Boogie Jack's Web Depot
Boogie Jack's is a webmaster resource site with HTML and CSS tutorials, graphics tutorials, cut-and-paste JavaScript, sound effects, software reviews, computer tips, news, guest articles, and more. Here webmasters can find all kinds of tools and goodies, including over 500 pages of free high quality web page graphics, fonts, and links to freeware and shareware downloads. Boogie Jack publishes two very useful newsletters: "Almost a Newsletter" with the latest webmaster tips, and "Virus and Hoax Alerts Newsletter", which provides subscribers with up-to-date virus warnings, and lets you know which warnings are fakes. http://www.boogiejack.com/

Email To The Max - Business Quality Email
This is a free online course on how to use email properly. Rather than the technical aspects, this course is about the business and legal aspects of email communication. Email is quick, easy, and often vital to business productivity. But there can be problems and liabilities with inappropriate use of email; many workers are not properly trained. This short course can help workers improve their online communications skills and use email to best advantage in business, sales, and customer service. Businesses may find it a good training tool for employees. http://www.EmailToTheMax.com

Learn How to Write
This site provides users with simple interactive lessons on writing clearly and effectively. There are nine skills to learn. To practice, you can enter your answers and compare them to answers provided on the website. http://learnhowtowrite.com/

ZVON.org
This website has free tutorials you can download, plus tools, projects, glossaries, references, and discussions on WML, XML, XSLT, CSS, DTD, XPath, XLink, and more. The tutorials range from basic to advanced. Zvon was founded by a group of people who believe in free information exchange and open source software, and have a special interest in XML. To encourage collaboration for the evolution of better tools, the website encourages everyone to contribute ideas, both from the programmer's end and the user's point of view. "The basic idea behind XML is really simple. Its supporters, including us, believe that this human readable, universal and easily comprehensible format provides scaffolding around which the information architecture of the 21st century can be built." http://www.zvon.org/

Extropia
This website, an evolution from the Selena Sol Script Archive, has excellent onsite tutorials for Java, Web Application Development Environment, XML, Perl, Web programming, design, security, databases, UNIX, and Photoshop, with some Cool Hacks thrown in for good measure. There is a presentation of the principles behind open source software, with an open forum for exchange of ideas. http://www.extropia.com/

Big Nose Bird
"Become a UNIX or Linux Guru in 20 Minutes! Save $500 on a seminar. Migrate your Windows/DOS skills to UNIX!" This is one of the intriguing offers of this site, which is packed with over 300 pages of tutorials, reference materials, and other free resources, including free scripts, graphics, and software tools. Web tutorials cover HTML, server side includes, JavaScript, site navigation, image maps, HTML forms, CGI scripting, banner rotation, and MIDI music. Beginners can use domain name lookup and explore hosting options, including free hosting. For designers there are sections on photo composition and scanning, when to JPEG and when to GIF, color theory and hex codes, and how to create fast loading images. Getting into the "Nitty Gritty of Webmastery", you can learn about Apache server hacks and tricks, secure servers, site promotion, and site organization. Earn brownie points with your ISP by using the security advice offered here. In case you need interactive advice, BNB provides a newsletter and a bulletin board where readers can share ideas and solve problems. Also helpful are the ASCII chart and tutorial, HTML tag guide, resource links, and recommended books. http://www.bignosebird.com/

TutorialFind - Find Tutorials on Absolutely Anything
This is a great place to find tutorials in almost any subject. The extensive links here enable users to find tutorials on arts and crafts, computer basics, hardware and software, graphic design, health and fitness, home and garden, Internet, multimedia, 3D, music and audio, networking, operating systems, programming, spoken languages, sports and hobbies, and Web development. Request a tutorial and the webmasters will try and find it for you. http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/

Robin's Web Design Resources
This website has over 300 pages of tutorials and links to web design resources, mostly focused on Paint Shop Pro and Photoshop. Beginners can learn to build a web site, and more advanced users can refine their skills. There are tutorials on HTML, DHTML, MetaTags, XML, ASP, CGI/Perl, CSS, and popular programs like FrontPage, Dreamweaver, and Homesite. You can also find out how to spice up your web pages with Flash, Fireworks, and JavaScript. http://www.putertutor.net/

