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Technical Tools & Resources, part 2

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DHTML
HTML
- Accent marks & special characters
  - Character Entity References (CER) for Symbols, Mathematical Symbols, & Greek Letters
  - Latin1: ISO-8859-1 HTML Entities and Special Characters
  - Latin1: ISO-8859-1 Entities in Alphabetical Order
  - Entities and special characters (ISO 8859-Latin1) descriptions and standards
  - Entities for HTML 4 W3C specifications
  - How to Create and Use Copyright Symbols
  - Unicode fonts for Windows computers
- Bare Bones Guide to HTML
- Coding Guides
- Composing Good HTML
- HTML Goodies tutorials, primers, free goodies
- HTML 3.2 specs
- HTML 4.01 specs
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
XHTML
Cascading Style Sheets
- CSS Browsers extent of CSS standards implementation
- CSS Browser Compatibility
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Cascading Style Sheets: CSS Structure and Rules
- CSS Tables
- CSS Tutorials
- CSS Zen Garden demonstrates the power and flexibility of CSS for formatting the visual presentation of web pages.
PHP
- PHP Tutorial This tutorial covers the bare-minimum basics of PHP including creating a simple PHP page, writing "Hello World!", calling functions, and jumping in and out of HTML.
- What can PHP do?
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HTTP
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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Java Applets
JavaScript (also see the CGI and Perl resources)
- Beginner's Guide to JavaScript
- Cut and Paste JavaScript
- Doc JavaScript Tools, Tips, Tutorials, and Free Scripts
- Dynamic Drive Free Scripts
- Free JavaScript tools
- JavaScript.com
- JavaScript-FX
- JavaScript Goodies
- JavaScript message scripts
- JavaScript: overlib.js script for creating popup windows
- JavaScript Source
- Webreference's Free Scripts
- Yahoo Search for JavaScript
Unix, SSI, Linux
Related Information
- Adding sites to search engines
  - Add Me!
  - Yahoo's list for site announcement and promotion
  - Yahoo's list of companies who will promote your site for you
- Anonymized Web surfing
- Best of WWW Contest
- Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) center for the history of computing
- Ibiblio: ibiblio.org the public's library and digital archive Ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art, history, science, politics, and cultural studies.
  - Collection Index
  - Icon browser
  - Linux Software
  - Public FTP Archives
- Coolnerds find help with everything!
- Creating Killer Web Sites
- Counter service for your Web page
- Editors and tools Web Software and Tools
- FREE TrueType fonts for use on the Web from Microsoft for Macintosh and Windows
- Spinning the Web How to Provide Information on the Internet, Second Edition
- "Section 508, Accessibility, and CSS: Useful URLs for designing Web pages"
- Table Borders
- E-mail addresses—create your own
- Filename extensions
- How to find an Internet Service Provider (ISP)
  - List of ISPs by Area Code
- International Conferences on the World-Wide Web
- InterNIC Registration Services How to register domain names, network numbers, ASNs…
- Intranet Journal
- Measurements of WWW Connection Latency
- Project: New for new designers and designers new to standards
- The Web Communications Comprehensive Guide to Publishing on the Web
- Web Design course
- Web Developer's How-to-do-it information about HTML tagging basics with examples, HTML specs, common mistakes and tips and tricks
- Web Page Analyzer from Website Optimization, is a Web page analysis tool that calculates page size, composition, and download time. It also gives speed recommendations based on best practices for usability, HCI, and website optimization.
- Web Pages That Suck!
- World Wide Web FAQ
- WebReference.com Web developers tools and resources
  - WebReference.com Site Map
  - WebReference.com Developer's Corner
  - WebReference.com Evolution of a Home Page
- 1991-92 World Wide Web Seminar by Tim Berners-Lee
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SGML, XML, and Electronic Publishing
- FrameMaker information
- Fred: The SGML Grammar Builder
- ROR (Resources of a Resource) Structured Feeds is a rapidly growing independant XML format for describing any object of your content in a generic fashion, so any search engine can better understand that content. ROR promotes the concept of structured feeds (which is related to the concept of structured blogging) enabling search engines to complement text search with structured information to better understand meaning.
- SGML Web Page
- XMetaL
- XML From the Inside Out
- XML Community white papers and articles
- XML Sitemap Generator Free version builds your sitemap online for up to 500 pages. There is a small cost to buy the standalone version for unlimited pages. Creates Google, Yahoo, ROR, HTML, and text versions.
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Web Software and Tools
Cross-platform • Decoders and Expanders • Encryption • Graphics
HTML Tools • IBM • Macintosh • Microsoft • Sun • Virus Protection Software • Virus Information
- Cross-platform
  - Computer and Communication Companies
  - Dreamweaver for Macintosh and Windows
  - Easter Egg Archive for Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX
  - Eudora Pro e-mail program for Windows and Macintosh
  - Knowledge Bases:
    - London Advice Services Alliance (Lasa) Knowledgebase helps community and voluntary sector organizations access the benefits of information technology. The knowledgebase is a comprehensive source of independent ICT information and advice.
    - NCVO ICT Development Services a source of trusted information and guidance on ICT (information and communication technology) such as "What is Social Media?" and what do you actually need.
