Anyone who wants to try their hand at creating a Web site should visit this outstanding online resource. The illustrative guide takes the reader step-by-step through the process of "registering a domain name," writing HTML code, incorporating multimedia features, and, of course, making the site usable and attractive. For the sections of the site that describe software-specific functions,...
A multimedia production company in New Zealand has website that offers free tutorials, references, resources, and forums on electronic media production. There are lessons on "Video", "Audio", "Photography", "Graphics", "Computer", "Internet", a "Glossary", and "Equipment" that offer operating manuals from 18 different brands of equipment. There are a number of free downloads, including a "Talent...
Yes, that subtitle is correct. Despite its author's obvious fondness for all things Sixties (there are pastel daisies on the homepage), this is an excellent site to consult for both creators and scholars of Internet culture. The site features reviews (with accompanying links) of Websites and books devoted to Internet culture, economics, and design. The site's creator -- David Gauntlett, Lecturer...
Since the advent of the World Wide Web, many professionals and library science specialists have devoted a great deal of thought and time to how museums might best create provocative and well designed Web sites in order to best highlight their various holdings and unique collections. The Archives and Museum Informatics group has recently released a number of papers from the recent Museums and the...
The latest issue of Jakob Nielsen's well-respected Alertbox (see the March 7, 1997 Scout Report) suggests ten simple but effective design elements to increase the usability of almost any site. The page also offers links to Nielsen's lists of top-ten mistakes in Web design and Web project management. Anyone maintaining or contemplating the design of a Website should read these short lists.
The most recent offering from the Digital Library Federation (DLF), this report (99 pages) covers the best management and design strategies for digital library services. Authored by Denise Troll Covey, Associate Librarian, Carnegie Mellon University, the report "offers a survey of the methods that are being deployed at leading digital libraries to assess the use and usability of their online...
Cascading style sheets allow for greater control over how a web document is presented, and this site can help interested users learn about them. The Whole Web Catalog Garage, provided by ZDNet, offers a guide to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It presently features an article, written by Dave Dayneko, that focuses on defining text attributes, since this is the one element that most browsers tend to...