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Web Design Resources
by Filipp
Sapienza and Cori
Shaw
The following is a list of sites containing guidelines for coding HTML (including tags, graphics, forms, cgi, and guidelines for style and content. This guide will include tips on audience considerations, interactivity, connectivity, what to include and exclude in your site, organization, graphics, and more.
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HTML: HyperText Markup Language. Brought to you by the Library of Congress.
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WIZ BOOKS sells HTML books, JAVA books, and other computer related books (including foreign language editions).
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The Bare Bones Guide To HTML is a kind of easy reference "cheat sheet" for HTML. This site also includes tips for good web page design.
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HTML Goodies. An extensive resource on HTML samples as well as JavaScript samples. Contains an HTML tutorial.
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Creating Web Graphics contains GIF and JPEG examples, as well as instructions on how to create graphics that react to mouse events.
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GIF Construction Set manufactures a product that creates animated GIFs.
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Lynda's Homegurrlpage. This page is by the author of Designing Web Graphics, probably the most comprehensive book on graphics for the web.
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RGB Hex Triplet Color Chart. A quick and dirty reference chart for looking up hex numbers that correspond to colors.
- Visibone.com
will help you choose the best color combination for your site.
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The Inter-link Guide To Publishing HTML and Web Communications HTML Tutorial both provide step-by-step tutorials for creating forms.
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Canned PERL scripts may be found at Dream Catchers CGI Scripts, Matt's Script Archive and the UF/NA Perl Archive.
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The cgi-lib.pl Home Page contains scripts that greatly facilitate the creation of guestbooks, counters, and more. The authors of the scripts have also written a very short book that has just enough detail (but not too much) to quickly get you writing PERL.
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Web Pages That Suck shows you what works by showing you what does not work on the web.
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Yale C/AIM WWW Style Manual is an excellent guide to web design. Explanations are concise and aided by clear illustrations. Topics include navigation, typography, design grids, menus, tables, cross platform issues, and more.
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Web Development Methodology. John December's methodology is especially helpful for a group or organization that wants to implement a "web strategy."
- For the latest in web technology and design, keep your eye on Web Review.