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Creating Web Sites: The Missing Manual | ||
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By Matthew MacDonald |
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Missing CD-ROM
Example Files
http://examples.oreilly.com/creatingwstmm/creating_web_sites.zipChapter 1. Preparing for the Web
The history of the Internet
www.isoc.org/internet/history
www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
Internet Explorer (browser)
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie
FireFox (browser)
www.mozilla.org/products/firefox
Netscape (browser)
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp
Opera (browser)
www.opera.com
Safari (browser)
www.apple.com/safari
Summary of Mac browsers
http://darrel.knutson.com/mac/www/browsers.html
Spybot Search & Destroy (spyware removal tool)
www.safer-networking.org
Microsoft AntiSpyware (spyware removal tool)
www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware
Lavasoft Ad-Aware (spyware removal tool)
www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware
Online community of diary writers
www.opendiary.com
One of many free blogging services (see the Chapter 17 link list for more)
http://spaces.msn.com
Personal blogs of Microsoft employees
www.microsoft.com/communities/blogs
A fee-based service for testing a Web page with different browsers
www.netmechanic.com
What not to do in a Web page
www.angelfire.com/super/badwebs
The ultimate examples of bad Web design
www.webpagesthatsuck.com
www.worstoftheweb.com
Chapter 2. Creating Your First Web Page
Java checkers
http://thinks.com/java/checkers/checkers.htm
ActiveX virus scanner
http://housecall.trendmicro.com
Flash games
www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal
XHTML tutorial
www.w3schools.com/xhtml
XHTML validator
www.htmlhelp.com/cgi-bin/validate.cgi
Chapter 3. Putting Your Page on the Web
Domain Direct (Web host)
www.domaindirect.com
Brinkster (Web host)
www.brinkster.com
Insider Hosting (Web host)
www.insiderhosting.com
Pair Networks (Web host)
www.pair.com
Sonic.net (Web host)
www.sonic.net
Yahoo GeoCities (free Web host)
http://geocities.yahoo.com
Angelfire (free Web host)
http://angelfire.lycos.com
Tripod (free Web host)
www.tripod.lycos.com
AOL Hometown (free Web host)
http://hometown.aol.com
Web Host Checklist
http://examples.oreilly.com/creatingwstmm/web_host_checklist.pdf
Chapter 4. Power Tools
ZDNet (shareware)
http://downloads-zdnet.com
Download.com (shareware)
www.download.com
Tucows (shareware)
www.tucows.com
NVu (HTML editor)
www.nvu.com
HTML-Kit (HTML editor)
www.html-kit.com
www.chami.com/html-kit/plugins/info/hkh_w3c_offline
Coffee Cup (HTML editor)
www.coffeecup.com
FrontPage (trial software)
www.microsoft.com/office/frontpage/prodinfo/trial.mspx
Dreamweaver (trial software)
www.macromedia.com/go/trydreamweaver
Chapter 5. HTML Text Tags
Learn about the semantic Web
http://logicerror.com/semanticWeb
Special characters in HTML
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/reference/special_characters
Chapter 6. Style Sheets
Browser usage statistics
www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
CSS compatibility tables for different browsers
www.corecss.com/properties/full-chart.php
www.quirksmode.org
Web safe colors
www.w3schools.com/css/css_colors.asp
Online color pickers
www.webtemplates.com/colors
http://mediagods.com/tools/rgb2hex.htm
www.colorschemer.com/online.html
Information about font support on different operating systems
http://web.mit.edu/jmorzins/www/fonts.html
www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_fontsamp.htm
Detailed information about CSS typography
http://usabletype.com/css
Chapter 7. Adding Graphics
Overview of photo editing software
http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pixelbased/a/bybphotoeditor.htm
Free backgrounds
www.grsites.com/textures
www.backgroundcity.com
www.backgroundsarchive.com
Google image search (pictures are not necessarily free to use)
http://images.google.com
Stock.XCHNG (free pictures)
http://sxc.hu
Overview of places to find free pictures
www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/04/01/where_to_find_great_free.htm
Free clipart
www.grsites.com/webgraphics
www.clipartconnection.com
www.myfreeclipart.com
Microsoft Office clipart
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart
Chapter 8. Linking Pages
Link checker
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
Chapter 9. Page Layout Tools: Tables and Styles
A huge catalog of style-sheet layout examples
www.csszengarden.com
CSS tutorial
www.w3schools.com/css
Style sheet templates
www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts
http://glish.com/css
CSS resources
www.westciv.com/style_master/house
Chapter 10. Frames
How to force frames with JavaScript
http://javascript.about.com/library/blframe.htm
Chapter 11. Attracting Visitors
Web Ring services
http://dir.webring.com/rw
www.bravenet.com
The Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org
http://dmoz.org/add.html (submission rules)
http://dmoz.org/guidelines (editor guidelines)
Google Directory
http://directory.google.com
Yahoo (submission guidelines)
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/suggest
www.apromotionguide.com/yahoo.html (unofficial)
Looksmart/Zeal (submission guidelines)
www.zeal.com/guidelines/user
www.apromotionguide.com/looksmart.html
How Google works
www.akamarketing.com/google-ranking-tips.html
www.markhorrell.com/seo/pagerank.html
www-db.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html
Google (submission)
www.google.com/addurl.html (submit a site)
http://services.google.com/urlconsole/controller (remove a site)
Search Engine Watch (industry news)
www.searchenginewatch.com
Webmaster World (industry news)
www.webmasterworld.com
Google AdWords
http://adwords.google.com
AdWords information
