Creating Simple Websites

The up-to-date copy of this post will be maintained at: http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2007/01/creating-simple-websites.html

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National Genealogy Society's Guidelines For Publishing Web Pages On The Internet
Recommended by the National Genealogical Society, May 2000: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comstandweb.cfm
Also available as a PDF: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/gswebPages.pdf


HTML Tutorials and Validation

Elsie's Tutorials: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~elsi/

Help for the Beginning Web Author: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~pasher/

Writing HTML: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

W3Schools: http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

HTML Goodies: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html

HTML for People Who Want to Learn: http://www.geocities.com/abcs_html/

HTML Help JUST for Kids: http://www.lissaexplains.com/

Webmaster Freebies: http://www.thefreesite.com/Webmaster_Freebies/

Symbols in HTML: http://www.perlscriptsjavascripts.com/tutorials/html/chapappa.html

Use Meta Tags Properly: http://www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/article.php/2167931

Image Formats for the Web: http://shallowsky.com/linux/imageformats.html

A List Apart (CSS, design): http://www.alistapart.com/

Graphics Sites for Website Building: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/08/graphics-sites-for-website-building.html

CSS & Browser Compatibility: http://www.alistapart.com/stories/tohell/ , http://webstandards.org/act/campaign/buc/

Free CSS Class: http://westciv.com/courses/free/index.html

The HTML Writers Guild: http://www.hwg.org/

W3C MarkUp Validation Service: http://validator.w3.org/

Backgrounds and Buttons: http://www.chibicreations.com/, http://the.enchantress.net/

Free Search Engines

Atomz Express Search (ads, 750 pages max): http://www.atomz.com/applications/search/trial.htm

FreeFind (ads): http://www.freefind.com

Fusion Bot (ads with results, no ads $$$): http://www.fusionbot.com

Google (ads): http://www.google.com/searchcode.html

Master.com (ad for Master.com): http://www.master.com

PicoSearch (ads, 250 pages max, more available $$$): http://www.picosearch.com

whatUseek Basic (ads, 1,000 pages max, more available $$$): http://www.sitelevel.com

Free HTML Pedigree Chart & Family Group Sheet: http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/pedigre2.HTM
   Copy the code into Notepad, fill in your information, save, and upload to your site. Sample pedigree: http://www.ida.net/users/elaine/chart1.htm


Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. - Victor Hugo

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