Toolkit
Target Audience:
Leigh, Allen . "Target Audience". 18/2/2007
<http://www.shire.net/learnwebdesign/target.htm>
Marshall, Samuel . "Target Audience". 18/2/2007
<http://www.leafdigital.com/class/lessons/content/2.html>
Bailey, J. . "Design for a Target Audience". GNC Web Creations . 19/2/2007
<http://www.cricket.gnc-web-creations.com/audience/>
Boag, Paul. "Understanding your Target Audience". 19/2/2007
<http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2006/01/podcast_19_understanding_your_target_audience.html>
Language:
"Internet World Users by Language". Miniwatts Marketing Group. 25/2/2007
<http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats7.htm>
"ThinkQuest International 2007 Rules". ThinkQuest, Oracle Education Foundation. 25/2/2007
<http://thinkquest.org/competition/rules.shtml>
Handling Jargons:
"Deep Space". 28/02/2007
<http://library.thinkquest.org/C005454/requip.html>
Information about your Site:
Delaney, Robert. "Citation Style for Research Papers". Long Island University. 20/2/2007
<http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citation.htm>
"Chicago / Turabian Style". The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 20/2/2007
<http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/chicago.html>
"ThinkQuest International 2007 Evaluation Criteria". ThinkQuest, Oracle Education Foundation. 25/2/2007
<http://www.thinkquest.org/competition/evaluation.shtml>
"ThinkQuest International 2007 Rules". ThinkQuest, Oracle Education Foundation. 25/2/2007
<http://thinkquest.org/competition/rules.shtml>
HTML:
"W3Schools Online Web Tutorials". W3Schools. 23/2/2007
<http://www.w3schools.com>
"W3C". World Wide Web Consortium. 23/2/2007
<http://www.w3.org>
XHTML:
"W3Schools Online Web Tutorials". W3Schools. 23/2/2007
<http://www.w3schools.com>
"W3C". World Wide Web Consortium. 23/2/2007
<http://www.w3.org>
Colors:
Johansson, Donald. "Colors On The Web". 12/2/2007
<http://www.colorsontheweb.com/>
"Choose the right colors for your PowerPoint Presentation". Microsoft Corporation. 12/2/2007
<http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA010120721033.aspx>
"Complementary Colors" 12/2/2007
<http://www.littletownmart.com/colors/comp.html>
"Color theory". Wikipedia. 12/2/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_theory>
Typography:
Lynch, Patrick and Horton, Sarah. "Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition". 14/2/2007
<http://webstyleguide.com/
"Sans-serif". Wikipedia. 14/2/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif>
Images:
"Graphics". Wikipedia. 17/2/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics>
"Comparison of Graphics File Formats". Wikipedia. 21/3/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_graphics_file_formats>
Lynch, Patrick and Horton, Sarah. "Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition". 14/2/2007
<http://webstyleguide.com/>
Seltzer, Larry. "PNG Transparecy in Internet Explorer". Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc. 2/3/2007
<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1645331,00.asp>
Wilton, Mark. "Making IE use PNG Alpha transparency". 2/3/2007
<http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/alpha.html>
Layout:
Lynch, Patrick and Horton, Sarah. "Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition". 14/2/2007
<http://webstyleguide.com/>
An Introduction to CSS, Types of Style, Simple Selectors, Advanced Selectors:
"CSS Tutorial". W3Schools. 1/3/2007
<http://www.w3schools.com/css/>
"Cascading Style Sheets". Web Design Group. 1/3/2007
<http://htmlhelp.com/reference/css/>
CSS Properties:
"CSS Tutorial". W3Schools. 1/3/2007
<http://www.w3schools.com/css/>
"Cascading Style Sheets". Web Design Group. 1/3/2007
<http://htmlhelp.com/reference/css/>
"Internet Explorer & CSS issues". Webcredible Ltd. 23/2/2007
<http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/css/internet-explorer.shtml>
Staníček, Petr. "Fast Rollovers Withour Preload". 23/2/2007
<http://wellstyled.com/css-nopreload-rollovers.html>
Interactivity Introduction:
"Client-side Scripting". Wikipedia. 2/3/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client-side_scripting>
JavaScript:
"Dynamic Drive". Dynamic Drive. 3/3/2007
<http://www.dynamicdrive.com>
"Graceful Degradation and Progressive Enhancement". Accessities.org. 3/3/2007
<http://accessites.org/site/2007/02/graceful-degradation-progressive-enhancement/>
Flash:
"Flash vs. Ajax". Pasz.com Articles. 3/3/2007
