Online Toolkit

Mapping the transition from page to screen

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General Information

Webopedia is a site where you can search for answers to questions about terms used on or about the web:
http://www.webopedia.com

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools. It is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. On this page, you'll find W3C news as well as links to information about W3C technologies and getting involved in W3C:
http://www.w3.org/

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Browsers

W3Schools.com's browser information section where you can learn about the most common web browsers:
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/default.asp

The Mozilla project offeres a full suite of integrated Internet applications including a web browser, e-mail client, address book, web page composer, Internet chat software and calendar application:
http://www.mozilla.org/

Microsoft's Internet Explorer homepage where you can download the most recent version of IE or search for older versions:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp

Netscape Network's list of available archived products, including all of Netscape's browsers, from version 2.0 to 6.2:
http://www.netscape.com/download/archive.html?cp=dowarc

The Opera browser uses less memory and less space on your hard drive than other browsers, and opera.com also offers free email:
http://www.opera.com/

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Web Searching

Offered by the University of South Carolina, these tutorials include short, succinct lessons on how to use search engines, with links to more advanced techniques:
http://www.allsearchengines.com/

A comprehensive list of search engines on the World Wide Web::
http://cui.unige.ch/meta-index.html

Spider's Apprentice is a useful website for learning how search engines work, and a good resource for improving your web searching skills:
http://www.monash.com/spidap.html

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Web Site Building

A list and descriptions of the most popular commercial HTML editors:
http://www.w3schools.com/software/software_html.asp

A list of resources for web page builders offered by Peter Howard, poet and telecommunications systems design consultant:
http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/rwblink.htm

Free 'Web-building' tutorials, from basic HTML and XHTML tutorials to advanced XML, XSL and WAP tutorials:
http://www.w3schools.com/

Chami.com offers a wide range of useful tutorials and tools including HTML-Kit, a full-featured HTML editor for free download:
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

A short list of free HTML Editors available for free download:
http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/list/index.html

This Word to Web tutorial shows you how to convert Word documents to HTML by using special features in Dreamweaver::
http://www.web-geek.com/Computers/Graphics/Web/Colors/

This site offers a list to tutorials and discussions about using colours on the web:
http://builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/QuickReference/Color/converter.html?tag=st.b l.7690-8-6732699-1.txt.bl_converter

A webpage displaying web safe colours that render true on most operating systems:
http://www.december.com/html/spec/colorsafe.html

Dave Raggett's short guide to styling your web pages using W3C's Cascading Style Sheets language (CSS) to set the types and colours of text fonts and links:
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style

WebReference.com is a resource for almost everything you will need to know about creating webpages, including tutorials on authoring, graphics, design, multimedia, programming and promotion:
http://www.webreference.com/

WS_FT95 (FTP) is software for transfering files from your computer to a server. It is free for non-commercial and educational users:
http://www.ipswitch.com/support/ws_ftp_le_support.html

A site offering free software for uploading files (FTP) to a web server, including forums and a knowledge base:
http://www.smartftp.com/

JavaScript tutorials - learn how to make your pages dynamic and interactive:
http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

If you want to see how javascripts work on your website, these free, original DHTML scripts and components can be cut-and pasted for instant use:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

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Multimedia

Offered by the The University of Wisconsin-Madison, the 'DoIT' pages give advice on viewing and producing streaming media, with demos of existing streaming media content and links where plug-ins can be downloaded:
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/streaming/index.asp

A site offering many free Java applets, Perl, slide shows, and other useful code:
http://www.codebrain.com/index.html

FlashCFM provides resources for creating Flash and ColdFusion applications, with tutorials, forums, articles, and an active mailing list:
http://www.flashcfm.com/

Tutorialfind is a resoure for tutorials on Macromedia products such as Flash, Director, and Dreamweaver:
http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/macromedia/

Ultrashock is a professional community for multimedia developers, a blend of educational content, resources, and entertainment presented in a professionally designed environment. It provides forums, tutorials and book reviews:
http://www.ultrashock.com/

A site offered by multimedia designer Adam Montandon focusing on innovations and experimentation within the fields of new media and digital culture:
http://www.stormsky.com/

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Software

Launched in 1993 as a software download site, Tucows is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. It offers a software library containing over 30,000 titles and reviews:
http://www.tucows.com/

TuDogs offers free software and services as well:
http://www.tudogs.com/

A browseable and constantly growing index of software and freeware offered by programmers and designers:
http://www.freewareweb.com/

Macromedia Incorporated offers cutting edge software tools for creating hypermedia content. The list includes Dreamweaver, ColdFusion, Flash and Director:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/

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Research & Discussion

The Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ hosts this forum on the Psychology of Cyberspace. Its purpose is to share ideas and resources concerning all facets of individual and group experience on the internet - including identity management in cyberspace, private and group e-mail communication, chat and message board communities:
http://www.rider.edu/users/suler/psycyber/psycyber.html

The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) promotes the innovative application and use of information and technology systems in education across the UK:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/

The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is a research program founded to explore cyberspace, share in its study, and help pioneer its development:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/

Lawrence Lessig is Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and founder of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society - his site is invaluable for anyone interested in information on and discussion about the future of the internet:
http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/

An evolving list of internet sites provided by the Portland State University's Center of Excellence in Writing including online journals and resource sites, and homepages:
http://web.pdx.edu/~pdx00282/cew/cew.htm

The journal Leonardo is the leading journal for readers interested in the application of contemporary science and technology to the arts and music:
http://mitpress.mit.edu/

A reading list created by Dr. Reinhold Grether with seven thousand links covering net artists, researchers, and publicists:
http://www.netzwissenschaft.de/kuenst.htm

Digital Web Magazine is an online magazine for professional web designers, or people who want to use web design to self-publish. It offers many useful links and tutorials on web-related subjects:
http://www.digital-web.com/

Contentious - a 'Web-zine for writers, editors, and others who create content for online media':
http://www.contentious.com/

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Plugins

Always keep your Flash/Shockwave player up to date with the latest versions, as the newest webworks in Flash cannot be read by earlier browsers:
http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?
P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P5_Language=English
http://sdc.shockwave.com/shockwave/download/frameset.fhtml?

The Adobe Acrobat Reader lets you view and print PDF files on all major computer platforms:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html

QuickTime is required for some animation, sound and audio clips:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/