Appendix

More Web Design Resources

Nielsen, J. (1996) Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design. In Alertbox, [online]. Available: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605 [1997, August 17].

Summary:
A common-sense list of "don'ts" for web design by a highly regarded interface design expert at Sun Microsystems.
Werbach, K. (1996) The Bare Bones Guide to HTML, [online]. Available: http://werbach.com/barebones [1997, August 17].
Summary:
A laundry list of HTML tags, recently updated to include the latest HTML 3.2 specifications.
Schriver, K. A. (1997) Guidelines for designing online displays. In Dynamics in Document Design. Wiley Computer Publishing: New York. pp. 506-517.
Summary:
A consolidated collection of advice from researchers and practitioners about the design of online displays, compiled by an expert in document design.
Cross-platform issues

Gillespie, J. (1997) It's the difference that makes the difference! In High Five, [online]. Available: http://www.highfive.com/feature/past/feature_07.97.html [1997, August 17].

Summary:
A technical, but easy-to-read explanation of why pages look different on Macs and PCs and what to do about it.
Usability testing

Nielsen, J. (1996) Interface design for Sun's WWW site. In Sun Microsystems, [online]. Available: www.sun.com/sun-on-net/uidesign/ [1997, August 17].

Summary:
Results of Sun's extensive usability studies, as well as a couple of methodologies for determining the usability of a web site--card sorting and paper mock-ups.
Web publishing at The University of Arizona

Summary:
A collection of pages from the UA Identification Guide and UAInfo's guidelines for web publishing (http://www.arizona.edu/uainfo/uip/index.shtml). Also included is the UAInfo provider agreement which should be filled out and submitted to UAInfo to have a web site linked from the first 3 levels of UA web space.
Examples from University web sites

Summary:
  • A sample copyright statement for an educational web site on campus, with examples of fair use and unfair use spelled out for visitors.
  • A sample of a page advising people on how to link to The Biology Project, an educational site on campus.
  • A sample of a departmental style manual, intended to keep a consistent identity across departmental web pages that may have different authors.
General Resources

Summary:
  • The publication editorial style guide used by Lo Que Pasa and other news services publications has common English spelling, grammar, abbreviation and punctuation conventions.
  • Photography information for University publications and a Photo Release Form specially formulated by the UA Attorney's Office for web publications.
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