Web-Based Alternatives to PowerPoint
Presentation software has been stuck in neutral forever. Web applications, however, are firing on all cylinders. Some say Word and Excel are about to be Web 2.0 roadkill. Not me. The browser can’t yet substitute for those applications. But for PowerPoint? Any day now.
Udell, Jon. InfoWorld (2006). Articles>Presentations>Software>Web Design
WebWorks Publisher 6 Tips and Tricks 
A presentation covering some techniques for using WebWork Publisher to produce online versions of FrameMaker documentation.
Knopf, David A. Knopf Online (2001). Presentations>Software>Web Design>Adobe FrameMaker
This is a page with links to various resources for WebWorks Publisher users. WebWorks Publisher is a 'best of breed' solution for single source publishing with Adobe FrameMaker. Using WebWorks Publisher, you can convert FrameMaker documents to a wide variety of online formats, including Web formats (HTML, HTML + CSS, XML, XML + CSS, XML + XSL), as well as online Help formats (WinHelp, HTML Help, JavaHelp, and WebWorks Help).
Knopf Online. Resources>Software>Web Design>Adobe FrameMaker
Will Macromedia's Flash Plans Cripple the Web?
Macromedia's Flash-everywhere approach brings new innovations to Web design but carries hidden potential liabilities that could negate its benefits.
Becker, David. ZDNet (1997). Articles>Web Design>Software>Flash
It's ironic that the process of exporting a document from Word to HTML would have the effect of breaking the web page in Internet Explorer only. It's also pretty darned annoying.
alt tags (2005). Articles>Web Design>Software>Microsoft Word
Exploiting Web Tools to Make HTML Documents Accessible
More accessible documents through authoring tool supports. Exploit mainstream tools for easier information retrieval and document manipulation.
Treviranus, Jutta and Jan Richards . University of Toronto (2004). Presentations>Web Design>Accessibility>Software
Introduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines
Django is an open-source Web framework, written in Python, that allows you to easily and rapidly develop interactive, data-centric web applications. It came into being when two Web developers—Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison—in Kansas, after moving their newspaper’s website from PHP to Python, found themselves repeatedly solving similar problems. They decided to extract the common functionality and released the resulting framework in 2005.
Ellis, Dan. Digital Web Magazine (2008). Articles>Web Design>Software>Open Source
How to Make Accessible Web Content Using Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver allows developers to be prompted when inserting certain web elements that may need accessibility attributes added to them. Unfortunately, these options are disabled in the preferences by default.ImportantBy default, the accessibility options are disabled in Dreamweaver MX. Once selected, Dreamweaver will display a prompt for accessibility features when each of the identified elements are inserted into a document.
WebAIM (2007). Articles>Web Design>Software>Dreamweaver
How to Make Accessible Web Content Using FrontPage
When designing with FrontPage, some basic accessibility features must be added manually. Despite some of these shortcomings, it is definitely possible to create accessible web pages in FrontPage, often without leaving the WYSIWYG environment.
WebAIM (2007). Articles>Web Design>Software>FrontPage
This generator will create a fluid or fixed width floated column layout, with up to 3 columns and with header and footer. Values can be specified in either pixels, ems or percentages.
CSS Creator (2007). Resources>Web Design>CSS>Software
This web-based service will develop a CSS file (with appropriate resets) for a multi-column web design to suit your preferences.
Mindplay.dk (2007). Resources>Web Design>CSS>Software
I am working on a number of website projects right now. My mission is to banish ‘lorem ipsum’ by working text into page designs before development starts. I wanted to find a tool that would let me create page mockups quickly and try out different combinations of copy and layout. Eventually, I settled on Balsamiq Mockups, which is an awesome tool. The rest of this article describes the different alternatives I considered and concludes with a detailed review of Balsamiq.
Stibbe, Matthew. Bad Language (2009). Articles>Web Design>Prototyping>Software
The Pencil Project's unique mission is to build a free and open-source tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.
Pencil Project, The. Resources>Web Design>Prototyping>Software
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