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HTML, XHTML, and General Web Design Issues
• XHTML: the Clean Code Solution
• W3C HTML Validator
• Search Engine Optimization Guidelines by Daria Goetsch
• Browser safe colors
• Web Design Patterns -- shows various solutions for web navigation and tasks.
• The Amsterdam Collection of Patterns in User Interface Design
• Notes from Seybold 2000 - including potentially useful info on designing for wireless.
• Tufte class notes -- from "Presenting Data and Information", a one day class given by Edward Tufte, 6/2001.
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
• O'Reilly Network CSS Reference - examples of the various styles used on oreillynet.com and ability to view the style sheets used for browser/OS combinations.
• Browser Pixel Size Reference - This chart shows the effect of using different pixel sizes on various browser/OS combinations.
• O'Reilly Network Type Size Reference - Specific pixel sizes used by our style sheets.
• Pixel Size Testing - a .php script that shows you different pixel sizes in increments of one pixel. View in various browsers to compare size displays.
• W3C CSS Validation Service
• Browser Compatibility Charts
• Eric Meyer's WebReview and O'Reilly Network articles
• A List Apart: Give Me Pixels or Give Me Death - why to use pixels for font sizes (if anything)
RSS and Related Tech
• How to write RSS 0.91 (Peter's article)
• How to write RSS 1.0 (Rael's Article)
• Meerkat: An Open Service API
• RSS 1.0 Specification Proposal
Usability
• O'Reilly Network Usability Test Results (July 2000)
• Notes from the Jakob Nielsen Usability Seminar
• Why You Only Need to Test With 5 Users - Jakob Nielsen article
• useit.com: Jakob Nielsen's Website - Nielsen's collection of articles, essays and news about usability issues
• Usable Web - huge collection of usability-related resources
• User Testing: How to Plan, Execute, and Report on a Usability Evaluation - builder.com article
• Branding and Usability - article about successful branding via usability
• The Many Moods of Jakob Nielsen - humor
Accessibility
• W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• Accessible.org
Community Building
• Builder.com "Spotlight on Community"
• CommunityStart.com
• Online Community Resources (from Full Circle Associates)
• Web Communities Don't Bring in the $$$
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Editorial Resources
• Schedule -- Who's Who What Where.
• Weblogs for editors.
• Author Guidelines - Derrick's boilerplate for authors.
• Editorial Style Guide - info from the editors of oreillynet.com (may be out of date)
• O'Reilly (Book) Production Style Guide - information for O'Reilly book authors which may also be useful
• TechWeb Encyclopedia - how to spell it, capitalize it, what it means.
• Jargon File Resources - slang terms associated with developers.
• Web Economy Bullshit Generator
Graphics Resources
• Kim's Graphics Pages
• O'Reilly Network Palette chart - includes values for accent colors for various DevCenters.
• O'Reilly Product Design - O'Reilly-wide information on using animals, logos, etc.
• Pixel Guestimator - visually see how large an item of a given pixel size will appear.
• Web Color Visualizer (and believe it or not, the entire contents and scripting for this page are under 5k!)
O'Reilly Network Specifics and CS
• Steve McCannel's most excellent newsletter how-to
• Article Production Intro
• Creating an Article Record in CS - Nancy's guide to CS article record fields.
• Tag snippets for code often used on the O'Reilly Network. (updated August 14, 2001)
• Get the correct path and filename for your article
• Nigel's CS Documentation (requires login and password -- see Nancy for info.
• O'Reilly Network CSS Reference - examples of the various styles used on oreillynet.com and ability to view the style sheet itself.
• O'Reilly Animals - book list (out of date)
• O'Reilly Network Affiliates Site - requires CS login.
Helpful Sites for Web Producers
• The Art of Producing
• CamWorld - Cam blogs many useful and entertaining sites.
• A List Apart - a weekly magazine and moderated mailing list for people who make websites. See also Zeldman's blog.
• InfoDesign - up-to-date resources for Information Design and Information Architecture.
• Information Architecture resources - from Argus Associates.
• Web Producer's Resources - links for info on project management, careers, etc.
• Legal Issues - this lawyer has several articles about web-related legal matters.
O'Reilly Company Links
• Shared drive on magic
• OPG Intranet/Task Lists
• O'Reilly Intranet
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