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- Ask the Technology Expert (AskLN)
Provides assistance to educators in using technology in the classroom.
Lesson Plans
- Building a School Web Site (The Jade Writers Group, Ltd. - Wigglebits)
Provides a series of tutorials covering most or all of the basic tasks in creating a Web site. For the beginner. 1-00
- SQL - MySQL Tutorial (Webmonkey - Merrall)
Provides three lessons to teach the basics of setting up and using MySQL, for databases on UNIX systems for Web pages. 2-00
- Utilities to Improve Web Sites (ZDNet)
Provides freeware and tips. 2-00
Lists
- Articles on Creating Web Sites (WebReference)
Provides over a dozen articles.
- Check Domain Names (Netmode)
Check domain names with the Big Whois. 2-00
- Hosting Service (HostPro)
Provides Web hosting services. Rated at the top by HostIndex, Web Host Directory, and ECommerce Firms in the winter of 1999-2000. 3-00
- Hosting Service Reviews (ECommerce Firms)
Provides their awards for the top ten Web hosting services. 3-00
- Hosting Service Reviews (ECommerce Firms)
Provides their awards for the top ten Web hosting services. 3-00
- Hosting Service Reviews (HostIndex)
Provides their recommendations for the top 15 Web hosting services. 3-00
- Hosting Service Reviews (Web Host Directory)
Provides their recommendations for the top 6 Web hosting services. 3-00
- Putting Information on the Web
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Resources (eduverse)
Provides tools for using a new standard for creating Web pages, SVG. Provides a cross-platform alternative for graphics and text. 11-99
- Web Development (December Communications)
Provides processes, qualities, elements, and characterisitcs of good Web development.
- Web Development - Processes (December Communications)
Provides 6 steps to high quality Web page design and maintenance.
- Web Page Design (Glover)
Provides five articles on improving Web Pages.
- Web Site Development Resources (Mindspring)
Provides a few page design links, color libraries and graphics links.
Materials
- Advertising Services (ValueClick.com)
Provides payment for the number of click throughs for ads. 5-00
- Cursor With Stars (Smartgrrls)
Provides a cursor that has streaming stars, for use as an example. 2-00
- Free Stuff Page (The Free Site)
- Free and Easy Homepage Maker (TeachersNet)
- Free and Powerful Web Toolkit (ZDNet)
- GIF Optimizer (GifWizard)
Helps to reduce the time necessary to download your graphic files. 1-00
- GIF Optimizer (NetMechanic)
Helps to reduce the time necessary to download your graphic files. Also provides a tool, for under 10 dollars, that monitors your server and alerts you when it is down. 1-00
- Gif Optimizer (GifCruncher)
Reduces the size of GIF and JPEG (graphic) files so that they download faster. 1-00
- Introduction to HTML
- Java Scripts Library (WebMonkey)
Provides scripts for forms, interfaces (such as rollovers), extensions, DHTML, and more. 2-00
- Link Popularity (The PC Edge)
Lists the number of sites that link to a specified site. This is one of the key measures of popularity for rankings by search engines. 1-00
- Links - Broken Link Analyzer (Xenu's Link Sleuth)
Provides a free downloadable program to analyze your Web links.
- Log Analyzers (TUCOWS)
Provides reviews of the best software. 2-00
- Menus - Pull Down (The Menu Factory)
Provides code for making pull down menus or lists.
- Register Your Domain Name (Network Solutions)
Provides for registration of a domain name as the agent for InterNIC, the authority for registration of URLs. 6-99
- Site Test (LookSmart - Beseen)
Tests the speed of your hosting service's server. 7-99
- Software Reviews (TUCOWS)
Provides reviews of the best software, especially utilities.
- Templates for Web Pages (Web Templates)
Provides templates for frames, tables, scripts, pop-ups, rollovers, and more. Also includes many free graphics. 3-00
- Tools for Web Pages (VantageNet - Freepolls.com)
Provides script for surveys of visitors to your site, sending a link to friends, site searches, forums, reviews, and guest lists. 5-00
- Web Hosting (RapidSystem)
Provides Web hosting services, starting at 20 dollars.
