Resources, Tips, More

There are gobs of resources for designing, producing, managing online information systems on the Web.
This list is only a sampling. If you have a candidate for this page, please send email.

Organizations

• WritersUA -- where the best of the online crew gather to listen and learn
• Society for Technical Communication -- the professional organization of technical writing
• HTML Writers Guild -- great web site design
• World Wide Web Consortium -- the standards body for online, including CSS

Tools

• AuthorIT -- the only data-based information tool
• Doc-to-Help -- uses Word or any HTML editor
• Inbit, Inc. -- publisher of FullShot, the premier screen capture tool
• Flare -- under development from Madcap
• Adobe-- owners of RoboHELP Office (among other things)
• HelpBreeze -- still chugging along
• Screen Ruler -- the only sane way to build pages

Resources

• the Web Design Group -- tools, tips, more
• the RoboHELP list -- online peer support: under Adobe, much improved
• MS Help Community KB -- one of the richest sources of peer help
• FAR -- tools and advice, and one of the richest help sites
• Microsoft KB -- they put a fair effort into it--at least see what they've got