TOP PICKS
Ad-Guide.com 
A Yahoo-style directory of advertising and marketing resources. Thorough and easy to use.
The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online
A paper by Howard Rheingold outlining tips for effectively moderating web conversations.
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
A list of all the official HTML tags in current usage, plus Netscape and Microsoft extensions. Available in multiple languages, and useful as a "cheat sheet."
builder.com
Exhaustive web development resource. Part of the CNET network of sites.
CERT
The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was created in 1988 by the Department of Defense. Their site has the latest security alerts as well as tips for internet systems security.
The CGI Resource Index
Links to freeware and shareware CGIs in a variety of programming languages for a variety of platforms.
ClickZ
Marketing and advertising metasite.
Cool Site of the Day
The original "cool site" awards. Don't miss the Cool Site of the Year Awards.
desktopPublishing.com: Web Designer's Paradise
Vast resource on many aspects of web publishing, including HTML, style sheets, promotion, and much more.
font iv
An experimental Java applet that lets you preview typefaces from your web browser.
Gamelan
Developer.com's "official directory for Java" is a searchable index to Java resources, including tutorials, code samples, and more.
GVU WWW User Surveys
Bi-annual surveys of Internet users by Georgia Tech's Graphics, Visualization, and Usability Center.
IBM Conference Tracker
A free service provided by IBM, Conference Tracker lets you search for conferences that might interest you.
The Industry Standard
The web site for The Industry Standard magazine has article reprints, industry statistics, and many other resources.
The Internet Economy Indicators
Current information about the Internet economy - its workers, growth rate, revenue, more - from the University of Texas Business School.
Introduction to Active Server Pages
A popular Anchor article outlining the basics of ASP, including how it works and how to use scripts to extend it. Also features sample code.
Managing Web Projects
An Anchor article outlining the basics of project management on the Web, from project kickoff to QA testing.
NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML
The popular guide to HTML from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).
PC Webopaedia
Does WIMP mean what you think it means? Look up terms and jargon in the PC Webopaedia.
Perl.com
Perl specifications, news, and tutorials. Produced by O'Reilly, publishers of "the camel book" -- Larry Wall's Perl bible.
Photodisc
Search for and purchase stock photos online. Excellent prices and selection. "Lightboxes" allow short-term storage of possible purchases.
Photoshop for the Web
An excellent web-centric Photoshop tutorial from vivid studios' Valerie Casey. Learn about dithering, choosing palettes, file formats, and more.
Planting Seeds in All the Right Places: Building awareness of your web launch
Anchor article by 'Net marketing expert Eric Ward. Covers "what's new" pages, search engines, directories, press coverage, automated tools, and more.
Priming the Search Engines
Tips and resources for improving your site's standing in search engine results. From WebDeveloper.com.
Real Web Builders in the Real World
From BUILDER.COM comes this set of a dozen interviews with real world web developers.
The Results Are In: Web Site Analysis
This article from PC Magazine Online provides a thorough look at log analysis. Included are lists of services for hire and reviews of several log analysis products.
Sullivan's Online Scanning Resources
Possibly the best scanning site on the web, Michael Sullivan's resource includes a scanning calculator, tips, and a link to the book he wrote on the subject. Useful for print and web designers.
theispot - The Illustrators Internet Site
Browse illustrators' portfolios or search for stock illustration. Excellent selection and range of styles.
Usable Web: Guide to Web Usability Resources
A large collection of resources on usability, navigation, site architecture, and much more. Collected and maintained by Keith Instone.
useit.com: Usable Information Technology
Jakob Nielsen's site offers articles and resources in usability, tips on how to conduct user tests, and his well-known Alertbox column.
User Friendly
A very funny comic strip set in an ISP.
W3C Security FAQ
A detailed and authoritative FAQ about web site security. Alerts help spread the word about security holes.
Web Database Crash Course
A thorough five-day tutorial that includes hardware and server configuration and everything from custom Apache configurations to Perl's database interface (DBI). From Webmonkey.
Web Databases: Part 2
Part 2 of this Anchor series on web databases covers how to set up your system, including choosing the tools that are right for you. Discussion of Unix vs. NT for serving the system.
Web Page Design for Designers
Tips and features on a variety of design topics, including type, palettes, and more.
Web Review
Web development "meta-site" offering articles and tutorials. Updated weekly.
Web Site Garage
Get your site a tuneup. Web Site Garage checks your code and your graphics file sizes, and can even generate META tags.
Webmonkey: HTML Tutorial
A browsable collection of HTML tutorials. Includes their teaching tool, "Monkey See, Monkey Do."
XML.com
A Web Review sister site, XML.com offers an overview of features and specifications, news, and a syntax checker.
Xmlu.com
XML conferences and training, news, papers, and experimental pages.
Yale C/AIM Web Style Guide
The well known guide to web style. From Yale University.
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