Internet for Beginners and Designers
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Online Guides, Courses, and Tutorials
- Dutch
- World Wide Web cursus
A Dutch introduction courses in the WWW. Created by George Welling (University of Groningen, Netherlands).
- Handleiding HTML
An extensive tutorial with information on Cascading Style Sheets.
- HTML op het net
An extensive course on HTML in four versions. Created by Bas Jansen.
- De Webmees
CGI, Editors, Style Sheets and much more. Editor: Hans Werksman.
- HelpWeb: A Guide to Getting Started on the Internet
Basics of getting started on the Internet. Created by: Imaginary Landscape.
- Internet for Beginners - about.com
A guide for internet rookies, edited by Charlyn Keating Chisholm. Presenting answers on almost all the questions you were afraid to ask for: browers, chat & forums, domain names, downloading, email, ftp, html, search engines etc.
- Internet Roadmap
Formerly an email course, lessons are arranged in a hypertext table of contents. Created by: Patrick Douglas Crispen.
- Lookoff
Internet search engine help and tutorials. Lookoff serves as a reference for internet and surfing issues. It helps people choose the best search engine for various tasks. The site contains a dynamic database of top search engines, tutorials to help instruct uses on techniques for finding specific categories of information on the net, detailed search engine reviews, an online book on search engines and on search privacy, and a message board.
- Microsoft: The Complete Internet Guide and Web Tutorial
From the basics of browsing the WWW, emailing and newsgroups, to the details of online banking.
- Netiquette
By: Arlene H. Rinaldi (Florida Atlantic University)
These rules for good Internet behavior are available in several languages, including
Dutch (Maurice Makaay),
Finnish (Jouni Viinikka),
French (Jean-Pierre Kuypers),
German (Christian Reiser),
Indonesian (Mark P. Eliasaputra),
Italian (Davide Migliavacca),
Japanse (Kunio Takahashi c.s.)
Portuguese (Antonio Ferreira),
Romania (Augustin Moga),
Spanish (Edgardo Flores A),
Swedish (Max Zomborszki).
- Netiquette Homepage
Learn the core rules of netiquette by reading this concise overview of network etiquette excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Shea's "Core Rules"are the classic introduction to the subject and are widely cited in cyberspace. After reading these rules you can read the complete online edition of her book.
- Surf the Net with SPJ
A Journalist's Guide to the Internet, presented by Society of Professional Journalists (St. Louis Professional Chapter). It provides basic instruction on email, email programs, Netscape, internet lingo and lots of other stuff for beginners and professionals.
- Teahouse of Experience, The
A tutorial introducing the internet to the new user. Created by: Dr. John Griffiths.
- WebWise - The internet made simple by the BBC
An excellent site that explains almost everything in jargon-free language. Learn how to get connected at home, how to get around on the internet, and and how to publish on the net. The Guide can be downloaded, including video/audio clips.
- Zen and the Art of the Internet: A Beginner's Guide (1st edition, 1992)
This was the first published text on the Internet. Created by: Brendan Kehoe (University of Indiana).
- HotWired
One of the oldest and most imitated magazines about life in cyberspace is Wired.
Collections of Internet Guides, Online Courses, and Tutorials
Internet Glossaries
- Acronym Database, The
If you aren't exactly sure what FTP or SMTP or HTML stand for, this is the place to look. You can search for an acronym and see what it means, and you can search for a word and see what acronyms it is used in. Presented by the University College, Cork, Ireland.
- Foldoc: On-line Dictionary of Computing
An resource for gaining a conceptual grasp of computing concepts.
- Glossary of Internet Terms - Internet Literacy Consultants
An on-line glossary of common internet terms - nicely cross-referenced.
- Internet Begrippen
A Dutch dictionary on Internet terminology by Albert Benschop (Amsterdam, Netherlands).
- Jargon Watch
A list that promised to keep you in the know about the latest internet "catch phrases.". It was compiled monthly from translated jargon in Wired magazine, but the last update was made in 1995.
- NetLingo
Guide to the vocabulary of Internet culture and technology.
Learning HTML: Tutorials
- Dekker, Fred / St. John, Donald - builder.cnet
HTML for Beginners
This guide explains how to set up a page and then add text, links, images, and a background, as well as how to create lists.
- Gilson, John C.
HTML Tutorials in Web Page Design
Offers 23 clear lessons on all aspects of web page design.
- Graham, Ian
Introduction to HTML
- Hodge, Steven
HTML Tutorial
- HTML Goodies
Covers a broad range of HTML techniques. Including links to 100+ HTML and DHTML courses, JavaGoodies and pictures.
