Course Resources

A number of online resources are presented here and organised into the categories in the menu on the right. Many of these resources you will find useful in furthering your understandings of the topics presented in this course.

Textual Analysis

Textual Analysis: A useful text for 'doing' semiotic analysis of a web page. Read also the links at the bottom of the page - they are excellent.

http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/ht/jhup/writerly.html: The main thrust of this argument is that "Readers can browse through linked, cross-referenced, annotated texts in an orderly but nonsequential manner."

http://www.abc.net.au/comms/lines/programs/prog05.htm: The strengths and weaknesses of semiotic analysis through the example of billboard advertising

http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html :Semiotics for Beginners

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/discipline/fine-art/theory/analysis/semiotic.htm: Semiotic analysis of images

Color Theory

Using Color: A sample chapter on utilising the basics of color theory and color for the web.

Image & Graphics

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/graphics/index.html: Webmonkey Graphics Design

http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm: The Amazing Picture Machine

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HTML

http://www.boogiejack.com/html_step1.html: A very good introduction to HTML

http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html:The NCSA Beginner's Guide to HTML.

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html:HTML GOODIES: The Basics of HTML set up so you can move through them in a week.

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/index.html: Webmonkey Authoring Resource

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/teachingtool/index.html:Webmonkey HTML Code Learning Tool

http://www.pagetutor.com/pagetutor/makapage/: A web page tutorial for newbies.

http://werbach.com/barebones/: The Bare Bones Guide to HTML

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/diy/index.html: Web Building

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/: This is W3C's home page for HTML - check out the tutorials.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/: W3C HTML 4.01 Specification - W3C Recommendation 24 December 1999

http://www.w3schools.com: W3Schools - Provides many excellent tutorials & references for all web technologies

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Web Design

http://www.elated.com/tutorials/authoring/style/mood_right/: A tutorial on getting the right mood for you web site

http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/5rules.html: The 5 basic rules of web design by Grantastic Designs

http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/index.html: Webmonkey Design for Web Sites

http://www.infoconomy.com/pages/information-age/group44399.adp: Designing for users - the Nielsen Norman Group

http://www.useit.com: UseIt.com. The Jakon Neilson web useability site - an excellent resource for designing to communicate

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html: Ten Good Deeds in Web Design. The must-read article for anyone planning to communicate through the web

Davis J. & Merritt S. 1998, The Web Design Wow Book, Peachpit Press, Berkeley CA.

Nielsen J. 2000, Designing Web Usability, New Riders Publishing, Indianapolis.

Rohr D., Tollett J. & Williams R. 2002, Web Design Workshop, Peachpit Press, Berkeley CA.

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Project Management

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/studio/about.html: Intro to Project management: studio 1151

http://www.nathan.com/thoughts/process/index.html: The Interactive development Process at the web/media development Vivid Studios

http://www.spottydog.u-net.com: Spottydog's Project Management Web Site: Project management for beginners

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Narrative

Ken Clark
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton City Campus
Rockhampton QLD 4702

Tel: (07) 49232558
Fax: (07) 49210441
E-mail: k.clark@cqu.edu.au