Resources for Online Developers
Last updated: September 15, 2001

By SCOTT DELOACH
Atlanta Chapter

Recommended Books

The following books have been very valuable additions to my personal library, so I recommend them to others.

Title	Author
10 Minute Guide to HTML 3.2	Tim Evans
10 Minute Guide to HTML Style Sheets	Craig Zacker
Creating Killer Interactive Web Sites : The Art of Integrating Interactivity and Design	Andrew Sather, Editor
Designing Windows 95 Help; A Guide to Creating Online Documents	Mary Deaton and Cheryl Lockett Zuback
Designing and Writing Online Documentation: Hypermedia for Self-Supporting Products	William Horton
Designing Business : Multiple Media, Multiple Disciplines	Clement Mok
The Developer's Guide to WINHELP.EXE	Jim Mischel
Developing Online Help, 2nd Edition for Windows 95	Scott Boggan, Dave Farkas, and Joe Welinske
Effective Documentation : What We Have Learned from Research	Stephen Doheny-Farina (Editor)
Help Authoring Guide, Developer Network CD	Microsoft Corporation
The Icon Book : Visual Symbols for Computer Systems and Documentation	William Horton
Instant VBScript	Alex Homer and Darren Gill
Interactivity by Design : Creating & Communicating With New Media	Ray Kristof, Amy Satran
The Microsoft Manual of Style for Technical Publications	Microsoft Press
Windows 95 Help Authoring Kit	Microsoft Press
The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design	Microsoft Press
Mastering HTML 4.0	Eric & Deborah Ray

The following web pages provide excellent information on online documentation development.

Microsoft HTMLHelp web site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/html/vsconHH1Start.asp
HTML Reference Library: http://www.htmlib.com/
NetHelp Developer's Site: Netscape: http://home.netscape.com/eng/help/home/home.htm
Techwr-L Mailing List Archive: Cambridge Publications: http://www.documentation.com/archives/techwrit-l/techwrit-l.html
WinHlp-L Mailing List Archive: Cambridge Publications: http://www.documentation.com/archives/winhelp-l/winhelp-l.html
World Wide Web Consortium: W3C: http://www.w3.org/