<http://www.pasz.com/articles/FlashVsAjax.html>
"Flash Player Penetration". Adobe Systems Incorporated. 3/3/2007
<http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/>
"Flash Player Detection Kit". Adobe Systems Incorporated. 3/3/2007
http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/download/detection_kit/
Other Formats:
"Java ME". Sun Microsystems Inc. 4/3/2007
<http://java.sun.com/javame/index.jsp>
"QuickTime VR". Apple Inc. 4/3/2007
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/technologies/qtvr/>
"IPIX". IPIX Corporation. 4/3/2007
<http://www.ipix.com/>
Web Building:
"Adobe Dreamweaver". Adobe Corporation. 12/3/2007
<http://www.adobe.com/products/dreamweaver/>
"Dreamweaver Tutorials". CBT Cafe. 12/3/2007
<http://www.cbtcafe.com/dreamweaver/>
"Dreamweaver Tutorials". K2 Communications, LLC. 12/3/2007
<http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Dreamweaver/1>
"Welcome to Amaya". W3C. 12/3/2007
<http://www.w3.org/Amaya/
"Nvu". Linspire Inc. 12/3/2007
<http://www.nvu.com/index.php>
Image Editing:
"Adobe Photoshop CS2". Adobe Corporation. 12/3/2007
<http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/>
Holman, Zach. "Good Tutorials". 12/3/2007
<http://www.good-tutorials.com/>
"Photoshop Tutorials". Absolute Cross. 12/3/2007
<http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/photoshop/>
"Adobe Photoshop Elements". Adobe Corporation. 12/3/2007
<http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshopelwin/>
"Fireworks 8". Adobe Corporation. 12/3/2007
<http://www.adobe.com/products/fireworks/>
"GIMP". The GIMP Team. 12/3/2007
<http://www.gimp.org/>
Upload Clients:
"ThinkQuest Help". Oracle Education Foundation. 13/3/2007
<http://www.thinkquest.org/support/stepsupload.htm>
"Filezilla". 12/3/2007
<http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/>
"FireFTP". Mozilla Foundation. 12/3/2007
<http://fireftp.mozdev.org/>
"SmartFTP". SmartSoft. 12/3/2007
<http://www.smartftp.com/>
Tips
File Organization:
Adams, Kevin and Cool, Heidi. "Web File Organization and Naming Conventions". Case Western Reserve University. 11/3/2007
<http://blog.case.edu/webdev/2006/06/20/web_file_organization_and_naming_conventions
Web Accessibility:
"Web Design" by Chapman C. & Nigel C. & Jenny C.
Burns, Joe. "So You Want A Client-Side Image Map, Huh?". 10/3/2007
<http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/image_maps/article.php/3479741>
"W3C WAI". World Wide Web Consortium. 23/2/2007
<http://www.w3.org/WAI>
"Color Blindness". Wikipedia. 24/2/2007
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness>
Stock.xchng (http://www.sxc.hu)
Photo #485392 (arroba2) by gasman40 - As background on your little toolkit skin
Photo #609312 (dotcom) by binsurf - As background image on your little toolkit skin
Photo #555386 (mouse on pad) by billcreyss - As background image your little toolkit skin
Photo #597779 (Underwater tile) by sykicktb - As background image in lucidity skin
Photo #725961 (golden) by kodo34 - As background image
Photo #715387 (Dancing bolts) by TouTouke - As background image in little toolkit skin
Photo #608195 (Litle Screwdriver) by vierdrie - As background image in little toolkit skin
Photo #460520 (Screw & Screwdriver 5) by mjw - As background image in little toolkit skin
Photo #725346 (Clouds 2) by mausaka - As background image in little toolkit skin
Photo #704325 (Into the future) by TheCodeX - As background image in futura skin
Photo #697039 (the future) by danjaeger - As background image in futura skin
Photo #715774 (exploring) by Scyza - Introduction picture
Photo #695070 (Diversity 2) by spekulator - Target Audience picture
Photo #737190 (Light grass) by gregobagel - Bulb on grass picture in objectives of the site
Photo #363858 (Bullseye) by 2e1fmo - Dartboard picture in objectives of the site
Photo #5616 (Overload) by brage - Overloaded truck picture in objectives of the site
Photo #135048 (No audience 1) by Mr_Ristoo - Seats picture in Target Audience
Photo #638758 (Sitewards Office) by costak - Picture in Language
Photo #742760 (Flipping Pages 1) by gregobagel - Flipping pages picture in Structure of your content
Photo #742727 (Big I) by EdwinP - Big I picture in Site Content Conclusion
Photo #216835 (Mobile Internet) by altair - Mobile Phone picture in XHTML
Photo #690865 (crayons) ftibor - Color Pencils picture in Colors
Photo #537438 (Colors!) by foobean01 - Colorful picture in Colors
Photo #640455 (A Bright Rainbox at Dusk) by CraigPJ - Rainbow picture in Colors
