This section was intended to be about designing on the web.  This would include markup and layout with HTML, CSS, and graphics, and client side functionality with DHTML and JavaScript.  Although there is a lot to say in those areas, I can't say I've had a lot of motivation to write content for this section.  And I'm not sure you are interested in reading it either

But now we have a new toy to play with.  The hottest topic in design and client side presentation is Silverlight.  It's a whole lot more exciting than div tags and style sheets!  So I'm going to devote this section, mostly, to Silverlight content.  It is a brand new technology, still very experimental with a lot of unknowns.  I'm going to explore some interesting angles, maybe a little different than the mainstream coverage of Silverlight. 

For my first shot at working with Silverlight, I explored displaying data from a SQL Server database in a Silverlight bar chart.  Check it out:  Dynamic Data Display in Silverlight.

Silverlight Links

Here are the good places to start with Silverlight.

• The Silverlight Home Page.  Lots of content and easy entry points to useful things, like downloading the SDK.
• The MSDN Silverlight page.  Still maturing at this point.

Links

If you want a good starting point for the visual design of your web site, you can get free web templates, some of which are pretty darn good.  I recommend Open Web Design or Free CSS Templates.

Need some javascript to give your web pages some client-side functionality?  You can get lots of free, useful dhtml scripts at Dynamic Drive.