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Basics

A List Apart www.alistapart.com/ "for people who make websites" A List Apart : 2006
Glossary of web tech www.sitepoint.com/glossary.php?q=A useful summaries sitepoint : 2006
How web pages work www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm Basic HTML Formatting Tags, Getting Your Page Online, Promoting Your Site, Lots More Information, Compare Prices for Web Pages Marshall Brain : 2006
How web servers work computer.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm The Basic Process, Behind the Scenes, The Internet, Clients and Servers, IP Addresses, Domain Names, Name Servers, Ports, Protocols, Putting It All Together, Security, More Marshall Brain : 2006
Netcraft site surveys www.netcraft.com lots of good info; network security, net research Netcraft : 2006
SitePoint www.sitepoint.com/ coding - from html to java SitePoint : 2006
Web Design from Scratch www.webdesignfromscratch.com/ Excellent organised introduction to web design: site architecture, html, css, javascript, usability, design, ... Ben Hunt : 2006
WebMonkey hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/ how-tos about everything related to web WebMonkey : 2006

RSS 2.0 Specification blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss "What is RSS?, Sample files, About this document, Required channel elements, Optional channel elements, Elements of <item>, Comments, Extending RSS, Roadmap Dave Winer, Berkman Center : jan 2005

Testing your Website: Accessibility www.sitepoint.com/article/ultimate-testing-checklist/2 Use text-only and voice browsers; proofread all content; have users try the site; check navigation, site without css. Shirley Kaiser : July 2006
Testing your Website: General www.sitepoint.com/article/ultimate-testing-checklist Test html, css, different browsers, different monitors, links, scripts, downloads, online applications Shirley Kaiser : July 2006
Website Testing: Conquering Cross-browser, Cross-platform Woes brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2005/08/14/csstesting/ Considerations, resources, and great links for cross-browser testing Shirley E. Kaiser : August 2005

Cross-browser web captures www.browsercam.com/ fee, free trial; many features Browsercam : 2006

About web video www.videonics.com/videos/about-web-video.html web video :
Digital video explanation www.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/multimedia/digital_video.html Explanation of digital video :
Using object instead of embed www.alistapart.com/articles/byebyeembed object is the standard, but "Explorer's non-standard use of the object tag has forced standards-loving browsers to use the non-standard embed tag in order to embed movies on a web page." Elizabeth Castro : 11 July 2006
Web video handbook www.webvideoguys.com/handbook.html web video :

The Wiki Way www.schoolforge.org.uk/index.php/The_Wiki_Way "Here is a brief introduction to using and and contributing to our Wiki." What is a wiki; how to contribute to a wiki. Schoolforge : 2006
What is a wiki? www.melbpc.org.au/pcupdate/2307/2307article4.htm " ... a system for collaborative Web publishing that allows Web site visitors to edit and update Web pages. Visitors edit the site through their browsers with no need for any special tools or even any knowledge of HTML." Melbourne PC User Group : July 2003