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links have been sorted into various categories as shown above,
but be aware that the some pages will include information covering
several categories. Links are constantly being added to this page. I would be pleased to receive suggestions for inclusion and
notification of any bad links. Thanks John McGuinn ASP site See also Tutorial 1 Browsers section Customs and Excise - VAT etc Check the Trading on the Internet link News and information on tax and national insurance matters in the United
Kingdom HM Customs and Excise Data Protection Act 1998 Tutorials for Netscape Composer HTML Editor. Check out: Ultradev Extensions All the links on this page open in a separate
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Page Contents
Page Introduction
Anti Virus
ASP
Broadband
Browsers
Business - Starting your own
CGI
CGI scripts. Also see JavaScript
Composer Tutorials
Computer Dictionaries and encyclopaedias
Computer Dictionaries encyclopaedia.
CSS Tutorials
Database
Design
Download Sites
Tuscows. Davecentral. Shareware.
Dreamweaver
E-COMMERCE
First Class-Help
Help on the First class conference and e-mail system
Flash
Fonts
Fun
Graphics
Help Sites
HTML Tutorials
Webmonkey. Joe Burns goodies and more
HTML Validation and Standards
Validate your HTML code. HTML 4.0 specification
JavaScript
Also see CGI
Miscellaneous
Modems
OU
TMA Mark Calculator
Paint Shop Pro
Password Protection
PHP
Poorly Computer or Software
Spyware
Starting your own business
DTI advise on using IT. Lists government resources. DTI resources for e-commerce
Student Sites
Student (T171, T170 and TT280) 2002 Sites
Promote your site
T171 Tutor Sites
Bob Buckley. Hilary Atkins- History of the Internet - Learning Style Theory and Computer Mediated Communication. Liz Thakrey-Using
Netscape Composer. Michelle Dewey. Mike Hall- learning HTML - Site Map. Roger Beamont. Veronica Yuill. Wendy Clark
TCP/IP
Technology Information Sites
How things work. Techie things.
TT280
Course Information
Webmaster Tools
Webmaster's Tools have been moved to there own page.
Windows
XML and XHTML
Page Introduction
Useful Resources
Anti Virus
http://security.symantec.com/
Run a (free) online virus scan on your system.
ASP
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/server/asp/ASPover.asp
Microsoft's ASP Overview pages
provide information about Active Server Pages (ASP).
http://www.netmag.co.uk/tutorials/default.asp?subsectionid=
33&articleid=54202&pagetype=2
Tutorial
http://www.aspzone.com/
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
http://www.aspexpress.com/aspexpress.asp
ASP Editor, tutorials
etc.
Top.
Broadband
http://www.bt.com/btbroadband/ns_about_broadband.jsp?targetSection=BB_
DEMO&showsub=ns_what_is_broadband&showsub3=
NS-LM_Demo&obsNoSee
=Y&vStore=1322&obsPage=/btbroadband/ns_home.jsp&obsType=LINK&obsOID=30538Demonstrations - the difference that broadband
makes to the way you experience the Internet
Browsers
Up to 80% off for Students from Adobe. Plus FREE Shipping Offer
Search this site for a word or phrase. Place phrases inside "double
quotes"
http://developer.netscape.com/evangelism/tools/
practical-browser-sniffing/ http://www.mozilla.org/docs/web-developer/sniffer/browser_type.htmlBrowser Sniffing
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/detect.html
Browser detect
http://www.dithered.com/javascript/browser_detect/index.html
Browser detect - regular update to the script
http://www.opera.com/support/usingopera/standards/
tells you that Opera conforms to ECMA 262.
ECMAScript
Language Specification will find a monster pdf file of ECMA 262.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ppk/js/version5.html
W3C DOM Browser (Version 5) Compatibility
Table
http://cross-browser.com/
CBE is a cross-browser DHTML Javascript
library or API. You download CBE to your own computer and use
it to develop dynamic web applications (DHTML). You then upload your
application and the CBE files to your own site.
http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/starthere/browserreview.html
Review of Browsers
Top.
Business - Starting your own
Government Sites
http://www.ukonlineforbusiness.gov.uk
DTI office offers advise on using IT, lists government
resources.
http://www.beyondbricks.com
DTI resorses for e-commerce
http://www.dataprotection.gov.uk/
Data Protection Act
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
http://www.dti.gov.uk/er/nmw/
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/
http://www.hmce.gov.uk/
Should
I be registered for VAT?
