The following sections give you links to more information on specific topics. Many of these links take you outside the course web pages. If you discover a broken link or an error, please send feedback.
Contents
- Working on Aurora
- Textbook Web Sites
- Pair Programming Links
- Stock Photos
- Browser Downloads
- Other Software
- HTML Resources
- Design Resources
- Javascript Resources
- CSS Resources
- DOM Resources
- Frames
- Multimedia
- Cookies
Working on Aurora
The first three links below are to labs from the CSC 102 course. They guide you through the basic steps involved in setting up and using your account. Note that for this course, your account id will be of the form 105b-xx, rather than 102b-xx. These pages are password protected. Enter 102 as both the user and the password when prompted by the browser.
- All about your account on Aurora
- Connecting to your account on Aurora
- Setting up your account on Aurora
- Transferring files to Aurora
- Setting file permissions on Aurora
Textbook Web Sites
Royalty-Free Stock Photo Sites
Sites below offer public domain or creative-commons licensed images. Google has more.
- splitshire.com
- stocksnap.io
- New Old Stock -- vintage photos
Pair Programming
Browser Downloads
- Firefox browser
- Opera browser
- Avant browser
- iCab Browser (Macintosh)
- Design philosophy: the any browser campaign
Other Software
- First Page, a free HTML editor
- Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox or Mozilla
- Web Developer Toolbar for Internet Explorer
- Web Developer Toolbar for Opera
- Ultimate Paint, a freeware image editor with easy tools for making transparent backgrounds.
Design Links
- A List Apart, weekly webzine covering style issues. Highly recommended!
- Design handout
- Jakob Nielson's Alertbox (mostly on usability)
- Matthew James Taylor blog
- Graphic design history & links (includes some print design)
- Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design (Current and Historic)
- Web Pages That Suck
- Eye Candy -- Sites with Distinctive Looks
- COLOURlovers
- Palette from an image
- Index of additional articles on web design topics
HTML Resources
- An HTML Primer
- Another HTML Tutorial
- HTML Doctor : This can verify the correctness of your web pages and help maintain them
- HTML Tidy : Another HTML verification tool.
- Barebones HTML reference: A good "quick reference"
- Another Quick Reference
- HTML escape sequences
JavaScript Resources
- JavaScript 1.5 guide
- JavaScript 1.5 reference
- Microsoft JScript reference
- JavaScript Tip of the Week archive
- Webreference JavaScript
CSS Resources
- Validate your CSS pages with this handy tool from W3C.
- Another style sheet checker
- Full list of CSS properties
- Another list
- A tutorial on CSS
- More references on CSS
- CSS Web Design Resources
- CSS Zen Garden: a sampler of stunning CSS styles, all applied to the same content.
DOM Resources
- Table of Common DOM objects
- A DOM tutorial
Frames
Multimedia
- Multimedia Guidelines
- Cross-platform multimedia capabilities
- Javascript method for embedding Flash/Shockwave objects
- Javascript method for embedding Quicktime movies
- Tutorial on Javascript interaction with Flash/Shockwave objects
- Fully standards-compliant Flash embedding
- Create icon files to go with your web site