Resources

• Accessibiity & Usability Resources
• Design & Style Guides
• Additional Information & Guides
• HTML
• CSS
• PHP

Accessibility & Usability Resources

• Human Ability and Accessibility Center
  Support for making accessible web sites.
• Accessibility and the Web
  A web site is accessible if anyone using any kind of web browsing technology is able to visit any page on the site and get full and complete understanding of the information contained there, as well as have full and complete ability to interact with the site. (Letourneau, 1998, 2000)
• Accessibility at Mason
  A university site that provides all members of the George Mason University community with easy access to information regarding the physical and programmatic accessibility of all Mason campuses and programs.
• Usable Web
  A collection of links about information architecture, human factors, user interface issues, and usable design specific to the World Wide Web by Keith Instone.
• Web Design Group
  This site offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics and promotes the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide.

Design and Style Guides

• Mason's Web Style Guide
  Tips to make you be a better communicator on the Net and make your HTML pages look great.
• Yale CAIM Web Style Guide One of the most complete references on web style.

Additional Information and Guides

• Webmonkey: Reference: Color Codes
• VisiBone Webmaster's Color Lab
• Browser-Safe Web Palette
• NCSA's Guide to CGI
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) The site provides standards and information on a variety of topics and issues that affect the web.
• Visitor Counter
  Instructions on how to add a visitor counter to your website.
  (For www.gmu.edu sites only.)
• HTACCESS
  Instructions on how to password protect a directory in your website.
  (For www.gmu.edu sites only.)
• CGI PERL Script
  Instructions and sample code to assist you in creating and implementing an e-mail form on your website. (For www.gmu.edu sites only.)
• Python Manual
  Online manual about the Python programming language used for scripting and rapid application development. (For www.gmu.edu sites only.)

HTML

• Barebones Guide to HTML
• The 24-Hour HTML Café
  This electronic café offers an assortment of free samples and tasty treats to help you get up to speed on HTML in a hurry.
• HTML Goodies
  developer.com's collection of resources.
• XHTML2 Working Group
  The World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) guidelines and specifications for HTML.
• NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML
  This guide is intended to be an introduction to using HTML and creating files for the Web.
• Web Design Group
  This site offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics and promotes the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide.

CSS

• A List Apart
  A List Apart Magazine explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards.
• W3Schools
  In depth tutorial of CSS authoring.
• Zen Garden
  Site that demonstrates what can be done using CSS.

PHP

• PHP.net
  Complete resource for PHP programming.