Trading on the Internet
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/19980029.htm
http://www.info4local.gov.uk/usefullinks.asp
Long list of Goverment Links
Others
Open university - OUSA Small Business Conference on
First Class
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/
Basic company information is free
http://www.coddan.co.uk/?s=B1
LIMITED COMPANY ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES. WHICH FORM OF BUSINESS
TO CHOOSE?
CGI
http://www.hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/26/index4a.html
"CGI Scripts for Fun and Profit" is an article
from the Hotwired Webmonkey site on incorporating ready-made CGI (Common
Gateway Interface) scripts into your pages.
http://www.cgi-resources.com/
The CGI Resource Index is a repository of all things
related to CGI, including ready-made scripts, documentation, books,
and even programmers for hire.
http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/
The Common Gateway Interface site includes an introduction
to CGI.
http://htmlhelp.org/faq/cgifaq.html
CGI Programming FAQ and check out the rest of the site.
cgi.resourceindex.com
Composer Tutorials
http://www.netscape.com/browsers/using/newusers/composer/
Netscape's own composer tutorial
http://facweb.furman.edu/~pecoy/mfl195/composer/
http://www.guide.net.nz/mtn/web2.html
A more advanced tutorial, with links to others,
including counters, forms etc.
http://home.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/frames.html
Netscape's frames tutorial.
http://www.pageresource.com/html/frame1.htm
Frames tutorial
http://www.education.umd.edu/blt/tcp/composer.html
Top.
Computer Dictionary and encyclopaedias
http://www.pcwebopaedia.com
Computer related terms .
http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html
Computing Dictionary
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/
List of Computer Dictionaries
Top.
CSS
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/index.html
Some fabulous demos of what you can do in CSS, and info on
how it is done
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/menus/demo.html
CSS Popup menu
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS1
The Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 specification (CSS1) is the official
specification for style sheets from the World Wide Web Consortium.
http://www.cssplay.co.uk/
Loads of terrific examples of working with CSS - Demos galore, Boxes with round corners , dozens of CSS menus
http://webreview.com/style/index.shtml
Web Review's Style Sheets Reference Guide explains what CSS
styles are and which browsers they work in.
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
CSS Validator you can enter your URI (URL) or Download version
2.0
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/house/tutorials/index.html
Tutorial
http://www.webattack.com/Freeware/webpublish/fwstyle.shtml
CSS Editors
http://www.webmasterbase.com/subcats/70
Good site and newsletter Loads of good help, advise and articles.
http://www.w3schools.com
Basic intro to styles.
http://www.dynamicdeezign.com/css/introduction.html
good css tutorial
http://www.brookdale.cc.nj.us/fac/engtech/aandersen/htmlclass/mod4/
Tutorial Creating Web Pages With Style - CSS2
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/35/index2a_page2.html
A very good tutorial on CSS text size control.
A far more comlicated subject than one would imagine. Many pros and cons for various
solutions. I suppose in the end you use a compromise.
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
?
http://www.mako4css.com/Basics.htm
The CSS Know-How Site
http://www.d-jw.co.uk/
The Test Bed. Experiments with CSS
http://www.uiaccess.com/scaletext.html
Scalable Text - Absolute and Relative sizing text
http://style.cleverchimp.com/font_size/scale/
The Amazing Em Unit - but does it work?
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_units.asp
CSS Units - Info about sizing in CSS
http://www.wired.com/news/explanation.html
This site- Uses CSS - Check out the change "Text Size" buttons,
the 4 As
http://www.d-jw.co.uk/
Experimenting with CSS
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/98/26/index1a.html
Tables or CSS Layout positioning
http://www.osborne.com/programming_webdev/0072131780/0072131780_ch01.pdf
Chapter 1 Basic CSS Concepts - Review this chapter
- experiment with CSS and reread
http://alistapart.com/stories/practicalcss/
Practical CSS Layout. Tips, tricks and techniques
Tutorial
http://www.glish.com/css/
Good CSS resource
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/dropdowns/
Menu
Top.