- HTML Station
Reference information and demonstrations of HTML. Including Java(Script), Push, Cookies, XML and VRML.
- HTML Tips and Tricks - builder.com
- Marshall, James
HTML Made Really Easy
Explains the structure of HTML and shows through examples the practical things you need to know.
- NCSA - A Beginners Guide to HTML
A primer for producing documents in HTML, the hypertext markup language used on the World Wide Web. The guide is intended to be an introduction to using HTML and creating files for the Web. Links are provided to additional information.
- Schluter, Rob
HTML Tag list
Includes Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), color, special characters and tips & tricks.
- WDG Reference Guide
A simple HTML course, for those who don't want to spend more than a weekend on a website.
- Werbach, Kevin
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Lists every official HTML tag in common usage, plus Netscape extensions.
Email Basics
- Reading E-mail With Eudora
The Eudora program is available for both Mac and Windows. They help you download a copy, configure the important stuff, and send your first messages. From: Imaginary Landscapes.
- Resources for Eudora: Need More Help?
Do you have specific questions on working with Eudora? You might find answers in these guides.
- Free Email Address Directory
Looking for a free email provider? Want to get email through your browser?
- MailStart - Your Email Anytime, Anywhere
A site that allows you to access your own email account from a web-page. That means that where-ever you are in the world you can access your own ISP from any internet connected workstation (be that cyber café; friends house or conference computer) all through a public url and without having to alter any settings. Type in your email address and password and the bot at the site does the rest for you. MailStart allows you to use a browser to read your email, reply, forward, delete and send new messages, making your email accessible from anywhere. But certain e-mail functions will not work. You cannot receive attachments with MailStart because they do not store any of your e-mail locally.
- Pegasus Mail
A site that allows you to access your own email account from a web-page. That means that where-ever you are in the world you can access your own ISP from any internet connected workstation (be that cyber café; friends house or conference computer) all through a public url and without having to alter any settings. Type in your email address and password and the bot at the site does the rest for you. MailStart allows you to use a browser to read your email, reply, forward, delete and send new messages, making your email accessible from anywhere. But certain e-mail functions will not work. You cannot receive attachments with MailStart because they do not store any of your e-mail locally.
- ThatWeb
An intelligent web based email retrieval service that does not require users to pre-configure any server setting. This has proven to be a highly convenient feature for most email users.
Resources for Teachers and Trainers
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Internet for Designers and Developers
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General Resources: Site Management and Web Tools
- A List Apart
A site with information for people who make websites, created by Jeffrey Zeldman and Brian M. Platz.
- CNET News.com
Cnet brings you the up to the minute news and information about every aspect of the Internet from business to technology.
- Cyberspace Today
The online version of the free monthly San Francisco-based newspaper about life in the cyberworld. Contains current issue and back issues, a directory, chat, government information, and more.
- FreshMeat
An extensive index of Unix and cross-platform software, themes, and Palm OS software. The database contains thousand of applications, preferably released under an open source licence. For Linux users who are hunting for software, this might be one of the first places to visit.
- Internet World
One of the oldest magazines on the internet. It contains deep-probing articles but also articles of a lighter nature.
- LinkPopularity
Check how popular your site is. Link popularity is the total numer of websites that link to your site ('incoming links'). This free service queries Google, AltaVista, and HotBot.
- reallybig.com
Offers more than 5000 resources for web builders including free clipart, CGI, counters, fonts, html, java, animation, backgrounds, icons, HTML editors, buttons, photographs, site promotion, and much more.
- W3C Open Source Software
All W3C software is Open Source / Free Software, and GPL compatible.
- WebReference.com
The Webmaster's Reference Library. The latest information on new tools and skills. It contains articles, online workshops, a newsletter and much more.
- Web Page Design for Designers (WPDFD)
The purpose of this site is not to teach people how to produce web pages. It is aimed at people who are already involved with design and typography for conventional print and want to explore the possibilities of this electronic medium. Written and designed by Joe Gillespie.
- WebMastersOnly
Information on site maintenance, promotion, design, and scripting.
- Website Tips for Designers
A set of web smarts and links that are worth exploring. The information is well organized in precise catories, such as accessibility, color, content, CSS {Style Sheets), design, DHTML, discussion lists, JavaScript, fonts, graphics, HTML, newsletters, PHP, search engines, web design, and xml. Created by Shirley Kaiser.
Domain Registration
- ICANN
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
- InterNIC
A public resource that provides information on the domain-name system, the domain registration proces, and domain-name registrars.
