....Navigate articles.... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 1 IA and the Underground .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 2 A few thoughts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 3 Type01's definition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 4 Sapient's definition .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 5 Copywriting online .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 6 A global medium? .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 7 Building trust .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 8 Introducing Sam Ruben ++ Setting the Scene ++ Fonts ++ Colour ++ Images ++ Linking ++ Tables ++ Frames ++ Going Live ++ Search Engines ++ HTML Editors .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 9 dHTML navigation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 10 Between Clicks; Expanding IA .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 11 Right click, view source. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 12 Refresh .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 13 Creative expression on the web .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 14 Learning to surf .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 15 The illusion of consistency .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 16 The hard sell .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 17 The promised land .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 18 An intro to user journeys .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 19 IA Summit 06 [5 meg ppt] .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 20 Designing for developing contexts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Article 21 Communal computing & shared spaces of use .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Home home     contact       "Sam Ruben" was the name I wrote under to produce a series of 10 articles on how to teach yourself to write HTML about 4 years ago. All the articles (listed below) follow the same logic: page 1, introduces and tries to show the reader what the lesson is about; page 2, shows the user how to do it; and page 3, puts the lesson in the greater context of the web, the Internet and building on the Web. | 1 | Before I was ever aware that I was practising Information Architecture I was developing an interest in it through the basic linking of pages in HTML. Perhaps it was because I found it so much simpler than I had expected or because of the enormous sense of freedom hyperlinking gave me to create in this way. One way or another from the start I found it easy and exciting to see the shapes and patterns that existed between linked pages. The idea that you could be creative between the pages, taking people on journeys was exciting. Previously these articles were available on the M-WEB Itutor website. As they were written 4 years ago there may be certain inconsistancies in the details of articles with the way the web works today. The articles are reproduced here as virtually all the major themes are still relevent to users and builders alike, today. Sorry! MWEB have recently changed all their url's and I can't find the articles on their server.I am slowly getting the articles onto my own site. Marked articles are live now! Part 1 Setting the scene [live] Part 2 Fonts [live] Part 3 Colour[live] Part 4 Images Part 5 Linking Part 6 Tables Part 7 Frames Part 8 Going live Part 9 Search engines Part 10 HTML editors End     home     contact