This document was written in the early days of the web, defining such terms as "webmaster", the "www.xxx.com" convention, and a few basic points which are just as valid today. It has not been updated to discuss recent developments in HTML.
This guide is designed to help you create a WWW hypertext database that effectively communicates your knowledge to the reader. It has been prepared in the light of comments by readers, and many demands by providers of online documentation. Some of the points made may be influenced by personal preference, and some may be common sense, but a collection of points has been demanded, and so here it is.
The guide is designed to be read sequentially, but feel free to depart from this. The sections are as follows:
The above lists all the parts of this guide except for individual reader comments.
A single long page with all of them excluding reader comments is available for printing (but has dysfunctional links and is not in correct html).
Suggestions are strongly invited, if you think of anything mail it to timbl@w3.org, mentioning the Style Guide for Online Hypertext or its URL. I'm also interested in the URLs of other style guides, corporate house style guides, or your favorite book on style (hypertext or otherwise).