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Do you need to see an idea explained in a different way?
Some of these online tutors may be helpful:
- Ask Dr. Web
by Jeffrey Zeldman at
http://www.zeldman.com/askdrweb/index.html
- Getting
Started by Project Cool at
http://www.gettingstarted.net/basics_top.html
- HTML Goodies
by Joe Burns, Ph.D at
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/
- Web Diner Adventure
at
http://www.webdiner.com/webadv/index.htm
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References
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The authoritative reference, of course, is
Because html is so straightforward there are several abbreviated
guides that you may find useful as reference:
There is a reference showing the codes
for special characters at
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/PR-html40-19990824/sgml/entities.html
The two-letter codes to specify which human language a document uses (ISO-169 standard) is at
http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/iso639a.html
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Style Guides
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As you design your web site these style guides are helpful:
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Journals
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These online journals and organizations have useful information
about design and html usage:
- Project Cool at
http://www.projectcool.com
- Use It by Jakob Nielsen
at:
http://www.useit.com
- Web Review at
http://webreview.com/wr/pub/HTML
- Webmonkey at
http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey
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Page-Building Tools
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These tools may be
useful as you build your page:
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Browsers
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It is good to examine your work in more than one browser.
You can download Explorer, Netscape or Lynx for free.
Opera costs $35, but offers a try-out version free for a month.
- Explorer
at
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/download/windows.htm
- Netscape
at
http://home.netscape.com/computing/download/index.html
- Lynx
(a non-graphic browser) at
http://www.download.com/pc/software/0,332,0-59133-s,1000.html?tag=st.cn.sr1.dir.
- Opera
(which implements more of the HTML 4.0 than most browsers) at
http://www.operasoftware.com/download.html
- Web TV Simulator at
http://developer.webtv.net/
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Graphics Tools
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You may find these helpful:
- Lynda Weinman's browser-safe
color palette at
http://www.lynda.com/hex.html
- ProjectCool's page for checking
color of a text against various background colors at
http://www.projectcool.com/developer/reference/color-chart.html
- Web Mechanic's online tool for optimizing graphics
http://www.netmechanic.com/cobrands/Cyberwiser/accelerate.htm
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Scripts
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Sources for Java Scripts, CGI Scripts and Java Applets:
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Programs to download:
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To upload your html-coded pages to a web site use:
- WS_FTP
for PCs at
http://www.download.com/pc/software/0,332,0-47175-s,1000.html?tag=st.cn.sr1.dir.or
- Fetch
for Macs at
http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html
To hear audio tapes, download RealAudio
at
http://www.mindworkshop.com/alchemy/gifcon.html
To see Shockwave multimedia, download Shockwave
at
http://www.macromedia.com/
To see video and hear some audio, download QuickTime
at
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/index.html
For an excellent and free html editor, download html-kit at http://www.chami.com/html-kit/
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Validators
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Check your web pages:
- W3C validator to check
HTML 4.0 at
http://validator.w3.org/
- Bobby to check for
compliance with accessibility guidelines at
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
- Dr. HTML is
very helpful for diagnosing code problems,
spelling errors, and loading times at
http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML/
- LynxView
is not actually a validator, but is a simulator
where you can see how your page will look on a
text-based browser at
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
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Search Engines
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Register your web site with the search engines:
- Yahoo at
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest/
- Alta Vista
at
http://www.altavista.com/av/content/addurl.htm
- Excite
at
http://www.excite.com/Info/listing.html
- Infoseek
at
http://infoseek.go.com/AddUrl?pg=SubmitUrl.html
and with others included in this list
of search engines at
http://searchenginewatch.com/facts/major.html
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