The Internet and Web Development
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History and Guides
- History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling
- The Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling. (mirror site)
- SJ Games vs. the Secret Service
- GetNetWise.org: A web site comprising a list of online safety tips for parents, a listing of some 80 different online content-filtering software tools, a tip sheet for reporting incidents of online harassment, and more.
- Email: Ask the Internet Oracle
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The use of the Internet is in its relative infancy. In the words of counsel, it is 'an unruly beast.' Or so it will certainly become without a foundation of good-neighbor commercial principles. -- Justice Janet M. Wilson of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto, Canada |
Netiquette
Please, know the protocol before you post to newsgroups or mailing lists. Any one of the first three resources listed below will gave you a basic understanding of Netiquette.- The Net: User Guidelines and Netiquette by Arlene Rinaldi
- Netiquette Guidelines by Sally Hambridge: a long document.
- Netiquette by Virginia Shea. An entire book available on the Internet.
- A haven for barroom bullies? Reuters (April 15, 2002, 5:30 AM PT): Finding an intelligent political discussion on the Web is still a challenge. Despite the maturing of the Internet, juvenile vulgarity and extremism are often the norm on many mainstream chat boards.
Fake Virus Warnings, Urban Legends, and Hoaxes
- Vmyths.com
- Symantec's AntiVirus Research Center: Virus Hoaxes
- Hoax Busters
- Internet ScamBusters
- San Fernando Valley Folklore Society's email hoax page
Web Design Usability
I listed this before HTML Basics intentionally. I suggest that novices get a grounding in usability first and HTML second.
- Study: Consumers Want Fast Pages, Not Rich Media by Ted Kemp: E-retail and content sites that ensure faster page load-times and provide more product information retain customers better than sites that implement more expensive technologies, such as rich media content or mobile commerce applications, according to research firm Jupiter Media Metrix.
- Net Mechanic: Usability Testing
- Jakob Nielsen Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis, 2000. (perhaps the best book available on web design usability and certainly one of the best.)
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox: Field Studies Done Right: Fast and Observational (January 20, 2002)
- NetMechanic Design Tip: Writing For The Web: In school, you learned to write documents that were formal, rigidly structured, and relatively impersonal. While it still works in many situations, that style won't earn you any A's from Web site visitors. When you're creating text for your Web site, remember the "Three S" rule: keep it Simple, Succinct, and Scannable.
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Common Web Design Usability Guidelines
Thanks to Kim Silvestro |
HTML Basics
- Getting started with HTML by Dave Raggett
- Bare Bones Guide to HTML by Kevin Werbach
- Web Developer's Virtual Library: The Beginners Page
- Search Engine Submission Tips from Search Engine Watch
- Webmonkey: Authoring HTML Basics
- Basic Tips.com: http://www.basictips.com/
More Advanced HTML and Some JavaScript
- Builder.com: Web Development Library
- NetMechanic's Webmaster Tips Newsletter Library
- Webmonkey: The Web Developer's Resource
- Doc JavaScript by Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
- A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites
CSS
- W3C Cascading Style Sheets home page
- An Objective Look at Table Based vs. CSS Based Design by Andy Budd
- CSS: Table vs CSS layouts from .net April 2004
CSE HTML Validator Lite
NEW! Check your document online with CSE HTML Validator Lite. Add this to your site.
More Webdevelopment Applications
- Web Safe Color Selector by Jade (requires JavaScript)
- Window Resizer (requires JavaScript)
Copyright and Link Laws
- Copyright for Computer Authors by Thomas G. Field, Jr. at the Franklin Pierce Law Center site.
- The Concept of Copyright Fights for Internet Survival from May 10, 2000 issue of the New York Times. (Requires registration.)
- The Link Controversy Page by Stefan Bechtold
- Mark Sableman's 2001 paper Link Law Revisited: Internet Linking Law at Five Years. (pdf)
- Resources For Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law
- The Lawrence Lessig site at http://www.lessig.org/. He is a professor at Harvard Law School, a fellow at Berlin's Wissenchaftskolleg, and columnist for The Standard.
Recommended Programs
- NoteTab: First rate text editor for writing HTML. It's available in both freeware and shareware versions. (I've written a few of the clipbook libraries.)
- PaintShop Pro: Graphic shareware from Jasc. It's not a powerful as Adobe photoshop but for most web graphics, it's more than adequate. It comes with a simple animation program.
Choosing a Web Host
- How to pick the right Web host By Matt Lake (April 2, 2002): Hundreds of services promise to support your fledgling Web site. How do you narrow the Web hosting playing field?
- Seven Questions To Ask Your Web Host
- Finding a Web Host: Host Directory and Host Review Sites: "Choosing a web host is a more challenging task than it may seem. These pages grew from one skimpy paragraph almost five years ago to the current length of seven pages as a result of our own painful experiences with hosting companies over the six years since we put our forum online, experiences we would like to help you avoid. We are on our eighth host. We went through the first six of those hosts in our first 18 months online! "
ColdFusion and FuseBox
- The San Antonio Macromedia & ColdFuson User group -- SAMCFUG -- is the successor to the original SACFUG. The group web site is at http://samcfug.org and the 300 member mail list is forum@samcfug.org
- Fusebox.org: Fusebox is a standard framework and methodology for building web-based applications
- House of Fusion: Information and resources for the ColdFusion community
- Hal Helms: Independent information resource for ColdFusion developers
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