For HTML
A link to Kevin Werbach's "The Bare Bones Guide to HTML", a comprehensive guide to the HTML tags and attributes. The URL is http://werbach.com/barebones/download.html This site may take a while to get to.
A link recommended by Donna Tupper's Spring 1999 students. This HTML guide also provides links to online references and an HTML editor. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Sands/2298/html.htm
A link recommended by Donna Tupper's Spring 2000 students. This website provides a consise description of various HTML tags. The URL is http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/html_cheatsheet/
A link recommended by Donna Tupper's Spring 2001 students. The website provides more HTML help and tutorials. The URL is http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_primary.asp
For Information on Web Page Accessibility
Listed below are several sites which were written by experts on creating websites for browsers that are equipped with software for the disabled.
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund/access-overview.html
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/HTML4-access
http://www.infouse.com/disabilitydata/addaccess.html
The following site was provided by Gretchen Willging of the Math/CMSC department.The link is a quick way to check the accessibility of your own web pages by seeing how it would look in a text only browser. The URL is http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
For Colors and Design Principles
A link to 3d Text Maker, a link recommended by Donna Tupper's Spring 1999 students. This link allows you to create 3D animated text. The URL is http://www.3dtextmaker.com
A website that has a lot of free clip-art you can download is located at Barry's Clip Art. The URL is http://www.barrysclipart.com/index.html.
A student from Donna Tupper's Fall 2000 site found this website which allows you to create your own animation. The URL is www.animationonline.com You might want to check it out.
NOTE: With any clipart site, it is your responsibility to follow request and copyright information as provided by the author.
The 216 color cube is a fantastic site for previewing background colors before you create your webpages. It is actually written in JavaScript using rollovers. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7116/jv_colcb.html Sometimes there is a bit of a problem with the cube, but it is very useful and you can download it.
Another website that will give you hex codes for text and background colors is http://www.lynda.com/hexh.html.
For a site which will give you tips and techniques for reducing the size of your images, visit http://www.infohiway.com/faster/.
For JavaScript
A link to "The Complete FREE Guide to JavaScript" was given to Donna Tupper by one of her Pascal students when he heard she was creating this course. Students are a very generous source of information. This site links to free JavaScripts that you might be able to use during the latter part of the course. Check with your instructor for permission. The URL is http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/5616/msjava.htm
For Copyright Information
One website that has current information on copyright issues and the web is located at The Copyright Website. The URL is http://www.benedict.com/
Another website which contains comprehensive information on copyright issues and the web is available online from the Media Technology Services of the Groton Public School District. The URL is http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/pt2a.htm
Page last updated February 2001
Written by: Donna Tupper