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Writing for the Web

Articles

Web Style Guide

Sun Microsystem's Writing for the Web

Charlie Moran: Writing for the Web

Jakob Nielsen: Writing for the Web

From the US Government: Writing for the Web

Good Documents.com A web-site that discusses how to create good business documents in the linked, on-screen environment of Intranets and the Internet.

Web Writing in the Disciplines

For resources specific to the fields of business, computer science, science , and the space industry, see my Writing Resources page.

Readibilty Test

Juicy Studio
The tool on this website will check your pages for readabilty. It is very useful.

Books on Web Writing and Publishing

The following two sites contain whole books that explain how the Web works and how websites are created. I don't believe either of these sites is designed well, nor do either of the sites take advantage of the hypermedia world of the Web the way they could. Both do, however, provide much useful information.

1. Hot Text: Web Writing That Works
2. Electronic Publishing from Prentice Hall.