World Wide Web development information
This page may slowly acquire an organized scrapbook of technical
information and references.
Developing Web sites
- Texts and tutorials
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HTML Tips and Tricks by Donald St. John in CNET.
Tips for various problem areas, with links to other references.
-
Know the Code: HTML for Beginners by Donald St. John in CNET.
A basic introduction, enabling anyone to write a simple Web page
using any word processor or text editor program.
-
NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML
-- a good quick start to understanding using the simpler, fundamental
features of HTML. Read this, and you won't be afraid of
composing your own Web pages.
-
Web Tools Review
-- "An on-line journal for developers of World Wide Web sites."
It looks like it offers very specific, practical advice and
also free online services.
- References
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O'Reilly books on line
-- no longer free; now a paid annual subscription.
- CGI
Programming on the World Wide Web
- HTML: The Definitive Guide
- JavaScript: The Definitive Guide
- Programming Perl
- WebMaster in
a Nutshell
- Color information
- Style guides
-
"Campaign for a Non Browser Specific WWW"
-
Elements of Web Design by Ben Benjamin in CNET.
"These are not rigid commandments, but rather
suggestions to assist you in the process of creating a site."
- HTML checkers
Web browsers
- Obtaining browsers
- Netscape Navigator
-
FrameFree -- a program to patch Netscape Navigator
to disable frames.
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Opera -- A Windows 3.1 browser not based on Mosaic code
(Windows 95-enhanced version is promised).
Boasts of greater speed than most popular browsers.
Free download but paid registration is required.
Search engines and Web directories
- Alexa --
"Alexa is the Web navigation service that learns from people."
It displays extra information about Web pages;
suggests other relevant Web pages; displays archived copies
of missing pages; and notifies you when your friends are on line
with Alexa.
-
Search Engine Watch -- Introduction, in-depth information,
and resources on using search engines,
both for Webmasters and users.
They also have reports available via email subscription.
Legal issues
- "Don't
Get Bit!"
by Jordan J. Breslow
(Bay Area Computer Currents, 11 May 1999, page 24).
A survey of some of the legal hazards of operating a Web site and ways to reduce the hazards, with
links to many useful references.
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