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HTML Help: From the Desktop to the Web
Course Resource List from December 2002 Session

This class is taught by Linda Urban through the UC Santa Cruz Extension, Technical Writing and Communication program.

Resources on the Web (and a few books)

To download the Microsoft HTML Help Workshop (to create HTML Help), start at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/vsconhh1start.asp
You’ll find great info on HTML Help and a download for the workshop.

• Online Help Tool and Utility Vendors
• Help Consultant Pages
• Online Help Discussion Lists and MVP Program
• Learning HTML
• HTML Tutorials
• Dreamweaver Tutorial
• CSS and Design References
• Web-authoring Discussion Lists
• Accessibility Links

Online Help Tool And Utility Vendors

eHelp (makers of RoboHELP)  http://www.eHelp.com

eHelp Support and User Community http://www.helpcommunity.com

WexTech (used to be makers of Doc-to-help, now makers of AnswerWorks) http://www.wextech.com

ForeFront (used to be makers of ForeHelp) http://www.forehelp.com – now

Quadralay (makers of WebWorks Publisher; works with FrameMaker) http://www.quadralay.com

Component One – now offer Doc-To-Help and some ForeHelp features http://www.componentone.com

AuthorIt Software (makers of AuthorIt) http://www.author-it.com

OMNI Systems (makers of MIF2Go) http://www.omsys.com

Helpware Group (makers of FAR) http://www.helpware.net/

Keyworks Software (makers of keytools – great utility) http://www.keyworks.net/ 

Help Consultant Pages (All have good information and/or  resources)

Help Stuff: Creative Computing Company (Char James-Tanny) http://www.helpstuff.com/

Work Write User Assistance (Cheryl Lockett Zubak) http://www.workwrite.com

Sageline Publishing (Bill Meisheid) http://www.sageline.com/ 

Knopf Online - Training and Consulting Services http://www.knopf.com/ 

WinWriters http://www.winwriters.com  (Great conference!)

Shadow Mountain Tech (Don Lammers) http://www.smountain.com/ 

HelpMaster's Site. Maintained by Josef Becker http://www.helpmaster.com/  

World Wide Winnovations http://www.wwwinnovations.com/index.html

Online Help Discussion Lists and MVP Program

HATT – help authoring discussion group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HATT/ 

Hyperviews Online - STC Online Information SIG http://www.stcsig.org/oi/www.html

HTML Help MVP Program – great stuff here! http://www.mvps.org/htmlhelpcenter/

Learning HTML

There are so many resources available! Do a Google search. Here are a few.

Free, downloadable editor (HTML-Kit) at: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/

HTML Tutorials

http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/

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

Dreamweaver tutorial

http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/webpub/dreamweaver/basic/dwweb.htm

CSS and Design References

Mulder’s Stylesheets Tutorial, by Steve Mulder, http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/stylesheets

WebMonkey Reference: Stylesheet Guide http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/stylesheet_guide/

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design (this guy must know more about CSS than just about anyone), New Riders, 2002

Online site that backs up a book on XHTML. Has lots of interesting stuff on it, like the HTML and CSS Quick Reference Guides http://www.utoronto.ca/ian/books/xhtml1/index.html

Design Issues (from W3C): http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Overview.html

Info on CSS (from W3C): http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/Guide/Style.html

Web Standard Project: http://www.webstandards.org/learn/

Web-authoring Discussion Lists

Accessibility Links

Dive Into Accessibility: http://diveintoaccessibility.org/

Simplified Web Accessibility Guide: http://www.webaccessguides.org/accessguide/

Best explanations I have found: Web Accessibility for Section 508 http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm

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