Web Content Design
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General

CyberJournalist.net Great Work Gallery

Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (Amazon; the author's website)

Guidelines for Medical and Health Information Sites on the Internet

Improving Web Site Usability and Appeal

The Internet Writer's Handbook (Amazon)

New Media Bibliography

Online Journalism Review

Quality Web Content

Untangling the Web (Editorial Eye)

UW Tech Comm Library

Web Editor's Toolkit

WebWord.com

What Makes Great Content

Worksheets for managing Web redesign projects

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Accessibility

Bobby Worldwide

How We Made the Web Site International and Accessible: A Case Study

Introduction to Web Accessibility

Microsoft Accessibility

Web Accessibility Learning Modules

Careers

Making It in Online Media

Online writers: Finding jobs in the new economy

What it takes to be an online content pro

Graphics

Clip Art from Microsoft Office Online

Color schemes

Design and graphics links

Glossary of graphic design and web page design terms

Graphics and Web Design Based on Edward Tufte's Principles

myfreetemplates.com

Understanding Web Typography

Web Page Design for Designers

What Size and Type of Font Should I Use on My Website?

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Home page design

Home page design (from the Web Style Guide)

Home Page Essentials: Five Questions Every Home Page Should Answer

Ten Most Violated Homepage Design Guidelines

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Information design

Boxes and Arrows

Card Sorting in Information Design

Creating an Information Model

Design Process

InfoDesign

Information Architecture Tutorial (webmonkey)

Information Architecture: You Do It, You Just Don't Know It

Information Design Special Interest Group (Society for Technical Communications)

Information Models for Web Structure

Interface and Interaction Design

The Psychology of  Navigation

Principles of Web Design

Usable Web--Information Architecture

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Legal issues

Copyright Basics (U.S. Copyright Office)

Copyright Law: Framing and Linking

e-rights: Who Controls Electronic Rights—the Publisher or the Writer?

Linking and Framing: Unfair Competition on the Internet?

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Maintenance

Conquering Content in a Web-Enabled World

Get A Handle On Web Content

Losing Sight of the Content in a Content Management System

Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing

Take Full Responsibility for Your Web Content

Untangling Web Content Management

Web Editing and Proofing

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Marketing

29 Ways to Promote Your Website

34 Ideas for Promoting Your Intranet

Analyzing Website Traffic

Ezine-Tips.com

Mailing List Usability

Publicizing Your Site (Without Irritating Everyone on the Net)

Web Marketing Today Info Center

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Research (usage and usability)

thecounter.com--global statistics

Eyetracking study

High-Quality Content for Low-Income and Underserved Communities

How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet

Internet and American Life (Pew Project)

Nua Internet Surveys

Nielsen--NetRatings

Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines

The Usability of Four E-Commerce Sites

Usable Web

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Search and indexing

How Search Engines Rank Web Pages

Indexing the Web (American Society of Indexers)

Information Needs Analysis

Meta Tags--What, Where, Why, When?

Search Engine Optimization for Dummies

Search Engine Secrets

Search Engine Submission Tips

Sitemaps and Site Indexes: What They Are and Why You Should Have Them

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Technical issues

Adobe PDF

Beginner's Guide to HTML

HTML online course (free)

What the Hell is XML?

XML Basics

XML Developer Center (MSDN)

XML: The Next Web Language

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Writing style

Alertbox

Editing a Website: Extending the Levels of Edit

Editing Online Documents: Strategies and Tips

FAQs: How to Write Excellent FAQs that Answer User Questions

Hot Text: Web Writing that Works; includes these downloadable chapters:

Shorten That Text

Make Text Scannable

Cook Up Hot Links

Build Chunky Paragraphs

Reduce Cognitive Burdens

Inverted Pyramids in Cyberspace

Link Titles Help Users Predict Where They Are Going

Microcontent Headlines and Subject Lines

Print Design vs. Web Design

Reading on the Web

Repurposing Print for the Web

Web editors bulletin board

Web writing tips

What is good hypertext writing?

Writing for Information-Rich Web Sites

Writing for the Web (Jakob Nielsen)

Dictionaries

NetLingo

OneLook Dictionaries

Webmonkey Glossary

Webopedia Online Computer Dictionary

whatis.com

Style guides

Dangerous words

E-What? A Guide to the Quirks of New Media Style and Usage (Amazon)

ONLINE! Citation Styles Index

Online Style Guides: Getting Past Caps and Commas

Yale Style Manual

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