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HTML basicsWebreference
Bandwidth Conservation Society Aimed at preserving bandwidth by creating sleeker, better designed pages, this is an interesting read for all Web designers. HTML Goodies Crammed with all sorts of great tools and tutorials, showing this page to a new Web page designer is akin to letting a kid loose in a lolly shop. How do they do that with HTML? Guides to HTML, the lingua franca of the World Wide Web, have been too numerous and fairly boring. This site pulls away from the pack because it concentrates on how to create the flashy, fun stuff including background sounds, browser detection and dynamic documents. NCSA -- A Beginner's Guide to HTML This is a sort of `classic' HTML page. It doesn't look too crash hot but it does explain the very basics of HTML nicely. Netscape's Creating Net Sites A safe and simple place to start your quest into the sometimes hazardous land of Web page creation. The HTML Guru! Ask the HTML Guru and question you want or simply rifle through his/her huge database of answers. There are some very clever tips to be picked up from this page, not to mention some of the exceptional HTML-related links. Top 10 Mistakes For every really good Web page you see there are probably 10 really bad ones. If you don't want a garishly ugly page that is extremely user-unfriendly take some of the advice found on this page. Yale WWW Style Manual Discussing topics like site structure and a page's actual design, this page addresses many topics that are too often neglected.
Web authoring toolsAnimation Plantation From creepy eyes that follow your every move to ants that crawl across your Web page the Animation Plantation has it all! If you want an image that moves, it is undoubtedly here. Colour Selector Page No matter what the colour, this page automatically generates the appropriate HTML code for backgrounds and text. All you have to do is cut and paste it into your Web page! Link Exchange A wonderful example of bartering on the Net, Link Exchange will boost the number of hits your page receives by swapping links with another page. It is a great concept and considering that they now have a network of over 50,000 Web sites, it must work! Public Domain CGI Script Archive CGI scripts for free? Yep, believe it or not this generous programmer has uploaded a whole stack of CDI scripts for you to use on your page! Submit-It! Rather than visiting the ever increasing number of search engines to submit your URL, go to Submit-It! Texture Land Want a 3D background to jazz up your page? At Texture Land you can download anything from a nice wood panel look to metal studs. It's all free unless you are using it for commercial purposes. Web-Counter Keeping track of how many people visit your page generally requires a counter -- there are plenty of styles to choose from here. The price is a mere link back to the Web-Counter homepage. Web Page Validation Service If you are new to HTML and or even if you're not, this page will automatically check your code to ensure that everything works. WWW.WEBTECHNIQUES.COM A type of news service that also contains links and other useful information. This site is for experienced Web page designers interested in news from the world of Web publishing.
Advanced techniquesWebreference
Imagemap Help Page If you can't get your head around creating imagemaps then this is a one-stop tutorial shop that will show you how. Jay's guide to Frames Frames are one of the coolest functions of the Web, however they're also one of the hardest functions to learn. Jay's guide to Frames provides the basics to frames so that you can construct your own. Learning JavaScript A great site for beginners and advanced Java programmers. View the beginners tutorial online or download it but if you want something a little more challenging try Kneedeep in Java. Microsoft Site Builder Network If you are using Microsoft products to design Web pages, or you prefer to optimise your page for use with Internet Explorer, make an effort to pop in to their SiteBuilder page. The Netscape Frames Tutorial If you really feel the need to use frames on your page, this is one of the better places to educate yourself. This guy's motto is `learn by doing' so you are taught by example and will probably be an expert in not time. The Web Developer's Virtual Library A fantastic all-in-one site with a number of high-end topics like Perl and VRML.
A place for your Web siteGeocities
HTML editors & toolsLooking for an HTML editor? There are plenty to choose from: AmiWeb Toolkit for AmiPro Cmed CorelWEB FrontPage HomeSite HotDog HotMetal HTML Assistant HTML Writer HTMLed Internet Assistant for Microsoft Word Macromedia -- FreeHand Graphics Studio Navigator Gold SpiderPad WebEdit About these linksWe work hard to ensure these links are correct at all times, but because of the Internet's dynamic nature, they may change at very short notice. Please e-mail us now if you've found a bad link, or if you have or have found sites you'd like to be included. Also, because of the above, users follow these links at their own risk. PC User takes no reponsibility for any offensive sites that the user might encounter. |
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