Links
General
- File Mirrors - Great way to find files on the web if you know their file name.
- TinyURL - Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have it break when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back together? Then TinyURL is the place for you. By entering in a URL in the text field on the web site, TinyURL will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires. You can even get a Firefox extension for it.
PHP
- PHP - The official web site for this extremely popular server-scripting language.
- Five Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with PHP - Over the years, the language itself, the extensions it supports, and its overall popularity have all dramatically increased. Unfortunately,it’s also become more and more difficult for even the most attentive programmer to keep up. So, if you haven’t caught all the new additions or discovered every useful function, start by checking out this list.
- PHP Architect - PHP|A is the monthly magazine (PDF and printed form) dedicated exclusively to professionals who use PHP as part of their everyday work.
- PHP Cheat Sheet - Three really useful tables that could be life-savers especially when debugging.
Web Design
- Eric Meyer on CSS - Eric Meyer is a noted CSS and HTML expert and this is his web page.
- FavIcon from Pics - Would you like to display your own icon on the browser address bar when visitors view or bookmark your web page? Now it’s easy to create icons for your web pages with FavIcon from Pics. Simply select a picture, logo or other graphic (of any size/resolution) for the “Source Image” and click “Generate FavIcon.ico”.
- CSSZenGarden - If you have any doubts over how powerful CSS really is, then you need to visit CSS Zen Garden. CSS Zen Garden is a display of the power and beauty of CSS.
- The Web Developer’s Network - This page has so many resources listed it is easy to get lost for hours exploring them. Some of the resources are just fun to explore while others offer some very practical advice on practical matters.
- Official Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Specification - This is the place where it all starts if you want to learn CSS. Here you will find the official documentation on how to use CSS and what CSS is used for.
- Listamatic - One thing you will learn as you begin to work with CSS powered layouts is that lists are extremely powerful tools. Lists are a vital part of building a website with good code flow. Getting lists to appear correctly in different browsers, or to appear in new, original ways, however, can be quite challenging.
- PositionIsEverything - And yet again, another site dedicated to learning layouts and the little quirks that each browser brings into your CSS design.
