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:
CPP Staff Links
Reference and Tutorial Sites
Web Technology
- The World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- www.w3.org
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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
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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.
- 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
Inspirational Sites
- CSS Zen Garden
- www.csszengarden.com
- Championing the benefits and possibilities of standards based web
design.
Art
Flash Sites
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.