Hypertext Style Guide
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Started in the “early days of the web (1992)”, Tim BL‘s Style Guide for online hypertext is still a great resource.
Some of my favorite bits:
“If you are a person responsible for managing the information provided by your organization, you have to balance the advantages of a ‘house style’ with the advantages of giving each group or author free rein. If you end up with decisions in this area, it is as well to write them down (not to mention put them on the web).”
“Always use heading levels in order, with one heading level 1 at the top of the document, and if necessary several level 2 headings, and then if necessary several level 3 headings under each level 2 heading. If you don’t like the way heading level 2 is formatted, fix it on your client, don’t just skip to heading level 3.”
“Have fun with style sheets. Also, within a company or a series of publications, use them to establish conventions which tie a given look to documents of a given status.”
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