- Web Page Design Resources (North Suburban Library System)
Provides resources for graphics and developing a Web page.
- Web Page Load Time Checker (ZDNet Developer)
Describes how long it takes for a Web page, or 20 Web pages, to load with modems of different speeds. 2-00
News
- WebDeveloper
Provides guides for a variety of problems that webmasters encounter. 2-00
Papers
- Acceptable Use Policies (Willard)
- Advanced Use of the World Wide Web (ICONnect)
Provides suggestions on applications with using the World Wide Web.
- Analysis of Acceptable Use Policies (Willard)
- Banner Ads - The Value (UpsideToday - Weiss)
Provides an argument for banner ads for their role in branding a product. 3-00
- Best Practices in Web Page Development (US Department of HHS)
Provides guidelines for development of Web pages under federal funding.
- Branding in the Future (ABC2000)
Provides an argument that in the future gaining a good brand name will be much more important than it is now because the Web provides so many alternatives. 11-99
- Broken Links - Finding (Savitzky)
Provides several methods to find a link that has been broken.
- Building a Web Site from Start to Finish (PC Magazine)
- Creating Killer Web Sites
- How to Build a Home Page
- How to Pick a Web Hosting Service (Berst)
- How to Publish on the Web
- Internet Research Guide (Cyberatlas)
- Locating Owners of Web Sites (WhoIs)
Provides information on ownership of Web sites.
- Mistakes in Page Design (Nielsen)
Provides useful tips on what not to do.
- Monitor Web Sites (NetMind)
Mind-It provides email notices when sites that you specify have been updated. 2-00
- Popularity of Web Sites (Ranksmart)
Provides the top 40 most popular Web sites. 3-00
- Requests for Web Pages (WebCrawler)
Provides random lists of ongoing requests.
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Guide (Wired Digital - Mulder)
Provides a preliminary guide for what SVG is expected to provide. 11-99
- Search Engine Criteria (Online Marketing Monitor)
Provides information about how top search engines operate. 3-00
- Server Information (Netcraft)
Provides information on the server when you provide the URL. 6-99
- Symbols and Special Characters (WebMonkey)
Provides the code for special characters, such as the copyright mark or a tilda over a letter. 2-00
- Tutorial Materials for Web Page Design (Montana)
- Using an Online Service to Build a Site (PC Magazine)
- WWW User Survey (GVU)
- Web Page Style Manual (Lynch and Horton)
- Web Site Development (ZDNet) 2-00
- WebReference For Creating a Web Site
- Webmaster Advice (LinkExchange)
Provides suggestions to Webmasters from Webmasters.
- XML Guide (Wired Digital - Greenspan)
Provides a preliminary guide for what XML coding provides. 11-99
Periodicals
- Internet Traffic Report - Global (Andover.Net)
Provides an index for Internet traffic globally.
- Internet Traffic Report - North America (Andover.Net)
Provides an index for Internet traffic, as well as times of day when traffic is heaviest and data losses are greatest.
Projects
- Advertising Agents (Adauction.com)
Provides services for banner ad publishers. 3-00
- Advertising Agents (PinPoint)
Provides services for banner ad publishers. 3-00
- Advertising Agents (Sonar Network)
Provides services for banner ad publishers. 3-00
- Finding Web ConsultantsBisons (Guru.com)
Provides a matching service between organizations needing qualified professionals and professionals looking for projects.
- Server Comparison (Mecklermedia)
Provides a comparison of Web hosting servers.
- Web Space for Teachers and Students (Tripod)
Hosts Web sites for teachers and students for free. 7-99
Purchase Resources
- AZCdotCom
- Advertising Monitor for Banner Ads (BurstMedia)
Provides banner ad placements and services to monitor click throughs. 3-00
- Advertising Monitor for Banner Ads (WebAdverts)
Provides scripts to monitor click throughs for banner ads. Shareware. 2-00
- Domain Name Issues (Network Solutions)
Provides form for online communication with Network Solutions, the company assigned with the USA responsibility for registration of domain names. 8-99
- Domain Name Payment (Network Solutions)
Provides form for online payment for domain name. 8-99
- The Book
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- Last Updated 08/27/00