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	This site is more than helpful, it's down right enlightening. Dr. Ralph Wilson is an Internet guru, literally. This particular link is to a web postion analyzer. His hints will help you receive a better position on the search engines. Be sure to peruse the full site for additional content, you will learn a lot.
	The Web Developers Guild. The sticky-wicket of Web Design contracts and agreements. Items to consider including in a Web Design/Development contract. This is for the wanna-be webmasters. It's called CYA!
	There are plenty of online computer companies on the web now. Most of the biggies are up there. Did you know that Dell computers is selling over two million dollars worth of PCs a "day" off their web site! This link will take you to their site and you can see how they do it. It's neat, but a little knowledge of computer hardware and OSs helps.
	WorldView for Developers 2.1, an ActiveX control enabling developers to easily embed their interactive "3D viewing component" into your applications. It is now available for a special introductory price. But, download a free 30 day evaluation version and test drive it first.
	The is Real Audio's oops directory. I had an old link of theirs and when clicked it took me here. This is great, what a bookmark. It gives all the links to their different sites and programs. Most helpful for finding the right RealAudio site quickly.
	Tutorials by Kevin. So you want to put a database on the internet, just like the big guys... Okay, you asked for it, you got it. Kevin's discussion area is now ASP-Driven, and he's included links to special pages where you can view the ASP code for the pages. Well done Kevin.
	Have you visited Microsoft's web site and wondered what the pages ending with .asp were? In Randy Wilson's opinion, the ASP technology is one of the most powerful tools for advanced web page design. It allows the user to interact with a web-based database and other information files, making electronic commerce sites, shopping carts, etc. fairly easy to design and implement.
	U.S. Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of "original works of authorship" including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Section 106 of the Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following: pay them a visit and find out.
	Create 8 is a super place to pick up some unusual fonts. Good font working tools and managers and also great font links. Most is shareware and freeware. Very classy site as well.
	You can download and install a trial version of Xara3D 2 from this page. The download size is just 664K - it should take around five minutes to download over a modem. This is an affordable commercial program and with it you can make superb 3D titles, etc. Try it, you'll be surprised how easy it is to become a graphic expert ;-) (Of course you pros know I'm just kidding, right?)
	ZyGraphics will make you a 3D heading for free. Many styles to choose from. Just supply the info and -viola!- you have a nifty 3D banner for your homepage.
	Active State Professional Tools for Perl Developers. If you want to learn more about Perl or even learn what it is, drop by this site. It's a Pearl!
	There are plenty of excellent tutorials on the Internet for Adobe PhotoShop users. This is Adobe's own site and they have some great tutorials. Also, there is a new and easy web graphic program called "ImageReady" by Adobe. You will not need PhotoShop with this affordable program. Download their free trial version.
	"What isThumbsPlus®? It's only the most effective, elegant and inexpensive way to locate, view, edit, print and organize your images, metafiles, fonts and movies. It will even build web pages for you! ThumbsPlus version 3.21 is available to try or buy for Windows 95/NT/3.1 - and it's coming soon to the Macintosh." I noticed the beta is available for Mac.Graphic and photo collectors should look at something like this program to help organize.

Developer Com is a wealth of web developing information. Java, Javascripts, JavaBeans, Perl, etc. Lots of free apps. A treasure!	Webtracker is a great stats a stats program for homesites. It displays in good form lots of stats that I am sure you need. Give them a visit and then try it.
Start Your Own GuestPAD NOW! (Guest Book) "Our service is free, for as long as you like - the only time that you will need to register or pay for anything is if you desire to change the appearance of your GuestPAD. If you are the webmaster for a School, nonprofit organization, or for any charitable organization, please check on our FAQ page for more information about how you can get your ``free" registration." Don't know a lot about this one, try it.	"The Web Design Group was founded to promote the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific, creative and informative sites that are accessible to all users worldwide. To this end, the WDG offers material on a wide range of HTML related topics. We hope that with this site as a reference, you will be able to create Web sites that can be used by every person on the Internet, regardless of browser, platform, or settings."
