Here are two sites that I love: W3Schools - Decent online tutorials: http://www.w3schools.com/
StyleMaster - Excellent CSS Web Site building tool. Like it much better than using Dreamweaver for CSS: http://www.westciv.com/style_master/ Good tutorial on positioning using stylemaster, etc... Alan Trick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 11/26/2005, 03:34:45 PM: > Since your at a univeristy you might as well take the time to go over > the some of the more theoretical stuff. This is particlularly a good ida > if your talking to CS students who are more interested in that kind of > thing. > > Probably one of most important things is Semantics. Paricularly the > separation of style and content, although semantics covers a lot more > too. Of course don't over do it (join the www-html list on w3.org for > examples :P) but I htink it will give the students a firm foundation for > a lot of the whys behind how things are done. > > As far as server side languages like PHP, JSP, and the other > abominations - I think that probably belongs in another course. Mainly > because there is a lot of stuff that needs to be covered here > (particularly security issues). If the students haven't done at least > some programming you might find that either 1) it ends up becoming a > second Introduction to Programming 101 or 2) the students won't have a > clue as to what they're doing and will get more confused because there > is an extra layer they don't understand. > > Alan Trick > > On Sat, 2005-11-26 at 00:06 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There are two magazines out of the UK that sometimes offer tutorials > > that you can use in the classrom. One is called WebDesigner and the > > other is called Practical Web Projects > > http://www.paragon.co.uk/wd/index.htm > > http://www.paragon.co.uk/pwp/index.htm > > > > If you want to teach web design from a standards perspective, there are > > three books listed in the right hand column of my blog at > > http://www.netmix.com/wordpress, along with other books that I singled > > out from Amazon that might be useful to you. One is Jeffrey Zeldman's > > "Designing with Web Standards." > > > > I also recommend starting to look into Open Source products, like Typo3, > > Mambo and other Open Source Content Management systems. > > > > Web designers need to learn how to design around open source module > > macros. > > > > For example, Movable Type, Wordpress and other blog systems are all open > > source CMS tools. A web designer is going to need to think about how to > > create templates based on the functionality of these CMS systems. The > > ones I mentioned are php/mySql, but there are other that are Java, ASP > > and JSP as well. > > > > A good resource to get open source CMS tools is opensourcecms.com. > > > > I have yet to find a book that teaches you how to actually think about > > design, fontography and layout, then bring you into HTML production, > > then bring you along into database integration. Since all these methods > > are disparate from each other, but depend on each other, most books > > usually focus on how to's rather than to think creatively. > > > > Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know, but believe me, I've been looking. > > > > In the local Barnes & Noble, there have been many books published that > > you can find in the Graphic Design section, which showcase high end web > > design. That may also be a place to look as well. > > > > Tony Z. > > > > > > > > > > Laura Carlson wrote on 11/26/2005, 01:04:35 AM: > > > > I've been asked if there are useful university-focused > > > > textbooks or other resources suitable for teaching > > > > accessible web design. > > > > > > As Lloyd and Matthew mentioned Joe Clark's "Building Accessible > > > Websites", New Riders Publishing, 2002 is well worth considering. > > > > > > I have been using it for the web accessibility classes that I teach. > > > The Clark book does not assume the reader understands the basics of web > > > accessibility. I specifically chose it because of that and because it > > > goes beyond simply repeating the "party line" from the World Wide Web > > > Consortium (W3C) or Section 508. That is one of the purposes of the > > > classes - to not just read the specifications, but actively engage > > > them. Challenge, dissect, understand, and learn what makes the most > > > sense. Also Joe put the whole book online[1] so if students don't want > > > to purchase it for the class they don't have too. However, the soft > > > cover version of the online book has screen shots and images. The > > > online version does not. > > > > > > The Web Design Reference [2] is a huge online mega-reference (over > > > 3,000 links) of information and articles about web design and > > > development that you might find useful. It has a full section on books > > > [3] as well as online resources (accessibility, CSS, usability, web > > > standards, and many related topics are covered). > > > > > > You might also find the Web Design Update Newsletter [4] helpful. It is > > > a plain text email digest that typically goes out once a week as an > > > adjunct to the site. > > > > > > All the Best, > > > Laura > > > > > > [1] http://joeclark.org/book/sashay/serialization/ > > > [2] http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/ > > > [3] http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/books#access > > > [4] http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdevlist > > > > > > ___________________________________________ > > > Laura L. Carlson > > > Information Technology Systems and Services > > > University of Minnesota Duluth > > > Duluth, MN 55812-3009 > > > http://www.d.umn.edu/goto/webdesign/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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