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This site also breaks down visual hierarchy and illustrates its points with easy to follow graphics and designs.

Explains why developing a visual hierarchy is crucial on the web

Ways and methods to create a focal point

There are few Ways to Create a Focal Point: by Contrast, Isolation , Placement. this article gives example of each

"method used to attract attention in the design of a page or work of art is the use of a focal point"

As much as I HATE wikihow this little page actually contained some great pointers on writing instructions.

not entirely sure what project #1 is yet, but I imagine this would be useful for instructing someone else to surf Google

I like the simplicity of this site, clear and concise.

This site offers the most common ways to create contrast and a summary of why contrast is important.

has visual examples, bullet points

Explains the principles of contrast and list nine common ways contrast can be created.

Chapter Three: Very in depth analysis of contrast in web design that also applies to contrast in other forms of design and publication.

A web design is made of many different elements, each having varying levels of importance and some demanding prominence over others. << more detailed information on the importance of contrast.

Contrast types descriptions and alot of good examples of each type of contrast

Ch 6- BoD Repetition This page provides written and visual examples of repetition to provide emphasis on borders, images and icons.

This site gives a handful of examples in repetition using examples of decoration, borders, & image/icon use.

Gives examples and ways on repetition. Like a mini lesson on it. 

NETIQUETTE This was a very informative site that talked about netiquette for many different online situations including emails:personal and professional

Covers all types of soical media, net education, cybersafety, ecommerce, email, digital video, and gaming. Each area has a list of rules and there are subsets to some areas such as cybersaftey. Easy to read which is good because there is a lot of information

I know I already pushed one to the group but this site is another one that I found really really helpful. It gives simplistic definitions and examples that are easy for anyone to understand.

REPETITION. This website gives a lot of great pointers about repetition and how it makes various media look better when properly employed.