction, http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/alchemy.html
GIF Cruncher, http://www.webreference.com/services/graphics/gc/
Gif Finder, http://www.gifs.net/animate/giflist.htm
GIF Sources, http://members.tripod.com/%7Eme217
Gif Wizard - http://www.gifwizard.com/
GIF Works, http://www.gifworks.com/    
GIFWorks Image Tools, http://angelfire.gifworks.com/
Graphics Generators - http://lightning.prohosting.com/~noahweb/generator.htm
Image Maps - http://html.about.com/
Imagemap Help Page Instruction - http://www.ihip.com/
Junk Machine - http://www.robtex.com/jm/jm.htm
MediaBuilder: Animation Factory - Free Animated Gif Library - http://www.animationfactory.com/
Thomas Boutell's Mapedit - http://www.boutell.com/mapedit/  (Download)
Yale Style Manual-GIF Graphics, http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/graphics/gif_files.html

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Font Sources (Free)
1001 Free Fonts - http://www.1001freefonts.com/
Cool Archive Free Clip Art and Fonts - http://www.coolarchive.com/   (01-21-01)
Fonts & Things - http://www.fontsnthings.com/
Free Clipart and Fonts -  http://www.clipartsite.com/

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Servers for Web Pages
50 Megs, http://www.50megs.com 
Domain Name Registries Around the World - http://www.uninett.no/navn/domreg.html
The Free Site - http://www.thefreesite.com/
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) - http://www.icann.org/
InterNIC Registration Services - http://www.internetnews.com/
Register.Com -  http://www.register.com
Web Presence Providers Who Host Sites Created with FrontPage 98 - http://www.microsoftwpp.com/wppsearch/

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Counters
Web Counters - http://www.digits.com/create.html

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Colors for Web Pages
Browser-Safe Color Palette, http://lynda.com/hex.html
Complete HTML True Color Chart - http://www.theodora.com/html_colors.html  Contact:  photius(at)theodora.com  (10-03-00)
Ender's Realm Graphics - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/
HTML Background Color Selector - http://www.imagitek.com/bcs.html  (ImagiTek Network)

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Checking Web Pages
Link Alarm - http://www.linkalarm.com/  Contact: webmaster(at)linkguard.com    Use to check links based on points.
Net Mechanic - http://www.netmechanic.com  Allows free checking of up to 25 links on a page.

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META TAG SITES
How to Use Meta Tags -  http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/webmasters/meta.html
HTML META , REL and REV Tags - http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/
META Builder - http://vancouver-webpages.com/VWbot/mk-metas.html
META Builder - http://usableweb.com/
MetaSpy - http://www.metaspy.com/
META Tag Analyzer and META Tag Help - http://www.scrubtheweb.com/abs/meta-check.html
Meta Tag Optimization - http://www.esiteblast.com/
Meta Tags - What, Where, When, Why? http://www.philb.com/metatag.htm

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If there other sites, for either publishing web pages or sites with images, etc, please let me know.  lewarmstrong(at)hotmail.com
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Prepared 1-3-99
Last Updated 04-25-08
Prepared by Lewis A. Armstrong

DEAD LINK ARCHIVE
For Dead Links, use Internet Archive to find a version of these sites.  Highlight and copy the URL, then go to the Way Back Machine at http://www.archive.org/index.html  and then paste the URL into the web address box.   Often icons are not available and the most recent listed version may not bring up the page.  Go to an earlier date on the archive list for that site.   If you find a dead link in the list above, feel free to use the Way Back Machine with it.
 

World Flying Flags - http://thepage.simplenet.com/main.htm
Internet Resources of Images -http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/internet_resources/images_images.html
Pattern Land! - http://www.netcreations.com/patternland/
Buttons, balls, arrows, and other basic navigational graphics. Icon Browser - http://www.cli.di.unipi.it/iconbrowser/icons.html
Background Colors and Font Color Options - http://cambcranebusin00.hypermart.net/cambcrane/17h_backgrounds.htm
Charmyn's Textures - http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Lights/3300/
MapMaker - http://www.tns.lcs.mit.edu/cgi-bin/mapmaker
Iconcity - http://www.yoink.com/iconcity/
Flash Creation - http://www.qksrv.net/click-638298-4182413
The background FAQ - http://www.sci.kun.nl/thalia/guide/color/faq.html
Flags of the World - http://cliffie.nosc.mil/~NAFLAG/List.html   (07-09-00)
Color Center - http://www.hidaho.com/colorcenter/cc.html
ASCII Art Gallery, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/7373/
Clip Art Connection - http://www.clipartconnection.com/
Texture Station - http://www.nepthys.com/textures/
Absolutely Free Icon Library - http://www.free-search.com/afil/index2.shtml
Free Stuff Center - http://www.free-search.com
Poynton's Color FAQ - http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/colour_and_gamma/ColorFAQ.html  Contact: coa23@cc.keele.ac.uk
ColorCenter - http://www.hidaho.com/colorcenter/cc.html
LiveImage Image Mapping Program for Windows95 and NT 4.0 - http://www.mediatec.com/


American Dream Road Photo Tour - http://dreamroad.freeyellow.com/photos3.html
Asiant's Icon Library - http://www.asianet.net/icons.html
Clip Art - http://www.itec.sfsu.edu/multimedia/Clip-art.html
Eric's Graphics Collection - http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~eanders/pictures/
A Touch of Country - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/7060/graphicindex.htm
University of Oregon CIS Icons - http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/graphics/icons/
Searchable Directory Index of Icons - http://www.bsdi.com/icons/AIcons/
GIFPILE - http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/2681/home.html
Graphical Symbols Compliant to IEC Standard 417 - http://w3.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/iec417/ver2.0/html/index.html
Image Library - http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/imagelib.html
Index - Multimedia and Clip Art - http://www.itec.sfsu.edu/multimedia/multimedia.html
Original Web Graphics by Humble Bee - http://www.isholf.is/desember/
Online Image Optimizer and Comparison Charts -  http://webservices.adobe.com/optimize/main.html
Fontastic - http://people.wiesbaden.netsurf.de/~kikita/
The Basics of Meta Tags - http://jimworld.com/metatag.html
META MEDIC - http://www.northernwebs.com/set/setsimjr.html
Annie's World Web Page Resources, http://www.wwnet.com/~ahartman/congraph.html   (6-04-05)
WebSEEk - http://www.ctr.columbia.edu/webseek/
Clip Art Connection, http://www.ist.net/clipart  
Backgrounds! - http://cpcug.org/user/jlacombe/backgrnds/johnback.html
Clip Art, Flags, National Anthems, Outline Maps - http://www.zephryus.demon.co.uk/geography/links/class.html
Daniel's Icon Archive - http://info.ex.ac.uk/Icons/xbm/.contact.html
Flag Clipart - http://www.howdyneighbor.com/coggan/bizart/flags.html   (07-09-00)
Medical Images with LifeArt - http://www.lifeart.com/
Sample Animations - http://www.performanceconsultants.com/1%20free%20samples.htm
Web Developer's Virtual Library - http://www.stars.com/
Free Link Exchange Counter - http://www.fastcounter.com
Jezebel's Background Archive - http://www.jezebel.com/backgrounds/  Contact: comments(at)jezebel.com
Netscape COLORCodes & Names - http://falco.elte.hu/COMP/HTML/colors.html from Netscape
Mark Koenen's Color Page - http://www.two4u.com/color/  Contact: color(at)two4u.com
Doctor HTML - http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/ Check your web page for spelling errors, inactive links, etc.
Meta Tags Generators - http://www.webpromotionguru.com/free_metatags_generator.htm