As promised here are some useful links. I will split them into sections but ESSENTIAL links must be looked at and reflected on before the end of the term:

Essential links

• J Neilson - usuability guru
• WW3 – World Wide Web Consortium
• W3Schools – Web Consortium tutorials
• Web Style Guide - site covering all areas of interface design
• Harvard referencing system - to make sure all you references and citations are correctly presented
• Web Accessibility guidelines (exactly what it says)
• Internet infrastructure – from ‘How Stuff Works’
• Usability – government site
• 10 heuristics of interface design – from J Neilson

Interesting sites

• Way Back Machine from archive.org
• CSS3 – working group developing CSS
• Intro to CSS3 – from WWW consortium
• Zen Garden – CSS in action

Dreamweaver tutorials/resources

• Adobe TV - video tutorials of all the DW basics from Adobe
• Step by step guide to making a site in DW (using ready-made templates)
• Adobe CS4 DW developer centre (includes CSS tutorials)
• Pay for expert online tuition from Lynda.com (1 month $25) or look at some sample tutorials for free
• Another free step-by step tutorial with downloadable assets
• Video tutorial: a tour round the CS4 interface

Hosting

• One.com – domain name and hosting free for one year (but with admin charge and NO control panel)
• UK-Cheapest – £1.59 p/m plus domain – one click CMS installation (not sure if this has control panel)
• Vision Internet – £35 a year for ‘home-plus’ option – all requirements met WITH control panel
• Freehosting – just found this and it looks OK & costs nothing – also seems to have all the required functions

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Flash links – Tutorials:

Basics

• Flash workspace
• Creating a shape tween
• Simple buttons
• Transparent button – with downloadable fla files
• Creating scenes
• Simple actionscript
• Importing video into Flash

More advanced

• Flash – load external movie command
• Basic drag and drop – from tutorialised
• Drag and drop jigsaw
• Simple audio – looped sound, event sound etc
• Flash video learning guide from Adobe Developer Centre
• Downloadable flash source files – nice effects
• More great source code from Levitated

Inspirational Flash

• Nobodyhere
• Larry Carlson
• Inanimate Alice
• Photocollagen
• Billy Harvey
• Animex soundtoys
• Matthew Mahon
• Wefail
• Eminem
• Sofake
• The Pantry
• Nike game
• Quest for the Rest
• Exciting web design using Flash

Sound effects:

• Music loops
• Sound resource
• Free wavs and mp3s
• ARCHIVE.ORG

Moving images:

• BBC Royalty free clips (Quicktime and WM)

Tools:

• VConvert - Useful tool for converting online video into different formats
• Camtasia – Application that allows you to record screen activity and turn it into video and presentation tools – 30 day trial available