Database
http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/DB/
Tutorial
Design
http://www.iwdp.co.uk
Independent Web Designer Portal. Web Designer
get your site listed here. Run by Wickie an Open University student.
http://www.isii.com/ui_design.html#Web%20Design
%20Style%20Guides
Web Design Style Guides
http://www.isii.com/ui_design.html
User Interface Design and Usability
Download Sites
http://www.tucows.com
One of the top sites to download programs
from available. Loads of shareware programs.
http://tuscows.cableinet.net
A good site for program reviews.
http://www.davecentral.com
If its not at Tuscows it will probably be available
at Davecentral
www
shareware.com
Another top site
http://www.webattack.com/freeware/freeware.shtml
Hundreds of headings, to select from
http://www.moosoft.com
The Cleaner is a program that searches out www.moosoft.com
and cleans them from your system.
Top.
Dreamweaver / Ultradev
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See my recommended
Dreamweaver books section
See my Dreamweaver Tutorial
- Set Up your new Site, Set up your working space
http://www.web-building.com/pgm_dreamweaver.php3
Top Dreamweaver and Ulradev Resource
site
http://www.udzone.com/
http://www.dwzone.net/good sites for Dreamweaver and UltraDev
http://www.contractoruk.co.uk/freeskills.html?vs_category=5
Tutorial-
http://www.basic-ultradev.com/articles/Links.htm
http://www.udzone.com/
Very good
http://www.cwdesigner.com/links/Online_Tutorials/Dreamweaver/
http://www.udnewbie.com/home.cfm
http://www.massimocorner.com/
http://www.macromedia.com/support/dreamweaver
http://www.projectseven.com
Dreamweaver tools you can always
trust
http://www.flashthief.com/freeextensions/
ultradev_extensions.htm
http://www.projectseven.com/
Tutorials, free extensions (also pay for extensions)
http://www.dwzone.net/
E-COMMERCE
http://www.mals-e.com/
FREE E-COMMERCE SERVICE
If you want to start selling goods or services on the internet then
you probably need to add some sort of additional functionality to
your website. Mal's free e-commerce service will help you do just
that.
http://www.ecommercebase.com/subcats/66
Articles about setting up a business.
www.cubecart.com
www.paypal.com
On line payments
www.oscommerce.com
First Class- Help
http://www.fcguru.org.uk
http://fcguru.dyndns.org/public60/index60.shtml
Some people have problems with the first link
http://www-emerg.open.ac.uk/fcguru/
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guide
and
San
Marino Apartments to rent
in
Los
Cristianos
Top.
Flash
http://flashkit.com
http://flashkit.com/flashtyper
FlashTyper is a fast tool for making an animated text banner for your site.
http://kmi.open.ac.uk/home.swf
http://www.designsxchange.com/
Flash, PHP, HTML, JS etc
Top.
Fonts
http://www.identifont.com/identify.html
Answer a few questions ti identify a font
Fun
http://www.talkinggreeting.com
Talking messages from cartoon characters to send to your mates.
Graphics
http://www.xara.com/
Download Xara Webstyle 3 free trial version grahic program.
Makes Banners, logos, buttons, navigation bars and menus, dividers, themed sets, headings, photos, and backgrounds
http://www.xat.com/
http://webservices.adobe.com/optimize/main.html
Ifranview
http://www.google.com/imghp?hl=en
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/
Author/dhtml/howto/ShortcutIcon.asp
How to Add a Shortcut Icon to a Web Page
http://www.axialis.com/axicons/
Create, Edit and Manage your Windows Icons! 30 Day free trial
http://www.favicon.com/
favicon.ico - Adding your own Favourite icon
http://www.webattack.com/get/iconediter.shtml
Download a freeware IconEditor
http://www.3-t.com/pub/png/pngs-img.html
Miscellaneous Transparent PNG Images using IMG Tags
http://www.m3corp.comMillennium 3D Textures, models,tutorials and lots of other free stuff.
Top.
Help Sites
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/help
You may have to register at these forum style sites, and navigate to the correct forum, but you will get answers to your problems.
http://support.pcpitstop.com
http://groups.google.com
http://www.help.com
http://www.virtualdr.com
http://www.experts exchange
Point system, you must answer some problems, thus gaining points, before you can submit your own problem.
Domain Names & Hosting
1&1 Domain Names & Web site Hosting
*** Recomended ***
http://www.webhostingstuff.com
Web Hosting Stuff - a hosting directory site, that currently lists and reviews 5,800+ web hosting plans.
