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The web is a unique media that draws from print, multimedia, television & radio. If you want people to visit your pages and keep coming back for more, you need to make sure that your pages are compatible with a variety of browsers, have up-to-date content, are well designed, and have good "eye appeal". Striking the right balance can be a challenge, so here are some resources to help you along the way.
 
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Resources for Designing Good Sites
 

Accessible Web Design Principles A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Information about designing handicapped accessible web pages. The style is hardcore first generation, but the information is important.

BUILDER.COM A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - CNET's excellent resource for web page authors and web site developers.

Creating Killer Web Sites A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - David Siegel's style site for web developers.
<<WARNING>> This site is not for the amateur. Siegel promotes design notions that are risky to implement and hold no respect for the structure of HTML. He is a graphic designer forcing the web to do things is wasn't designed to do.

Creating Net Sites A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Netscape's tools & resources for site developers using Netscape tools.

Guide to Web Style A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Sun Microsystems' "cookbook for helping people create better web pages." By Jakob Nielsen

Internet User Garage A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - This Ziff-Davis (ZDNet) site features a lot of good tutorials on HTML, JavaScript, Web Graphics, and other "how-tos for web builders".

Microsoft's Site Builder Workshop A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Microsoft's tools & resources for web site developers. Includes the Site Builder Gallery. A new browser will be launched for this off-site location
<<WARNING>> This site can really lull you in to the "Just use Microsoft Products, and you don't need and code/design/writing skills" attitude. Poppycock. There are some good resources on these sites, but don't let the trance take hold of you.

Web Accessibility Initiative - Page Author Guidelines A new browser will be launched for this off-site location and Page Author Check List A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - The lunatic fringe. If we did half of the things listed here, the Web would be a model of structure. These guidelines are being prepared under funding from various agencies and departments of the U.S. Government.

Seven Deadly Web Site Sins (And Why You Must Avoid Them at All Costs) A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - ZDNet's Jesse Berst writes about common design problems found throughout the World Wide Web.

The Web Developer's Virtual Library A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - A good source for web design & programming information.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - An vendor neutral international industry consortium providing a repository of information about the World Wide Web for developers and users; reference code implementations to embody and promote standards; and various prototype and sample applications to demonstrate use of new technology. A lot of good tutorials, technical reports and other resources.

Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Commentary by Sun Microsystems Web usability guru. He also has an entire site, USEIT.COM, dedicated to addressing usability issues. Hard hitting stuff!

Web Reference A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Offers an extensive online web reference library and step by step examples.

Web Review A new browser will be launched for this off-site location - Offers a variety of reference materials, reviews, tutorials, and other materials for web authors, designers, developers, and webmasters.

 
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