- WebCT
Homepage for TCF 389
- Discussion
Lists
- Class
Bulletin Board (WebCT)
- Class
Tutorials & Exercises
- Recommended
Print Magazines
- Recommended
Online Magazines
- Web
Construction Tools
- Internet-Related
Software (free or cheap)
- Miscellaneous
Useful Links
- General
Reference
- TCF389
- Subscribe to the TCF389 list by e-mailing MAISER@TCF.UA.EDU from
your primary e-mail account and putting the following in the first line
of the message:
subscribe TCF389
- NewsScan
- Internet Tourbus
- Email LISTSERV@LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the message:
SUBSCRIBE TOURBUS Your Name
- CataList, the official
catalog of LISTSERV® lists
- Browse any of the public LISTSERV®
lists on the Internet
- The List
of Lists
- Search through bazillions more lists--including ones that are not run
on LISTSERV®
- ListBot
- Create your own e-mail list.
- ScreenSite's listing of media-related
discussion groups
- Forums are only open to students enrolled in the class and
are hosted by WebCT.
- 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.zdnet.com/yil
- An offshoot of the popular online catalogue. Stresses site reviews
and introductory information without a lot of how-to-build-a-Web-site
info. Beginning.
- NewsScan
- A summary of developments in information technology--especially matters
relating to students and educators.
- The Internet Tourbus
- An ongoing virtual tour of the Internet.
- NTK (Need To Know)
- Entertainingly snide account of life on the 'Net.
- NetSurfer Digest
- Hip capsule reviews of Web sites.
- SlashDot
- Its slogan: "News for nerds. Stuff that matters."
- Web Developer Websites
- Animated GIFs galore
- Almost 100 images. Loads slowly.
- Ulead GIF Animation
Gallery
- Samples from Ulead's commercial collection of 450 animated GIFs.
- Learn
to Animate
- Useful pointers on learning computer animation. From The Screen Savers,
a program on ZDTV.
- 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
- 16 search engines/directories for free; but slow.
- Register-It
- 16 search engines/directories for free.
- SubmitIt
- 10 search engines/directories for free.
- Favicon Icon Generator
- Customize the icon next to your bookmarked Website to be your own customized
logo.
- META Tag
Builder
- Uses a form to generate HTML <META> tags--allowing better indexing
by the search engines above.
Internet-Related
Software
-
Free/shareware programs, most of which are available from
DaveCentral or
CNET Download.com (handy shareware
collections). CNET's Beginner's
Guide to Downloading will help you get started.
- Windows
- 20/20, free
image editor
- CatchTheWeb,
collects and republishs Internet content.
- Dreamweaver,
30-day demo of the HTML editor.
- Fireworks,
30-day demo of the graphics editor.
- Flash,
30-day demo of the animation editor.
- GIFAnimator Lite,
GIF animation tool.
- Irfan, free
image viewer/editor.
- LView Pro 20 Demo,
cheap image viewer/editor.
- Microsoft Internet
Explorer, free Web browser, e-mail client and more.
- Netscape Communicator,
free Web browser, HTML editor, e-mail client and more.
- NetLab, free
Internet utilities such as Traceroute.
- Paint Shop Pro, very
popular, cheap image viewer/editor; like Photoshop on a budget ($99
as of June 3, 1999).
- Pegasus E-mail,
free e-mail client.
- QuickTime player,
free media player.
- RealPlayer,
free streaming media player (a plug-in for your browser).
- SamSpade, free
spam fighter (tracks source of spam).
- ScreenRuler,
measure the pixels on your screen.
- SocketWatch, automatically
sets your computer's clock.
- SpamHater, free
spam fighter.
- WetSock, automatically
gets weather forecast.
- WinZip, essential
util for compressing/expanding downloaded files.
- WS FTP, free
(for educational use) FTP client (see FTP Basics)
- Mac
- Aladdin
StuffIt Expander, free, essential util for expanding downloaded
files.
- BBEdit
Lite, free HTML/text editor.
- Dreamweaver,
30-day demo version of the HTML editor.
- Fetch,
free FTP client (see FTP Basics).
- Fireworks,
30-day demo of the graphics editor.
- Flash,
30-day demo of the animation editor.
- Microsoft
Internet Explorer, free Web browser, e-mail client and
more.
- Netscape
Communicator, free Web browser, HTML editor, e-mail client
and more.
- Pegasus E-mail, free
e-mail client (look for something like pmmac221.hqx).
- RealPlayer,
free streaming media player (a plug-in for your browser).
- ScreenRuler, measure
the pixels on your screen.
Last revised: May 31, 2000 9:09 AM
Comments: Jeremy Butler, jbutler@ua.edu
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