Web Authoring

HTML creation tools

• Allaire - HomeSite, now owned by Macromedia
• Macromedia - Dreamweaver
• Microsoft - FrontPage
• RogSoft - NotePad+
• Sausage Tools - Hot Dog

Graphics creation tools

• Adobe - Photoshop
• Corel - Photopaint
• Jasc - Paint Shop Pro & Animation Shop
• Macromedia - Fireworks
• Xara - Xara3D
• EPIcentre Computer Monitor Lineup Charts - for those interested in gettig their monitor set up correctly

Other useful s/w

• FMJ-Software - Awave Audio, converts audio files
• Ipswitch - WS_FTP95LE, FTP
• KRS StarGate - serial file transfer
• Logipole - Konverter, converts graphic files
• Real Audio - Real Producer
• Syntrillium - Cool Edit, sound editor
• Ulead - DVD MovieFactory
• Xitami - Web Server

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HTML information

• HTML colour chart, ©Andy Carter
• HTML printable characters, ©Andy Carter

CSS and JavaScript tips and tricks

• QuirksMode
  • Last modified date
• HTTP Header Viewer
• Nic's JavaScript Page

• CGI resource index
• IRT
• NCSA - Beginner's Guide to HTML
• Netscape - HTML Tag Reference
• W3C - HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
• Web Design Group - Web Authoring FAQ
• Webreference - Experts
  • Webreference - HTML reference
• WebReview - Cross-training for Web Teams
• Youthwork Magazine - example of a great site with great resources too

Sites that will help you design pages readable for all

• Bobby - is a comprehensive web accessibility software tool designed to help expose and repair barriers to accessibility and encourage compliance with existing accessibility guidelines
• CAST, Center for Applied Special Technology - is a not-for-profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, especially those with disabilities
• RNIB's Campaign for Good Web Design
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website - a great (take a step back and look what you're doing) site,
  • Or see the book Designing Web Usability - The Practice of Simplicity, by Jakob Nielsen: Published 1999 by New Riders, 432 pages, paperback
• Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

HTML/site testers

• W3C
• Web Design Group - will test up to 80 pages
• NetMechanic - tests web pages or sites
• Doctor HTML
• SEVENtwentyfour - offer a regular check for broken links
• SiteInspector - inpsects site quality

Graphics Sources

• Animated GIFs
• Christian Graphics
• Clip art index
• DHD Photo Gallery
• GIF Animations
• GifPile - great index of graphic sites
• rogersgifs.com - GIFs
• Windy: Clipart/Buttons/Backgrounds collection

Good PC sites

• Task List Programs

Other web content sources

• Standard MIDI files on the net

Web Legal

• Business Guide to Internet Law
• Addleshaw Goddard - Cyberliability

Other links

• Internet history
• Traceroute from Standford, CA back to you
• Traceroute/WhoIs from Visualware, Dulles, VA to anywhere
• Host name to Latitude/Longitude
• WhoWhere - search for email/US home addresses
• Internet Traffic Report

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