Photo #442672 (Lime Light) by matchstick - Lime picture in Images
Photo #649726 (Dice) by TouTouke - Dice picture in Images
Photo #735878 (Window, New Building, Basilica de Bom Jesus 8) by sachyn - Window picture in CSS Conclusion
Photo #671067 (Table and Chairs) by Striker_72 - Table picture in CSS Conclusion
Photo #722980 (computer) by merve - Computer picture in Software Introduction
Photo #739256 (Camera) by ubik2010 - Video Camera picture in Flash
Photo #498910 (Film Strip) by rgvmonster - Filmstrip picture in Dos and Donts
Photo #724992 (.|HD|.) by clix - Hard disk picture in File Organization
Photo #346146 (Web browser) by mrjamin - Browser picture in File Organization
Photo #627386 (pda phone) by dreamjay - Pda picture in Web Accessibility
Photo #283046 (Wheelchair) by Zela - Handicap logo in Web Accessibility
Photo #210253 (handling a mobile) by lovu4ever - Mobile phone picture in Web Accessibility
Photo #441547 (Computer Speaker) by pr3vje - Computer speaker picture in Web Accessibility
Photo #740189 (finances) by lusi - Charts picture in Web Accessibility
Photo #465495 (computer cibercafe of my brother) by mmagallan - Computer picture in Web Accessibility
Photo #731545 (check it 2) by lusi - Survey picture in Future of ThinkQuest
Photo #306568 (camera microphone) by stocker - Microphone picture in Future of ThinkQuest
Photo #265527 (Microphone) by Lens - Microphone picture in Future of ThinkQuest
Fonts
http://www.dafont.com
Kirby by Typearound - Font in Playground background
Superstar DJ by Font-a-licious - Explore Button Graphic
Pointers by Russ Rowlett - Top Button Graphic
RoadSign + Warning by Benn Coifman - Tour the site Button Graphic
Default Skin:
Dingsbums Bats by Manfred Klein - Toolbox sidebar graphic
Harold's Pips by Harold's Fonts - Factbox and Trivia sidebar graphic
RoadSign + Warning by Benn Coifman - Navigator Sidebar Graphic
Cubic Green Skin:
Gunplay by Larabie Fonts - Header
South Park - Sub Header
Waving My Arms in the Air by junkohanhero - Toolbox sidebar Graphic
Junko's Dingbatz by junkohanhero - Trivia and Navigator sidebar Graphic
Ckas by junkohanhero - Factbox sidebar Graphic
Photoshop Brushes
Header Graphics:
http://www.blistered.org
Sha - Header for CSS,Html/Xhtml,Welcome and main header
http://www.appendixsquared.com
Appendix Squared - Site Content Header
http://paulw.deviantart.com
PaulW - About and Graphics and Design heder
http://sharplittlekittyclaw.deviantart.com/
Sharplittlekittyclaw - Software and Tips header
http://gli.deviantart.com
Gli - Toolkit header
Avatar Graphics:
http://paulw.deviantart.com
PaulW - Jun Ru, Darryl, Jim & Qing Sheng's Avatar
Wallpaper Graphics:
http://www.blistered.org
Sha - Wallpaper 1 & 3
http://paulw.deviantart.com/g
PaulW - Wallpaper 2
http://gli.deviantart.com
Gli - Wallpaper 4
Skin Graphics:
http://www.adamwoodhouse.co.uk
Adam Woodhouse - Cubic Green skin header
Graphs
Graph creator from http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/
ThinkQuest Entry Screenshots
ThinkQuest Home Page screenshots - For ThinkQuest Mimic skin background and File Organization
2005Aug Entry 01023 - Target Audience Example
1999 Entry 28188 - Target Audience Example
2005Aug Entry 00036 - Layout Example
2005Aug Entry 00282 - Layout Example
2005Aug Entry 01951 - Layout Example
2004Apr Entry 01058 - JavaScript Example
Other
Tango Icon Gallery - Icons for the site
http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Desktop_Project
Screenshot of Wikipedia.org "Food" content box
Blistered.org for Photoshop brushes in banner design
In addition we would like to thank the following people:
Our coach, Mr Keng Hian Chia for being our coach!
Our assistant coach, Mr Soong Chee Gi for his guidance and recommendations!
Past ThinkQuest winners: Mr Kishore, Mr Sigit, Mrs Aileen who participated in the interview, and those who responded to our survey.
Adobe Macromedia Software for providing the Flash Player Detection script.
Friends of ED for the book "Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model".
Douglas Bowman for his tutorial on "Sliding Doors of CSS".
Shawn Olson for his "changecss" function.
Erik Bosrup for his "overlib" script.
www.youngpup.net for the "DOM drag" script.
DynamicDrive for the "AJAX Dynamic Content" script and the "styleswitcher" script
www.javascriptkit.com for the "client-side search" script.
Sil for the "Smooth Scroll" script.
Victoria Junior College for the filming of the video
And last but not least, ThinkQuest Oracle Education Foundation!!!