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World Wide Web: Building, Managing and Promoting Your Site
Assembled by Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD(The library includes a related, comprehensive set of subtopics in All About Computers, Internet & Web.)
Suggested Previous Reading
If you don't know anything about computers or the Internet, it may benefit you to review the following sections before reading more about the Web.Planning and Buying a Small Computer System (including information for nonprofits)
Software for Small Computer Systems (including general and nonprofit-specific information)
Learning About Small Computer Systems
Basic, Technical Support and Maintenance of Small Computer Systems
Computer and Network Security
Getting Connected to the Internet
Internet (including information for nonprofits, free ISPS, etc.)
Intranets (Computer Networks Internal to the Organization)
Sections of This Topic Include:
Basics About the WebAbout Browsers
Naming Your Website
Designing and Evaluating a Website
Designing Your Website for Any Browser
Designing Website for Accessibility to Readers With Disabilities
If You Hire Someone to Design Your Website
Promoting Your Website (including using counters)
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Using Search Engines
Nonprofits (additional information
for)
General Resources
Basics About the Web
The World Wide Web for the CluelessWorld Wide Web Frequently Asked Questions
About browsers
About Browsers
Browsing the Internet: An IntroductionSurf the Web: Web Browsers
About Browsers and Their Features
Browser Basics
Naming Your Website
Top 10 Mistakes Made When Choosing a Domain NameThe Name Game
Naming Your Site: No, “Bob” Isn’t a Good Name
Small Business Domain Name
also see "Naming Your Organization, Product or Service"
Designing and Evaluating a Website
Website UsabilityStyle Guide for Web Design
Creating Killer Websites
Yale Style Guide
Information Architecture and Corporate Strategy: The Tail Wags the Dog
Site for site builders
Web Developers Virtual Library
The W3C Markup Validation Service
Small Business Website Design
Designing Your Website for Any Browser
Designing a Website for Any BrowserViewable With Any Browser: Accessible Site Design Guide
How to Make Websites Browser Compatible
Designing Your Website for Browser and Platform Compatibility
Browser Shots - Cross Platform Browser Test
Designing Website for Accessibility for Readers with Disabilities
W3C Web Content Accessiblity GuidelinesThe Accessiblity of Disabilities Site
W3C Accessibility Initiative
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility: Overview
If You Have Someone Design Your Website
Evaluate these five elements before hiring a Web designerHow to Hire a Web Designer
Tips To Hire The Right Website Designer
What to Look for in a Web Designer
Also see:
Getting a ConsultantPromoting a Website
Promoting Your Site.com -Free information and resources to help you promote your site!37 Ways to Promote Your Site
Search engine watch
The Pros And Cons Of Pay Per Click Marketing
5 Rules For Effective Email Newsletters
Less Obvious Ways of Promoting Your Website
How To Dominate Your Market
Installing a Counter of the Number of Hits to Your Site
Free Website CounterCreating a Counter (and links to free counters)
The difference between a Hit, Page, and Web Counter
Also see:
E-Commerce (doing business on the Internet / Web)Advertising and Promotion
Marketing
Selling Online
Telecommunications Laws
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
SEO BasicsSEO Basics - A Small SEO Guide for Beginners
SEO Primer: Improve Your Business Website's Ranking
Search Engine Optimization
The Simple SEO Guide for the Small Web Business
21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques
Search Engine Optimization: SEO Tips for Small Business
SEO Tips: How to Increase Traffic With Keywords
What You Need to Know: Before Hiring a SEO Agency
Using Search Engines
See "Tips for Searching on the World Wide Web"Learn How to SEO
How to Choose and Use Top Search Engines and Directories
Top Ten Rules for Basic SEO
Additional Information for Nonprofits
Nonprofit FAQ on Internet useCoyote Communications
Gilbert Center (newsletters, articles, courses, including about technology)
Oh What a Tangled Web! - a quick overview of nonprofit use of the Web
Non Profit Website Design: Examples and Best Practices
General Resources
Note that resources are listed throughout the above topics referenced from this page. Thanks to www.accessmagazine.com for many of the following links.Webmaster Resources
Elated Web Toolbox
Mycomputer.com
123Webmaster.com
Small Business Web site Development
Starting An Internet Business Is A Breeze If You Do It Right!
Getting What You Pay For From Low Cost Web Hosting
For the Category of Information Technology:
Related Library Topics
Recommended Books
General (For-Profit and Nonprofit)
General (For-Profit and Nonprofit)
The following books are recommended because of their highly practical nature and often because they include a wide range of information about this Library topic. To get more information about each book, just hover your cursor over the image of the book. A "bubble" of information will be displayed. You can click on the title of the book in that bubble to get more information, too.
The Accidental Techie:
Supporting, Managing, and Maximizing Your Nonprofit's Technology
- by Carter McNamara, published by Authenticity Consulting, LLC. This hands-on guide walks you through five projects that, when completed, will give you a comprehensive and usable support system, including for 1) conducting a technology inventory, 2) assessing and supporting staff, 3) assessing and buying technology, 4) protecting your organization from disasters and data loss, and 5) managing your role. Includes ready-to-use templates, worksheets and sample policies, and also 135 resources on topics such as funding, discussion groups, application service providers, web site development, donor management software, and a security policy checklist. Also explains steps for creating a database that gives you the reports you need. Includes a glossary of terms every techie should know.
Also See
E-commerce -- Recommended Books
