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Css The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland.

Don't Make Me Think by Steve Krug.

Css Mastery by Andy Budd.

Information Arcitecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtke.

Web Design in a Nutshell by Jennifer Niederst Robbins.

Information Architecture, Rosenfeld and Morville.

W3C=World Wide Web Consortium.

Taking Your Talent to the Web by Jeffrey Zeldman.

Cascading Style Sheets:The Definitive Guide by Eric A. Meyer.

Core CSS Cascading Style Sheets, Second Edition. Keith Schengili-Roberts





IDCC 380 Links

All the resources listed below are valuable; however, those with the Check this out! I tend to find either seminal, essential, or extremely interesting. You should review these Web resources at appropriate times throughout the semester, but especially as you prepare assignment 3. Use the hyperlinked contents listing below to go immediately to a category of interest.

Accessibility Internet Defined
Authoring Tips Info Architecture & Usability
Backgrounds & Graphics Intranets
Browsers JavaScripts
Color & Typography Navigation
Components Reference
CSS Search Engines
Design Implementation: Bad     Statistics
Design Resources Templates
Design Tips Validation
Forms Design WebLogs
Freebies XHTML
HTML  

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Accessibility

  1. 508 will make your Web site accessible
  2. A-Prompt Project
  3. Check this out! Accessibility Resources
  4. Alternative Web Browsing
  5. Check this out! Bobby 3.2 CAST
  6. Center for Instructional Technology Accessibility
  7. Checklist for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  8. Check this out! Core Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
  9. Check this out! Designing More Usable Web Sites
  10. DRAFT Accessibility Features of CSS
  11. Evaluation, Repair, and Transform Tools for Web Content Accessibility
  12. Check this out! FrontPage Accessibility
  13. Macromedia - Accessibility
  14. Microsoft Accessibility HOME
  15. Check this out! TRACE: Designing More Usable Web Sites
  16. Vischeck Color links
  17. Vischeck color vision simulator
  18. Web Accessibility
  19. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
  20. Web site accessibility goes mainstream, 06-11-01
  21. Check this out! WebAIM - The Web Accessibility "How-To" Site
  22. XML Accessibility Guidelines

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Authoring Tips

  1. Building Content
  2. Content is Not King
  3. Don't Forget To Write
  4. Check this out! Ever Wondered What Your Users Looked at First
  5. Effective Web Writing (Web Techniques, Feb 2001)
  6. Check this out! Effective Writing for the Web
  7. Check this out! Writing for the Web -- Zeldman
  8. Check this out! Writing for the Web -- Killian

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Backgrounds & Graphics

  1. 1001+ Free Background Graphics
  2. Alien Skin Software 
  3. Boogie Jack's Free Graphics, Backgrounds, Tutorials 
  4. Optimizing Web Graphics - webreference.com
  5. Reallybig.com Web Builder Network
  6. Virtual Mechanics Web Design 

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Browsers

  1. Check this out! AnyBrowser.com - Browser Compatibility Verification
  2. Browser Archive
  3. Browser Chart Web Resources - traffic counter - internet statistics
  4. Check this out! How To Browser Test Your Web Pages
  5. Check this out! Lynx Viewer
  6. The Web Standards Project
  7. Webmonkey Reference Browser Chart

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Color & Typography

  1. Basic Color and Design SBFAQ
  2. Check this out! Color Matters - Research - Khouw
  3. Check this out! Color Matters - Vision - Color & Vision Matters 
  4. Fonts: How to Choose between Them
  5. Typebox
  6. Check this out! Using Color on the Web (tutorial)
  7. Check this out! When to use the safe palette

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Components

  1. AtomZ
  2. Blogger
  3. FreeFind
  4. HumanClick
  5. Hunt Calendars
  6. Manila Sites
  7. Pitas.com
  8. Quick Topic
  9. Ofoto

