[WEB4LIB] spelling conventions

[Rick Levine]

Hotwired published a web style book 'Wired Style: Principles of English
Usage in the Digital Age' (HardWired, 1996).
http://www.hotwired.com/hardwired/wiredstyle/
I haven't seen it, but it sounds like a reasonable source of guidance.

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Rick Levine, Technical Specialist
Central Massachusetts Regional Library System
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Kevin W. Bishop
> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 11:36 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] spelling conventions
>
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> This is something of a silly question, but what is the convention?
>
> Internet / internet
> Web / web
> Webpage / webpage // Web page / web page
> Website / website // Web site / web site
>
> I'm consistently inconsistent with the capitalization and spacing of these
> words and would like to know if there is a standard style for the sake of
> developing "how-to" [w]eb()pages about [w]eb()page development.
>
> -kb
>
> (I think it should be "Internet" and "Web", but as for the others ... ??)
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