Server: Netscape-Enterprise/2.01 Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 04:30:00 GMT Last-modified: Thu, 04 Sep 1997 17:48:49 GMT Content-length: 12600 Content-type: text/html Some of Our Favorite Sites

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Some of Our Favorite Sites

We want to share some of our favorite and informative sites with you. Take a look, see what's new and innovative, and come back soon to see what we've added!

Printing Industry Links

Graphic Arts Technical Foundation. GATF is a member-supported, nonprofit, technical, and education organization serving the graphic communications industries. This industry-inspired and member-directed Foundation has grown into one of the world's leading centers for graphic communications research and education.

Graphic Communications Association. GCA is a volunteer non-profit membership association and a national affiliate and special industry group of Printing Industries of America. It was formed in 1966 to apply computer technology to printing, publishing and related industries. GCA developed and fosters the Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML), from which the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is derived.

National Association of Printers and Lithographers. NAPL is a non-profit graphic arts trade association dedicated to providing a full range of management and educational services to its membership of thousands of graphic arts firms around the world. The companies represent every size, process and product specialty, as well as industry suppliers and educational groups.

Printing Industries of America, Inc. PIA, the world's largest graphic arts trade association, promotes programs, services and an environment that helps its members operate profitably.

Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT is a nationally respected leader in professional and career-oriented education with programs in business, engineering, art and design, science and mathematics, liberal arts, photography, hotel management, computer science and other areas.

Sites We Helped Create

Educational Resource Store

School Direct for publisher Houghton Mifflin Company -- An online "store" that allows teachers, parents and school-related groups to order educational materials using the Web. Users visiting the site can search for educational products by curriculum area, grade level, price, keyword or by the name of the textbook series that is being used in the classroom. Currently contains selected reading/language materials from all past and present textbook series. Mathematics, social studies and technology products will be added.

Online Publishing

FacilitiesNet -- An interactive information service for facilities professionals who design, construct, manage and maintain buildings.

SIMBANet -- A dynamically changing Web site for SIMBA Information, Inc., an affiliate of Cowles Business Media and a leading provider of news, analysis, statistics and proprietary forecasts on global developments in media, marketing and information businesses. The site includes Media Daily, a series of headlines and briefings on daily events in the media and marketing industries. Also of note are SIMBANet forums with a set of topics for discussion.

Thomas Publishing Company -- Publishers of the Thomas Registries. The site presents information on all publications and gives the location of Thomas sales offices.

Wine Spectator -- Online version of this very popular, high-end magazine from publisher M. Shanken Communications. The site includes back issues of the magazine, a searchable database of wine tasting notes, a personal wine list, and discussion areas.

Online Shopping & Catalogs

Cybershop -- Touted as the world's first online department store. This site features thousands of products from more than 100 manufacturers of high-end retail merchandise. It is notable because the "look-and-feel" presentation is vastly different from other catalogs but the database engine behind it is the same. Also note the registry function for bridal, baby and personal gifts. The registry system allows users to turn a shopping bag into a registry.

David Morgan -- A catalog of hats, leather goods and Celtic jewelry. Note the addition of product attributes (color, size) to the ordering page for each individual item. The product database was designed to accommodate different attributes for each item. Also note the cross-selling of items and the links on item pages to information content about the product.

The Monster Board -- A T-shirt catalog for the Monster Board, a popular online job posting service available on the Web.

Omega -- A Web site that includes a product locator for easy searching of products sold through its 20-volume printed catalog. Omega is a leading manufacturer and distributor of scientific and engineering measurement devices and instrumentation. The site includes a fax-back system -- customers can either download a PDF file for online viewing or request that the document be sent via fax from the Web site.

Rockwell Computer and Software -- A catalog of more than 20,000 products for this large computer and software retail chain in New York City. The site serves as an excellent example of a database-driven catalog on a large scale. Prices and merchandise are updated once per day.

Superhighway Sunglass -- A Web-based catalog of sunglasses for a company that owns the most popular sunglasses stores on CompuServe, GENIE and Compucard. Note the extensive indexing of products by criteria.

Sid Wainer Specialty Foods -- high-end specialty food merchandise, such as caviar and truffles.

Custom Built Web Sites

American Plastics Council -- "Plastics Resource" was built for this national organization. Note the Download Manager, in which the user can mark and download several white papers at one time.

Bell Atlantic Small Business Knowledge Center -- A primary information resource for small business owners.

Dial-A-Mattress -- Includes a sweepstakes and online coupon.

IBM Chess Challenge -- An online "broadcast" of the six-game chess match between world chess champion Gary Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue computer. During the match, chess fans worldwide could follow the action through live commentary and a continuously updated graphic chess board. The site featured updated announcers' commentary every 15 minutes, live chat and threaded topics hosted during game hours by Dr. Chess and friends, and contained java scripts that rotated in animated chess facts.

National Association of Printers and Lithographers -- The Financial Performance section demonstrates the ability to generate graphs on-the-fly based on data input by the user, and shows different users different information based on membership criteria. Graphs change when the user-input financial information changes and an approved membership password allows members to view certain graphs. The Interactive Arenas are the latest version of the threaded hypertext bulletin board.

Nellie Mae Loan Link -- The largest nonprofit provider of student and parent education loan funds in the country allows users to request more information about options.

Prudential Securities Virtual Branch Office -- designed to appeal to potential investors. Technical elements of note include the Investment Personality Quiz designed to find out what type of investor the user is. Market Commentary, another highlighted area, is updated each day at the close of the stock market.

J. Robert Scott: Executive Search -- The executive search firm, and subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, presents information on the company and lists jobs available.

TWA Airlines -- The site features full user tracking for customized information presentation and minor java scripts. Two large-scale databases applications include the TWA Flight Schedules and the Cargo Offices Look-Up.

Wentworth Art Gallery -- A wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, the Gallery promotes its arts, provides a list of upcoming gallery events, and accepts orders for art online.

Other Sites We Like

Agfa-Gevaert Group. Manufactures and markets a range of photographic and electronic imaging systems, particularly for photography, the prepress sector and medical imaging processes.

Heidelberg USA, Inc. Printing and bindery equipment.

Linotype-Hell North America. Wide range of products for electronic prepress.

MAN Roland Inc. The world's second largest manufacturer of printing presses.

3M -- Corporate site for 3M, with information about the company and its products.

Quark Inc. Develops and distributes publishing software for commercial publishing, graphic arts and corporate communications professionals using microcomputer-based systems.

Scitex Corporation Ltd. Scitex is a world leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of visual information communication products for the graphic arts, digital printing and digital video markets.

Silicon Graphics. SGI is a supplier of high-performance interactive computing systems with a broad range of products -- from low-end desktop workstations to high-end Cray supercomputers. The company also markets microprocessor designs, entertainment and design software, and other software products.

United States Postal Service -- A variety of information about the Postal Service, collectible stamps, and postal regulations. Look up ZIP codes, order shipping supplies online.

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