The documents in this file present a relatively comprehensive discussion of Web Design as it relates to developing a complete web site for. The focus may be either on design considerations, tools used in the design process, or graphics and layout of the design.

• Take 10 minutes to learn HTML.
  The Barebones Guide to HTML (List of HTML commands).
  How Do They Do That In HTML?.
  Tutorials for Beginning HTML If you are a beginner, these sites provide great introductions to HTML that will get you up to speed fast.

• Guide to Web Style.
  Rick Levine, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "This is a cookbook for helping people create better web pages."

• Web Development.
  John December, December Communications, Inc. What does it take to create an effective Web site? This managerial discussion focuses on the organizational processes of Web development.

• Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media's (C/AIM) WWW Style Manual.
  Patrick J. Lynch, Yale Center for Advanced Instructional Media "This manual describes the design principles used to create the pages within the Center for Advanced Instructional Media's (C/AIM) World Wide Web site. This is not an introduction to HTML authoring, as excellent resources already exist for those purposes. This manual is also available as in consolidated pages, for downloading and printing."

• Style Guide for Online Hypertext.
  Tim Berners-Lee, Director of the W3 Consortium. This guide is designed to help you create a WWW hypertext database that effectively communicates your knowledge to the reader. From the creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee.

• Composing Good HTML.
  James "Eric" Tilton, Willamette University. This document attempts to address stylistic points of HTML composition, both at the document and the web level. This is an online book that reflects many of the thoughts in Web Weaving, a book by Eric Tilton, Carl Steadman, and Tyler Jones, to be published by Addison-Wesley.

• Art and the Zen of Web Sites.
  Tony Karp, TLC Systems Corp. A final Zen thought: Before putting something on a web page, think about its real-world equivalent and use that as a guide. If there is no real-world equivalent, it's a bad sign..

• Guide to Good Practices for WWW Authors.
  Margaret Isaacs. Glasgow University Department of Computing Science. "These guidelines have been written primarily for information providers. They assume that information providers will be experienced users of the WWW and be familiar with basic concepts and tools. The guidelines are intended to promote quality, effectiveness, and viability of Web-based services..."

• Making the Most of the World Wide Web for Your Organization.
  James E. Gass, Hughes STX Corporation. The material contained in this document is part of "lessons learned" from the WWW activities of the Study of Electronic Literature for Astronomical Research (STELAR), and the follow-on work on WWW information dissemination on behalf of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Space Science Data Operations Office. It has been compiled to provide background information and guidance to individuals and organizations as they begin to develop World Wide Web-based information services. This document has not been written as an introduction to the technical nature of the WWW nor as a guide to HTML style.

• HTML Documentation and Style: A Directory of Web Sites.
  Keith Ewing, St. Cloud State University. An extensive list of sites originally compiled for use in Keith Ewing's seminar course entitled: Introduction to Hypertext Markup Language and Web Document Design.

• The Web Developer's Virtual Library.
  A well organized listing of products and sites related to website development.

• D. Siegel's site with many tips from his book.
  Creating Killer Websites, Hayden Books, 1996., explains third-generation sites that "use metaphor and visual theme to entice and guide, creating a whole experience for surfers from the first splash screen to the exit."

• Web Links by Steven E. Callihan.
  A detailed categorization and listing of web links related to all aspects of web design and development.