This section includes resources and links to various sites for helping novice users (newbies). Such as a glossary of Internet terms, the structure of Internet Addressing (URLs), or why you should never send a message in ALL CAPS (i.e., the proper netiquette), and much more.
In the second part, some of the tools and programming languages available for constructing a Web site are introduced. These include the HyperText Markup Language (HTML) and the new Java language.
| EFF's (Extended) Guide to the Internet | A general guide by the Electronic
Frontier Foundation, a nonprofit organisation based in Washington,
D.C., which helps users to learn more about the Internet. It was originally
published electronically in July of 1993 as the Big Dummy's Guide to the
Internet. The current edition is available in several formats and languages.
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| ILC Glossary of Internet Terms | Created by the Internet
Literacy Consultants, a nonprofit organisation promoting education
about the Internet. This glossary explains many of the popular terms, such
as browser, World Wide Web, and much more.
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| Yahoo's Index on Internet: Beginner's Guides | A general guide for first-time users of the Internet. It includes email style guide,
general Internet "manners" (i.e., Netiquette),
answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), calendar of events, and online seminars, etc.
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| Global Village Tour of the Internet | Another guide for the first-time users, developed by the
Internet Literacy Consultants for Global Village Communication.
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| Cyber Course | An online training workshop designed for new users. The ultimate
goal behind Cyber Course is to provide a way for newbies to help
themselves become "knowbies"! (If the site is too slow, you should try the non-framed version instead.) |
| General Web Information | |
| WWW and CERN | These pages describe CERN's
past and present involvement in the World-Wide Web.
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| WWW Consortium | The World-Wide Web Consortium server (W3C)
contains official and technical information about the Web, such as its
technology and the latest HTML specifications, etc.
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| Internet Addressing | |
| Uniform Resource Locators | A tutorial which explains the meaning and structure of a
Uniform Resource Locator (URL), such as http, ftp,
and gopher, etc.
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| A Beginner's Guide to URLs | This is another guide to URLs by the National Center for
Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)
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| WWW Addressing | Names and Addresses, URIs, URLs, URNs, URCs. This is the
overview of addressing (URL, URI) info at W3C
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Tools (for Webpage constructions)
| Tools for WWW Providers | This page includes a list of sites that provide tools for
generating Web pages and maintaining Web sites, such as HTML editors and
converters.
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HoTMetaL PRO | A commercial web editor by SoftQuad.
A non-commercial evaluation version (HoTMetaL) is also available for
free download.
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HyperType Edit | A freeware HTML editor for Windows (3.1, 95 and NT).
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Word Internet Assistant | A free converter by Microsoft that turns
Word for Windows documents into HTML format. Internet Assistant also available for other Microsoft products,
such as Excel and
PowerPoint.
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Awesome Icon Index | An index for various icon collection sites. For a comprehensive
list of tools, you may also try the Awesome
Webmaster Tools Index.
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Programming Languages for the WWW
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
| Introducing HTML 3.2 | HTML 3.2 is a W3C Proposed Recommendation for HTML, developed
together with vendors including IBM,
Microsoft, Netscape
Communications Corporation, Novell,
SoftQuad, Spyglass,
and Sun Microsystems.
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| HTML 3.2 Reference | Reference on the HTML 3.2 standard, code-named Wilbur.
This page is written by Amound "Galactus" Engelfriet of the Web Design Group. An offline version (in *.HLP format) is also available for the Windows environment. |
| Yahoo's Index on HTML Guides and Tutorials | A collection of various links for learning HTML, including HTML style
manuals, various tutorials, examples of bad designs, and general guides.
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| A Beginner's Guide to HTML | It is written by the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications (NCSA) and used by many
as a starting point for understanding HTML. It is an introduction only and
does not intend to offer instructions on every aspects of HTML.
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| Bare Bones HTML 3.2 Quickref | Another reference page for the HTML 3.2 standard. Help files
available in several formats (such as HTML
and plain text versions) and
languages (including a Chinese one).
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| Java/HotJava: An Introduction | It provides a concise, accurate introduction to the Java
programming language and its applications and potential on the Internet,
including a brief history of Java, definition of terms, specifications, and
possible uses.
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| Yahoo's Index on Java Guides and Tutorials | Includes introductions, brief histroy, tutorials, discussion
groups, commercial publications, tips, and examples.
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| The Java Developer | A FAQ site devoted to Java developers worldwide. It provides
a range of valuable services and information.
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| The Java Tutorial | An online tutorial to writing programs in the Java language
by Sun Microsystems. This is an online
version of The Java Tutorial by Mary Campione and Kathy Walrath.
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