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Web Developers
Web Authoring
--General Sites
HTML & XHTML
Information Sites
Cascading Style
Sheets Information Sites
JavaScript
Information Sites
Usability
Information Sites
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E-magazines
for Web Developers
- Killersites.com: Web Design Magazine (
http://www.killersites.com/magazine/ ) - Lots of info for the
beginner and non-professional web designer and stuff all web
designers should be aware of.
- Digital Web Magazine ( http://www.digital-web.com/
) - while this e-zine stopped adding new content in March 2009,
it is still a good source for web designers with feature
articles, tutorials, columns and more.
- Web Developer's Journal ( http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/
) - another e-zine with that is a bit more advanced but still
has
sections (including forums) with lots of useful info for the
none professional..
- A List Apart ( http://www.alistapart.com/
) - and another one!
- Webmonkey (
http://www.webmonkey.com/ ) - another good source that is a bit
more technical in nature; covers lots more than web design.
- User Interface Engineering (
http://www.uie.com/articles/
) - the article archive for this consulting group is full of good
information.
Selected Books on Web Developers
- Head First Web Design (
http://www.headfirstlabs.com/books/hfwd/ ) by Ethan
Watrall and Jeff Siarto (O'Reilly, 2009) - for those who
know a bit about HTML, this is a good book on how to
design and implement a web site from the design process
to a fully functional web site.
- Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for
Creative Web Sites (
http://webstyleguide.com/ ) by Patrick J. Lynch and
Ms. Sarah Horton (Yale U. Press, 2009) - the complete
third edition is online at the above site. The book
emphasizes design principles but suitable for beginners
and advanced users alike.
- Web Design & Development Using
XHTML ( http://www.fbeedle.com/57-0.html
) - download a tutorial for Dreamweaver
and check out instructors resources, if you are
the instructor in a course using this text.
- Search for other books on web authoring and HTML at your local
bookstore or through an online bookstore.
General Web
Authoring and Editing Sites
- ACOM: Web Design Tutorial ( http://newmedia.leeds.ac.uk/acom/
) -from Computing for All (ACOM) group at Leeds
University, UK.
- MS SharePoint Designer (
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointdesigner/FX100646991033.aspx
) - download the free WYSIWYG web page editor, SharePoint Designer,
at this site and also access tutorials on its use.
- Customizing Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2007
for Simplified Operation
(
http://people.bridgewater.edu/~rbowman/acadcomp/SPD2007.html ) -
this tutorial (written by me) leads the user through setting up
SharePoint Designer for effective use by users without
complicated web sites.
- Beginning to Use FrontPage
2003 to Edit Web Pages
(
http://people.bridgewater.edu/~rbowman/acadcomp/FP2003.html
) - this tutorial (also written by me) will also be useful for
persons using SharePoint Designer.
- Building Your First Web Site (
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/first_website_pt1.html
) - while this tutorial uses the WYSIWYG web editor, Adobe
Dreamweaver, it has lots of good info for beginning web authors
regardless of the web editor being used.
- Designing for Web Publishing (
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/designing_for_web.html
) - similarly to the above tutorial this one uses the web editor,
Adobe Dreamweaver, but it has lots of good info to keep in mind as
you design a web site.
- Accessible Design Guide ( http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign.html
) - although not added to in the past couple of years, this site
still provides good ideas for constructing web sites
that are viewable on most browsers.
- Web Page Development: Best Practices
( http://developer.apple.com/internet/bestwebdev.html
) - a tutorial on writing readable web pages, from the people at
Apple; it is still good though also a couple of years out-of-date.
- Web Writing that Works
(
http://www.webwritingthatworks.com/BGuide.htm
) - click on each of the six quidelines in turn for short,
to-the-point hints for writing for the web.
- Quirksmode (
http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html
) - documents what browsers are compatible with a set of standard
criteria.
HTML
& XHTML Info Sites
Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS) Info Sites
JavaScript
Info Sites
Usability
Info Sites
- usability.gov ( http://usability.gov/
) - excellent source to use before, during and
after writing a web site from what might be an unexpected
source, the US Department of Health and Human Services.
- useit.com ( http://www.useit.com/
) - Jakob Nielsen, a leader in web usability, has
constructed a site full of suggestions for
increasing the usability of web sites and things
to watch out for.
- Writing for the Web ( http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/
) - still valid today but based on a 1997 article, "Concise, SCANNABLE, and Objective: How to Write for the
Web" with a case study and much more.
- Quality Web Content (
http://www.webpagecontent.com/arc_display/5/ ) - browse the
numerous articles on writing
effectively for the web.
- Firelily Designs ( http://www.firelily.com/opinions/index.html
) - one person's opinions on the issues involved
in the area of CHI (computer-human interaction).
Accessibility
(for those with physical limitations) Info Sites
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