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Essential Online Resources

Utilised in RBO Development

The scribes in the RBO scriptorium have always prided themselves on the fact that the Roman-Britain.org website is produced entirely through the use of free software downloaded from the Wonderful World Wide Web, with no web-page generators or any other type of code-producing software. The freeware and shareware programs available through the links on this page are the only tools - aside from NotePad.exe and a bespoke "bubble-sort" program written in VB6 - used in the development of the entire website. Essentially, if you download everything specified on this page, you will have acquired everything necessary to produce your own web pages. Although, if your resultant site looks too much like Roman-Britain.org, there will be no option but for us to send round the RBO Rixatores.¹

  1. People who specialize in combining offers you can't refuse with extreme and unnecessary violence.

HTML Resources & Web Browsers

The Web Design Group - Excellent quick-reference guides, including:
Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML) 4.0 and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
MicroSoft Internet Explorer - The standard browser used for all development in RBO.
Netscape Communicator - The only other internet browser supported in the RBO scriptorium testing department.

JavaScript Resources

JavaScript Resources from CommuniTech.net Online reference for JavaScript programming, including many example scripts.

Image Manipulation Resources

MicroSoft GIF Animator Freeware Version V1.0 for Win 95 provided by KeyScreen.com - Bloody Brilliant! But I have to admit this place isn't where I originally obtained my copy of the software.
Paint Shop Pro V3.11 - Excellent Image Processing Software!

VRML Resources

Cosmo Player for Windows 95-NT © 2000 Computer Associates International, Inc. - Excellent VRML Browser. The one I currently use.
The Annotated VRML97 Reference Manual by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell - An excellent online resource!
VRML97 Tutorial © Copyright 1999 Vapour Technology - A very good tutorial, written with a certain wit and style.
VRML97 Technical Specification provided by WWW.VRML.ORG - Nuff said!
Tech Spec Node Ref provided by WWW.web3d.ORG - Groovy!

Miscellaneous Web Development Resources

WS-FTPLE V3.2 - Excellent Free FTP Software. As used in the RBO scriptorium.
The Other RGB Color Chart by Taylored Marketing of Leander, Texas - Good colour chart for HTML. To convert to VRML colors, simply multiply RGB values by 1/255.
ProMotion 3D Web Animation by WebPromotion.com Loads of animated GIF's, textures and background images.
The Developers Network - Brill site with examples of; HTML, ASP, CGI, JAVA, XML & SQL.
Netscape Reference Manuals - The absolute biz for serious developers!

Other works regularly consulted during RBO d