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| Section 1 -
General Information |
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| 1.1 Government IT Advice Site
(UK) |
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http://www.isi/gov.uk |
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Information Society Initiative - IT advice for small firms -
sponsored by the DTI. Excellent source of information for business users of the web.
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| 1.2 Freezone |
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http://www.thefreezone.co.uk |
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Internet access site |
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| 1.3 Webopedia |
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http://www.webopedia.com |
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Everything you could wish to know about web technology, and
more! |
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| 1.4 The Times "Interface"
Supplement |
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| URL: |
http://www.the-times.co.uk/interface |
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Lots of news and up-to-the-minute information from the online
version of The Times newspaper's IT/Web supplement. |
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| Section 2 -
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
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| 2.1 AOL |
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AOL is the world's leading ISP. Find out why - and learn how to
earn $25! |
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| 2.2 Care4Free |
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http://www.care4free.co.uk |
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Care4Free Ltd offers free internet access in association with
a number of registered charities. The charities benefit from financial contributions
from Care4Free - in proportion to the time you spend online. (RSPB, for
example, in one of the charities which benefits from the time its members spend online.) |
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| 2.3 Demon Internet |
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http://www.demon.net |
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Long-established subscription service, aimed mainly at
commercial users of the web. |
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| 2.4 FreeServe |
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http://www.freeserve.co.uk |
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First of the UK's new breed of free internet services. A
mould-breaking venture, launched by the Dixons group in 1999. |
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| 2.5 Line One |
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http://www.lineone.net |
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A leading UK internet service provider, now offering a free
service. Lots of content, online chat and instant messaging. |
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| 2.6 Netline |
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http://www.netline.net |
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| 2.7 Screaming Net |
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http://www.screaming.net |
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Despite the name, this is one of the most important of
the free ISP's - if only because it offers the facility for free (yes, that is
F-R-E-E!) telephone calls to your ISP. You can now get rid of those huge telephone
bills for net access - provided you use the web in off-peak hours. Part of the deal is
that you transfer your telephone business from BT to LocalTel, but this really is no big
deal. Why not take a look? |
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| 2.8 Tesco |
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http://www.tesco.net |
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Yet another service from one of the UK's leading supermarket
chains. |
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| 2.9 Virgin.net |
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http://www.virgin.net |
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Free internet service provision from the Virgin group.
The Virgin site is content-rich, specialising in leisure and entertainment. |
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| Section 3 -
Setting up a Web Site 1 |
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| 3.1 Better Homepage |
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http://www.better-homepage.com |
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Lots of tips on how to do a better job of designing your web
pages. |
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| 3.2 Sevloid Guide to Web Design:
Planning |
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http://www.sev.com.au/webzone/design/planning.htm |
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Helps you plan your web pages correctly, from day one.
(Saves you doing it all again later!) |
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| Section 4 -
Setting up a Web Site 2 |
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| 4.1 Builder.com |
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http://www.builder.com |
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Lots of advice for the more confident Web site creator. |
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| 4.2 Harvilo's HTML Help |
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http://members.aol.com/harvillo/index.html |
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Good 'Working with Frames' section. |
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| 4.3 HTML Goodies |
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http://www.htmlgoodies.com |
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An excellent, simple guide to creating frames. |
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| 4.4 HTML Help |
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http://www.xpertz.com/html |
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Frame tutorials. Worth a look. |
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| 4.5 HTML Tables Tutorial |
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http://www.charm.net/~lejeune/tables.html |
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Detailed tutorial on creating all kinds of HTML tables. |
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| 4.6 How HTML Tables are Used |
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http://wally2.rit.edu/instruction/web/tablesframes/howtables.html |
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All about the use of HTML Tables. |
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| 4.7 More Information on HTML Tables |
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http://www.geocities.com/SilicanValley/1049/html-tables.html |
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Lots of general information about tables. |
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| 4.8 HTML Goodies |
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http://www.htmlgoodies.com |
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HTML primer, plus tutorials on creating tables, forms,
imagemaps, and Javascript. |
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| 4.9 Page Resource.com |
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http://www.pageresource.com/html/index6.htm |
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Sounds, meta-tags, tables, frames and lots of other advanced
tutorials. |
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| 4.10 I Hate Frames |
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http://www.victorian.fortunecity.com/brambles/4/frames |
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A site for the vast numbers of people who really do not like
the use of frames-based web design. (May help to convince you - or not, as the case
may be!) |
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| Section 5 -
Web Site Design Packages (Dedicated Software) |
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| 5.1 Dreamweaver |
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| URL: |
http://www.macromedia.com |
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Hotshot web design package from Macromedia. (A
thirty-day trial version of this package is available as a free download but don't get too
hooked on it unless you can afford to buy it at the end of the trial period!) |
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| 5.2 FrontPage |
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http://www.microsoft.com |
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Excellent and versatile web design package from Microsoft. |
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| 5.3 HotDog |
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http://www.sausage.com |
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HTML text editing package from Sausage Software (Yes, that is
what they're called!) |
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| 5.4 HotMetal Pro |
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| URL: |
http://www.sq.com |
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Fully featured web design and maintenance package from
SoftQuad. |
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| 5.5 PageMill |
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| URL: |
http://www.adobe.co.uk |
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Sophisticated web site creation and editing package from
Adobe. |
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| Section 6 -
Web Site Design Utilities (Software) |
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| 6.1 Actinic Catalog
(Online Store-Building Software) |
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http://www.actinic.com |
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Very useful site for anyone thinking of setting up a store on
the internet, but the price of the software is about £350. |
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| Section 7 -
Web Graphics |
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| 7.1 Animation Factory |
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http://www.animationfactory.com |
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Free graphics site. |
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| 7.2 CoffeeCup GIF Animator
(Shareware) |
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| 7.3 Coolmap (Shareware) |
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| 7.4 Fireworks |
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http://www.macromedia.com |
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| 7.5 GIF Construction Set |
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| 7.6 Free Web Graphics Tools and
Resources |
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http://www.gifcruncher.com/resources/links.html
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Catalogue of places for resourcing free images. |
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| 7.7 Image Styler |
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| URL: |
http://www.adobe.co.uk |
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Complete Web image solution from Adobe |
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| 7.7 Image Map Help |
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| URL: |
http://www.ihip.com |
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Everything you need to know about image maps. |
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| 7.8 Media Builder |
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| URL: |
http://www.mediabuilder.com |
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Images, animations, fonts etc |
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| 7.9 Quick & Dirty Image
Map Guide |
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| URL: |
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~noeljc/quick&dirty/map.htm |
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How to create image maps - with other relevant software too. |
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| Section 8
- HTML Validators (Check your HTML code) |
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| 8.1 A Real Validator (Shareware) |
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| 8.2 CSE HTML Validator Pro
(Shareware) |
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| 8.3 Spyglass HTML Validator
(Freeware) |
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| 8.4 TagCheck (Freeware) |
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| 8.5 Validate Control
(Shareware) |
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| Section 9
- File Transfer (Upload) Software |
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| 9.1 CuteFTP |
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| URL: |
http://www.cuteftp.com |
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Get the latest news and downloads of file transfer protocol
(FTP) software here. |
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| 9.2 FTP Explorer |
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| URL: |
http://www.ftpx.com |
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A good alternative to CuteFTP (above). Free download
for personal use. (A small registration fee is payable by business users after
30-day trial period.) |
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| 9.3 Ipswitch |
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| URL: |
http://www.ipswitch.com |
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A very good alternative to CuteFTP and FTP Explorer (above). |
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| Section 10
- Commercial Web Hosting |
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