- Netnames
- VeriSign
- Whois: Arin | InterNIC | Ripe | Apnic
Ever wonder who owns a particular domain name? Here you can look up any domain name and see who has ragistered it. You can also check to see if the name you want to register is available.
Graphics
- Color Matters
Color plays a vitally import role in the — virtual and local — world in which we live. "Color can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes, raise your blood pressure or suppress your appetite. When use in the right ways, color can save on energy consumption. When used in the wrong ways, color can contribute to global pollution. As a powerful form of communication, color is irreplaceable." On this site you can learn almost anything you want to know about colors. Hoew colors affects our minds, our actions and reactions, our vision, our planet and life in general. All this and more has been created by color professor J.L. Morton.
- ColorServe Java
Use a row of radio buttons to select which color to change: bgcolor, text, link, visited link, and active link, respectively. Created by: Brian Hall, Steve Johnson and Dale Lee.
- GIF Cruncher
An online GIF compression tool, provided by Digital Frontiers. It optimizes GIFs by up to 90%.
- Illustrator - Adobe
- Non-Dithering Color Values Chart
A chart of 216 "non-dithering" colors that will look like the color you ask for on all browsers and all computer screen resolution settings.
- Pantone
A web-safe color palette that ensures that the colors will appear the same on all monitors.
- Photoshop - Abode
- Webmasters Color Lab - Visibone
An easy and funny way to find a good combination of colors for your web pages.
Authoring Tools: HTML/Text Editors
- BBEdit (Bare Bones Software, Inc.)
The best text and HTML editor for the Macintosh. The freeware version BBEdit Lite gives you a sense of the power of the commercial version. It's a text editor in its own right.
- DHTML Dynomat
Dynomat makes the process of generating the more complex DHTML scripts automatic. It is an online tool that allows you to add DHTML to your webpages without writing one word of code.
Website Creating and Management Tools
- GoLive - Adobe
An integrated solution to Web design. Supports quick desing, build manage, and deploy dynamic content for the Web. Supports for Cascading Style Sheets (CCS), Dynamic HTML, JAVA, WebObjects 3.5 and HTML 4.0 Forms.
- HoTMetal Pro - SoftQuad
A versatile Website development tool.
- Macromedia Dreamweaver
- Microsoft FrontPage
- NetObjects Fusion - NetObjects
- Visual Studio - Microsoft
A comprehensive tool set for building and integrating XML Web services. The enterprise application development suite allows you to build a 'Digital Nervous System' for an enterprise.
Link Checkers
Maintaining hyperlinks can be very time consuming. Here are some tools that can save time on this aspect of site management.
- Big Brother
A shareware program created by François Potter (INRIA, The French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control). Download the program and pay that guy $10 - he earned it. Bif Brother will check links within a web document as soon as you type in a URL (file or directory level) or open a local file/folder on your hard drive. The output - a detailed summary of the links including the text which was hyperlinked, URL, source, and a diagnosis - can be exported as an HTML document. It checks 25 or more links simultaneously. You can configure Big Brother for quick opening of sites and scripting to automate checking.
- LinkCheck v.4
LinkCheck allows you to check the links on any page. It can be used to create inline images on a web page, or scan a web page for links and return a "link-checked" page. The neatest thing about it is the "Check-n-Browse" mode which allows you to browse the web, while checking links the entire time! The creator of this program is John Ray (Ohio State University, USA).
- NetMechanic
The NetMechanic can check your Web site for HTML syntax errors, or it can check all the links on your site to make sure they are still valid. The site can either be checked in the foreground, meaning that as you wait, you see a graphical icon that indicates the progress. For whole sites (instead of single pages), the process can take place in the background - the NetMechanic will email you when the testing is over, and you simply go to the URL specified on the email, and all your links are listed with an explanation of errors, bad links, etc. on a page-by-page basis.
- W3C Link Checker
Checks that all the links in an HTML or XHTML document are dereferenceable, including the fragment, and warns about HTTP redirects, including directory redirects. It can also check recursively a part of a Web site.
Syntax Checker: HTML Validation
- Doctor HTML (Thomas Tongue and Imagiware, Inc.)
An online utility for checking your HTML syntax. Enter the URL of the page or site you want to check and you will get an output that summarizes form structure, hyperlinks, spelling, and image syntax.
- W3C HTML Validation Service
An easy-to-use HTML validation service based on a real SGML parser. It checks HTML documents for compliance with HTML standards.
Java: applets and scripts
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dr. Albert Benschop
Social & Behavioral Studies
University of Amsterdam
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July, 1996
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Last modified
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18th December, 2005
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