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WWW Publishing
This page is for resources related to Web design and publishing, and
for more advanced topics, such as, CGI, Perl, Javascript, and Java. Links
related specifically to the HTML language used to produce WWW documents
and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are on the HTML page. This page has the
following sections:
Web Page Design
- Ask Dr. Web, "Help
and tips for people who make web sites."
- The Browser Safe Color Palette,
by Lynda Weinman, author of Coloring Web Graphics
- Consistent
Color on ALL Browsers - 10 Easy Steps, by Geoff Baysinger. "Understanding
effects, tradeoffs, and testing so the 216 colors of the web work for
you."
- Creating Killer Websites Online
by Dave Siegel
- eFUSE, "the friendly place
to learn how to build a better web site", articles on planning,
designing, building, and growing your web site.
- The Good,
the Bad, and the Better, before and after site makeovers reveal
what works on the web, from ZD-Net's Anchordesk
- 03/09/02 HTML
Color Codes, for many colours in both RGB and hex
- Lynda.com, the web site of one
of the most influential web designers, Lynda Weiman
- Mary's Tips on designing
web sites with special tips for print-oriented designers and artists
- Net Tips for Writers and Designers,
by David Siegel
- Visibone Webmaster's Color
Laboratory, very useful for selecting safe colors
- Web Page Design for Designers,
an excellent overview of web page design aimed at people who are involved
in design and typography for conventional print media. You can also
download a copy of the site to view locally.
- Web Pages That Suck,
how not to build a web page, with real-life examples.
- WWW Style Manual,
produced by the Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media
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Designing for Accessibility
This section contains links related to designing web pages that work
with as many browsers as possible. This is particularly important to blind
and visually impaired users, who may be using text-mode browsers with
a speech synthesizer.
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WWW Resources
- 03/17/02 Blogger, add
a web log to your site
- BUILDER.COM, a c/net site that
they call 'the site for site builders'.
- DEV.X, The Development
Exchange, Java and Web programming, as well as C++ and VB info
- 03/17/02 Developers
Paradise, " your source for web-development and internet technology
resources from SiteExperts.com and around the web"
- 03/17/02 GUIStuff, graphical
tools for web sites
- HTML Writer's Guild web page
- MSDN Online, developer
information from Microsoft, including but not limited to Web developement.
Best viewed with Internet Explorer.
- Poor Richard's Web Site,
a site based on the book of the same name. "Geek-Free, Commonsense
Advice on Building a Low-Cost Web Site". Includes a really comprehensive
(800 item) list of links.
- SitePoint.com, "an integrated
network of information resource sites aimed at serving the broader needs
of Internet users by offering a central location for everything pertaining
to building, profiting and promoting a Web site."
- Webmonkey,
- webreference.com - The
webmaster's reference library
- 03/17/02 Webreview,
"the largest and longest-standing weekly site dedicated to Web
professionals"
- 03/17/02 W3Schools,
online and free tutorials, on web technologies (HTML, XML, CSS and more)
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CGI and Perl
- The cgi-lib.pl
home page
- The CGI Resource Index
- Common Gateway Interface
documentation from NCSA
- The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN).
The CPAN contains the collected wisdom of the entire Perl community:
hundreds of Perl utilities, several books' worth of documentation, and
the entire Perl distribution.
- Introduction
to the Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
- Matt's Script Archive,
excellent collection of scripts
- Per Mongers, the Perl advocacy
people
- Perl.com
- ScriptSearch, "the world's
largest CGI library", includes C, Java, JavaScript, PERL, and more
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Java and Javascript
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Keith Soltys -- keith@soltys-DELETETHIS.CA
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