Want to Know Everything About a Website? Try Quarkbase. I could tell you more right here, but this article at downloadsquad says it all, so just click and read, then give Quarkbase a try. Pretty amazing. QuarkBase is a non-commercial site with no advertisements. 08/28/08

Stat Counter: "A FREE yet reliable invisible web tracker, highly configurable hit counter and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of code on your web page or blog and you will be able to analyse and monitor all the visitors to your website in real-time! Free, Fast, Responsive, Quick loading and Reliable Service. Invisible Tracking - no ads on your website. Accurate real-time website statistics with detailed visitor tracking and analysis." 04/13/08

Link Checker: Nothing more frustrating than clicking a link that's no longer valid. Don't let your website or course pages get outdated. This free downloadable utility works great. 02/15/08

Shortcut icons: How to add a tiny icon to the bookmark for your website / webpage. Here are two resources: (1) from Microsoft (2) from HTML Goodies. If you like, you can build your tiny icon at Favicon.com. 12/09/07

Web Developer Toolbar: This FREE browser plugin/toolbar/extension was recommended by a fellow online student. She said, "It adds a toolbar to your browser that gives you all kinds of control of cookies, CSS, forms, images, page and code source, etc. You can have it outline areas of CSS, tables and such on your page to help figure out how it was constructed. It will display all sorts of info such as HTML items, JAVA, links, META data, etc. You can disable CSS on a page to see what it looks like without the styling. It has validators for CSS, HTML and links. You can view the CSS split screen with the actual page to see how things are defined (both linked and embedded css). There are three little icons on the right side of the toolbar that give you a quick visual on whether the page you're viewing is standards compliant, has CSS errors or JavaScript errors. The list goes on and on. Take a look... can't beat the price!" 12/02/07

Neil Patel's 50 favorite design resources: An excellent list! 08/08/07

5 ways to optimize your design: These are tips for website designers in general, but can also be helpful if you're designing course pages. 08/08/07

Dave's Computer Tips: "This site contains tips, tweaks, and general advice related to computer hardware, computer software, computer peripherals, and other technology devices." Dave also offers a free biweekly newsletter that "...contains important computer news, computer security tips, software reviews, computer hardware, and software tips articles, as well as discussion about programs I find useful. ...Whether you are a geek, a computer owner, a computer user, or someone who thinks Windows are only for looking out of you will find something useful in my newsletter!" 05/29/07

8 Mistakes That Can Kill Your Web Site: From Lockergnome, a set of guidelines useful to anybody creating a webpage, whether it's a general website or to be used for your course material. "Ever notice how some Web sites feel great, energetic, fun - you just want to linger to soak up more? And yet other sites are truly repellant. These tips will help you create a truly happening site." 01/29/06

Web Developer ~ A Firefox Extension: Menus on the handy toolbar include CSS, Forms, Images, Information, Miscellaneous, Outline, Resize, Validation, View Source, Options. This extention's author, Chris Pederick, says: "The extension is highly configurable and contains many powerful features including CSS manipulation, multiple validation options and tools to display information about the current page." The editor if Mozilla Update calls it "an essential extension for any web developer/designer as it provides a raft of incredibly useful features all under one roof. You will wonder how you ever managed without it!" Bravenet's Webmaster Tips n Tricks Newsletter says, "...a few of the developers tools that I have found most useful for basic website development. First and foremost is the Web Developer Toolbar. This is a fantastic toolbar that caters to the needs of developers. Each item (except ‘View Source’) has a drop down full of great things to do so there won’t be room to explain them all. You can resize your browser to different resolutions, outline different HTML elements in varying colors to locate problems in your code - there is a ton of great stuff in this toolbar." Here's a direct link to the download page at the author's website (chrispederic.com) 08/22/05

WEB DESIGN & REFERENCE GUIDE: Excellent material here! Check out the extensive table of contents. 08/03/05

Check out their new section: Publishing on the Web: Putting Files on the Server. Covers topics like how to get a domain name, a server, how to transfer files, and lost more. Great for the beginning Web Publisher. 08/16/05

