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  7. RSS Definitions
  8. Semantic Web Tutorial
  9. Understanding the DOM

All Inclusive

  1. Cheat Sheets on All Subjects
  2. A List Apart
  3. Fantastic Resource of Solutions for Everything
  4. WestCIV Web Standards Resources
  5. Added Bytes
  6. Digital Web Magazine
  7. HTML and CSS Tutorials. And Stuff.
  8. The Web Standards Group
  9. The Web Standards Project
  10. eVolt -- All Inclusive Information
  11. 42 Design/Tech Magazines to Read

Bandwidth

  1. Reducing HTTP Requests Study
  2. Maximum Website Performance

Blogs

  1. Eric Meyer
  2. Jeffry Zeldman
  3. Dave Shea
  4. Max Design
  5. Doug Bowman
  6. 24 Ways
  7. Roger Johansson

Coding HTML

  1. WSP Named Entities List
  2. WSP Symbol Entities List
  3. WSP Markup Specific Entities List
  4. W3C HTML 4 Elements List
  5. W3C CSS2.1 Elements List
  6. Behavioral Separation
  7. The Semantic Code
  8. Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup
  9. 8 Steps to Serving Better (X)HTML
  10. Refactoring Defined
  11. CSS From the Ground Up

Color

  1. Color Blender
  2. Color Schemer
  3. 10 Tools to Choosing Color

CSS

  1. CSS Tools: Reset CSS (Eric Meyer)
  2. List and Float Tutorials
  3. 53 CSS Tips and Tricks
  4. CSS Techniques
  5. 101 CSS Resources
  6. CSS Diagnostic Styling
  7. Vertical Centering via CSS
  8. 10 More CSS Tips
  9. 5 CSS Tricks That Saved My Ass
  10. Even More CSS Tips and Tricks
  11. Keep CSS File Sizes Lean
  12. Accessible Display: None
  13. CSS Optimization
  14. IE and CSS Box Model
  15. Max-width in IE Using a CSS Expression
  16. Compress Your CSS
  17. CSS Properties You Should Use
  18. Browser Testing CSS/JavaScript
  19. CSS How-To
  20. Inline Image Quotes
  21. Experiments with CSS
  22. Progressive CSS Enhancement
  23. CSS Code and Examples
  24. Improving Code Readability With CSS Styleguides

Design

  1. CSS ZenGarden
  2. Unmatched Style
  3. CSS Gallery Lists
  4. CSS Thesis
  5. CSS Import
  6. 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Designs 2006
  7. K.I.S.S.
  8. The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
  9. CSS Beauty
  10. CSS Vault
  11. 45 Fresh, Clean Designs 2007
  12. Free Open Source Website Design
  13. The Design Process of Snook
  14. How C.R.A.P. is Your Site Design?
  15. Style Gala
  16. 30 Dark Designs
  17. Making a Good Favicon
  18. Webby Awards
  19. CSS Collection

Directory Listings

  1. Jeff Zeldman's Favorites
  2. Coding Tutorials
  3. Andy Budd's Favorites
  4. Complete Guide to Internet Statistics and Research
  5. Every Topic You Could Ever Imagine (U.M.@Duluth)

    e-Mail

  1. HTML Emails and CSS

Fonts

  1. Free Fonts
  2. Screen Font Comparison
  3. Online Font Comparison Tool

Forms

  1. Modern Solutions and Creative Ideas
  2. CSS-Based Forms
  3. Prettier Accessible Forms
  4. Styling Form Controls with CSS

Graphics

  1. PNG8 - The Clear Winner

JavaScript

  1. FancyZoom 1.1
  2. JSLint -- JavaScript Debugger
  3. Essential JavaScript Library
  4. 15 Things You Can Do With Yahoo! UI
  5. Solving JavaScript/CSS Entanglement
  6. Building Accessible Widgets for the Web
  7. JavaScript Crossfader
  8. Open Letter About JavaScript Libraries
  9. Learn JavaScript Before Using Libraries
  10. DOMAss - The DOM Assistant
  11. IE PNG Transparency
  12. Cross-Browser Scripting With importNode()

Layout

  1. CSS Layout Templates
  2. Position Is Everything
  3. CSS Little Boxes
  4. Layout Techniques
  5. Layout Reservoir
  6. Multi-Column Layouts Climb Out of the Box
  7. An Adaptive Layout Technique
  8. Learn CSS the Modern Way
  9. CSS Templates

Navigation

  1. CSS-Based Navigation Menus
  2. CSS Menu Navigation Articles/Tutorials
  3. CSS Express Drop-Down Menus

Process

  1. 10 Things That Will Make Or Break Your Website
  2. The Process of Defining the Problem
  3. 10 Measures for Continuous Website Maintenance
  4. 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer
  5. User-Driven Approach to Organizing Content
  6. 10 Things Before Building a Website
  7. Selling Information Architecture
  8. A Web 2.0 Tour for the Enterprise
  9. A Illustrative Study in Expectations
  10. Analyzing the Competition

RSS

  1. Quick Guide to Creating RSS Feeds

SEO

  1. 13+ Tools to See Check Your Competition
  2. The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet
  3. Complete List of Best SEO-Tools
  4. Useful HTML Meta Tags
  5. Apache Rewrite Cheatsheet
  6. Search Engine Roundtable
  7. Meta Tag Generator
  8. htaccess Ultimate Guide
  9. Apache Rewrite Tips

Staffing

  1. Why Did You Hire Me?
  2. How to Plan Manpower on a Web Team
  3. Sorting Resumes
  4. Habits of a Successful Freelance Web Designer
  5. Habits of a Successful In-house Web Designer
  6. Web Developer CV How-To
  7. Job Boards

Tables

  1. CSS-Based Tables
  2. Generate Basic HTML Tables

Usability

  1. The Latest Insights in the World of Design
  2. Information Architecture Heuristics
  3. IA Heuristics for Search Systems
  4. Reduce Your Bounce Rates
  5. Heuristic Evaluation - A System Checklist
  6. The Importance of User Experience
  7. Web design: 15 important research findings
  8. Clickstream Study Reveals Dynamic Web
  9. "Remember Me" Personalization
  10. Low-Resolution Displays Analysis
  11. Understanding Visual Organization
  12. Creating A Quality User Experience
  13. Eyetracking of Forms: Conclusions?
  14. Evaluating the Usability of Search Forms
  15. 3-Click Rule Demystifyed
  16. Usability Heuristics for Web Development Teams
  17. Eye Gaze Patterns
  18. Three Hypotheses of Human Interface Design
  19. Ruining the User Experience
  20. Accesability Tools and Wizards
  21. Website Usability Test

Validation

  1. W3C Validators
  2. Validate Section 508
  3. Website Optimization Services
  4. HTML Tidy Online
  5. Evaluation Tools for Better Web Pages

To-Do/Read List

  1. 101 Five-Minute Fixes to Incrementally Improve Your Web Site
  2. Why we need standards support in HTML email
  3. 50 CSS Tips and Tools
  4. Account Sign-in: 8 Design Mistakes to Avoid


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