English 532: Resources to help you out


Web sites related to our books

New Media Reader home page

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web home page

Web Site for Designing Effective Web Sites

Web Style Guide home page

Web Site for Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML and XHTML in 21 Days

Secrets of Successful Web Sites home page


Text Encoding Initiative



Pages from which to obtain functional and interesting code:

0) General

Codelifter (thanks to Saundra)

1)  DHTML

DHTMLSHOCK

Dynamic Drive

2)  JAVASCRIPT

A1 JavaScripts

CGIScript

Code Beach

HotScripts

JavaFile

The JavaScript Source

Nic's JavaScript Page

3)  PERL

The CGI Resource Index

Code Beach

FreePerlCode

HotScripts

4)  C/C++

The CGI Resource Index

Code Beach

HotScripts

5)  PHP

Code Beach

HotScripts

6)  CLIPART

1Clipart

Barry's Clipart Server

Clipart


Introduction to Telecommunications & LAN/WAN Architecture (Thanks to Eric!)

Society for News Design's Online Designer's Toolbox (Thanks to Aimee Hall!)

Glossaries and Dictionaries
The Epiphany Glossary of Internet Terms

ZDWebopedia Dictionary of Computer Terms

Webopedia Internet Encyclopedia

Netiquette Guide


Free tools and guides
Check out Zaplets, new tools for interactivity!

ZyWeb Web Tools

Netstudio.com Web Graphics

Designers on Design: Lance Arthur and Jason Kottke (Thanks to Matt!)

"In Praise of Sloppy HTML" by Andrew Starling, with links to Andrew King's "Extreme HTML Optimizations" (Thanks to Matt!)

Dr Dobb's Software Tools for the Professional Programmer

Jacob Nielsen's "Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design" with links to newer top ten lists (Thanks to Matt!)

Web Accessibility Guidelines from Bobby

Vincent Flanders' Web Pages that Suck (check out what NOT to do!)

Best of the Web!

Research Buzz site.  Great info about search engines and searching! (Thanks to Matt!)


Weblog ("Blog") Resources, mostly thanks to Matt Duncan

Blogger: Push Button Publishing for the People

LiveJournal

Outline of Blog History

Write Better Blogs

Tune Out and Switch On

Blogging as a Form of Journalism

Online Journals Popular With the Opinionated

BoingBoing (collaborative Blog)

Metafilter (another collaborative Blog)



Sites that explore the future of webbed writing

Hamlet on the Holodeck site (thanks to Frank!)

Student Stories from Janet Murray's Class at MIT (thanks to Frank!)

PlasticMonkey (Thanks to Matt!)

Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies

Electronic Literature Organization

Mark Amerika's Grammatron

The Center for Digital Storytelling

Tomalak's Realm: Daily Links to Strategic Web Design News (Thanks to Matt!)


Journals

Journal of Electronic Publishing

New Media Studies

Computers and Composition Online

Kairos, A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments

Language Learning and Technology

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Humor

The future of the book?  Great example of tech writing humor!

Be sure to send me your favorite links to share with the class!



Last updated January 16, 2004
by Michael Day