Technology- and Tool-related Resources

Links for technical writers and others who create technical documentation and software documentation: information on individual technologies (e.g. online hlep formats, HTML, XML, DITA) and tools.

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Microsoft Help Technologies Web

The official information, documentation, and program files you need to get started creating help solutions for Microsoft Windows.

MSHelpWiki

Wiki monitored by Microsoft Help MVPs to aid help authors and application programmers when creating online help.

Helpware

Site with a focus on the new Microsoft Help Viewer (MS Help 3).

HELP GUIDE - Hilfe zu Hilfen

Tipps, Links und Downloads zum Thema Microsoft-Online-Hilfen.

helpinfo

Web site on Microsoft Help.

Sun Developer Network

The official web site for the JavaHelp System from Sun.

Oracle Help Technologies

Oracle's web site on Oracle Help for Java and Oracle Help for the Web.

HyperTrain

Some code samples useful for innovative online help development.

weblog.helpware.net

Help MVP Rob Chandler’s blog.

Microsoft Help 3.0 Team Blog

"The future of product help" by Microsoft Corporation.

DITA XML.org

The official community gathering place and information resource for the DITA OASIS standard.

DITA News, DITA Users, DITA Wiki

Provides news as well as links to further resources and tools.

ditamap

Collection of DITA-related information and links.

DITA & XML Community of the Rockies

Provides a comprehensive list of DITA resources.

RSS Advisory Board

Provides RSS specification.

Feed Validator

RSS and ATOM feed validation service.

SELFHTML

Deutschsprachige Online-Referenz zu HTML (sowie XHTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, Perl, PHP). Kein Lehrbuch, aber hervorragend zum Nachschlagen.

HTML GOODIES

Lots of tutorials on web design techniques and technologies.

XHTML Online Lernen

Online-Kurs zum Thema XHTML.

Dynamic Drive DHTML

Free DHTML and CSS code library.

LookupTables

HTML Code, Unicode and ASCII tables.

The W3C CSS Validation Service

Free service that checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.

W3Schools

Tutorials and references on almost all web standards.

The W3C Markup Validation Service

Free service that checks web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.

Validome

Free validation service for HTML, XHTML, WML and XML.

WESTCIV

The Complete CSS Guide claims to be the most comprehensive online CSS reference available on the web. There are some other tutotials available as well. Go to the "Learning" tab on the main navigation.

CSS TRICKS

Blog and some cool code snippets by Chris Coyier.

CSS Intensivstation

Einblicke, Hilfen, Tipps und Templates für den Umgang mit CSS und tableless Design.

CSS-Technik

Zahlreiche Kurztutorials und Snippets zum Thema CSS.

JavaScript Kit

Comprehensive collection of free scripts and tutorials. The web site was formerly called Website Abstraction.

THE JavaScript SOURCE

Comprehensive JavaScript library.

jQuery

JavaScript library that can be used to add some advanced effects and elements to HTML pages.

Programmer's Heaven

Thousands of files, links and articles on all major programming languages. Also includes a large section on web development.

GRAMMIWEB

Viele nützliche Skripte (JS, PHP, CGI) und Anleitungen. Alles in deutscher Sprache.

php, The PHP Group

Tutorials and user manuals on PHP, available in different languages.

PHPBuilder

Source code snippet library and articles on PHP.

HAT-MATRIX

Comparison of a selection of help authoring tools (sponsored by vendors).

Frame-User.de

Umfassendes deutschsprachiges Portal für FrameMaker-Anwender.

The RoboColum(n)

"Musings on software, work and world of a technical communicator". Blog by Colum McAndrew.

I Came, I Saw, I Learned...

"The place to share resources, ideas and general information about Adobe's Technical Communication Suite applications: RoboHelp, FrameMaker, Captivate, Acrobat and PhotoShop". Blog by IconLogic, Inc.

Technical Communication

Blog of the Adobe Product Management Team (Technical Communication Suite, FrameMaker, RoboHelp).

The Doc Fox

"Cool stuff about the products I document at Adobe". Blog by Samartha Vashishtha.

CAP Studio

Blog von Michael Müller-Hillebrand zum Thema Dokumentations-Technologie und Computer Assisted Publishing.

Regular-Expressions.info

Tutorial, examples and a reference on regular expressions.

WellStyled

Very nice color scheme generator to create harmonic designs, plus a collection of some small tutorials on CSS.
For the tutorials go to "Articles" on the navigation bar. For the color scheme generator go to "Tools".

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This page was last updated 02/2010.

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