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W3C (X)HTML Markup Validation Service

The W3C Markup Validation Service is a free service that checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.

W3C CSS Validation Service

...a free service that checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.

HTMLHelp.com » HTML Validator » CSS Checker » Link Valet

HTMLHelp.com is maintained by the Web Design Group to provide Web authoring reference material, tips, and answers to frequently asked questions.

HTML Tidy Online

Dave Raggett's HTML Tidy tool, now available online checks and cleans up messy and invalid source code.

JSLint

Douglas Crockford's Javascript validator & debugger.

Cynthia Says

Section 508/WCAG Accessibility testing and education. Put Cynthia on your Site... See: 111Design's Cynthia page.

Juicy Studio's Colour Contrast Extension

A Mozilla/ Firefox extension that reveals the colour contrast between the foreground and background colours of all elements in the DOM.

Dejavu.org

History of the Web complete with browser simulators. Web browser emulators let you surf todays web with browser dinosaurs like Cern linemode browser and Mosaic Netscape.

Delorie.com Lynx Viewer

See what your Site looks like in a text-only browser.

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W3.org » HTML 4.01 » XHTML 1.0 » CSS1 » CSS2

Founded by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Internet, The World Wide Web Consortium (w3c) with its 400 member organizations develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.

W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)

Resources for increasing accessibility of the Web for people with disabilities.

W3Schools.com

Free HTML, CSS, Javascript, DHTML, XML, XHTML, ASP, ADO and VBScript tutorials. *Highly recommended*

HTML Source: HTML Tutorials

HTML, CSS, Javascript and Perl tutorials by Ross Shannon.

Index DOT Html

An HTML and CSS reference guide with browser news and histories.

Latin-1 Entities

This handy table gives the character entity reference, decimal character reference, and hexadecimal character reference for 8-bit characters in the Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) character set, as well as the rendering of each in your browser.

Copyright Explained

An attempt to answer common myths about copyright seen on the net and cover issues related to copyright and USENET/Internet publication.

Standard Windows and Mac Fonts

This page lists the fonts that are common to Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, NT and XP, along with their Mac equivalents.

What is this doing here? When choosing a font for your Web pages, it's a good idea to specify one or more alternatives (and the font-family they belong to) incase one is not installed on your visitors' OS. Unless, of course, you don't mind your pages being seen in their browser's default font, whatever that may be. Lots of people surf with automatic font downloading disabled.

The 216 Web-Safe Colors Chart

I made this GIF image so I could refer to it for hex codes whenever I needed one quick. Yours for the taking.

Webster's Online Dictionary

Earth's largest dictionary with 90 modern and 10 ancestral languages.

What is this doing here? Spelling errors make a Site look cheesy... and no one will take you seriously if you can't spell. It only takes a second to look up a word you're not sure about. Use a spell-checker if you frequently mis-spell common werds or mak a lot of type-o's. Surch injins wil not be abel to fnid yoo ether if yur keewerds ar spilled uncurrictly!!

Webstandards.org

The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.

Alistapart.com

Web design e-zine and discussion forums, Jeffrey Zeldman and friends.

Zeldman.com

Jeffrey Zeldman Presents Web design news and info.

CSS Zen Garden

A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. Graphic artists (with strong CSS skills) can modify the Site's style sheet and upload their designs to the Gallery.

Meyerweb.com » CSS Edge (Eric's wild experiments)

Eric Meyer, HTML & CSS guru.

Evolt.org

A world community for web developers, evolt.org promotes the mutual free exchange of ideas, skills and experiences.

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OnlineTools.org

Free scripts and tutorials by Chris Heilmann.

Note: 111Design's expandable navigation menu is based on "domCollapse". See Chris's tutorial on evolt.org. A bit of tweaking made the links keyboard-friendly. To see how it was done, View Source Code (any page on this Site) and Find: div id="menu".

Google Site Search

Make your Site searchable with a free, customizable Google Site Search!

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Visiting strange sites with Java or Javascript enabled is an open door viruses and spyware. Quickjava is a handy little Firefox add-on that lets you enable and disable these quickly from the browser's statusbar.

AVG Internet Security Suite

All-in-one firewall, antivirus, anti-spyware/malmare, SPAM filter, phishing detection and more. Does not slow down your computer like other antivirus programs do. Unintrusive, easy to configure. Purchase, download and begin using immediately. They send you a backup disk in the mail (if you should ever need to reinstall it). *Highly recommended*

AVG Antivirus Free Edition

Basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. Limited features, no support, for private and non-commercial use only.

ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall for Windows

The ZoneAlarm family of personal firewalls provides multiple layers of protection to stop hackers and other inbound threats, and prevent spyware from sending out your personal data all in an easy-to-use interface.

Spybot Search & Destroy

Free spyware/malware/adware detection and removal tool. Please make a donation to these guys. They work hard!

Ad-Aware 2008 Free Spyware Detection and Removal Tool

Ad-Aware is designed to provide advanced protection from known Data-mining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Note: Beware of fraudulant anti-spyware programs which are themselves spyware! Check out this list.

Shields Up Internet Vulnerability Profiling

Is your firewall doing its job? Shields Up is a secure online service that scans your computer for open ports.

UnwantedLinks.com

Internet privacy and spyware info. Site has an online scanner to check your pages for illegal browser skinning.

Courier Email Client for Windows (formerly, "Calypso") *Highly recommended*

Supports unlimited POP3 and IMAP4 email accounts, multiple users and password protected mailboxes. It has custom filters, auto-response, configurable window layout, dockable toolbars, multilanguage spell-checker, offline mode, search function, HTML, address book, V-cards, templates and more. MIME, BinHex, and UUencode attachments are supported.

Thunderbird Email Client by Mozilla (developers of the Firefox web browser)

Safe, fast, and easy email, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and customizable views.

Note: Microsoft mail programs like Outlook and Exchange are an accident waiting to happen. Use Courier or Thunderbird in conjunction with antivirus software and common sense, configure properly, and you won't have to worry about email-born viruses.

Insure your computer(s) through Safeware Inc.

Obviously not software, but something you should think about. Home insurance policies do not always cover computer equipment.

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Adobe Photoshop

Professional digital imaging software.

Paint Shop Pro

Digital image editing software ideal for intermediate and advanced hobbyists and design professionals.

ColorSchemer

Instantly match colors, find harmonies, and learn about color theory all while building your own dazzling color schemes! Try out the ColorSchemer *Online*

IconShop from LionTech

This excellent little freeware program manages icon libraries; extracts icons from Windows and Mac icon libraries and executables, and exports cursors, BMP, GIF, TIFF and XPM bitmaps to ICO or ICL format.