TCF389 Online Resources

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1. Reference
2. Class Tutorials & Exercises
3. Recommended Print Magazines
4. Recommended Online Magazines
5. Finding a Discussion List
6. Web Construction Tools
7. Miscellaneous Useful Links

General Reference

• Hobbes Internet Timeline
• ScreenSite
  • A site to aid the study of film and television
• ScreenSite's Reference Desk
  • Handy reference material for both film/TV and general purposes. Provided by ScreenSite's Webmasters.

Class Tutorials & Exercises

• HTML Basics
  • "So, You Want to Make a Web Page!" by Joe Barta
• HTML Layout & Tables
  • by Joe Barta
• HTML Forms
  • by Joe Barta
• Image Maps
  • How to create them using AOLpress
• All of Joe Barta's Tutorials, with other useful utilities
• HTML Frames (optional)
  • by Joe Barta
  • Are frames evil or useful? Learn how to make them and judge for yourself.

Recommended Print Magazines

• Boardwatch - www.boardwatch.com
  • A bit on the techie side, but with numerous useful how-to articles on Web production. Intermediate to advanced.
• NetGuide - www.netguide.com
  • Commonsensical general articles on the Internet. Beginning to intermediate.
• Wired - wwww.wired.com/wired (paper mag) and www.hotwired.com (Web site)
  • Its "avant-garde" graphics and too-hip prose provoke folks to love Wired or hate it, but it's the one mag to consistently confront controversial issues and attempt to get a grasp on the culture of the Web. Intermediate to advanced.
• WebTechniques - www.webtechniques.com
  • Web development articles--HTML, Java, Perl programming, and graphic design tips. Intermediate to advanced.
• The Net - www.thenet-usa.com
  • Site reviews and introductory material. Beginning.
• Yahoo! Internet Life - www.yil.com
  • An off-shoot of the popular online catalogue. Stresses site reviews and introductory information without a lot of how-to-build-a-Web-site info. Beginning.
• The Web - www.webmagazine.com
  • One of the most recent offerings. Too soon to guage its usefulness.

Recommended Online Magazines--Including Back Issues

• Edupage
  • A summary of developments in information technology--especially matters relating to students and educators.
• The Internet Tourbus
  • An ongoing virtual tour of the Internet.
• NetSurfer Digest
  • Hip capsule reviews of Web sites.
• ADV-HTML (Advanced HTML Mailing List)
  • For those seriously hooked on writing HTML.

Finding a Discussion List to Monitor

1. CataList, the official catalog of LISTSERV^® lists
   • Browse any of the 13,228 public LISTSERV^® lists on the Internet
2. The List of Lists
   • Search through bazillions more lists--including ones that are not run on LISTSERV^®
3. ScreenSite's listing of film/TV-related discussion groups

Web Tools

• Animated GIFs galore
  • Almost 100 images.  Loads slowly.
• AOLpress: FREE HTML editor
  • Available in Mac and Windows versions.
  • Win95/NT version is available for download right here.
• Cookie Central
  • All manner of info about cookies--making them, refusing them, privacy issues and them, etc.
• NetMechanic
  • Checks your HTML, checks your links, reduces the size of image files. All for free.
• Register your site with search engines
  • Broadcaster
    • Does 16 guides and other services for free; but slow.
  • Register-It
    • Does 16 guides and directories for free.
• Free/shareware programs available from the TCF FTP site:  ftp://ftp3.tcf.ua.edu.  Most are for Windows 95 or Windows NT computers.
  • Anawave Snake,1,890 Kb
  • GIFAnimator Lite, 1,784 Kb
  • LView Pro 20 Demo, 1,354 Kb
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 3, 6,212 Kb
  • Netscape Communicator 4.05, 10,801 Kb
  • NetLab 95, 436 Kb
  • Pegasus E-mail, 2,524 Kb
  • RealPlayer 5.0, 1387 Kb
  • ScreenRuler, 25 Kb
  • SocketWatch, 380 Kb
  • SpamHater 2.08, 609 Kb
  • Weather Socket, 896 Kb
  • WinZip 95, 692 Kb
  • WS FTP for Win3, 464 Kb
  • WS FTP for Win95/NT, 646 Kb

Miscellaneous Useful Links

• Usenet Resources

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