Writing

Good Documents

A website explaining how to write effectively and create good documents on the web.

Writing for the Web: Table of Contents

A Table of Contents website allowing you to select a topic you're interested in looking in to.

How Users Read on the Web

The results of a study by John Morkes and Jakob Nielson on how users read on the web. This site contains useful information such as the amount of content and type of language users prefer.

Applying Writing Guidelines to Web Pages

Another site by John Morkes and Jakob Nielson in which they apply the writing guidelines in a study to two of Sun Microsystems' web pages with impressive results.

Designing a Website

Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition

A Website focusing not only on functionality, but also accessibility, CSS, architecture, maintenance and more; a good guide for designing a website.

The Top Ten New Mistakes of Web Design

A website by Jakob Nielson with the top ten new mistakes of web design, updated from the 1996 version.

Ten Good Deeds in Web Design

A website by Nielson listing ten design elements that will increase usability of sites.

Dreamweaver

Tutorial: While this tutorial is long, it is effective in addressing many of the intricacies of Dreamweaver, and includes screenshots, hints, and tips to make the most of your Dreamweaver experience.

Section 1: Introduction to Dreamweaver MX and Exploring Dreamweaver

Section one of the Dreamweaver tutorial covers such topics as the Dreamweaver interface, Dreamweaver views, toolbars, properties inspector, and Dreamweaver panels.

Section 2: Creating Your First Website

Section 2 of the tutorial addresses creating a website, managing site folders, creating an HTML webpage, defining document properties, and uploading a webpage.

Section 3: Creating LInks

Section 3 is devoted to links, including such topics as creating links, linking to files, and linking to named anchors.

Section 4: Adding Content to Your Site

Section 4 contains information on adding content to your site, importing text, cleaning up Microsoft word text, and adding special characters.

Section 5: Formatting Text

Section 5 addresses formatting text, working with CSS, creating and applying styles, and editing styles.

Section 6: Working with Graphics

In Section 6 you will learn how to insert and work with graphics, change properties, and insert a flash movie.

Section 7: Designing Page Layout

Section 7 covers designing page layouts using tables, using CSS, and using layers in a document.

Section 8: Working with Templates and Libraries

In section 8 you will learn how to create, apply, and work with templates, as well as create and add library items to a page.

CSS Tutorials

This site offers a variety of tutorials to help you master Cascading Style Sheets.

Dreamweaver Support Center

If you need help or support, this site provides four options of getting that support, and also includes an additional section near the bottom with additional resources.

Dreamweaver Support Center - Tutorials

This portion of the Support Center lists several tutorials, from getting started to managing your site, and into even more complex aspects.

Fireworks

Fireworks Support Center

This site has several tutorials, starting out with the basics, to help you master Fireworks.