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Online resources for Webspinners

General Web references:

·         www.webmonkey.com – Webspinner resource
Includes “cheatsheets” for HTML, color codes, characters, as well as tutorials on a number of Web technologies.

·         www.WhatIs.com - Geek dictionary
This online reference specializes in brief, plain-English explanations of computer and Internet terms.

·         www.SearchEngineWatch.com - Search engines explained
Find out how top search engines catalog Web pages, including how to optimize your keywords and page titles (also known as “meta tags”) to improve your search engine registration.

·         www.WebStyleGuide.com - Yale Web Style Guide
Guidelines on everything from planning a Web site to linking to preparing graphics.

·         www.WebPagesThatSuck.com - Web Sites That Suck
The idea is that you learn good design by seeing examples of bad design.

·         www.UseIt.com - Web Usability
Jakob Nielsen is widely regarded as the expert on Web usability. Read his weekly columns and your Web site will improve.

Listservs:

·         www.usask.ca/web_project/uwebd/ - University Web Developers
Visit the site to sign up, get info, etc. This list discusses topics of interest to University Web managers and developers.

E-mail:

• www.bcentral.com/articles/komando/115.asp - Eight e-mail mistakes
   

Accessibility:

•    www.cast.org/bobby/ - Accessibility checker utility
  Want to know if your page is accessible to those with disabilities? Go to this page and enter your exact URL. Find out what you can do to improve your page.

• www.webaim.org/howto/frontpage/ - Using Front Page 2000 to create accessible Web pages

• www.washington.edu/computing/accessible/resources.html - Massive list of university accessibility guidelines from across the country

• validator.w3.org - W3C MarkUp Validation Service (enter your URL)

Just for fun:

• www.rinkworks.com/stupid/ - A side-splitting collection of "computer stupidities"

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