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CSS

  1. Check this out! Buchholz's CSS Nav Demonstrations and Hacks
  2. Bradsoft TopStyle
  3. Check this out! CSS Pointers Index
  4. CSSCheck, a Cascading Style Sheets Lint
  5. Check this out! Community MX CSS Articles
  6. Check this out! Css Drive
  7. Check this out! CSS Beauty
  8. Guide to Cascading Style Sheets
  9. Check this out! Layout Gala
  10. Guidelines for cross-platform CSS Support
  11. Check this out! Using Stylesheets with IE 5
  12. W3C - Cascading Style Sheets
  13. Check this out! Web - Cascading Style Sheets
  14. Web Pages aren't Printed on Paper -- John Allsopp
  15. Check this out! WebReview.com Style Sheet Reference Guide Master Grid
  16. WebReview.com Style Sheet Reference Guide
  17. Check this out! Zeldman - Fear of Style Sheets
  18. Check this out! Eric Shepherd - Hybrid CSS Dropdowns
  19. Check this out! Paul NovitskI - SS Swag: Multi-Column Lists
  20. Check this out! Nick Rigby - Drop-Down Menus, Horizontal Style

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Design Implementation: Bad

  1. Guide to Usability for Software Engineers (GUSE)
  2. J & C Adams Co. Inc.
  3. Jesus Christ
  4. John & Jenna's Home Page
  5. Lady in Red's (aka ~Testerosa's~) Cyber Ranch 
  6. Oldrich Kyn home page
  7. The Shrine to Bruce Lee

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Design Resources

  1. Check this out! About Web Design
  2. HomePage MadeEasy !!  
  3. InfoDesign Resources
  4. Macromedia - Flash Usability Tips
  5. Check this out! WDVL Web Developer's Virtual Library!
  6. Web Developer's Virtual Library Encyclopedia of Web Design
  7. Check this out! Web Pages That Suck
  8. WebReference.com - The Webmaster's Reference Library
  9. Check this out! Yale Style Manual

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Design Tips

  1. 10 Essentials for Building a Solid Web Site: Planning
  2. 10 Surefire Ways to Annoy Your Visitors
  3. Check this out! 100 Do's and Don'ts in Web Design
  4. Check this out! 26 Web Design Tips
  5. 35 Web Site Sins
  6. AnyBrowser.COM - Screen Size Tester
  7. As Simple As Possible
  8. Cluster Analysis for Web Site Organization
  9. Common User Agent Problems
  10. Check this out! design and layout, website tips for designers
  11. Empirically Validated Web Page Design Metrics
  12. Check this out! End of Web Design (Alertbox July 2000)
  13. Flash 99% Good 
  14. Illusions of Speed - Web Design
  15. IMS Web Tips
  16. KISS your visitors if you want them back!
  17. Check this out! Macromedia - Web Site Production Management Techniques Process Map
  18. Nielsen - How to Weave a More Useful Web
  19. Check this out! optimal web design
  20. Rational whitepaper - Building Web Solutions with the Rational Unified Process Unifying the Creative Design Process
  21. Reset and Cancel Buttons (Alertbox Apr. 2000)
  22. Resolution Evolution - Web Design
  23. Seven Deadly Sins of Information Design
  24. Some Caveats with Using Frames
  25. Stanford-Poynter Project EyeTracking
  26. Things to do with the WWW
  27. Tips fromchami.com
  28. Top-10 New Mistakes of Web Design (Alertbox May 1999)
  29. User-centered Design -- from Thought to Product
  30. Web Design Tips
  31. Check this out! Web Site Design and Usability Guidelines
  32. Check this out! Website tips for designers at websitetips.com
  33. What Makes a Great Web Site - WebReference.com

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Forms Design

  1. Forms That Work
  2. Forms Usability
  3. FormSite.com - HTML Form Builder
  4. FREE feedback forms without CGI!
  5. Check this out! Web Survey Methodology

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Freebies

  1. Blogger
  2. BNB HTML, free CGI Scripts, graphics, tutorials and more
  3. CGI -- Free Remotely Hosted CGI Scripts!
  4. FortuneCity - free web page hosting
  5. Freebyte!
  6. Free Web Hosting
  7. Check this out! Free Website Host Directory
  8. Check this out! The Freebie Directory The Web's freebies search engine
  9. refdesk.com - Free Stuff
  10. spree.com free web sites

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HTML

  1. Bare Bones Guide to HTML
  2. HTML Tutorials, Javascript and Web Design
  3. Check this out! Lissa Explains it All--HTML Help for Kids
  4. Check this out! NCSA--A Beginner's Guide to HTML
  5. Check this out! W3 HTML Home Page