Web Designer's FREElance Toolbox for Windows: "Sit back, relax and put down your double caramel macchiato. I'm about to make your life a lot easier and freelancing oh-so-much more fun. The following is a list of unfettered freeware that I have personally reviewed. Time-tested and designer/developer approved, these programs contain no adware and are built on a solid foundation, including a supportive community of users. There is no fine print to read, and you can rest assured each one will save you money and save poor Timmy's college fund." 06/25/05

Content with Style: "Brand new and just launched, we'd like to show web developers ways to use and reuse their code. Find your way to our articles, event calendar and hand-picked selection of links from other interesting places." 05/24/05

HTML Basix: Lots of stuff here, including a bunch of online CODE GENERATORS. 04/30/05

The Non-Typographer's Guide to Practical Typeface Selection: The author offers "a practical approach... [that] primarily applies to web design." A short article with some quick tips. 03/25/05

WEBHOSTING COMPARISONS: There are so many on this site it could be overwhelming. But if you have a couple in mind and are debating which to choose, these commentaries could help with your decision. 01/25/05

How can I add a Google search box to my Web site? Google's instructions are pretty good, but also check out this tutorial. 12/14/04

FCKEditor: Provide as a tool on your webpages. "This HTML text editor brings to the web many of the powerful functionalities of known desktop editors like Word. It's really lightweight and doesn't require any kind of installation in the client computer. As it is Open Source, you are allowed to use it for free wherever you want." 06/24/04

Content that is Good and Readable. The following DESIGN TIPS from Netmechanic will help:

• 5 steps to readable pages
• writing for the web
• choose your colors carefully
• lists visitors love to read
• making peace with punctuation

LVS Online: Courses in almost every application you'll need for your webpage development training. This is where I've been taking classes since I began several years ago.

Webucator Online Courses: "at-your-own-pace online classes on everything from HTML and XML to ASP.NET and ColdFusion." Categories: .NET Training; Web Design Training; Web Development Training; XML Training; Java Training. "...High quality online courses help you to achieve your training goals conveniently at the pace and place of your choice. ...a low-cost alternative to classroom training and are a perfect solution for individuals or small companies who do not have the budget or time for an onsite class. Classes are sold in as packages or "series." Each series costs $99.95 and when you buy a series, you have access to the courses in that series for a full year." NOTE: They have a "try a FREE course" link on their site. 06/13/04

Webwriting ~ Quality Web Content/Words That Work: This site is full of writers' resources. Among them a List of articles about writing web content. 02/26/04

Web Developers Virtual Library: Maybe a ONE-STOP resource for you. An AWESOME number of topics, very up to date. Includes these main areas: Discussion Forums | Software Reviews | Top100 | Tutorials | Contents | Jobs | Discussion List. 02/09/04

Sawmill: Site Log Analysis Tool: "Sawmill is a powerful, hierarchical log analysis tool that runs on every major platform. It is particularly well suited to web server logs, but can process almost any log. The reports that Sawmill generates are hierarchical, attractive, and heavily cross-linked for easy navigation. Complete documentation is built directly into the program." 01/10/04

Jakob Nielsen's Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003: "Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as several prominent mistakes from 2003 show." 01/02/04

Microsoft's next IE (in 2004) will probably affect your website. Changes in how IE will handle <object>, <embed> and <applet> should be addressed. Prepare for it; solutions at this site. And if you want to know WHY this is happening, here's a news article about it. 10/08/03

Re: the above -- See Macromedia's information article on the changes, and their Solutions Summary page, as well as their article Preparing Websites with Active Content for Announced Browser Changes. 10/18/03

Wiki: An environment for online collaborative webpage creation and simple database functions. "The simplest online database that could possibly work. ...Wiki is a piece of server software that allows users to freely create and edit Web page content using any Web browser. Wiki supports hyperlinks and has a simple text syntax for creating new pages and crosslinks between internal pages on the fly. Wiki is unusual among group communication mechanisms in that it allows the organization of contributions to be edited in addition to the content itself. ...Allowing everyday users to create and edit any page in a Web site is exciting in that it encourages democratic use of the Web and promotes content composition by nontechnical users. 08/22/03