Lookoff
This website helps people learn to use search engines and to choose the best engine for each search task. Lookoff presents a list of specialty search engines in over 100 categories; detailed reviews of popular search engines; advanced tools and techniques used by experts; Internet news; online books on Net seaching and search privacy; a message board; and over 100 online tutorials to help users find specific categories of information. Lookoff is really a search engine for search engines; here, rather than searching for your topic, you search for the search engines and portals devoted to your topic. The type on the introductory page is quite small, but the content pages have more readable type. http://www.lookoff.com/

Visual Basic Web Mag
This site has the latest news on Visual Basic, plus hundreds of articles, book reviews, and product reviews. The resources section includes over 1,000 annotated links to VB-related websites covering topics from CGI to database development to Internet programming. There is a special section for beginners, and you can post your questions on the message board or try the newsgroups listed here. Other features include technology tips, vendor links, job opportunities, and more. http://www.vbwm.com/

Michele-Web
You can learn how to build a webpage here with easy step-by-step instructions. This is a vast site with many resources for the webpage author. In addition to basic HTML, you can learn how to add color and sound to your site, add tables and scripts, make different kinds of links, get your own domain name, and promote your site. There are over 60 fonts you can download, plus free backgrounds, buttons, and other graphics, some cut-and-paste scripts, and advice on software and utilities.
http://michele-web.com/

Interactive/On-line SQL Tutorial
SQL (pronounced as "sequel") stands for Structured Query Language, the standard language for relational database management systems, used to perform tasks such as updating or retrieving data. Some common relational database management systems that use SQL are: Oracle, Sybase, Microsoft SQL Server, Access, Ingres, and others. This innovative tutorial offers a free SQL interpreter/simulator that allows users to create their own tables and practice performing inserts, updates, deletes, selects, and drops on the tables they create; this way you can get real hands-on training at your convenience. The course is free, but donations are appreciated.


WebCoder.com
Here is a great resource for JavaScript and Dynamic HTML, covering many subjects important to Web developers. The easy-to-understand, straightforward explanations are accompanied by animated graphics that enhance the content instead of distracting from it. A "How To" section focuses on learning and applying code, with tutorials on Dynamic HTML and JavaScript. The Reference section covers documentation, specs, and other useful information such as JavaScript and cascading style sheets browser support. The Scriptorium has scripts and simple demos. The Demos section showcases outstanding examples of JavaScript and Dynamic HTML code. Other topics covered are the document object model; object detection; forms and functions; visual filters and absolute positioning with CSS; sound and music; and more.
http://webcoder.com/index_real.html

WEBalley
This website offers an excellent free tutorial for beginners to learn HTML, and for more advanced users to learn some fine points about web publishing and web page design. The navigation is simple, the topics are clearly explained, and everything needed to publish a web page is covered. Some subjects include web publishing software, web tools, graphics, javascript, web templates, utilities, downloads, content, speed tips, Y2K issues, where to get free web space, and the 13 mortal sins of web publishing. A French version of the tutorial is available, and there are some links to HTML tutorials in Dutch.
http://free.prohosting.com/~weballey/index.html

HTML Standards Compliance - Why Bother?
Most pages on the web don't comply with the W3C's HTML specifications. In some cases this is because their authors wanted to take advantage of proprietary extensions; but in many other cases, the pages could easily have been made compliant. This article explains about the issues surrounding HTML standards, HTML validation and why you should and how you can bring your pages into compliance with the HTML standards. There are links from here to Web validation sites.
http://wdvl.com/Authoring/HTML/Standards/

Click & Learn: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the PC Hardware
Click & Learn is an easy-to-read online guide to the PC, its hardware and internal architecture. Here are 235 pages explaining the different parts of a PC, enhanced with photos and diagrams. The site is designed for quick access and easy navigation. Learn about PC data, the PC system board, busses, chip sets, RAM, CPUs, drives and other storage, expansion cards, adapters, operating and file systems. This resource is an excellent guide for self-study or reference, and would be helpful for anyone taking a computer course.
http://www.mkdata.dk/click/

