References from Style Guide for Online Hypertext

Background reading

Some other documents which may be of relevance, if you are reading the Style Guide for Online Hypertext :

All about the various HTML Specifications
A Beginner's Guide to writing HTML
World-Wide Web server software - a list of pointers
Web Etiquette -- for Server Administrators (now part of this guide)
The Web Designer, N Laviolette. Many references
The Sevloid guides to Web Design and to HTML John Cooke, 1997 (

Personal views:

Thoughts on style from Jorn Barger.

This list is far from complete. There are many books now (1994) about how to buld a web site and write HTML. If they have a common failing it is that they assume a particular browser. Pick one which inspires you, as they are generally full of enthusiasm and good ideas. Browse the web, get your own ideas, and mail me mentioning the guide.

References suggested by Charles Gaudette on Fri, 23 Aug 1996, unchecked by me:

J.K. Cohen's Style Rules for Web Pages see number six.
Jack Lynch's Grammar and Style Notes.
H. W. Fowler, Modern English Usage.
Thomas Pinney, A Short Handbook and Style Sheet.
Keith Ivey's English Usage Page.(link may not work 1996)
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1986.
The Basic English Handbook. M. W. Taylor, Cuyahoga Community College, 1995(link ok? '97)

Other references not checked or endorsed:

The Sevloid Guide to Web Design, John Cook, 19967

Patrick J Lynch, Yale/AIM, "Web Style Guide",

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