Technology, Tools

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

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Microsoft Help Technologies Web

The official information, documentation, and program files that you need when creating help solutions for Microsoft Windows without a special help authoring tool.

MSHelpWiki

Wiki monitored by Microsoft Help MVPs to aid help authors and application programmers when creating, embedding and linking 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 Online-Hilfen im Microsoft-Format.

helpinfo

Web site dedicated to Microsoft Help.

java.net

The official web site for the JavaHelp system.

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.

The Help Guy

Blog of the Microsoft Help professional Paul O’Rear.

DITA XML.org

The official community and resource for the DITA OASIS standard.

DITA News, DITA Users, DITA Wiki

Provide news plus links to resources and tools.

ditamap

Collection of DITA-related information and DITA-specific links.

DITA & XML Community of the Rockies

Has a comprehensive list of DITA resources.

Ditalog

Blog und zahlreiche Tutorials rund um DITA, auch als PDF zum Download.

RSS Advisory Board

Provides the 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 geeignet zum Nachschlagen.

HTML5-Handbuch

Umfassendes, in seiner Online-Version kostenloses Handbuch zu HTML5.

HTML GOODIES

Lots of tutorials on web design techniques and technologies.

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) 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.

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.

1stwebdesigner

40 powerful CSS tools and generators to automate your workflow. There are also many other great resources on this web site.

CSS TRICKS

Blog and code snippets by Chris Coyier.

font-family

Provides recommendations for the alternatives that you should list in the font-family CSS style.

CSS Intensivstation

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

CSS-Technik

Zahlreiche Kurztutorials und Snippets zum Thema CSS.

Hot Scripts

Portal for PHP, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, ASP and other scripts.

JavaScript Kit

Comprehensive collection of free scripts and tutorials.

THE JavaScript SOURCE

Repository of “cut and paste” JavaScript examples.

Download Javascripts

Repository for AJAX, Javascript, Dhtml, Widgets, jQuery, and more.

jQuery Fundamentals

Free book on jQuery, available in PDF, HTML and ePub format.

Raphaël

JavaScript library that renders dynamic SVG graphics.

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 und Anleitungen. Alles in deutscher Sprache.

HAT-MATRIX

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

WikiMatrix

Provides a comprehensive comparison of the most important wikis.

Frame-User.de

Deutschsprachiges Portal für FrameMaker-Anwender.

Macros for Writers and Editors

Comprehemsive ebook and macro collection for Microsoft Word.

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.

Adobe in Technical Communication

Blog by by RJ Jacquez.

Scriptorium Publishing

Blog on technical communication in general but with a focus on technology-related topics.

CAP Studio

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

tecwriter

Blog von Martin Uhrig zu Adobe Captivate, Screenvideos und E-Learning.

Regular-Expressions.info

Tutorial, examples and a reference on regular expressions.

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This page was last updated 12/2011.

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