Dedicated Servers
HostingSource, Inc. is a leading web hosting
provider,
offering reliable, scalable solutions for customers of all sizes and services.HTML Tutorials
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author
/dhtml/reference/objects/doctype.asp
DOCTYPE Internet Development Index
Webmonkey's HTML Basics tutorial
www.webmonkey.com Web Monkey
Joe Burns goodies Site
HTML Tutorials
http://www.stickysauce.com/
http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/html/
Index DOT HTML is a comprehensive listing of HTML tags, attributes, and values, as well as their compatibility
with the various browsers.
http://www.zdnet.com/devhead/resources/tag_library/
The ZDNet Developer Tag Library is another listing of information about all HTML tags.
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/
http://www.cookwood.com/html4_4e/
Popular with 2001 T171 students
http://24hourhtmlcafe.com/
Popular with 2001 T171 students
http://www.mcjeff.com
http://ohioline.osu.edu/~ames1/webpages/composer.htm
Using Netscape Composer Html Editor
http://t171.open.ac.uk/t171/welcome/composer.cfm?DisplayMode=
live&CFID=197156&CFTOKEN=72214824
Netscape Composer Tutorial.
T171 Login and password required
http://www.lizit.com/lizi_things/web_authoring/index.htm
Tutorial: Creating a simple web page
http://www.ncdesign.org/html/index.htm
NCD HTML Design Guide
http://www.ncdesign.org/html/sindex.htm
NCD Style Sheet Guide
http://www.graphic-design.com/Web/PixelSmith/colors/index.html
Coordinated colours
www.echoecho.com
HTML tutorial on Metatags:
http://www.oswd.org/
100s of neat web site designs, that may assist you with your own design ideas.
http://www.the5k.org/index.asp
Creative web design with a 5k limit. May assist you with your own design ideas.
www.findtutorials.com
Find Tutorials
http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/
Viewable in all browser Design, online or downloadable zip file
http://www.hypergurl.com/custom404.html
http://www.eservers.com.au/emanual/howto_404.phtml
http://www.404lab.com/
Customising your own 404 pages
http://www.artlung.com/lab/scripting/the-problem-with-blur/
Demo and drawbacks of disabling the dotted lines around links with blur
Top.
HTML Validation and Standards
Accessability
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html
Accessiblity Checklist
http://www.cast.org/bobby/
Accessiblity Validator.
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
See what your site looks like through the eyes of a text only browser
http://www.cmac.state.ct.us/access/tools.html
#validation
http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/Browsing
Accessibility issues - demos and some free downloads
http://validator.w3.org/file-upload.html
Validate your HTML or XHTML code. Upload file to be validated from your computer
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/
HTML 4.01 Specification
http://validator.w3.org/
Validate your HTML or XHTML code by supplying URI (URL)
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist.html
Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
http://www.nic.uk/whois/
WHOIS for .co.uk domains
http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois
http://whois.registrar.aol.com/whois/
http://www.samspade.org/
Sam Spade Who is queries and other Tools .Lots of online tools
Sam Spade for Windows, The Library,Tools and utilities
http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
HyperText Markup Language Home Page
http://www.anybrowser.com/siteviewer.html
http://www.anybrowser.com/ScreenSizeTest.html
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/offline/
http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/validator/Free trial then costs £12.00 and its yours
Give this online WDG validator
Top.
JavaScript
http://javascript.internet.com/
Java Script Source. Great site
http://www.a1javascripts.com
http://www.jsworld.com
http://www.javaside.com
http://www.siliceo.com/java.html
Java
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/index.html
Java
Javascripts and references:
http://www.java.sun.com
Tutorials and download Bruce Eck's Thinking in Java which comes free in .pdf format
http://www.webreference.com/js/tools/rollovers/
Good rollover creator
http://www.hotscripts.com/
Java and other scripts
http://www.the-cool-place.co.uk/javascript/cutandpaste/cutandpaste6.html
http://www.javascriptworld.com/scripts/
Script examples for the book
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/
http://webteacher.com/javascript/index.html
Tutorial with examples
http://www.hotscripts.com/
Loads of Java and other scripts
http://evolt.org/article/thelist/17/20938/
Links & JavaScript Living Together in Harmony
Top.
