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Bibliography
- Chad Zimmeman's site on Meta Tag Usage.
- On my <meta> tag page I dutifully present all of the attributes and arguments but Chad's page is much more descriptive. Check it out.
- Chris Sansom
- Chris Sansom provided me with a working example of the "lowsrc=" attribute to the <img> tag. At the time, I did not have a scanner and I could not capture (or draw) in a low resolution image so I borrowed from him. Subsequently he has also provided the sound bites from one of his compositions. Chris is also the artistic critic for this site. If Chris says "it be broke" it gets fixed (somehow).
- Denis Wieger
- Gernot (above) and Denis' sites both address colour and there is some information that is duplicated. However, Denis takes a view of color from a cross-platform point of view. Bookmark this one also, since you won't learn all about colour in one visit.
- Dianne Gorman
- Diane Gorman's site was one I stumbled across when I was trying to figure out how to use images. Later I included her site as a link to demonstrate proper image alignment. You will still find the reference in the Compendium. Her site has expanded to include many topics and she is actively involved in the HTML community in Austrailia.
- Gernot Metze
- Gernot's page on colour and its technical implications is one of the better that I have found on the net. He describes the strengths and pitfalls of the use of colour and how they are influenced by browsers, and why. A good place to put a "bookmark".
- Guide to HTML Commands
- This is an excellent source on the use of tags. I have found it very helpful in translating some of the "standards" documents.
- Ian Graham
- Ian Graham is the author of the first text books I used to learn and subsequently teach HTML. His style is clear with a minimum of "techno jargon". His books are carefully organized and clearly demonstrate his seniority in the WWW industry.
- Imagemap Help Page -- Instruction
- A must for learning about Image Maps.
- JPEG image compression: Frequently Asked Questions
- Some background information on the use of JPEG and JPEG compression. Good knowledge for reducing page size while keeping graphics quality high.
- Netscape Frames
- A non-Netscape explanation of frames.
- Sandia
- Sandia provides an excellent reference of all the tags that they support. They have established their own standards which closely mirror those of the W3C committee. Sandia does not support non-standard tags.
Search Engine Watch
- The Search Engine Watch site is one of the best "information" sites that I have seen in a long time. I highly recommend it. Danny offers a "subscription" service that provides more detail and more timely information, for a small fee and it is still well worth the investment. If you are looking to find a high value site with an excellent return on your investment, this is the place to go.
- How do they do that with HTML?
- This is an excellent source of HTML "tips" or those little tricks that you can use to enhance your pages.
- "THE Netscape Frames Tutorial"
- This is one of the best frames tutorials I have found on the Internet. It is clean, concise and carefully laid out. If you've not had luck with frames, this is the place to start.
- W3 or W3C
- This is the standards body that governs acceptable HTML elements. Many of their standards are written to SGML standards and are difficult to understand. Perservere, you will eventually understand them.
- Web-AID HTML tags listing
- A good reference for tags and their meanings. They use a nice method of indicating the source of the tags. Webaid is another source to help understand the "standards".
- "A Webmaster's Guide to Search Engines and Directories"
- If you are of the opinion that <meta> is an effective aid for search engines, you must read this series of articles.
Danny Sullivan has done extensive research on the effective use of search engines and is a must read for all webmasters and page designers.
- The Willcam Group
- I discovered the Willcam Group long after I started the Compendium. They have developed a Compact Index of HTML Tags that is very good. Their descriptions are more down-to-earth than either W3C or Sandia.