  - Mime formats and how to deal with them for Windows and Macintosh
  - ZDNet's Technical News and Downloads
- Decoders and Expanders
  - BetterZip [Mac OS X]
  - Decoder decodes BinHex, MacBinary, Mime, and UUEncoded for Macintosh and Windows
  - Stuffit Deluxe and Stuffit Expander for Macintosh and Windows platforms and Unstuff/PC
  - WINZIP—download and install the free evaluation version. [Windows]
- Encryption
  - PGP distribution site (Pretty Good Privacy)
- Graphics
  - Client-side image maps
    - Mapedit Shareware client-side utility that and allows you to draw various shapes that make HTML image maps for Windows and UNIX
    - So You Want A Client-Side Image Map, Huh?
    - Yahoo list of image map links
  - Create seamless backgrounds
  - Debabelizer for Macintosh and Windows
  - Edit JFIF comment Freeware utility that lets you add comments to JPEG files to indicate ownership and copyright for Macintosh
  - Gif Construction set for Windows a utility for animating GIFs, PICT, and TIFF images for Windows
  - GraphicConverter Shareware graphics converter for Macintosh
  - Kai's Power Tips and Tricks for Adobe Photoshop
  - Lview Pro Graphics converter for Windows
  - WebCam Software for live images and time-lapse movies
  - WebPainter a utility for animating images for Macintosh & Windows
- HTML Tools
  - Accessible Web sites: "Section 508, Accessibility, and CSS: Useful URLs for designing Web pages"
  - BBEdit a great HTML editor for Macintosh
  - Counter service for your Web page
  - File Buddy Shareware file conversion utility for Macintosh
  - FrameMaker information
  - HTML Converters
  - E-mail address encoder
  - Mint Web site statistics package for Unix servers
  - NetObjects Fusion Web site builder for Macintosh and Windows
  - PageMaker
  - QuarkXPress HTML: Importing And Exporting (Cross-Platform)
  - Reviews
  - TechRepublic reviews, tips, how-tos, news, commentary, and downloads you need to create better, more effective Web sites
  - Validation and link checkers
    - Cynthia Says Section 508 and WCAG accessibility validator
    - GrayBit converts a full-color Web page into grayscale to test accessibility
    - LinkChecker X
    - Convert to text-only page and validate in Lynx Viewer
    - RSS Feed Validator from W3C
    - Validate XHTML 1.0 provided by W3C
    - Validate CSS
    - WebLight a link validator
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- IBM
  - IBM Home Page
  - IBM Networking
- Macintosh
  - Apple Computers Macintosh products and support
  - AppleScript tools and utilities, software for FileMaker Pro, Freeware
  - BBEdit a great HTML editor for the Macintosh
  - Complete Compendium of Macintosh Conflicts searchable database
  - Cookie removing utilities and other apps for Macintosh
  - Macintosh Wired news
  - Cult of Macintosh Blog
  - Dennis Chesters' Macintosh resources hardware, software, plug-ins, tools
  - FTP applications
    - CuteFTP Pro Secure FTP application for Mac using SSH and SSL
    - Fetch FTP shareware application for Macintosh using FTP, FTP-TLS/SSL, FTP-GSSAPI, or FTP with KClient
    - RBrowser is a FREE FTP Client (in its unlicensed mode) for Macintosh. The licensed mode also provides access to files on the local host as well as remote systems and a Folder Sync Engine using FTP or SFTP-SSH, FTP-SSL/TLS with an easy-to-use graphical interface.
  - Internet Developer
  - Link Checker Wired news
  - Mac 512 and the Mac 512 User Group
  - MacCentral Macworld's news service about Apple's products and the Macintosh industry in general
  - MacFixit troubleshooting solutions for the Macintosh
  - Macintosh System Error Messages
  - Macintosh File Type and Creator search and database
  - Macintosh Knowledge Base
  - MacintoshOS.com Apple Discounts and Promo Code Products
  - Macintosh security
  - MacMom offers very basic tips, links, and musings designed to help and inspire women (and others) to use the Macintosh computers
  - MacWarehouse
  - Midi information for Macs and PCs
  - Midi Tools and Resources—Harmony Central
  - Tucows—The Udderly Incredible Shareware Center
  - Versiontracker: Macintosh software releases and updates
  - Word Translator for the Mac
  - ZipIt 1.3.8 shareware for zipping and unzipping files
- Microsoft
  - Cookie removing utilities
  - EditPlus Text Editoran Internet-ready 32-bit text editor, HTML editor and programmers editor for Windows (similar to BBEdit for Mac)
  - FrontPage Templates
  - FTP applications
    - CuteFTP Home and Pro FTP applications for Windows
    - WinSCP Free SFTP, FTP and SCP client for Windows
  - HomeSite HTML editor
  - Mactopia download Microsoft tools for the Macintosh
  - Microsoft Annoyances and how to solve them
  - Microsoft home page
  - Microsoft Knowledge Base
  - Microsoft Developer Network Library (MSDN) Library
  - Microsoft Scripting Site
  - Microsoft Technical Support
  - Tucows—The Ultimate Collection Of Winsock Software
  - What are TrueType fonts?
  - WinZip for zipping and unzipping files
- Sun
  - Sun Microsystems
- Virus Protection Software
  - eSafe antivirus for Web browsers on PC compatible computers
  - McAfee Virus Solutions store for Windows and NT
  - McAfee LinuxShield, Virex (Macintosh) and VirusScan (Windows)
  - Virex 7.x updates Macintosh
  - Norton antivirus and Internet security products
- Virus Information
  - Virus hoaxes, and urban legends

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