Internet-Centric Resources has more "how-to" tips, especially for beginners.

Validation, Tools, Unix, Graphics and Style

Validation

CSS Checker (widely recommended)

Dr. HTML retrieves a Web page and performs several tests to see if your document is in tip-top shape. (© Copyright by Thomas Tongue and Imagiware.)

CSE HTML Validator (syntactically correct and accessible HTML and CSS documents; GREAT!)

Net Mechanic: Validate your documents!

Validation (What is it? Why do it? How to do it)

Tools

Better WhoIs (enables a 'universal search' for a domain name, retrieving data from whichever registrar registered it)

CIO. Web Professional Research Center * HTML Developer's Toolbox

Dreamweaver (Macromedia is pushing DW MX)

FrameShop (Sam Choukri)

HomeSite (Macromedia will not develop after HS5; Br. Richard's favorite; invented by a MN cartoonist; I use it with FrontPage 2000 and DreamWeaver)

Lynx-Me test your pages under Lynx via non-graphical display

Net Mechanic: Check your links!

Search Engine Tutorial Test your meta tags for the search engines.

TableMaker (Sam Choukri)

Web Developer References

Web Developer's Virtual Library (internet.com)

WebForms--HTML forms generator (Q & D Software Development) Free!

Web Garage (great tool for responsible web weavers)

Who Is Report (domains and more)

Contents

Unix

The Elementary UNIX commands (webteacher.com)

Technical Issues (James Gramke, Unix/TCP Administrator, Wimmer 101) * Naming WWW Files

Web Servers Feature Chart (WebCompare; not just unix)

Unix man pages

Unix Reference Desk

Unix sed script to replace strings of text or file names in many files. (David Sims, Web Review)

UNIXhelp for Users (Nova, Inter-Links)

The Unix Reference Desk at geek-girl.com

Graphics

Any Browser Campaign graphics

Clip Art: Barry's

Color Chart (RGB) with equivalents (67K)

ColorMaker (Sam Choukri)

Core Fonts for the Web (MS/TrueType)

Graphics sites from Yahoo

How Did She Do That? (Liz Knuth's tips for using low-tech resources to create WWW documents)

Icons and Graphics (Webcom)

Icon Bazaar (membership)

Web Safe Color Dilemma (Lynda's Homegurrrl Page)

Images on the Web (DSiegel)

Non-Dithering Colors by Value (can be slow downloading; Lynda's Homegurrrl Page)

OptiView (commercial)

PNG Fact Sheet (Portable Network Graphics)

Slide Shows, Techniques for creating (JS)

Use of alt text in img (Web Design Group)

Contents

Style and Policy

Any Browser Campaign

Composing Good HTML by Eric Tilton, (dated, but insightful)

Web Design Archive (MacWorld)

Online Privacy Alliance

Strunk, William. The Elements of Style (Classic tips for writers of English)

Style Guide for Online Hypertext (W3C)

U Minn. WWW Publishing Guidelines

U Minn. WWW Policy Statement

US Internet Industry Association. Privacy and Consumer Information.

Web Pages that Suck (Vincent Flanders shows how not to do it)

Contents

Contents

HTML Resources: Part One

Saint John's Abbey | OSB Index | The Scriptoriun

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Richard Oliver OSB MA
Saint John's Abbey
Collegeville, MN 56321

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