Theme: Making Websites

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1. Getting started with HTML (Dave Raggett).
   

   http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/
   
2. Getting Started with HTML (Jukka Korpela).
   

   http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html-primer.html
   
3. HTML Beginner's Guide.
   

   http://www.htmldog.com/guides/htmlbeginner/
   
4. HTML with Style Tutorials.
   

   http://www.webreference.com/html/tutorials/
   
5. Open Source Web Design.
   

   http://www.oswd.org/
   "A collection of web designs submitted by the community that anyone can download free of charge."
6. Open Web Design.
   

   http://www.openwebdesign.org/
   "A community of designers and site owners sharing free web design templates as well as web design information."
7. W3Schools : Introduction to HTML.
   

   http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_intro.asp
   
8. Web Authoring FAQ.
   

   http://www.htmlhelp.com/faq/html/
   "This document answers questions asked frequently by web authors". Probably not useful for beginners.
9. Web Design from Scratch.
   

   http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/
   A new-ish website that is fairly sound on the design process.
   NB: not for beginners.
10. Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition.
    

    http://www.webstyleguide.com/
    Online version of the print publication -- effectively a free book. Chapters on: process, interface design, site design, page design, typography, editorial style, graphics, multimedia.
11. Website Checklist.
    

    http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/checklist.html
    A succinct, one-page checklist reminding us of what we should look at before we launch a website. Each point on the list is explained.

1. Computers and Internet : Accessibility.
2. Computers and Internet : Email.
3. Computers and Internet : Images.
4. Computers and Internet : Learning Resources.
5. Computers and Internet : Search.
6. Computers and Internet : Software : Browsers.
7. Computers and Internet : Software : Nvu.
8. Contact and Communication : Contributing.