Help for student web projects is available from the Student Technology Assistance and Resource (STAR) office at the Johnson Center, Rm. 311, http://media.gmu.edu/web/webstar.html
See "Page Builder," the STAR on-line presentation on student web projects at http://media.gmu.edu/pagebuilder
GMU's "Web Development" website provides a number of resources and services for university web page designers: http://www.gmu.edu/mlnavbar/webdev/findex.html
Tutorials and General Guides
Summa, Allyn, "Web Design Basics," an on-line tutorial of the GMU Office of University Computing and Instructional Services, is available at http://www.gmu.edu/departments/ucis/webdesign/
Shiple, John, "Information Architecture Tutorial," provides a five-step guide to the basics of information architecture: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial1.html
Lynch, Patrick and Horton, Sarah, Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999). Web version: http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/ See especially the section on "Site Design" at http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/sites/site_design.html
Greenspun, Philip, Philip and Alex's Guide to Web Publishing, (New York: Academic Press, 1999). Web version: http://www.photo.net/wtr/thebook/
Waters, Crystal, Web Concept & Design: A Comprehensive Guide for Creating Effective Web Sites, (New Riders Publishing, 1996).
Veen, Jeffrey, Hotwired Style: Principles for Building Smart Websites, (Hardwired, 1997). Short web version: http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/98/07/index0a.html?tw=design
Jakob Nielsenís Website, http://www.useit.com , contains a wealth of web-related useability information, including the resources listed above. Good examples include:
Raymond, Eric S., "HTML Hell Page," http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/html-hell.html.
Flanders, Vincent, and Willis, Michael, Web Pages That Suck: Learn Good Design by Looking at Bad Design, (Sybex, 1998). Website: http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/suckframe.htm .
Rosenfeld, Louis, "A Closer Look: Critical Reviews of Corporate Websites": http://webbusiness.cio.com/archive/closer.html
"Critique of the Week," a column in e-journal CNET Builder.com examines a variety of Web sites: e-commerce, e-journals, vertical portals, and entertainment sites, from a Web designerís point of view: http://www.builder.com/Graphics/Critique/index.html
"The Argus Clearinghouse" provides excellent examples to follow: http://www.clearinghouse.net/
HTML and Webpage Coding Guides
Castro, Elizabeth, HTML 4 for the World Wide Web, (Berkeley: Peachpit Press, 1998).
Revised February 4, 2002