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Authoring tutorials are more general overviews and how-tos on how to design and webmaster a site. Includes our own authoring experts, our developer's corner, and the tutorials below. For entire sites devoted to webmastery, see the authoring collections section.

What Makes a Great Web Site?

My own guide to the essential traits of great web sites. This two-page summary was culled from recent Internet World issues and my own experience - ABK

Art and the Zen of Web Sites

Do's and don'ts for web site designers from Tony Karp of TLC Systems Corp.

Build a Web Site

Book by net.Genesis and Devra Hall. A technical resource manual for the World Wide Web.

desktopPublishing.com (*)

A valuable collection of resources on Web related topics. Includes information on design, graphics, Java etc.

The Ethics of WWW Site Engineering

An article that compares cyberspace to physical space and shows how web sites are like architecture. Transition spaces can be used to orient the user, like in a building. From the July 1, 1995 issue of CMC Magazine by Chris MacDonald.

Guide to Web Style (*)

A superb web site style guide distilled from Sun's user interface and site design experience. By Rick Levine.

How to create web services

From the Netscape folks.

Independent Web Review

A site dedicated to giving hands-on reviews of software, hardware, and training materials to help the Web-centric world.

Internet Business Center

Provides information about conducting business on the Internet. Also has information on Internet users.

Net Tips for Writers and Designers

Interesting views on well-designed sites and writing from a typography expert named David Siegel. His home page is innovative and graphically stunning, a must see.

Provider tips

From Tim Berners Lee

Provider Style Guidelines

TBL strikes again.

SiteLink "The Web Guide for Macintosh Users"

An immense collection of links for Mac heads. SiteLink has done a few things differently than other directories, their QuickClicks being a fine example. With QuickClicks, you can go directly to the best sites in the collection, bypassing the longer lists and site descriptions in the topic areas. Subjects covered include software, news, and ezines.

They Call Me Webmaster (*)

An excellent summary of the skills needed to become a true Webmaster, by Chuck Musciano. From Sunworld Online, Dec. 1995.

User Interface Design for Sun's WWW Site

A look into the iterative design process of Sun Microsystems home page. Using usability studies the designers show 9 iterations of their home page as it progressed. Overhyperization, poor organization, unneccessary scrolling, and wordy intros are some of the things they found users don't like.

Web 66 Cookbook

Gives the recipes for setting up an Internet server in a Classroom, geared toward the Mac.

Web Communications Comprehensive Guide to Publishing on the Web

For beginning web developers, has everything from Web and HTML introductions, to forms, HTML tags, and how to publicize your site. Nearly all the text is original content, with references to outside resources clearly labelled.

Webcraft

An interesting on-line book that "presents a unique overview of the development process and an identifcation of design components." Says that a new language dubbed Webmedia is evolving. Likens these early stages of the Web to the early film industry.

Web Development

This compound article summarizes the complete life cycle of web development: planning, analysis, design, implementation, and promotion. Key practices and online resources are given for each process. By John December.

The Web Kitchen

Cook up your own webly delights with this well-laid-out guide to creating a Web presence courtesy of Net-Surfers Anonymous

Web Provider Hints

A concise series of hints and tips offered by NASA's NAIC webmasters. Includes questions for providers, guidelines for web pages, and a list of related sites.

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