Macromedia
Miscellaneous
http://filext.com/
File extensions
http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileFormatA/0,289933,sid9,00.html
File extensions
webdevelopersjournal.com
There are areas dedicated to design, business, javascript, coding and discussion groups
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi
A wonderful resource for internet trends & statistics, can always find interesting survey results. Quoted by Sam. Holland T171
tutor
http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=LessonPlans
Training, Lesson plans, tutorials on Microsoft programs
http://www.bbsinc.com/iso8859.html
Entities Table lists the entity names used in ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/
reference/events.asp#om40_event
The Dynamic HTML Events page provides information about events in Microsoft Internet Explorer.
http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/
Sun's JSP page provides information about JavaServer Pages (JSP).
http://www.allaire.com/Products/ColdFusion
http://www.macromedia.com/software/coldfusion/Allaire's (now Macromedia) ColdFusion product page provides information about ColdFusion.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/alert
Obtain an e-mail notification of some topic that will appear on BBC TV.
http://www.open2.net/systems/
Looks like an interesting site for OU students.
http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/mags/corner.htm
List of British Computer Magazines with links to their Web sites
http://www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~sxw/robots/check/
robots.txt syntax checker
http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion-admin.html
Stopping robots
http://www.internic.net/whois.html
To cheYou can stop search engines from spidering the pages too, by using a couple of lines of code in a robotsck
the ownership of a domain name
http://software.xfx.net/
pop-up killer
http://www.ripe.net
Who is attacking you, connect to[ www.ripe.net ] and type in their IP address. This should
give you an address to contacy for abuse reports. Email this address with the date and time of the attack and the details of the IP address
attacking you. You will need to include a copy of your firewall log.
http://www.dslreports.com/secureme
Check your Firewall-request a security scan.
www.grc.com/su-leaktest.htm
Steve Gibson's clever LeakTest program, analyses your PC's firewall for weak spots. Zone Alarm comes out well
in this test.
http://www.webreference.com/
http://www.pbs.org/opb/nerds2.0.1/
Nerds -Robert X. Cringely et al
http://www.educause.edu/conference/e98/webcast98.html
Alan Kay - The Computer "Revolution" Hasn't Happened Yet!
http://www.contractoruk.co.uk/freeskills.html
Tutorials on many programming languages and other subjects
http://visualroute.visualware.co.uk/
This VisualRoute Server provides a graphical traceroute from this server to any other network device you choose.
To trace back to your computer, just press the button with your IP
address below. To trace to any other network device, enter the host name or URL
http://www.intel.com/research/silicon/moorespaper.pdf
Moores Law: Moore's original submission of his theory to the Electronics Journal in April 1965.
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/
Extensive Mathematics resource. By the makers of Mathematica
http://www.trafficzap.com/linkpopularity.asp
Check who is linking to your site, using Alta Vista, Lycos, Hot Bot or MSN search encines
http://www.webjectives.com/keyword.htm
Use this tool to analyze the pages of your competition to determine the optimum density for your keywords.
http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=
&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB=REQINT1=53546
Top ten Internet fraud list
192.com
Similar to telephone enquires. Either pay for the service or sign up with a sponser and recieve their newletter.
http://www.iberpass.com/
Useful if you want interner connection and doing a lot of travelling.
http://www.sophos.com
Trojan removal instructions
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/lsmp/index.html
Medical Problems - Self help
http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/tpsr/html/default.asp
Telephone preference service sytop spam calls
Top.
Modems
http://www.speedtest.com/
Check your Modem speed
Open University
http://telemat.open.ac.uk/webapps/
Web Application Development Certificate
http://www.westnet.u-net.com/marx/online/marxonline.htm
TMA Mark Calculator
https://msds.open.ac.uk/sams/sams001.asp?URL=
http://etma.open.ac.uk/student/student.asppermutations of grades required to gain each class of honours degree
http://www.open.ac.uk/courseviews/
Students and Tutors comments on OU courses
http://www2.open.ac.uk/ousa/frame1.html
Welcome to the Open University Students Association (OUSA)
www.open.ac.uk/etma/student
The ETMA system
Paint Shop Pro
Tutorials
www.kirupa.com
www.pspiz.com
http://loriweb.pair.com/howto.html
http://www.pinoy7.com/default.htm
http://www.state-of-entropy.com/ (this guy is an OU student!!)
http://www.teamphotoshop.com/
http://www.photoshopcafe.com/index.htm
http://www.vtc.com/productdetail.php?sku=33299&dealercode=A337
http://www.grafx-design.com/psp_tut.html
Password Protection
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth
.htaccess method
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess3.shtml
.htaccess password protection
PHP
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012002.html
PHP security vulnerabilities
http://www.webmasterbase.com/article.php/525
Build your own Database Driven Website using PHP & MySQL
http://www.php.net/
The PHP pages provide information about PHP: Hypertext Pre-processor.
http://www.php.net/release_4_2_2.php
Security problem in PHP versions 4.2.0 and 4.2.1.
http://www.3dbuzz.com/
PHP Video tutorials. Log in ->home section ->downloads
http://www.thedemosite.co.uk/index.php
PHP/MySQL/Javascript example on password protection.
http://www.bravenet.com/samples/password.php
Cut-and-paste' password Bravenet
Top.
