======================================================= New articles linked to the Web Design Reference site: ============ New Links In These Categories ============ 1. ACCESSIBILITY 2. ARCHITECTURE 3. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS 4. COMPREHENSIVE SITES 5. DREAMWEAVER 6. EVALUATION & TESTING 7. NAVIGATION 8. PHP 9. USABILITY 10. XML ======================================================= 1. ACCESSIBILITY Dive Into Accessibility 30 days to a more accessible web site By Mark Pilgrim ======================================================= 2. ARCHITECTURE Information architecture concepts By Thomas Myer ======================================================= 3. CASCADING STYLE SHEETS CSS Koolaid For Newbies By Tony Collen Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design This chapter 4 excerpt of Eric's new book explores ways to creatively style hyperlinks and see how to base their styles on various link states. CSS: A Beginner's Guide, Part 2 Second of a pair of excerpts from the book: Cascading Style Sheets A Beginner's Guide By James Pence ======================================================= 4. COMPREHENSIVE SITES Yale Style Guide, 2nd edition By Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton ======================================================= 5. DREAMWEAVER Introduction to Nested Templates By Donald S. Booth and Patricia J. Ayers The Definitive Introduction to CSS {in: MX;} By Patricia J. Ayers ======================================================= 6. EVALUATION & TESTING Where the Wireframes Are: Special Deliverable #3 By Dan Brown Web Accessibility and Usability Evaluation Resource By Peter Rainger Usability Testing An introduction to usability testing By Matt Gullett Debugging Web Applications Ensuring quality by finding and fixing bugs By Steven Champeon ======================================================= 7. NAVIGATION Improving Usability with a Website Index By Fred Leise Conceptual Connections should determine Links on Websites, finds Study By Ann Light A hyperlink knows no depth: Unexpected ramifications of deep linking By Joe Clark Fortune 500 Revisited: Current Trends in Site Map Design By Mark C. Russell Examining the Effects of Hypertext Shape on User Performance By Michael L. Bernard ======================================================= 8. PHP Arrays in PHP By Codewalker Handling files with PHP4, Part1 By Ian Gilfillan Introduction to PHP Objects, Part 1 By John Coggeshall ======================================================= 9. USABILITY Art, Science, and Magic: What really happens during User-Centered Design? By Carol Righi Becoming a Usability Professional By Jakob Nielsen Determining Cognitive Predictors of User Performance within Complex User Interfaces By Michael L. Bernard, Chris Hamblin, & Brett Scofield The Effects of Line Length on Children and Adults' Online Reading Performance By M. Bernard, M. Fernandez, & S. Hull Flash - to use or not to use, that is the question By Lara Mccormick Usable can still be useless By Adir Shiffman Quality From Design Implementing a sane process for application development By Alan Cooper ======================================================= 10. XML Using XML By David Eisenberg ======================================================= What Can You Find at the Web Design Reference Site? ======================================================= Accessibility Information Architecture Information Book Listings Cascading Style Sheets Information Color Information Comprehensive Sites Listing Dreamweaver Information Evaluation & Testing Information JavaScript Information Miscellaneous Web Information Navigation Information PHP Information Tool Information Typography Information Usability Information XML Information _________________________________________________________________ Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN 55812-3009 mailto:lcarlson@d.umn.edu