Color People viewing Web pages all have different hardware and desktop
resolutions, making color selection difficult. These sites can help you
use color more effectively.
Design & Layout
Design & Layout can be a tricky issue for the same reason
as color: people viewing Web pages all have different hardware
and desktop
resolutions. In addition, the browser used by the viewer affects how
the page looks. Different browsers have different HTML standards and
may interpret things differently, which can drastically affect how
your page will look. Get advice from these Web sites on how to
design effectively
for the Web.
Builder.com:
Design
This site features many useful tips and how-to's for Web page design,
as well as links to some of the best sites on the Web on the same or
related topics. Advice is aimed at beginners to advanced.
UIweb.com
Access writings on web and interaction design.
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website
Advice and information form one of the world's foremost authorities on Web
site usability. Special interest:
Web
Style Guide One of the best one-stop resources for learning the many factors
involved in developing Web pages. This site can be used as a tutorial
by going through each section. It combines traditional editorial approaches
to documents with graphic design, user interface design, information
design, and the technical authoring skills required to optimize the HTML
code, graphics, and text within Web pages.
Web Pages
That Suck
Don't let this happen to you! Learn from other people's mistakes. This site
not only includes examples of what not to do, it links to Fixing
Your Website.
Free Content
Web surfers want to go to sites with content. Content can be news,
images, information, search functions and more. You can create your own
content, always remembering to stay within the law (plagiarism, copyright,
etc.). There are also sites that will supply content for your site. The
sites listed below offer free content, as well as content for a fee.
Generally, you will be required to give the site information and choose
what level of content you want: free, fee, and so on. Free graphics are
listed under Graphics.
4freecontent.com
This site collects links to sites that offer graphics, content, scripts and more.
SearchTools.com
Excellent overview of remote search services and what features are available
for free and fee.
SurveyMonkey.com
Add surveys to your site. The Basic Subscription is free.
Get Your Page on
the Web
How this is done will depend on where your
page is going. If you want to load your page to
an ISP (Internet Service Provider)
such as AT&T, GTE, or AOL, you will need to follow their
procedures. They probably have a page on their site that explains
it and you should also be able to get help by calling customer
service. If you want to load a page at work, there will be procedures
that you need to ask about. There are also sites on the
Web that host Web pages, for fee and free. You may also need
a program to transfer your page(s) to the Web host. The sites
below include links to web hosting sites and programs that can
transfer your pages.
CNET:
FTP
Get programs that will help you transfer Web page(s) to your host. Includes fee
and free.
CNET:
Web Hosting
This site categorizes hosts into: Basic Plans, E-Commerce Hosting, Reseller
Accounts, Dedicated Servers, Co-Location and Application Hosting.
Graphics There are many graphics available on the Web. A few
are free without restrictions, some are free but with requests
to link back to the original author's page, some are available
for a fee, and some are not available for use at all. Be careful
where you get your graphics from--you could be violating copyright laws.
The sites below have free graphics or free with restrictions,
with the exception of the sites on the Yahoo! Graphics page
which has free, free with restrictions, and graphics for a
fee.
LOC: American
Memory
From the Library of Congress. American Memory provides access to primary source
materials, including many images that can be used freely. be sure to read the
copyright information for each collection or image, as the rights can vary.
Microsoft:
Clip Art and Media Microsoft's searchable collection of free clip art
to use if you are a licensed user of specific Microsoft products.
Yahoo!
Graphics Links to numerous graphics sites, free and fee.
HTML You don't have to know the code to make a Web page,
but it may give you a better grasp of Web authoring. WYSIWYG
editors sometimes put in code that is unnecessary or specific
to a certain browser, making your page larger and possibly
less accessible to some browsers.
NCSA:
A Beginner's Guide to HTML
From the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, this guide is a good
basic introduction to Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). A printable version
is available.
W3C: Hypertext
Markup Language Home Page
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was created in October 1994 to lead the
World Wide Web to its full potential by developing common protocols that promote
its evolution and ensure its interoperability. This is the official, comprehensive
page for HTML protocols. Special interest: MarkUp
Validation Service.
Web Editors & Tips
The easiest way to author a Web page is to use a WYSIWYG
(What You See Is What You Get) editor. There are many out there,
some free, some quite expensive.
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