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Internet Defined

  1. Internet Archive Building an 'Internet Library'
  2. Invisible Web - Hidden Searchable Sites
  3. Learn the Net
  4. Microsoft .NET Home Page
  5. The Network is the User Experience (Alertbox June 2000)

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Information Architecture & Usability

  1. 10 Questions About Information Architecture - 6-22-99
  2. A reading list for information archictects, interface designers and others
  3. Check this out! ACIA IA Guide
  4. ACIA -- Events Full Calendar of Events
  5. Check this out! IA Glossary (Kat Hagedorn)
  6. All Things Web
  7. American Society for Information Science
  8. Art of Information Architecture
  9. Ask Tog Home Page
  10. AskTog A Quiz Designed to Give You Fitts
  11. Check this out! AskTog First Principles
  12. The Curse of Information Design
  13. Evolt -- Architecture and Usability
  14. Factors affecting usability of 4 ecommerce sites
  15. Fitts's UI Law Applied to the Web
  16. For Use - Constantine & Lockwood, Ltd. home page for practitioners of usage-centered design.
  17. Check this out! HCI Bibliography Human
  18. Check this out! HCI Sites
  19. HTML Indexer
  20. Human Behavior and the Web Research Center
  21. Check this out! Human Computer Interaction Network
  22. Human Factors International
  23. Check this out! IBM-Ease of Use
  24. Info Architecture, IA Resources, Info.Design
  25. Info. Design An IA consultancy and think tank
  26. Check this out! Information Architecture Tutorial
  27. Information architecture
  28. Information Design org gateway to Information Design worldwide
  29. Invasion of the Usability Experts (Web Techniques, Feb 2001)
  30. Jjg.net information architecture resources
  31. Jjg.net
  32. Lycos Directory Reference Knowledge Management Information Architecture
  33. Microsoft Usability Publications
  34. Open Directory - Computers Internet WWW Web Usability
  35. Open Directory - Reference Knowledge Management Information Architecture
  36. OpenHere - Education, Reference, Knowledge Management, Information Architecture
  37. Check this out! Research-based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
  38. Software for building and editing thesauri
  39. The Tao of Testing
  40. Usability 101
  41. Check this out! Usability First Usability Glossary
  42. Usability Heuristics for the Web
  43. Usability Matters
  44. Check this out! Usability Methods Toolbox
  45. Check this out! Usable Web Information Architecture
  46. Check this out! Usable Web Links
  47. Usage-centered design
  48. Useful Page not found error pages
  49. Useit.com Jakob Nielsen's site (Usable Information Technology)
  50. WDVL Navigating Through Stars An Information Architecture Critique of Stars.com
  51. WebWord.com Usability and Human Factors for the Internet
  52. Why is Usability Important?
  53. Word Wranglers: Automatic classification tools transform enterprise documents from "bags of words" into knowledge resources

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Intranets

  1. Apply Usability Methodologies in Intranet Information Architecture in a Real World Context
  2. Employing Strategic Content Management For Successful Intranets
  3. Intranet Architecture
  4. Microsoft Site Server 3.0

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JavaScripts

  1. Dynamic Drive- Menus And Navigation Systems
  2. Check this out! JavaScripts.com
  3. Java Scripts Links
  4. JavaScript Source Free JavaScripts, Tutorials, Example Code, Reference, Resources, And Help
  5. Non-Programmers Guide to JavaScript
  6. Virtual Max JavaScripts and Applets

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Navigation

  1. A flying menu attack can wound your navigation
  2. Check this out! Chip Center
  3. dack.com web flash is evil
  4. dack.com web flash vs. html a usability test
  5. Dartway - Mappa
  6. Depth vs Breadth in the Arrangement of Web Links
  7. Diamonds, Diamond Rings and Diamond Jewelry From Diamonds.com
  8. Dynamic Diagrams
  9. ENERGEX - Energy for a changing world
  10. GE - Site Map
  11. GM Sitemap
  12. International Herald Tribune
  13. JAMA Site Map
  14. Kurzweilai.net
  15. Links Want To Be Links
  16. Menus with Beauty and Brains
  17. Methods of Navigation
  18. MSNBC
  19. Mystery Meat Navigation
  20. Nathan Shedroff's World
  21. Check this out! Navigation 101
  22. PetData, Inc. Animal Licensing Services
  23. photo.net Home Page
  24. Plotting Your Course to Successful Navigation
  25. Psychology of Menu Selection
  26. Restoration Hardware Site Map
  27. Site Navigation Guide - Tips, information and Articles on Site Navigation Issues
  28. The Magical Number Seven
  29. Welcome to Armani Exchange
  30. XPLANE The visual thinking company.
  31. Yale University Office of Development

