MineZone Wiki

Places to Browse

• About.com -- useful sub-sites on a variety of subjects
• Suite101.com -- similar to the Mining Company; lots of rated, categorized links
• Webring -- rings of sites with a common theme
• Hot Sheet -- 500+ top sites on one page

Search Engines

• Google
• Gigablast
• IceRocket
• Yahoo
• Clusty
• Grokker - A New Way to Look at Search -- a visual search engine

Creating Web Pages

• Web Design Practices
• Essential bookmarks for web-designers and webdevelopers
• Essential Bookmarks -- more "essential" bookmarks for web designers
• Web Developer's Handbook -- another very thorough collection of links
• Resources For Web Design
• Doctor HTML -- web page analysis tool
• GIF Wizard -- shrink gifs up to 90%
• Pixelsight -- amazing online graphics generator
• ACME Labs -- home of the ACME Label, License, and Heart Makers
• GIF_TEXT: A Graphics Text Generator
• Web Developer's Virtual Library -- how-to articles on web publishing
• Submit It! -- service that spreads the word about your web page
• Return of Design - Color Schemes, Design, Development, and Inspiration
• AllYouCanUpload.com -- free image hosting

CSS

• The Complete CSS tutorial
• CSS Help Pile -- CSS resources
• CSS Generator -- custom CSS generator
• CSS Compressor -- compress and tidy CSS code
• CSS Drive -- cataloged CSS designs
• CSS Formatter and Optimiser/Optimizer
• CssCreator->Page Layout
• CSS Cheat Sheet
• css-discuss wiki
• CSS Import -- a screenshot gallery of inspirational CSS designs
• CSS Panic Guide

Find Information

• Green Eggs Report -- list of URLs mentioned on USENET
• Index of USENET FAQs -- a huge index of frequently asked questions from USENET newsgroups

Anti-Ads

• Ad Blocking hosts file -- block advertisers using a hosts file
• PopUpKiller -- advanced defense against popups
• Ad-Aware -- spyware removal utility

Miscellaneous

• Search Engine Watch -- search engine information and tips
• Internet Archive -- view websites as they used to be
• Free Shell Accounts
• Low Cost Web Space Services -- a great place to start when searching for a web site host
• 100 Best Web Site and Domain Hosting Services -- reviews and comparisons of web hosting sites
• Poor Richard's Web Site -- advice on building a low-cost web site
• Information Activism -- a manifesto to clean up the web and keep it fresh
• Free Email Address Directory -- index of free e-mail providers
• The List -- comprehensive list of Internet service providers
• ISPcheck -- compare Internet service providers
• Network Solutions -- research domain names
• LinkPopularity -- find out who links to your site
• Topica -- mailing list directory
• Tile.Net -- index of mailing lists, newsgroups, ftp sites, and computer vendors
• Sneakemail -- create and manage temporary email addresses to avoid spam
• spamgourmet -- another source of disposable email addresses
• Disposable Email -- yet another source of disposable email addresses
• PookMail.com
• Metafilter -- daily links to interesting websites
• Boing Boing -- another interesting blog
• blogdex -- index of popular sites listed on blogs
• File Pile -- interesting files that other people have uploaded
• the5k.org -- creative websites in under 5k
• Spyonit -- notification of internet events
• Procmail Quick Start -- great help file for sorting mail on UNIX systems
• eMailman -- email resources
• FreeLists -- a free mailing provider
• Webspeed -- clock your Internet connection
• TinyURL -- create redirecting URLs that are easier to cut and paste
• WebmasterWorld -- information for webmasters
• Email Address Enkoder -- encode email addresses to avoid spam bot harvesting
• Freeware SourceBook -- freeware tools for webmasters
• Free Public Proxies
• Open Source Web Design -- a community of designers and site owners freely sharing designs
• Open Web Design -- more open source designs
• BugMeNot.com -- easy access for site that require accounts
• Stumpers -- a place to discuss obscrure reference questions
• Google Guide -- an interactive tutorial on searching with Google
• PurpleSlurple -- reformats Web pages on-the-fly to create granular addressability
• Fagan Finder -- a website designed to help people find things
• StayInvisible.com -- daily updated list of free public proxy servers, plus proxy related information
• senduit -- send large files quickly and easily (no registration required)
• TestMySpeed.com -- bandwidth tests
• Google Local -- geographic search
• jiwire -- wi-fi hotspot finder
• TinyPic Dedicated Hosting -- free graphic file hosting
• net2ftp -- a web based FTP client
• Coral: The NYU Distribution Network -- part proxy, part cache
• virtualbrowser -- a free online proxy
• SitePoint -- informative web design articles
• I Like Your Colors -- find out what colors are used in a particular webpage design
• Technorati
• Finding information: search engines -- recommends the best search engine for a particular type of search
• Jiwire -- Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder
• Alexa Web Search -- information about websites
• Housing -- google maps + craigslist = cool house hunting tool
• Google Suggest
• Google Guide -- an excellent guide to using Google
• Free Usenet News Servers Database
• SearchGrid
• opensourceCMS.com -- try out various open source content management systems
• Yellow Icon -- freeware icons
• W3Schools Online Web Tutorials
• sIFRFonts.com
• PHP Editor Review -- reviews of PHP editors
• CoolText -- online graphics generator
• Graphics.com: The shared resource for creative design
• Web Design Tutorials - DesignNewz.com
• email, link and text protector -- twart spammers
• Automatic Enkoderform -- another email obfuscator script
• PHP Freaks!
• FeedShake - Merge , sort and filter RSS feeds
• Goovite: Easy Online Invites -- simple online invitations
• useit.com -- great usability and web design information
• Typetester – Compare fonts for the screen -- compare various fonts
• Internet Health Report
• gada.be -- metasearch
• LiveMarks -- live bookmarks via del.icio.us
• DShield -- stats on compromised computers on the Internet
• Talk Digger -- see who is linking to you lately
• PubSub