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HTML, CSS & JAVA

From the inventor of HTML : A Beginner's Guide to HTML, Tim Berners-Lee.

Much of the layout work formerly done with HTML is now better accomplished using CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). To find out how to use CSS, check these sites :
HTML Tutorial
W3 Schools : CSS Sheet

Java is a programming language. Find out more

Frames: An Introduction.
Netscape tells you how to incorporarte frames into your page. Make sure you read the part about targeting, that's what will determine whether your frames are a useful addition to the presentation or a "Ball of Confusion".
The NCSA's "How to Create Fill Out Forms"
Written by the head nerds at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications but still relatively easy to read (if you can become one with the nerd within yourself).

Robyn's Road to web page building

COLOURS

Hexadecimals Chart of Web Safe Colours
Check your colours at ZSPC Super Color Chart
A list of 16 colours you can use names for in your tags
(i.e. : bgcolor="black" instead of bgcolor="000000").

FTPs - FREE DOWNLOADS

For the Macintosh FETCH
For Windows / PC WS_FTP

IMAGES, GRAPHICS, SOUND

Free sound samples can be found at

music4flash.com
deusx.com
flashsound
flashkit
fun sound effects at wavcentral
and excellent tutorials on creative web design's many aspects at web developer's journal

Getting out there :
META TAGS & DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION

Resources for getting your web site listed at web developers
and a tutorial
Everything you need to know about priming the search engines
Search Engine Watch, an online newsletter edited by journalist Danny Sullivan, with up-to-date reports on search engines. A web builder's must-see.
Registering your domain name : a link to the international non-profit org. that co-ordinates Domain name registration, InterNIC. With links to many services.

FLASH

Inspiration : check out the Flash Film Festival

To try Flash 5 at home : Free 30-day trial Flash 5 download

Michael Kay's well-written intro to Flash 5 at webmonkey

Basics : A simple Flash tutorial

Useful specialized tutorials, articles and more at the flashzone

Creative Ireland's Spotlight on Flash and resources home page have hundreds of pertinent links.

Some Stuff about the Internet

Netscape's Guide to the Internet

The Creators
An article from WIRED magazine : "Twenty-five years ago, they brought the Internet to life.
By Katie Hafner. With an Interview of Vint Cerf By Steve Cisler.
W3 Consortium.

History and present developments of HTML from the body that oversees Hypertext Markup Language.

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