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Boxes and Arrows

Boxes and Arrows is a monthly online journal that addresses "the complex task of bringing architecture and design to the digital landscape." Articles are written by peers of this multi-disciplinary field, and contributions are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to stimulate thought-provoking discussion about a wide range of topics, including professional practices, case studies, historical...

https://boxesandarrows.com/
Building A School Web Site

Produced by The Jade Writers Group, this site offers a basic and easy-to-follow guide for teachers and students who want to construct a Website for their school or personal use. Users can choose to read the guide in order or by section, and it covers topics such as a basic introduction to HTML, using a Web editor, standards, bandwidth, search engine placement, and animation. Although the...

https://wigglebits.com/
CSShark Answers Frequently Asked Questions: The CSS Know-How Site

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is an Internet tool that separates the presentation from the structural markup of a Web site. CSS keeps the structure of a document lean and fast while controlling the appearance of its content. This product is not an adapted tool from print or programming; rather, it is a means of enhancing HTML. For users interested in learning more about this tool, this informative...

http://www.mako4css.com/
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Digital Arts

The Digital Arts website was designed to offer "inspiration for digital creative." It does a fairly standup job of that, offering news updates, tutorials, reviews, features, portfolios, and information about upcoming competitions that will be of interest to those working in a range of industries. First-time visitors would do well to look at the Short Cuts area to learn about new design websites,...

https://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/
Dynamic Drive: DHTML Scripts for the Real World

Dynamic Drive is a great place for Web authors to find Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML) scripts and avoid reinventing the wheel with intricate Web site features. The scripts are available free of charge, and each comes with clear instructions about how to properly integrate them into existing code. From pop up menus and flashy animations to custom window displays, the resources available...

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
Haneng.com

Haneng.com is a very well presented site about Active Server Pages (ASP). Maintained by a Norwegian ASP developer, it is intended as a reference/ training resource for people using ASP in Web authoring and design applications. There are over twenty lessons on various ASP topics, ranging from introductory material to more advanced topics like database integration. A large forum archive lets users...

https://haneng.com
Happy Hues

Happy Hues is a fun color resource perfect for website designers or any project requiring a color palette. The resource offers a curated collection with about 17 pre-selected color schemes. Visitors can explore these different schemes by clicking the "Try changing the palette!" button at the top of the site, or by selecting palettes along the left-hand side of the site (accessible by selecting...

https://www.happyhues.co/
High Ball or Low Ball: Some Basic Considerations for Publishing on the Internet

This article by Jack Solock, Special Librarian for InterNIC Net Scout Services, discusses how consideration of user resources and needs can help Web designers in creating useful Internet resources.

https://scout.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/enduser/archive/1996/eu...
How Do People Evaluate a Web Site's Credibility?

As the Internet continues to grow, users are increasingly faced with the problem of evaluating the trustworthiness of Web sites. This paper presents the results of two studies conducted to determine how people approach this situation. The researchers "gathered the comments people wrote…about each site's credibility and analyzed these comments to track which features of a Web site were noticed (or...

https://dejanmarketing.com/media/pdf/credibility-online.pdf
Internetworking

The Internet Technical Group, "a community for professionals from industry, academia and government organizations who share a common interest in Internet technologies and related behavioral phenomena," provides this new irregularly issued publication that concentrates on web usability, among other areas. The first issue contains articles on user-centered web design, the Log Annotation Device (LAD)...

http://www.internettg.org/
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