The Web Writer's Toolkit

This site contains guidelines to help you create web pages designed to meet the needs of your varied audiences. Adventurous Dreamweaver users will also find ways to utilize and extend the software's many useful features.

Guideline Topics

Top 10 – A cheat sheet of the most important rules

Accessibility – Are your pages compatible with the tools used by disabled site visitors?

Web Writing Style and Usability – What do people like and dislike about your pages?

Color and Graphics – What you need to know about putting images on the web

Printer-friendliness – Are your pages easy to read when printed?

Standard Components – Some tags that every page should have, and then some

Secure FTP – What is secure FTP and why you should care

Maintenance and Utilities – Tools and rules for making sure your pages function properly

MIT-specific Resources – MIT has services and resources to help you build your pages

Glossary of Terms – What the heck is SSL?