Debugging: Tips & Tricks
References for Further Reading

General:

• Web pages for this workshop, <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/inter-pub/debugging/>.
• "Resources for New Web Authors," a selective list of resources for new Web authors, e.g., students in IT Curriculum Web Publishing workshops. <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~lincicum/resource.html>.
• "Web Builders and Multimedia Resources" from the University of Iowa Library. <http://www3.arcade.uiowa.edu/proj/webbuilder/>
• Web Development Resources (UO Computing Center) <http://cc.uoregon.edu/webdev.html>
• "Anne's World," a nice personal collection of web page resources, <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/1216/>
• HTML With Style, <http://www.webreference.com/html/>

Browser differences:

• HTML Compendium, <http://www.htmlcompendium.org>
• Web Design Group, <http://www.htmlhelp.com/>
• BrowserWatch, <http://browserwatch.internet.com/>
• ThreeToad Browser Comparison, screen shots of the same page in many different browsers, <http://www.threetoad.com/main/Browser.html>
• Web Page Backward Compatibility Viewer, <http://www.delorie.com/web/wpbcv.html>
• LynxIt! <http://www.unix-ag.uni-siegen.de/~sfx/lynxit.html>
• GVU's WWW User Surveys <http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/>

HTML validation and page testing:

• Yahoo validation and link checker page, <http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/ Information_and_Documentation/Data_Formats/HTML/Validation_and_Checkers/>
• Validating HTML (a review of validators), <http://gold.ohiolink.edu/tdowling/validation.html>
• ZDNet Site Management ToolsUser, <http://www.zdnet.com/products/sitemanager/integrity.html>
• WEBLINT checks your document or HTML code for conformance to the HTML specifications. <http://www.cre.canon.co.uk/~neilb/weblint/>. For a web-based interface to WEBLINT, see, e.g., <http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~jqj/cgi-bin/weblint.cgi>
• Doctor HTML, <http://imagiware.com/RxHTML.cgi>.
• W3C HTML Validation Service <http://validator.w3.org/>
• NetMechanic: Online Link Testing, HTML Validation <http://www.netmechanic.com/>
• Web Site Garage "tune up your web site free", <http://www.websitegarage.com/>
• WebSter's Dictionary (check your spelling online) <http://www.goldendome.net/Tools/WebSter/>

Image validation and optimization

• Optimizing Animated GIFs, <http://www.webreference.com/dev/gifanim/>. A good discussion of issues and tools.

Usability Testing:

• Usable Web: Guide to web usability resources, <http://usableweb.com/>
• Usability Professionals Association, <http://www.upassoc.org/index.htm>
• Testing Sites with Prospective Users (IU), <http://www.iuinfo.indiana.edu/policy/usability.html>
• Web Interface Design, <http://athos.rutgers.edu/~shklar/www4/rmiller/rhmpapr.html>
• Usability Engineering, <http://usableweb.com/items/usabilityeng.html>
• User Interface Engineering, Inc., <http://world.std.com/~uieweb/>
• The Cost of User Testing a Web Site, <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/980503.html>

Books:

• HTML: The Definitive Guide, by Bill Kennedy, Chuck Musciano (O'Reilly, 1997, ISBN 1565921755) [reference]
• Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML in a 14 Days, 2nd Ed., by Laura Lemay (Sams Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1575213052 ) [intermediate tutorial]
• Creating Killer Web Sites, The Art of Third Generation Site Design, by David Siegel (Hayden Books, 1996, ISBN: 1-56830-289-4). [advanced]
• Usability Engineering, by Jacob Neilsen (AP Professional, 1994, ISBN: 0125184069) [advanced]
• Web by Design, by Molly E. Holzschlag (Sybex, 1998, ISBN: 0782122019) [advanced]
• Web navigation: designing the user experience, Jennifer Fleming. (O'Reilly & Associates, 1998; ISBN: 1565923510) [advanced]