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TUTORIALS & REFERENCES
PageTutor.com
Excellent startup tutorials in HTML, including additional tutorials on tables, forms, and frames, all free. Some pay tutorials also, including a CSS primer, Javascript tutorial, and more.
W3Schools.com
A collection of free HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, WAP, ASP, SQL tutorials with lots of working examples and source code.
Writing HTML
A popular and effective tutorial for creating Web pages from the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction.
Advanced Web Reference
Not a tutorial — just a straight command reference. Probably the best of its kind this wide of W3C.
Command references for HTML, XML, CSS, ActiveX, JavaScript, ASP, SSI, & .NET, among others. Wow!
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
by Kevin Werbach. Another useful command reference — specifically designed to be a practical “cheat sheet” to coding.
FlamingText.com
Generate graphical text images for your page. An huge number of options on this free, easy site, for generating decorative .GIFs in moments.
GoHTM.com
Convert word processor, spreadsheet, and PDF files to HTML code suitable for uploading.
LinkPopularity.com
Who links to each of your pages? (Or, for that matter, to anybody else’s.) The fastest, most complete link search engine I’ve found.
Lorem Ipsum Generator
Create dummy filler text for sample pages in the millennium-old traditions of type setting, faster than you can say “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetuer adipiscing elit.”
SiteCritique
Let others critique your site for you, and give you feedback. (You can also critique their sites, as part of a “review community.”)
Top 10 Ways to Tell If You Have a Sucky Home Page
Unfortunately, we should all read this every now and then! If this couldn’t possibly refer to your page,
then at least read it for the entertainment value!
VALIDATORS
HTML Validator By Web Design Group. Find out if your page is up to spec!
HTML TIDY W3C’s online version of the TIDY utility for cleaning up badly
coded web pages (whether coded by hand, or with your favorite composing software) — and for converting them to valid XHTML files!
CSS Validator
By Web Design Group. A validator for your Cascading Style Sheets.
OTHER WEB TECHNOLOGIES
General/Multiple
HotScripts.com (Self-described “Web Development Powerhouse”
site — and I have to agree! Large number of scripts (some free, some not) for diverse purposes written in ASP, C, Flash, Java, JavaScript,
PHP, PERL, XML, and more. Want a tool or cool effect? You just might find it here.)
.htaccess
Comprehensive Guide to .htaccess Hosting your site on
Apache? This is a great tutorial and reference on configuring security and other issues on your site at the folder level.
.htaccess Magick!
by Katherine Nolan. Article on devweb.PRO site. Another useful tour of basic .htaccess config. Treats redirects more extensively
than the prior site.
Leknor GZIP Test Site (Trying to GZIP your Apache-hosted site?
Test individual pages of your site to see if they have been successfully GZIPped. Or, see how much bandwidth you could save by doing
so. As an alternative or backup, you can get the same type of report from the desilva.biz gzip test.)
Password Generator
Create encrypted passwords for .htaccess folder control.
Backstage
Instructions on some aspects of HTML, DHTML, CSS, JavaScript & more — including extremely sensible points of
good practice for some coding tasks.
CssHack
There’s a reasonable debate on whether CSS should be tweaked to force corrections for browser inconsistencies. After all, doesn’t that defeat
coding to standards? Nonetheless, if you need these hacks, here’s the place to start.
JavaScript
JavaScript 101: The JavaScript Object Model
From the FrontPage Developers Blog. An excellent orientation and grounding for JavaScript, especially for understanding the Document Object Model (DOM).
JavaScript Source
Hundreds of basic scripts to download and use. (Please don’t use hundreds!)
JavaScript – The Complete Gate
Another JavaScript megasite. Tools, tutorials, scripts, links. Unfortunately, also lots of pop-up ads, but probably worth it.
CGI & PERL Tutorials
Not everything you’ll ever want to know — but more than enough to get your started.
CGI Resource Index
Thousands CGI scripts and programs, some tutorials, and other CGI resources.
MetaCollection
Another large archive of CGI and PHP scripts.
Perl Monks
One of the best PERL sites going! Don’t fail to read the newcomer FAQ.
PHP (originally “Personal Home Page tools”)
PHP Home Page
Start here to learn (or simply learn about) the fastest growing HTML preprocessor language.
PHP Cheat Sheet
Print out this quick reference guide — which fits on a single sheet of paper.
PHPBuilder.com
A great site with many kinds of PHP learning resources including articles, forums, quick tips, a code library, and source documents.
phphelp.com
Help for PHP programming! I particularly recommend the site’s PHP support forums, which use the same technology we use on the AumHa Forums.
PHP Resource Index
Hundreds of PHP scripts, with some tutorials and other CGI resources. By the same people who bring you the CGI Resource
Index.
MetaCollection
Another large archive of PHP and CGI scripts.
XML (Extensible Markup Language)
XML in 10 Points
Provided by W3C, this is a great first-view of this currently hot topic in web page design.
How to Build Your First ASP Application
This is a Microsoft Knowledge Base article on the subject. Covers the essentials, and gives useful educational links to go further.
Flash Developer dot NL (Flash, XML, and SVG information.
I haven’t been through much of this site, but it really looks worthwhile!)
OTHER WEB DESIGN RESOURCES
Architectural Concerns on the use of DNS
Wildcards A commentary paper by the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) prompted by recent misbehavior by VeriSign, but
very worth reading in its own right as a discussion of custom DNS (A and MX) records.
UseIt.com
Web guru Jakob Nielsen’s website. Stop in periodically to read his Alertbox essays. Much of what is on this page is now commercial,
but there is still very penetrating site-design and site-maintenance opinion founded on a profound understanding of the Web.
Web Host Magazine
This is a “consumers’ report” site with a huge amount of information (reviews etc.) on Web hosting options,
domain name resources, and more. It’s well-organized and the best place I know to check out a variety of hosting options.