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2164591
www.iterature.com/adwords
Wayback Machine (archived Web pages)
www.archive.org
List of Web robots
www.robotstxt.org
Overview of free log analysis software
www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/loganalyzers.shtml
Overview of free hit counters
www.thefreecountry.com/webmaster/loganalyzers.shtml
StatCounter (free hit counter)
www.statcounter.com
Chapter 12. Letting Your Visitors Talk to You (and Each Other)
Community building on the Web (book excerpts)
www.naima.com/community
Lyris (professional software for groups and newsletters)
www.lyris.com
CGI introduction
www.cgi101.com/book
ASP and ASP.NET introductions
www.w3schools.com/asp
www.w3schools.com/aspnet
HTML Forms tutorial
www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp
Google Groups
http://groups.google.com
http://groups.google.com/intl/en/googlegroups/about.html
Examples of discussion groups on the Web
www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us
http://p085.ezboard.com/bsurvivorsucks
www.officefrustration.com
http://forums.delphiforums.com/LibertyBooks
Chapter 13. Making Money with Your Site
Google AdSense
www.google.com/adsense (sign up)
www.google.com/services/adsense_tour
www.google.com/adsense/taxinfo
www.google.com/adsense/policies
Amazon Associates
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=3435371 (sign up)
http://associates.amazon.com (log in)
www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=3435371 (payment rules)
http://associates.amazon.com/gp/associates/network/build-links/banner/main.html (banners)
PayPal
www.paypal.com
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/seller/ChargebackRisk-outside (about chargebacks)
www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/protections-outside (seller protection)
Chapter 14. JavaScript and DHTML: Adding Interactivity
JavaScript tutorials
www.w3schools.com/js
www.echoecho.com/javascript.htm
www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/jsp
http://webmonkey.wired.com/webmonkey/programming/javascript
Text effect examples
www.codejunction.com/detailed/sequential-fly-in-text-effect.html
www.javascript-page.com/tickert.html
www.flooble.com/scripts/animate.php
JavaScript events
www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_reference.asp
EarthWeb (JavaScript samples)
http://webdeveloper.earthweb.com/webjs
The JavaScript Source (JavaScript samples)
http://javascript.internet.com
JavaScript 2 (JavaScript samples)
www.javascript-2.com
Dynamic Drive (JavaScript samples)
www.dynamicdrive.com
JavaScript FAQ
www.javascripter.net/faq
Chapter 15. Fancy Buttons and Menus
Button image generator
www.buttongenerator.com
Other button image generators
http://cooltext.com/ButtonBrowse.aspx
www.grsites.com/button
Flash button generator
www.flashbuttons.com
Button making software (Windows)
http://free-buttons.org
FrontPage 3D Button Visual Editor add-in
www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=23e6b5ad-c173-4aa4-8348-f400d670e0ac
Navigation bars
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topnavbar.htm
www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/topmen3
Chapter 16. Audio and Video
Winamp (MP3 player)
www.winamp.com
Classical MIDI Archives
www.classicalarchives.com
Audacity (sound editor)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
WAV/MP3 editors
www.goldwave.com
www.fleximusic.com
Sound effects
www.grsites.com/sounds
www.freeaudioclips.com
Video Blogs
http://videoblogging-universe.com
Internet Video Magazine
www.internetvideomag.com
Overview of cheap places to store video files
www.internetvideomag.com/ProductReviews/Services/FreeVideoHosting102.htm
Pixparty (free video hosting)
www.pixparty.com
GIF animations
www.gifanimations.com
www.webdeveloper.com/animations
www.animatedgif.net
Flash player
www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer
Impressive Flash examples
www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal
www.zapdramatic.com
Flash tutorials
www.flashkit.com/tutorials
www.w3schools.com/flash
Flash introduction generator
www.freeflashintros.com
Flash background music loops
www.flashkit.com/loops
Chapter 17. Blogs
Definition of "blog"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblog
Popular blog examples
www.andrewsullivan.com
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com
www.wilwheaton.net
www.schneier.com/blog
http://blog.plaxoed.com
Online feed readers
www.bloglines.com
www.newsisfree.com
www.newsgator.com
Windows feed reader
www.bradsoft.com/feeddemon
MAC feed reader
http://ranchero.com/netnewswire
Overview of feed readers
http://weblogs.about.com/od/aggregators
MSN Spaces (hosted blog)
http://spaces.msn.com
Radio UserLand (hosted blog)
http://radio.userland.com
TypePad (hosted blog)
www.typepad.com
Live Journal (hosted blog)
www.livejournal.com
Xanga (hosted blog)
www.xanga.com
Movable Type (blogging software)
www.movabletype.org
Bloxsom (blogging software)
www.blosxom.com
WordPress (blogging software)
http://wordpress.org
WebCrimson (hosted blog, with the option to self-host)
www.webcrimson.com
Blogger (hosted blog, with the option to self-host)
www.blogger.com
http://help.blogger.com (information)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/topic.py?topic=39 (template tag reference)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=974 (putting Google ads in a blog)
http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=152&topic=17 (create a BlogThis bookmark)
http://buzz.blogger.com/bloggerforword.html (post a blog entry using Word)
Blogger discussion forum
www.bloggerforum.com
Removing the Blogger NavBar (unofficial workaround)
www.diaphaneity.com/layouts/2004/08/how-to-disable-navbar.html
Google Toolbar (for BlogThis)
http://toolbar.google.com
Blogrolling service
www.blogrolling.com
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