Poorly Computer or Software
http://computerdocter.com/
Promote your site
Student (T171, T170 and TT280) 2002 Sites
HTML T171 tutorial
Test it out if you want.
Student Name
URL
Site Description or Title
Jim Taylor
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~taylorjp/SafeColours.htm
very neat Safe Colour Chart.
Sam Covington
http://www.sam.covington.btinternet.co.uk/sam_computing_tu170.htm
Sams T170 page
Jenfer Dando
http://www.jenfer.co.uk
Tu170 T171 T209
Top.
Protocols
http://compnetworking.about.com/library/gateway/blip.htm
Internet Protocol tutorials
http://compnetworking.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000a.htm
Internet Protocol Self Test
Search Engines
http://www.archive.org
The Waybackmachine - Very useful reference archive of cached copies of over 10 billion web pages
Spyware
http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm
Info on adware (spyware)
http://www.spychecker.com/
is it spyware?
http://grc.com/oo/aureate.htm
opt out
Top.
Student Sites
Top.
T171 Tutor Sites
Nigel Gibson 2
http://www.nigel.gibson2.btinternet.co.uk/timelines/index.htm
Liz Thakrey Region 3 Using Netscape Composer
Bob Buckley (Also M206)
Roger Beamont (Also M206 M301) Region 7
Chris Bird
Wendy Clark
Mike Hall - learning HTML - Site Map
Michelle Dewey Region 13
Hilary Atkins - History
of the Internet - Learning Style Theory and Computer Mediated
Communication
Veronica Yuill
Nigel Cubitt. Tutor T171, Co-moderator T171 Tech. Help II and Forum II, CO-moderator TU170 Tutor Help.
TMAs flat file structure
Guidance on requirements for eTMA submission
- File names, Naming Conventions, flat file structure, Folders, Path
Jim Dobbs For Site Map click "My Site" link. Loads of
info.
Top.
TCP/IP
Technology Information Sites
http://www.howstuffworks.com
It tells you how things work.
http://whatis.com
Techie things
http://www.wired.com
Top technology site
http://www.newlogic.co.uk/fdisk.htm
Quick Guide To Partitioning A Hard Drive
Top.
Travel
Cities, Countries and Towns
TT280
http://telemat.open.ac.uk/webapps/index.html
Information about the Open University Web design course
Tutorials
Web Design
http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/ http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/
http://www.useit.com/ http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.htmlAfter reading all these links on web design and good and bad pages
http://www.unfccc.int/resource/library/criteria.html
http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
http://www.wdvl.com
Good Site
Top.
Webmaster Tools
Windows
Some useful 'built in' Windows programs
rsrcmtr - Resource monitor
msconfig Check the configuration.
msinfo32 - System information
sysmon - System monitor
sysedit - System editor. Edit the files autoexec.bat, config.sys etc
winfile - Windows 3.1 file manager.Microsoft Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Support
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windowsxp/servicepacks/sp1.asp
Windows MX Service Pack 1
Download (It's massive- requires broadband), or Order Free (Delivery about 1 month)
PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp
Tweek UI
http://support.microsoft.com
The Knowledge Base, over 250,000 articles: FAQs troubleshooting .
UK section i.e. UK spellings, click international support, UK, Search our Technical Database. Try alternative words if no results.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows XP Tips, How to. For beginners and experts.
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet
For IT professionals and support workers. You can register for an e-mail for latest info.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp
Library - Information - Tutorials
http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/default.asp
Font information
Other Sites
Top.
XML and XHTML
http://www.xml.com
Iinformation, tutorials, and tips about Extensible Markup Language (XML), as well as other Web technologies.
http://24hourhtmlcafe.com/
As the companion site to Sams Teach Yourself HTML and XHTML in 24 Hours, Fifth Edition, this electronic café offers an
assortment of free samples and tasty treats to help you get up to speed on HTML in a hurry.
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