Creating Web Pages - Useful Links

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Here is a list of links that you may find useful when building and publishing your web:

www.nominet.org.uk manages the database of .uk domain names. Find out who owns a domain name.

www.net2.co.uk as good a place as any to check whether your preferred domain name is still available

www.crackerjack.co.uk for web hosting and registering of .uk domain names. Also contains a link to download WS_FTP
(free file transfer software)

http://www.nic.uk The UK domain name registry, includes really good answers to FAQs regarding domain names etc

www.searchenginewatch.com for info about how search engines work and more

www.grsites.com for easy to create buttons and logos for your site

www.ithelen.co.uk for details on other courses etc

There are lots of libraries of images on the www. A listing of a few of them can be found at www.windweaver.com/searchpage9b.htm

There are hundreds of web sites about HTML available free on the internet. A couple to get you started are:
NCSA - Beginner's Guide to HTML http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML http://werbach.com/barebones

A comprehensive list of HTML tags: www.fortunecity.com/help/development/html/tags.shtml

And on the same site, helpful hints and tips on uploading: www.fortunecity.com/help/uploading/index.shtml

http://www.w3schools.com/html/.asp This is a fantastic web site with loads of tutorials, hints, tips and advice.
It is suggested that you have a look and print copies at home for reference.

A very useful online reference for web colours and their codes can be found at:

HTML Ref.com (also useful for tags) http://www.htmlref.com/Reference/AppE/colorchart.htm

Bits and bobs about the virtual world and the world of technology from the TV show of the same name:
www.bbc.co.uk/clickonline

Web accessibility guidelines
www.w3.org/WAI/

http://www.nailitnow.com.au/webdesign/index.html tutorials for web design, including good info on SEO etc and lots of external links

http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/ this is a useful tool to help generate keywords for meta tags

I just though this was great! (a rest from web design...)
www.worldatlas.com

If you come across any interesting/useful sites please let me know so that we can share them with each other.