Web Reference Guides

• W3C Validator - The validator allows you to check your HTML code to make sure it's built properly. This is the first step in tracking down errors.
• Word Wide Web Consortium - (W3C) The W3C was founded in 1994 to develop common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web. If something is going to evolve on the web, this site will tell you about it first!
• XHTML Reference - Great reference for XHTML information and the standards for each tag and parameter.
• CSS 2 Reference - CSS Reference for use of css files, or css formatting in web pages.
• W3Schools - Great references for XHTML, CSS, and a number of other web technologies.

Web Standards Blogs

• Web Standards Organization - WASP is the group that started the push for Web Standards.
• A List Apart - Operted by Jeffrey Zeldman and company.
• Zeldman - Jeffrey Zeldman's (Web Standards Advocate) web site.
• Meyerweb - Eric Meyer's (CSS Guru) web site.
• What Do I Know - Todd Dominey's web site.
• CSS Zen Garden - Learn about the potential beauty of CSS.
• Simon Willison's Weblog - PHP, Python, CSS, XML and general web development.
• Stop Design - is a collection of creative work and thinking capturing the view of a designer and world problem solver. (Douglas Bowman)
• Mezzoblue - is a semi-daily expository and exploratory on all things web, design, and typographic. (Dave Shea)
• Glish - where coding, markup, stylesheets, and internet matters are discussed. (Eric Costello)

Other Useful Things

• W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative - Learn about how Web Accessibility functions.
• Section 508 - Learn about the US Federal Government Section 508 on Web Accessibility.
• RSS 1.0 Reference - Learn how to implement RSS 1.0 correctly.
• Creative Commons - Creative Commons is devoted to expanding the range of creative work available for others to build upon and share.

Other Languages

• Perl - Perl's original site. If you don't know perl, you may want to start here to get an idea if you need to know perl.
• Perl.com - The source for developers of Perl and gathering of Perl wisdom. This is not a tutorial site; the information is geared for Perl developers.
• UNIX Tutorial - It's a place to start to learn UNIX, but by no means a definative guide.
• CGI Tutorial - It's to help you understand CGI and it's uses. CGI is not a program, but a way of delivering information. You must use another programing language to write a CGI.