References
HTML and More
- Webmonkey — The Web Developer’s Resource
- HTML Goodies — Contains primers and tutorials for beginners and advanced alike.
- Dan’s Web Tips — an excellent compilation of Web wisdom.
- HTML Help by The Web Design Group
- HTML Survival Kit
- Tables as Implemented in Netscape 1.1 — dated but informative
- Character entity references in HTML 4 — If you ever need an HTML code for an odd character (like ñ), find it here
- Character Entities for ISO Latin-1 — part of the HTML 3.2 Reference Specification
- Table of ASCII characters and symbols
- Activating the Right Layout Mode Using the Doctype Declaration
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- Dave Raggett’s Introduction to CSS
- Guide to Cascading Style Sheets by the Web Design Group
- Learn Web Standards — CSS tutorials, resources and help
- CSS Layout Techniques — alternatives to traditional tables layouts
- Little Boxes (CSS layouts)
- Box Model Hack — a variety of solutions to the wrongly implemented box model in Internet Explorer 5 for Windows
- Practical CSS Layout Tips, Tricks and Techniques — an excellent article at A List Apart
Specialized Tutorials
- Thau’s JavaScript Tutorial at Webmonkey
- Embedding a Windows Media Player
- Flash Authoring Tutorials at Angry Coffee. Their whole site is devoted to streaming music on the Internet.
Webmaster Tools
See our General Tips for HTML writing tools and FTP programs
- CoffeeCup Software — possibly the best source on the Internet for Web building software.
- The W3C MarkUp Validation Service
- HTML Tidy | Web Based HTML Tidy
- Cynthia Says — another good accessibility tester
- JavaScript Kit — Free JavaScripts plus tutorials; some tutorials pertain to modern, standards-compliant Web authoring.
- GIF Works — Manipulate GIF image files.
- Bravenet.com — Webmaster Resources, Website Tools, Free Guestbooks, Forums, Hit Counters, Greeting Cards
- Font Freak
