Web Resources

Technology and Documentation Practices

Robert Walton

Contemporary Performance Practice, RSAMD 

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Performance Websites

Looking for examples of other performance makers' websites? Use these sites to find links:

• New Work Network - http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk
• New Moves International - http://www.newmoves.co.uk
• Live Art Development Agency - http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/resources/weblinks.html
• Live Art Archives - http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatrecollection/live-art.html
• Arts Admin - http://www.artsadmin.co.uk

CPP Staff Links

• James Leadbitter - The Vacuum Cleaner - http://www.thevacuumcleaner.co.uk
• Grace Surman - http://www.gracesurman.com
• Robert Walton
  • Fish & Game - http://www.fishandgame.org.uk
  • Reader - http://www.readreader.org
  • New Work Network - http://www.newworknetwork.org.uk/robert
• Nic Green - http://www.nicgreen.org.uk
• Kate Stannard - http://www.katestannard.co.uk

Reference and Tutorial Sites

Web Technology

• The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - www.w3.org - develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
• W3 Schools - www.w3schools.com  -  At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP.
  • Learn HTML - Hypertext Markup Language
  • Learn XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
  • Learn CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
  • Learn Flash - Animation platform for websites
• Dave's Site - www.davesite.com/webstation/html/chapX1.shtml  -  This tutorial will teach you how to write your own web pages by using HTML. You do not need any special what-you-see-is-what-you-get HTML editor to use this guide, any old text editor will do just fine.
• HTML Goodies - www.htmlgoodies.com/ - lots of Internet tutorials.

Image Manipulation Technology

• Learning Gimp - www.gimp.org/tutorials/ -  A good place to learn the basics.
• Gimp Savvy - www.gimp-savvy.com - A great free online resource for all things GIMP!
  • Gimp Book - http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html - A free online book with detailed instructions on how to use The GIMP.
  • Photo Archive - http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/index.html - An archive of free to use photos, great for practicing with GIMP.

Inspirational Sites

• CSS Zen Garden - www.csszengarden.com - Championing the benefits and possibilities of standards based web design.

Art

• Mouchette - http://mouchette.org - Mouchette is an online persona.  The site explores the surfaces of character and site navigation.  Some may find the material presented here offensive.
• Rhizome - http://www.rhizome.org - Rhizome is the largest repository of interactive art on the web.
• Tate Net Art  - www.tate.org.uk/netart/ - Tate's net art archive.
• New Media Fix - http://newmediafix.net - A magazine for all new media art.
• Hypertext Now - www.eastgate.com/HypertextNow/ - A guide to the history and creation of hypertexts.

Flash Sites

• Flash Forward - www.flashforwardconference.com - Show case of good practice in Flash design.  Look for the finalists and previous winners to see the work.
• Barracks Stove - www.bornmagazine.org/projects/barracks_stove/ - Interactive text: Untitled (it must be the barracks stove).
• The Skeleton Shop - www.theskeletonshop.com - Aesthetically pleasing Flash game.
• Boula Burton - www.boulaburton.com - Good use of video and a dog.

Software

Free Software

• NVU - www.nvu.com - Open source WYSIWYG HTML editor.
• The Gimp - www.gimp.org - The Gnu Image Manipulation Program, a free alternative to Photoshop. 
• Firefox - www.mozilla.com/firefox/ - A great browser that can be extended with lots of web development tools.  Highly recommended.
• Opera - www.opera.com - Another browser that is far superior to Internet Explorer.
• Open Office - www.openoffice.org - Free and better alternative to Microsoft Office.  Yes it is free, and yes it is better.

Expensive Software (but free trials)

• Adobe - www.adobe.com - producers of Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and Fireworks.