Netscape explains it's HTML 3 extensions. In addition, they've also added several new areas of HTML functionality to Netscape Navigator that are not currently in the HTML 3.0 specification. They think they belong there, and as part of the standards process, they are proposing them for inclusion. (same old, same old)	This is a little web site about a truly capable image editor from Microsoft called Image Composer, commonly called IC. Don't pronounce it like "ick". That wouldn't be polite. Just call it I-C. To help you get the most out IC and to find other resources about it, try Ashton's link.
Want a complete set of descriptions on all the HTML extensions? Microsoft has an excellent scource site. This makes an interesting read, especially for the newbie.	Want to be a Microsoft Site Builder member? Information here. It's not hard and as you learn, you upgrade levels. Level one is quite simple. Lot's of free software and tools available to members.
"Welcome to The Java Centre. The Java Centre provides a showcase of the latest Java applets. It also has a growing list of Java developers based in the UK, as well as information on seminars, training courses, tutorials and exhibitions, the latest Java news and developments. Plenty of good things under development behind the scenes. Enjoy your visit!"	Transparent Background Images: You can control this by using GIF89a images, which have the ability to mark a single color in the colormap as transparent, forcing the browser to use its background color for those pixels in the image. HUH? Oh well. Here's a cookbook way to create a transparent background image.
Want some free graphics for your homepage? There are many artists willing to design graphics and then let you use them for your homepages. The Duke has a good selection of some of these sites.	Talk about FREE!!! Here is a site with links to many free homepage counters, books, programs, etc. A GREAT place to shop... hee hee.
What's this MS liquid motion thing? It's Easy Animation for Every Web: Introducing Microsoft® Liquid Motion - the Web animation tool that lets users easily create and publish animations for viewing anywhere on the Web. I just love new stuff, I would hate to reach the top of the learning curve - yeah right!	Paint Shop Pro5 is a complete image creation and manipulation program that enhances the imaging power of business and home users with unrivaled ease of use, speed and affordable functionality. Download a demo and have some fun, it also has a great animation shop in the same program.
As a webmaster, you are sometimes asked questions about telephone hook-ups. Webshare is an app that allows many PCs to hook-up at the "same time" over one telephone line. Just thought you should know that it's possible.	Matt's free Perl Cgi Scripts... over 3 years of Perl and CGI generousity. You probably have seen Matt's scripts all over the web and not noticed. Now you can put them to work on your own site. Only this time you'll notice.
More Java applets and scripts... this site has a huge archive of great java things. It's probably the (king,queen) royal person of Java. Every site should have at least one Java Applet or script... right?	The JavaScript Source is an excellent JavaScript resource with tons of "cut & paste" JavaScript examples for your web pages. All for free! My favourite Java source page.
Macromedia FireWorks... Free Try and Buy Trial Version. Get a free, fully functional, 30-day trial version of Fireworks. At any time during the trial, you can buy the product right from your desktop using Electronic Software Distribution. Neat Graphics program, includes slicing and dicing.	I'm sure you have all seen the HTML Writers Guild logo on many pages. You budding webmasters, can learn a lot from their mailing lists. Check them out, newbies are always welcome. Basic program is free. I look forward to seeing your posts.
ICCA - Independent Computer Consultants Association is a site to check out for webmasters looking for certifications etc.	Want a free homesite at Geocities? This site will take you to the proper page. Have fun!
Now here is something you probably didn't know. You can easily put your own currency converter applet on your site. Visit here and find out how easy it is.	Tips, Tricks and FAQ -- from Melville Consulting. Always changing, and always a wealth of webmaster tips. A must read for newbies and pros.
What is digital id? Visit VeriSign and discover this tool for servers and webmasters. You may also apply to register for your own digital id at this site. Drop me an email if you figure I need this sort of thing. Thanks.	The mystery is exposed. Creating your own domain site or for some one else is easy. Go here and find out. You can also do all the official searches from here and make sure no one else has your first, second or umpteenth choice. Save mega dollars or charge others to register for them.
The following are excellent PhotoShop tutorial sites. Each site belongs to very talented and generous graphic artists. Hands on training by DocOzone Haus of Photoshop The Eye of PhotoShop PhotoShop Tips of the Weeks Magic's Workshop The Pixel Foundry	The below sites are plug-ins and other graphic information type sites. Mainly about PhotoShop. T. Marks' Photoshop Bookmarks The Action XChange The Benevolent Brush Cooltype.com