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Any Tarleton State University student, faculty, or staff member can create and publish a personal web page on the Tarleton State University server. Therefore, the following sections discuss resources available to help you set up a web page account on Tarleton's server and create a web page. Included in the sections are
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WEB SERVICES
Web Services maintains the University web site and handles requests for web page accounts, in addition to offering support and assistance for these accounts.

The Web Services web pages provide the following:
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Web Services web pages also offer instructions for
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WEB PAGE DESIGN GUIDELINES, TIPS & TUTORIALS
The following links offer design guidelines, tips and tutorials for creating web pages. If these pages do not have the information you want, searching the Internet for specific instructions should yield the desired information.

Accessibility Guidelines
empty spaceColor Vision/Color Deficiency - overviews web design issues related to color vision problems.
empty spaceEffective Color Contrast - gives tips for making color choices that work for most viewers.
empty spaceMaking Text Legible - gives tips for making text choices that work for most viewers.
empty space• Yahoo Directory of Accessibility Sites - links to information about making your site accessible.

Coding (HTML, JavaScript, OpenGL, etc.) Tutorials
empty space@Websites - offers HTML tutorial, clip art, fonts, backgrounds, forums, and more.
empty spaceThe Developers Gallery - features an OpenGL tutorial and online art gallery.
empty spaceHTML Goodies- offers a wide range of tutorials that cover web page design and coding.
empty spacePage Resource.com - has tutorials for HTML, JavaScript, and tips for creating web pages.
empty spaceWeb Services' Useful Links page - offers several categories of links.
empty space• Yahoo Directory of HTML Guides - links to most popular sites and alphabetical list of other sites.
empty spaceWeb Developer's Tutorials for Web Developers - offers tips for HTML, CSS, graphics, Java, etc.

Color & Graphics Guidelines & Tips
empty spaceColor Vision/Color Deficiency - overviews web design issues related to color blind users.
empty spaceColours on the Web - has tutorial on color use and a color wizard to find matching colors.
empty spaceEffective Color Contrast - gives tips for making color choices that work for most viewers.
empty spaceWeb Style Guide (Web Graphics) - provides techniques to optimize Web page graphics.

Style & Design Guidelines
empty spaceDreamInk Web Design Guide - features design and style guide tutorials and resources.
empty spaceTarleton Style Guide - gives rules and recommendations for web pages published at Tarleton.
empty spaceWeb Style Guide (Page Design) - provides techniques to optimize web page design.

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