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Web development tutorials and information

Tutorials

W3Schools - Full Web Building Tutorials
At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, XSL, Multimedia and WAP.
HTML Source
HTML tutorials
Juicy Studio Tutorials
Tutorials in web development (HTML, XML, XHTML, WML, ASP, Java, PHP, MySQL) and standalone programming (C, C++, VB, OOAD).
Webmonkey
Web development tutorials and reference.
How to use HTML meta tags
An account of how useful HTML meta tags are(n't) when it comes to search engine rankings.
ASP Tutorial
Basic tutorial on ASP (if you must develop for IIS!)
CSS Zen Garden
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.

Reference

World Wide Web Consortium
Definitive source for web standards and information.
RFC1149
A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers
Port Knowledgebase
List of frequently seen TCP and UDP ports and what they mean. The goal of this port table is to point to further resources for more information.
Root-Zone Whois Information
Index by TLD Code

Security

Prevent a cross-site scripting attack
Cross-site scripting (XSS) occurs when an attacker introduces malicious scripts to a dynamic form that allows the attacker to capture the private session information. In this article, Anand K. Sharma casts light on the areas vulnerable to XSS exploitation, explains how the user can protect himself, and details what the webmaster can do to secure a site from this type of malicious intrusion.
Mail relay testing
Online test for mail servers to ensure they don't accept relayed mail.
Shields Up!
Online firewall tester from Gibson Research

Usability & web design

Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines.
This site is designed to provide over 50 of the top Web design and usability guidelines based on emerging research and supporting information in the field.
Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002
As the Web grows, websites continue to come up with ways to annoy users. This site gives ten design mistakes that were particularly good at punishing users and costing site owners business in 2002.
Web Style Guide
The aim of this site is to offer basic design principles that you can use to make your content as easy to understand as possible.
Why tables for layout is stupid
A rant against use of tables for site layout, and in favour of CSS.

Perl

libwww-perl cookbook
This document contain some examples that show typical usage of the libwww-perl library.
GD
Documentation for the PD graphics library for Perl

Hosting

Freeparking.co.uk
UK based domain name registration and DNS hosting firm.
Gandi.net
Paris-based domain name registration and DNS hosting firm.
InterNIC UK
Domain registration.

Miscellaneous

Search Engine Submission Tips
This page covers search engine submission, placement and marketing issues. It explains how search engines find and rank web pages, with an emphasis on what webmasters can do to improve their search engine rankings by properly submitting, using better page design, HTML meta tags, and other tips.
DNS Oversimplified
The goal of this page is to help you make sure that your DNS is set up properly, and help you many common errors that may exist.
Microsoft learning
Training & certification from Microsoft
Paul's Clipart Jumplist
Links page for clip art resources. Not all the links are still live.
PC Mechanic
Hardware & software news & adverts.
British Computer Society
Industry body for IT professionals
Favicon
Getting a custom icon into IE bookmarks
export-a-crypto-system
This is a perl program which implements RSA encryption and decryption, and is small enough to use as a signature file. Peter Junger, a law professor in the US, obtained from the US Commerce department a written statement ruling that this program must not be exported from the US.
DMOZ Documentation Project
The DMOZ Documentation Project is an unofficial collection of resources, tutorials, and advice for editors at the Open Directory Project.
London Charities
ODP Category
Lavasoft - Adaware
Lavasoft are the authors of Adaware, a free spyware detection and removal tool. Recommended.
Textpad
A great text editor for Windows. This is what I use for editing HTML, XML and Perl scripts etc.
Download.com
Software downloads from CNET.
Shareware.com
Another software downloads site from CNET.
Nonags.com
Freeware download site.
FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory
The Free Software Directory is a project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). We catalog useful free software that runs under free operating systems - particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.
NeverExpires.com
Freeware, Shareware & Demos That Never Stop Running.
AltaVista Babelfish
Automated text translation
Cyber-Geography Research
Exploring the geographies of the Internet, the Web and other emerging Cyberspaces.
Eliza
ELIZA - a friend you could never have before.
Internet Mapping Project: Map gallery
1999-vintage project to map the Internet. Nice graphics.
The WWW Virtual Library
The oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee. Run by a loose confederation of volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert.
Spamassassin
SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam.

 
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