Web Style Guide
There is no definitive Web style guide, but here's a start at one. You can use these pages as examples as you build your own site's style and procedures. Suggestions are welcome; e-mail them to editor@edit-work.com.
What's here:
Edit-Work.com Site Style Guide — Defines the styles used on this site. Use this as a guide to building your own site guide, from specifying style and dictionary references to setting styles for layout, fonts, colors, link styles, and logo usage.Guidelines for Copyediting and Proofreading Your Site — Defines what's needed at the various levels of Web copyediting and proofreading. This is what your staff or freelance copy editors and proofreaders need to know.
Links to Sites on Style and Editing — A list-in-progress of links to sites on Web style, editing, and writing. Watch for additions.
How to Use Style Sheets on the Web — A primer on how to use one of the basic tools for keeping editorial consistency on a site.
Stylebook List — An annotated list of stylebooks, dictionaries, and reference books. Watch for additions and for more detailed descriptions of the various books and the situations in which you might use them.
Web Style Glossary — A-Z listings for Web usage, punctuation, capitalization, and styles for links, footers, and more.
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