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