Looking for a job or a project?

Rocky Mountain Users Group - They have a Yahoo Group you need to sign up for to get project and job listings.

Getting Started with Web Design & Development

http://www.webstyleguide.com For those of you new to web design, here is a fantastic link to an online book about all the components of working with a client and planning a web site.

DESIGN TOOLS

Color Pickers

http://www.visibone.com/ - great color picker! Webmaster's Color Pallet to help you choose colors for your web site design projects

CSS - Cascading Style Sheets

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/css.html - tons of tutorials and samples from Adobe.

CSS Reference - A very handy reference table for all CSS 1 properties and how to use them.

Great CSS Tutorial - One of W3Schools many tutorials. Wonderful starting point!

DHTML

http://dhtmlnirvana.com/

http://www.dhtmlshock.com/ - lots of scripts

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ - everything you ever wanted to know about DHTML

Dreamweaver

http://www.dreamweaverfever.com/ - Dreamweaver tutorials

http://www.dmxzone.com/ - Dreamweaver bulletin board and tutorials

WEB DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND RESOURCES (back to top)

http://sourceforge.net/ - a huge site with tons of open source programs

http://www.devshed.com/

Tech Republics Builder.Com - A gargantuan site, chock full of info

Page Resource - More tutorials, tips, and tricks

The Web Standards Project - A new movement to help reform use and development on the web.

W3Schools - Possibly the most comprehensive collection of web tutorials on the internet.

Web Developers Virtual Library - A remarkable collection of information

Web Reference - Good general purpose reference site.

WebMonkey - Tools and tutorials for the professional web developer.

http://www.dnsstuff.com/ - great source for DNS Stuff

ASP Technology

ASP 101 - helps programmers through the use of tutorials, articles, news, a resource directory, and user forums.

ASP Alliance - components, tools, and networking lists.

Learn ASP - Excellent site covering this Microsoft technology.

General Tutorials and Help

http://www.kirupa.com/ - great CSS tutorials and much more

http://www.interaktonline.com/- great introduction to databases.

BrainJar - Mike Hall has a great resource for anyone who wants to get the low-down on Javascript, DHTML, ASP, Java and more. Clean and full of great info.

http://www.sitepoint.com/ - It has articles on software choices, coding, business practices, design, layout, strategy, and marketing. Reviews of new software, like an outline of pros and cons for upgrading to Dreamweaver 8.

Tutorials on common types of questions, like lesser-known applications in Firefox, or creating batch file processes in PhotoShop, etc.

Designer Wiz Tutorials Resources & Courses - A wide variety of very handy and informative online content courses and tips on design programming commerce search engines etc.

CGI/Perl Resources

http://willmaster.com/ - The Why and What and How-to-Do CGI

http://www.perlmasters.com/tutorial/ - perl tutorials and resources

http://www.pageresource.com/cgirec/index2.htm - beginning perl tutorials

http://bignosebird.com/cgi.shtml - good, free scripts

http://www.cgiscript.net/site_apps.htm - free scripts, script installation

http://www.reallybig.com/category.php3?catid=17 - free scripts, tutorials

http://www.perl.com/pub/q/resources - perl resources

Flash

Actionscript.org - For the more advanced flash developer. Tools, resources, and message boards for actionscript programming.

FlashKit - excellent source of flash tutorials, discussion boards, and other flash related resources.

Free JavaScripts

http://www.javafile.com/

http://java-scripts.net/

http://www.freewarejava.com/

Java Technology

Java Guru - Site with excellent FAQ's offering extensive coverage

Servlets.com - Information about Java Servlets

The Java Boutique - Another excellent general purpose reference site

PHP Resources

http://www.php.net/manual/en/tutorial.php

http://www.thescripts.com/serversidescripting/php/

MISC RESOURCES

Browser News - new!

http://www.markhorrell.com/tools/browser.html

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/index.htm

http://www.upsdell.com/BrowserNews/res_design.htm

http://www.thecounter.com/stats/ - statistics on what the most popular browsers are. To see the other stats for the month you are viewing, click on the links that will appear on the right (Browser, OS, Domains, etc.).

Domain & Trade Names (back to top)

Register.Com - A popular competitor to Verisign

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - For on-line searches and registrations of federal trademarks, service marks, and patents

Verisign/Network Solutions - The original name registration company

Search Engines

Nielsen Netratings - Nielsen//NetRatings is one of the leading internet and digital media audience information and analysis services. NetRatings provides worldwide web site ratings based on a sample of over 225,000 individuals in 26 countries

Search Engine Watch - This site helps understand the search engine rankings, how they work, who owns who, and much, much more. A must see site if you want a clear understanding of the search engines.

Software Downloads (back to top)

CNet's Download.com - Just about every downloadable piece of software on the net.

Tucows - Excellent site for downloads of all types.

Local Interest (back to top)

SpringsSmallBiz.com - The Greater Chambers small business resource site

Southern Women's Chamber of Commerce

City of Colorado Springs - For all information and services related to City Government

El Paso County - For services and information about local county government

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