CGI and PHP scripts Metacollection: A huge collection of links that lead to scripts on the 'net. "This site is a guide for webmasters and developers who are in search of CGI or PHP script archives. As a webmaster you will find link directories where you can look for scripts and code snippets that power your interactive dynamic website. As a programmer you will find link directories where you can publish your own software and drive traffic to your website." 08/14/03

Free Webpage Layouts/Templates: At this date, there are 556 choices here. 02/05/03

FreeWebmasterHelp.com: An excellent set of resources, including a huge selection of tutorial, plus articles, tools, images, a free question/support forum, and a monthly newsletter. 01/21/03

Deep Linking is Good Linking: Jakob Neilson's take on the deeplinking issue as it pertains to legalities, copyrights, etc. 12/25/02

Boomer: Easily creates a .swf file (Flash format) from almost any of your files. All you have to do is drag and drop. All graphical possibilities can contain Flash Audio and page links. Convert any Animated Gif, Gif, Jpg, Png, or AVI Movie; convert any .wav or .mp3 to a fast "play now" stream for background music or create your own player interface; create Slide Shows and Transitional Effects with Audio, Links, or Both; create Streaming Audio without having to deal with a slow loading player. Play, Stop, and Pause are supported graphically. Create Panoramic effects or a carousel of images. Chose between Flash 5 and Flash MX modes for your creations. 11/23/02

Webmaster Resources: Over 500+ links, organized into very useful categories. Tutorials, link checkers, scripts, discussion tools, graphics, hosts, just to name a few. 10/28/02

Including PDF in a webpage: use html EMBED tag so that your pdf file can appear on a page with other things. 09/26/02

Free Easy PDF: This free application "allows you to create PDF documents, using a Word-style interface. You can apply all standard word processing options like text formatting, tables, images (BMP format) and more and then convert it to PDF format in a single click. This version is free and allows for basic formatting. Additional features and import options are available in commercial versions." 11/23/02

TUTOR GIG: TUTORIALS GALORE!!! This site calls themselves "The only bookmark you need for tutorials." Could be true -- there's so much here, all devoted to the tools and techniques for making webpages. 08/28/02

ChangeDetection.com: If you make webpages, this setup will automatically notify your visitors when your site changes. If you don't have your own website, they also offer a service so that YOU can ask to be notified when your own favorite site gets changed. 05/21/02

Search Engine Optimization - A 10 Step Program: NetMechanic offers some great tips. 04/25/02

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites: "Follow these links to find rubrics that either primary, intermediate, or secondary students can use to evaluate websites." 04/11/02

AscToTab: A free little utility that easily converts plain text files containing table data into either HTML or RTF (rich text format) tables. The software can also convert files of tab-delimited or comma-separated (.csv) data into tables. 03/09/02

International Phoenetic Alphabet in unicode: This site has a list of Unicode symbolt, complete with instructions for using them on webpages. 02/16/02

FREE Online Document Publishing in PDF or HTML: "goBCL can publish your document into PDF or HTML file format for free. All of the processes will take place in our server." Hey, it's FAST too! 10/02/01

Net Mechanic News & Tips: If you're making webpages, subscribe to this free newsletter. Or at least check it out online regularly. You'll learn valuable things every month! They supply a good search engine for their tips. (Their site also offers some great tools for webpage making.) 09/29/01

Computer Arts Tutorials: Lots of different software tutorials, excellent and easy to use. 09/09/01

Articles for Website Designers and Site Owners. A recent addition by Ivan Hoffman, Attorney at Law, specialist in Internet and Intellectual Property Law. This site covers copyright, licensing, permissions, linking, fair us, and numerous other legal issues. 08/25/01

SCANNING & DPI: All is explained VERY well here! and here too!

Tutorials: A bunch of them, on various topics relating to creating webpages.

Copyright, Links and Law: What's Legal to Copy and What's Not. Also discusses differences between linked and embedded material.

Browser Chart: Which browsers support what features?

ZDNet Web Developer's Page: Too many helpers to list here. Check it out.

Otter's Place: Another great set of resources

Web Success To Be Measured In New Ways!

Some Dangerous Myths About Links

Webpage Design Issues