Contents
      About this handbook                        5
              Uses of the Web and the nature of HEI information 7
              Why publish in electronic form?    9
              Obstacles to success with the Web  10
              
              PRINCIPLES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS  
              The uses of hypertext              12
              Paper information: good and bad    18
              Hypertext and the style of documents    21
              HTML                               24
              Functional markup versus fixed formatting    29
              Evaluating interactive information technologies   39
              The Web as an educational medium   46
              The future: a better hypertext system?  52
              The future: the Web is changing    54
              
              DESIGN INTO PRODUCTION             
              Web design for non-designers       56
              Some basic principles of information design  60
              Computer screens are not paper     67
              User-centred design                69
              
              DESIGN CASE STUDIES                
              Visual and structural design of Web documents     75
              
              POLICY                             
              Creating a maintainable site       88
              Checklist for making and maintaining a site  89
              Control                            92
              Staff development issues           94
              
              APPENDICES                         
              Appendix One: a note on Standards  96
              Appendix Two: Some basic facts     97
              Appendix Three: Adobe Acrobat      104
              Resources                          108
              Web Resources                      110
              Glossary                           115