ECI 575 - Web Development for Educators - Tips and Pointers for Web Design

Basic Web Design

• Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide - Perhaps the most cited site (get it?) for web design. Though full of good advice, it is not universally praised. See the Critique of Yale Style Manual for an alternative view. Personally, I like it's feel alot.
• Useable Web - 1133 links about Web Useability. Well organized by topic.
• The Sevloid Guide to Web Design - Bright and airy collection of tips sequenced in order of their appearance in web design.
• Web Development by John December - A rather busy site with a different approach to organizing the do's and don't of creating sites.
• Web Style Resources -- Tips - A collection of sites that contain quick tips. Don't miss the Sucky to Savvy page, which has examples of the good, bad and ugly.
• W3 Org's Style Document - They wrote the language, so pay attention to what they say.

Other Sites of Interest

• Composing Good HTML (Version 2.0.19) - Advanced topics in HTML, laid out in one long, ugly page.
• Writing for the Web - Jakob Neilsen's view of how content should be laid out on the web. He's a strong proponent of simple, clear websites, as you will see.
• GVU's Tenth WWW User Survey: Monitor Screen Size Graphs - How big is the monitor you are designing for?

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