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Reference

  1. annabelle's Quotation Guide
  2. Bartleby.com Great Books Online
  3. Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
  4. Cambridge Dictionaries Online
  5. Clay Shirky's Internet Writings
  6. Cliche Finder
  7. Encarta World English Dictionary
  8. failure magazine
  9. Check this out! HCI Sites
  10. Check this out! OneLook Dictionary
  11. Check this out! PROJECT GUTENBERG
  12. quoteland.com - Quotations on every topic
  13. refdesk.com - First Things First
  14. reference refdesk.com
  15. Check this out! TechEncyclopedia
  16. The On-Line Books Page
  17. Thesaurus.com
  18. Webhelp.com
  19. Check this out! Webopedia

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Search Engines

  1. Check this out! Agni NetSearch
  2. Check this out! Atomz.com Search Engine
  3. Designing for Search Engines and Stars
  4. E-Commerce Search Engines SearchTools Report
  5. Check this out! Findspot - Internet Search Tips, Hints, and Help on the Web
  6. The Fundamentals of Quality Search
  7. Google Ventures into the Invisible Web -- PDF files
  8. Check this out! Google
  9. Check this out! How to Write a Keyword-Rich Home Page the Search Engines Will Love!
  10. How Users Search the World Wide Web
  11. More Fundamentals for a Quality Search
  12. Nua Internet Surveys Search engines now essential to daily life 
  13. Researchville Search Engines
  14. Search Engine Watch Tips About Internet Search Engines & Search Engine Submission
  15. Search engines -- She Reads Customers' Minds
  16. Check this out! Search Tools - Information, Guides and News
  17. Search Usability (Alertbox July 1997) 
  18. SiteMiner Customizable search engine for your site
  19. So You Think You Need an In-Site Search Engine
  20. Check this out! The Search Engine Report
  21. User Searching on the Web
  22. ZDNet News The World Wide $#@%@$ing Web!
  23. ZDNet Search Engine Reviews, Directory of Search Engines and Search Databases

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Statistics

  1. Check this out! Browser Statistics
  2. StatMarket - accurate internet statistics and user trends
  3. Check this out! Stats
  4. TheCounter.com The Full-Featured Web Counter with Graphic Reports and Detailed Information
  5. TheStandard.com: Articles on Metrics

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Templates

  1. Free web site design templates from JimWORLD 
  2. Free Web Templates.com Free web templates, free ifaces, free wallpaper, free textures, free buttons...
  3. FrontPageWorld - Templates
  4. Macromedia - Dreamweaver Templates
  5. Moonfruit Portal  
  6. Templates - Pre-designed Web Page Layout for Web Design

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Validation

  1. Cast's Bobby 3.2
  2. Check this out! Chami's HTML Kit
  3. CSSCheck, a Cascading Style Sheets Lint
  4. Page Valet
  5. Raggert's Tidy Online
  6. W3 Accessibility
  7. W3 Css Validation
  8. Check this out! W3 HTML Validation
  9. Check this out! W3 Link Checker
  10. Check this out! WDG HTML Validator

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WebLogs

  1. Check this out! Blogger
  1. Check this out! Greymatter - Weblog/Journal Software
  2. Guardian Unlimited Weblog What is a weblog
  3. LiveJournal.com
  4. Weblogger.com Manila Website Hosting
  5. Welcome to Trellix Web
  6. What is Manila
  7. xanga.com

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XHTML

  1. XHTML The Clean Code Solution [Apr. 28, 2000]
  2. Rated XHTML
  3. XForms - the next generation of Web forms
  4. XHTML 1.0 Marking up a new dawn
  5. XHTML 1.0 reference with examples
  6. XHTML Overview
  7. XHTML Tutorial

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