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By Nicole Hennig, Web Manager, MIT Libraries

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"Writing for the web is a skill set of its own. Website text, or “copy”, needs to be written in a different tone for the web than a brochure. It needs to be built around the target keywords for the site and be written for a lower literacy audience."

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Create a free website or blog in minutes by using a simple drag and drop interface.

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"a look at the websites of leading fashion companies, as well as some fashion news sites, and see when fashion, style and web design come together."

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"Be aware of the message your library's web site sends. If the homepage is confusing, then patrons will undoubtedly perceive the library to be complex. If the site is filled with links and widgets, then users might feel overwhelmed or frustrated. If the d

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By Mandy Brown. "Despite the ubiquity of reading on the web, readers remain a neglected audience. Much of our talk about web design revolves around a sense of movement: users are thought to be finding, searching, skimming, looking. We measure how frequent

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"While online spreadsheets like Google Docs make it very easy for anyone to embed tabular data in websites, let’s explore some new alternatives that you may find more useful depending on the requirement."

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Article on how not to design a corporate website

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"We're done with the tired old fontstacks of yesteryear. Enough with the limitations of the web, we won't have it. It's time to raise our standards. Here, you'll find only the most well-made, free & open-source, @font-face ready fonts."

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"Right now, web education is out of date and fragmented. There are good people working hard to change this, but because of the structure of higher education, it will take time."

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"Colleges do a poor job preparing students for careers designing Web sites or for related positions in Web development, often because they teach out-of-date curricula and fail to hire instructors with recent experience in the field, according to a survey

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"What about the physical process of reading on a screen? How does that compare to paper?"

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"One of the most important aspects of a good vintage style design is the use of authentic looking textures. Since most of you probably don’t have time to browse the local antique shop, and your grandmother’s attic is miles away, we’ve put together a list

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