What the Heck is CGI?
This website offers an introductory course on CGI, in friendly, easy-to-understand language. The course starts with "What is an HTML form?" and continues through writing CGI programs in Perl. Lessons cover how HTML forms work, using the form data within the program, how to get the program to use the data, using the variables in the program, troubleshooting, writing to files, parsing and interpreting, subroutines, and error checking. In addition, there is a Scripts for Educators Page which has a collection of Perl CGI programs, with HTML forms and directions on how to set them up for your site. In case you can't find what you need, there are links to other sources of CGI scripts.
http://linguistic-funland.com/scripts/Class/index.html

Learn the Net: An Internet Guide and Tutorial
This tutorial has simple, beginning instructions, very accessible for newbies, but with complete information on all necessary topics for using the Internet. Available in Dutch, Spanish, French, Italian, and English, the site will help new users get started and learn Internet basics. The guide covers history of the Internet; modems and monitor settings; tips on safe surfing, privacy and security; netiquette; kids online; using search tools; checking the reliability of information from the Internet; exchanging files; virus protection; Web publishing and design; email; newsgroups; conferencing; intranets; multimedia; and many other topics. Users can read a FAQ for more specific information, or email questions to Ask Learn the Net.
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/

Brent's Visual Basic Web Directory
This website has over 1200 categorized Visual Basic links, including source code, files, tutorials, tips, a beginner's section, game programming, VBCE, ActiveX controls, and more. The larger well-known sites are all represented here, but also hundreds of smaller Visual Basic sites. There are links to Visual Basic search engines; official Microsoft sites; Visual Basic news, articles, and product announcements; user groups; webrings; listeservers; developer resources, decompiler information; and non-English Visual Basic sites. To help users find components there is a Tool Searcher and a list of online tools catalogs. Further listed resources include VB books, magazines, newsgroups, publishing presses, third party companies, and job listings.
http://www.vb-web-directory.com/

HTML Tutorials in Web Page Design
Want to design your own web pages? This website has free, easy-to-follow interactive HTML lessons written by a teacher who has authored computer programming books and given many HTML workshops. Learn about basic formatting techniques, how to work with images, color, frames, animated .gifs, banners, forms, and image maps. Further lessons explain the pitfalls of HTML, what separates good and bad web pages, the different versions of HTML, and how to register your website with search engines. You can also get your website evaluated and your HTML coding checked here.
http://www.bfree.on.ca/HTML/

CGI City
This site has a huge collection of resources on Perl and CGI for both novices and advanced programmers. For webmasters, the site offers a collection of CGI and Perl scripts, many of which are free, including banner ads, bulletin boards, chat software, counters, forms, guestbooks, password protection, shopping carts, and more. Even more useful is a comprehensive collection of links to documentations, FAQs, articles, and tutorials on CGI, including books you can purchase online. There is a section where people seeking CGI programmers can post ads, and a place for ads from freelance programmers.
http://icthus.net/CGI-City/

TipWorld
Want to learn more about Windows 95 or Mac OS? Want to make the most of Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer? TipWorld delivers valuable and timely bite-size information right to your computer. Each day, a team of computer experts send a free tip via email to TipWorld subscribers. Subscribers can choose the topic(s) they are interested in from a selection of computer tips, news, and gossip in more than 30 different free newsletters. Offerings include daily updates on new products, Internet trends, hardware upgrades, tool reviews, virus alerts, bugs, hot jobs, computing basics, online shopping, games, software news, and more. Visitors can read sample tips at the web page, which also has a showcase of other newsletters available on the Net.
http://www.tipworld.com

Sunah's Webdemo
The concept behind hypertext is as old as the Talmud, and as new as the latest version of HTML. Web browsers must conform with the specifications of the World Wide Web Consortium, which are revised from time to time, producing new levels of HTML. People using older browsers will not be able to use some of the features of the latest HTML. If you are a web page designer, you want to be certain your web pages will work properly for your target audience. This website solves the problem by documenting the features of all levels of HTML defined by W3C and describing how they fit into the current standard. The site includes an introduction to HTML, the technical details of Level 0, 1, 2, and 3, and demos. Read discussions here of the history and future of hypertext, Wilbur, Cougar, backlinks, and many other concepts. You will also find a list of some free and useful services for web developers, and how to get an email notice when new versions of HTML come out. The site is searchable for ease of use.
http://pobox.com/~sunah