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This page contains useful links to help you do research for the module.
If you find any further links you think might be helpful please e-mail them to the module tutor.
General Web Design Links:
Web Style Guide Online from Yale one of the best online guides to web design
Useit.com Jakob Nielsen's website. Universally accepted as the usability guru!
Creating Code:
Notepad++ - recommended for this module so DOWNLOAD it!
W3Schools - excellent tutorials for a whole range of web building, including css - recommended for this module KompoZer: highly recommended for creating code. WYSIWYG interfaceHTML Dog - recommended for creating html and css, useful tutorials
Barebones Guide to HTML - very useful contains all the codes
Checking for the best keywords for your site - from Google
Check your site in different browsers with browsershot
Web evaluation:
Evaluating websites - Cornell University Library 5 step guide to evaluating websites
Cyberguide web evaluation forms - save copies onto your personal drives of both content evaluation and design evaluation forms downloadable from here.
Web Pages That Suck - a cheery look at bad web design
Text and Web Design:
Web Design Methodologies:Software LifeCycle Methods - a number of different methods explained
Usability testing:
Usability 101: Introduction to Usability -Jacob Neilsen
Web Design Tools:
Navigation Maps - overview of different navigation diagrams
Other useful links:
Flaming Text - web tools for creating logos etc
WC3 Web validator - useful for validating your code |