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Page address: http://www.mnsu.edu/its/web/resources/training/

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Web Team policies and development guidelines

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Web Authoring Tools
- (Nvu) Kompozer free web authoring software
- Jessett Dreamweaver tutorial
Web Building
- W3C - web standards specifications and guidelines
- Builder.com: resources, reviews, etc.
- Cornell University Resources for Web Developers: list of references, tools, utilities (2001)
- Design Site Resources: comprehensive list of web development and design links on most key categories.
- Digital Web Magazine
- HTML Help: reference guide on html/css topics; also some utilities.
- Dreamweaver
  - Demand Seminars for Dreamweaver 8
  - Evaluation Guide: Discover the power of Dreamweaver 8
  - Jessett.com: creating a website – a step-by-step guide. This site is Dreamweaver-specific in its instructions.
- Practical Web Design: Speed Up Your Site
- Project Cool: web development overview, articles and tutorials
- Web Developer's Channel: huge list of links to very useful web development sites such as:
  - Web Developer's Journal: current articles and concepts
  - Web Developer's Virtual Library: encyclopedia of web design tutorials, and discussions
- Webmonkey: How-to/tutorial site. Note topics on style sheets, scripting/coding, database, design, etc.
- Web Standards Checklist: Max Design
Design / Graphics
- ClickZ: Site design
- Color correction for the web
- Dangers of using Flash (Jakob Nielson's influential article from 10/2000)
- gif.com
- Webmonkey Favicon article
- Webdeveloper Design
- Speak Up: Logo/identity design page
  - MSU's Graphic Identity Standards Manual
- Thinking with Type: typography online learning site
Information Design
Project Management
- Macromedia Production Management Techniques
Usability
- useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's usable information technology site
- IBM's Web Accessibility checklist
- MSDN article: Improving Website Usability
- MSDN article: good intro to usability
- Other usability, information architecture, accessibility links
- "90% of all usability testing is useless": Adaptive Path essay
Validation
- HTML/XHTML Validator from W3C
- CSS Validator from W3C
- HTML/XHTML Validator from WDG
Writing for the Web
- W3C Core Technologies for the Web: Comprehension
- Writing Web Content (2.4MB PDF)
- Gerry McGovern's Web Content Style Guide
- WebsiteTips.com content resources page
- Jakob Nielsen: Writing for the Web
- Writing Well for the Web
- Standards for online content authors
- Content topic: Writing articles on A List Apart
XHTML & CSS
- A List Apart — outstanding website devoted to building standards-compliant sites
  - Better living through XHTML — an interesting article about XHTML
  - Fixing Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE — fixing your web site with DOCTYPES that work
- NYPL Style Guide — XHTML, CSS and much, much more
- Tantek's presentation on CSS
- Web Standards for Hard Times — Webmonkey.com article
DEVELOPMENT/CODING
- DevX: multiple language/technology categories
- evolt: web developer site
- Forms: usability issues
- VB Script Center
ASP/ Application Development
- MSU Web Team ASP Web Policies
- ASP101.com
- w3schools
- ASP.NET: Microsoft's Visual Studio.Net tutorial site
- Open Web Application Security Project
SQL tutorial
XML
- IBM's intro to XML
- Developer Shed XML resources
ISRS Background documents

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