Learning Links

Internet Professional Program
Constance Colthorp
[http://courses.wccnet.org/~colthorp] colthorp@wccnet.org

Excellent Learning Links
Accessibility :: Color :: HTML :: Images & Design :: Information Architecture :: Tools & Standards :: Usability :: Web Style Guides :: CSS :: VRML :: XML :: Good Web Design Examples :: General WCC Info

Accessibility

Accessible Design for Users with Disabilities

http://www.sun.com/columns/alertbox/9610.html

CAST - Bobby: First step to Ensure Accessible Web Page Design

http://www.cast.org/bobby/

Making Your Web Site Accessible

http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/cita/wpa.htm

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative

http://www.w3.org/WAI/

Check the accessibility of color on your site

http://vischeck.com/showme.shtml

Branding and Identity

The Evolution of Brand Strategy (Web Techniques)

Color

Non-Dithering Colors By Hue

http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html

Non-Dithering Colors By Value

http://www.lynda.com/hexv.html

Visibone

http://www.visibone.com

HTML

WebMonkey's HTML Cheat Sheet (really helpful)

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/

Elizabeth Castro's HTML - Visual Quickstart Guide

http://www.cookwoodpress.com/

Publish: Constructing Web Pages Using Tables (submitted by Joy Denton)
http://www.publish.com/features/9811/Web/web.html

Images and Design

Optimizing Images Tutorial

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/15/index0a.html?tw=design

Image Paradise

http://desktoppublishing.com/cliplist.html

Caboodles of Animated Gifs

http://www.caboodles.com/animated/

Dan's Web Tips

http://www.softdisk.com/comp/dan/webtips/images.html

HTML Central

http://www.teleport.com/~volz/html/

University of Michigan Digital Library

Digital Library

University of Michigan Graphics Archive

http://www.umich.edu/~websvcs/images/

Vector Graphic Tutorial

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/12/index0a.html?tw=graphics_fonts/

Web Diner

http://www.webdiner.com/ (If you use these you must link to their site)

Web Monkey Design Specs

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/41/index3a_page3.html?tw=design

Web Monkey

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/15/index0a_page2.html

Information Architecture

Web Review - Bringing Up Baby: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/97/09/12/arch/index.html
Web Architect previous issues: http://webreview.com/universal/previous/arch.html
Enabling Extremely Rapid Navigation in Your Web or Document: http://www.well.com/user/hoff/infoaxcs.htm
Argus Associates - Web Architect Archive. information architecture design, organization, classification: http://argus-inc.com/design/webarch.html

Tools and Standards

World Wide Web Consortium (including the HTML Validation Service)

http://www.w3.org/

http://validator.w3.org/

Web Developers' Virtual Library: Web Site Design

Advance Tips and Explanations

http://www.stars.com/Authoring/Design/

Usability Links

Elegant Hack: http://www.eleganthack.com/
Information and Design (a good one): http://www.infodesign.com.au/default.html
Ten Things to Avoid in Authoring a Web Page: http://www.pantos.org/atw/35248.html
Ten More Things to Avoid in Authoring a Web Page: http://www.pantos.org/atw/35270.html
Usable Sites: http://www.usablesites.com/
Usability Methods Toolbox: http://www.best.com/~jthom/usability/
Use It (Jakob Nielsen): http://www.useit.com/
Web Word: http://www.webword.com/

Web and HTML Style Guides

Sun Microsystem's Guide to Web Style

http://www.sun.com/styleguide/

Yale Web Style Guide

http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/

HTML Bad Style Page

http://www.earth.com/bad-style/

Top Ten Ways to Tell if You Have a Sucky Home Page

http://jeffglover.com/sucky.html

Cascading Style Sheets

resources - info source - glossary - CSS: http://www.cnet.com/Resources/Info/Glossary/Terms/css.html
Cascading Style Sheets: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
CSS reference table: http://builder.com/Authoring/CSS/table.html
World Wide Web Consortium Cascading Style Sheets, level 1: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1
Web Review - style.webreview.com CSS Article: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/guides/style/style.html
Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2: http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-CSS2/cover.html

VRML

Pete's Page -- The Easy VRML Tutorial: http://www.mwc.edu/~pclark/vrmltut.html

XML

View Source: Beyond HTML: XML and Automated Web Processing: http://developer.netscape.com/viewsource/bray_xml.html
Web Review - XHTML: Our Last, Best Hope for Clean Code: http://webreview.com/wr/pub/?wwwrrr_19990716-wt.txt
The XML Bible: http://metalab.unc.edu/xml/books/bible/
DeveloperWorks: XML: Education - Online courses: http://www2.software.ibm.com/developer/education.nsf/xml-onlinecourse-bytitle
Java and XML: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~sreitmei/java/xml/index.html
XMLINFO: The XML Information Site: http://www.xmlinfo.com/

Good Web Design Examples

Herman Miller

http://www.hermanmiller.com

Home.com

http://www.hmhome.com

Hi-Fi Art

http://www.hifiart.com/

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

http://www.sfmoma.org/ Faded graphics.Vienna font.Bold Animated slideshow idea. Frames a (remote) possibility.

Retro Modern

http://www.retromodern.com/

Frank Lloyd Wright

http://www.pbs.org/flw/
Large pictures tiled. Has text intro (brief). Menu on bottom. Discussion thread, contest for kids; Three types of lesson plans: language arts, math, social studies (discussing architecture and environmental harmony)

Smithsonian Institution - National Design Museum

http://www.si.edu/ndm/

The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit

http://www.bhere.com/ruins/

University of Michigan Media Union References Page

http://www.ummu.umich.edu/library/SUBJECTGUIDES/ART/artarchIS.html

The Village Voice

http://www.villagevoice.com/

National Building Museum

http://www.nbm.org/

DesignBiz

http://www.projectcool.com/sightings/
Submitted by Cynthia Roy. "I found this mailing list that gives a site of the day. I don't have much time for web surfing, but this happens to give me a glimpse of what others are doing, with a teeny critique of why the site was chosen. " Thanks, Cyndy!

General/Useful

General WCC Information

Academic Calendar

http://www.wccnet.org/info/cal/acadcal.htm

Learning Resources Center Software

http://www.wccnet.org/dept/lrc/commons/software.htm