ACCESSIBILITY
- Accessibility Guidelines - developed by YSU Web Site Advisory Committee
- Accessible Site Design Guide (from Viewable with Any Browser)
- Colorblind Web Page Filter
- Lift Assistive (UsableNet) software - transcodes web pages into text-only equivalents. Copy and paste code into all department web pages (meets Section 508 and ADA compliance).
- MarkUp Validation Services - World Wide Web Consortium (free service that checks documents like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards)
- Media Access Generator (MAGpie) - creating captions and audio descriptions for rich media (i.e., Flash applications)
- Section 508
- W3C: Web Accessibility Initiative
ANIMATION / FLASH
- CBT Cafe Flash Tutorial (from cbtcafe.com)
- EchoEcho.com's Flash Tutorial (from echoecho.com)
- Flash (from Web Developer's Virtual Library)
- FlashKit's Flash Tutorials (from flashkit.com)
- Free Animated banners - Animation Online
- Kirupa Flash Tutorial
- Adobe Flash Developer Center (from adobe.com)
- SWiSH - Create Flash Animation the Easy Way!
- Ultrashock.com
- W3Schools Flash Tutorial (from w3schools.com)
GRAPHICS FOR DEPARTMENTAL USE
- YSU Word Mark: layered png file | layered psd file (Photoshop) | eps file (Freehand)
Web Templates
- Contact Bob Tupaj, University Website Manager, about using campus content management system (OU Campus) for department website.
BLOGGING
BROWSERS / CROSS BROWSER ISSUES
Current / Popular Browsers
- Microsoft Internet Explorer (Windows - version 8)
- Mozilla Firefox (Windows, Mac, Linux - version 3.5)
- Opera (Windows, Mac, Linux - version 9.6)
- Safari (Windows, Mac - version 4)
- Google Chrome (Windows - version 2)
Unsupported / Dead Browsers
- Netscape Navigator -- America OnLine discontinued development on March 1st, 2008 at version 9. Official Press Release
Information
CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
COLDFUSION
DHTML
Free FTP Hosting / Web File Storage
GRAPHICS / Photoshop & Fireworks Tutorials
HTML
- HTML 3.2 Standard
- HTML 4.01 Standard
- HTML 5 Working Draft (upcoming standard)
- HTML Help (by the Web Site Design Group)
- HTML Station
- W3 Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials
- W3C HTML Validator
- W3C Link Checker
- World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
HTML EDITORS
JAVA
JAVASCRIPT
- Focus on JavaScript (from about.com)
- Free Java and JavaScript (from FreeSite.com)
- Free JavaScript Tutorials, References, Examples and Source Codes
- JavaScript 4 U WebRing
- JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, 3rd Edition
- JavaScript Kit
- The JavaScript Source
- Google AJAX Libraries (CDN-hosted frameworks by Google)
- Google Speed - Web design & programming tutorials & optimization techniques.
- Firebug - Firefox web-developer tool.
Coding Frameworks
UI Frameworks
- jQuery UI (requires jQuery)
- Script.aculo.us (requires Prototype [included])
- dojo toolkit
LISTSERVS
- CHI-WEB Mailing List- moderated discussion list on the human factor aspects of the World Wide Web
- Educause-Constituent & Discussion Groups (Transforming Education Through Information Technologies)
- HighEdWeb - Higher Education Web Professionals
- evolt.org- a world community for web developers, promoting the mutual free exchange of ideas, skills and experiences
- University Web Design (UWEBD) - registration form
- University Web Developers <uwebd />
- Webdesign-L.com
ORGANIZATIONS
PHP / MySQL
WEB DESIGN
- 216 color-safe web palette (from hitmill.com)
- @Websites: Web Site Design and Promotion for Webmasters
- Copyright Website
- Free Buttons.com
- Page Resource.com
- Usable Web
- Web Design Library (from Builder.com)
- Web Developer's Virtual Library
- Web Page Design for Designers
- Web Site Design- Distance Learning Online Course
- Webreview.com: Cross-training for Web Teams
- Web Style Guide Manual
- Xenu Link Validator Software