Writing in a Visual Age


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links
The links below lead to tips on designing pages and screens.

A Beginner's Guide to HTML
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
Maintained by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana, this primer gives FAQs and detailed instructions-with examples-on how to use HTML coding to create a Web page.

Colormaker
http://www.bagism.com/colormaker
This guide to using colors in a Web page includes advice on creating colors and patterns, explanations of how to use color effectively on the Web, and answers to frequently asked questions.

Document Design
http://pw.english.purdue.edu/resources/docdesign.shtml
The professional writing program at Purdue University lists resources for document, graphic, HTML, and Web design.

A Glossary of Typographic Terms
http://www.adobe.com/type/topics/glossary.html
This site provides a useful reference for print and online text design terms.

Patti's Place for Web Developers
http://www.pattisplace.com/icons
This site links to many collections and archives of free icons, bullets, lines, bars, backgrounds, and symbols that you can use on your own Web page.

Tablemaker
http://www.bagism.com/tablemaker
Features instructions and explanations of how to create a table for a Web page.

Web Style Guide
http://www.webstyleguide.com
The online version of Lynch and Holton's Web Style Guide, second edition, offers extensive information on styling and building user-friendly Web sites.

Yahoo! Graphics
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Graphics/Clip_Art
This directory lists links to free buttons, clip art, and other graphics.






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