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PHP
- PHP Predefined Variables
HTTP language detection
- Website Internationalization using ASP
- HTTP native language support in PHP
Find Country by IP Address
- Ip-to-Country database (Free download, monthly update, used by php.net)
- Where-is.info Find country by IP online service
- How do I find the geographical location of a host, given its IP address?
- GeoIP: Map IP into country, or other geographical information (Product)
  - Download the GeoIP database
- Getting the user's country from IP address (mentioned IP to country database from NICs)
- Python script use NIC's ip database to map country to IP
MSDN Library -> Internet Explorer
CCS attributes used in IE 5.0, IE 5.5, IE 6.0
Microsoft HTML Elements Reference
P3P

Codes

HTML / CSS
- General
  - NetMechanic's Free Newsletter
    Tutorials tips on web building: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.
  - HTML Url encode values table for reference
  - w3schools.com CSS2 reference
    explain each element, compare browser compatibility and with example!
- Frames
  - Frame Design Tips and Tricks (Web Design in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition)
- CSS Border control
  - CSS Image Border rollover
- Text control
  - Adding drop shadow example:
    STYLE="COLOR:#FFFF20; WIDTH=100%; FILTER:DropShadow(Color=#440000, OffX=2, OffY=2, Positive=True)"
- CSS Example sites
  - http://www.sitepoint.com/ (1 table)
  - http://www.alistapart.com/ (0 table)
  - http://www.espn.com/ (4 table)
  - http://www.fastcompany.com/ (1 table)
  - http://www.footbagfreaks.com/ (0 table)
PHP
- General
  - PHP Code Exchange
  - PHP Classes Repository
- Chat Room
  - list at hostscripts.com (both commercial & non-commercial)
- Content Management
  - list at hostscripts.com (both commercial & non-commercial)
- Converters
  - HTML_ToPDF
    Convert HTML to PDF, make use of html2ps, ghostscript & php 4.0.4+. MAY work with Chinese but not confirmed even by author.
JavaScript / DHTML
- General
  - Dynamic Drive
  - The Dynamic Duo - DynAPI 1
  - DynAPI 2
  - ActiveUI
    cross-browser DHTML grid, tree, tabs, menu - javascript-xml widgets framework (beta)
  - JavaScript and Frames, Part I
    (How to use JavaScript to control / navigate between frames)
  - Call javascript function in another frame
  - Disable a field in IE using Javascript:
    fieldname.disabled = true
  - Article: Using Web widgets wisely, Part 2
- Screen Control
  - Simple script to maximize window to visible screen (Cross browser)
  - Auto focus the opened window:
    Add to to head section: top.window.focus();
- Tooltip
  - overLIB
    - Command References
  - Popup information box v2.22
    Instant popup when mouseover, has sticky function. Does not work if page need to scroll, the tooltip will display outside the screen.
  - Bottom slide tooltip
  - Scrolling Tooltip Script
- News Scroller
  - News Scroller V2.0
    Horizontal Scroller, with mouseover pause. Has problem if put inside a table
  - Len's News Scroller
  - Mike's DHTML scroller
    Vertical scroller with pause, no mouseover
  - Horizontal News Scroller
    Classic horizontal scroller, adjust: pause, multi-lines. Use Absolute position, seems hard to use.
  - Horizontal text scroller
    right to left scroll, config scroll speed + scroll delay. Absolute position can change to relative position
- Timer
  - Simple JavaScript Timer example
  - JavaScript SetTimer/ClearTimer explained
- Calendar UI
  - DHTML Dynamic Calendar UI (Use a Calendar interface to select a date!)
- Tree Menu
  - PHP/DHTML Combo Tree Menu (a PEAR class)
- WYSIWYG HTML Editor
  - HTML Area
    IE 5.5+ only, turn TEXTAREA into a full featured HTML editor.
- Submit button control
  - How can I disable a form submit button?
  - a form's submit() method generates "Object doesn't support this method or property" error
    Don't name the submit button as "submit"
- Select / Combo box
  - DHTML Combobox that can enter value and show suggested values (IE only)
  - DHTML Select combobox that can contain HTML! (include image) (IE only)
  - cr:Combobox DHTML Combobox behavior (IE6.0 only, and seems easy to hang)
- Cookie
  - Cross-platform Cookie Utility Class
DHTML Styles examples
- DHTML Hide/Unhide menu
Flash
- Flash Kit (Lots of flash to download by internet.com)
ASP.NET
- Microsoft ASP.NET portal

Website Design

Web Design patterns by Martijn van Welie
PHP
- useit.com Jakob Nielsen's site (Usability and Web Design)
  Very good articles by Dr. Jakob Nielsen on how to design a highly usable website.

Dreamweaver

Some dreamweaver links

Flash Authoring

Macromedia Design & Developer Center
TechNote 12701: Flash OBJECT and EMBED Tag Attributes
Macromedia Flash showcase
Flash MX Loadvars example
Flash Unicode Generator (Commercial)
Components
Flash Text Formatter
Flash UI to do syntax highlight to a text file
Lightweight Scrollbar Component
A 4kB simple scrollbar component
Tutorials
CBT Cafe Flash Tutorials

Movie Production

Windows Media Player format
- Microsoft Web Samples on Windows Media
- A Streaming Media JukeBox - Part III: Browser-Independent
  (Use JavaScript to control Windows Media Player control)
- Windows Media Player Reference (6.4)
- All About Windows Media Metafiles
- Streaming Windows Media from a Web Server
- Captioning Windows Media
- Some examples of Embeded WMV's parameters
- Adding Windows Media to Web Pages (6.4, 7)
- Embedding the Player Control in a Web Page (9)
- Windows Media CookBook! (lots of links only)
- Object Model Migration Guide (migrate from 6.4 control to 7 control's Object Model)
- Windows Media Player Object Model
- Control size: uimode = full, 320x64 pixels (320x240) / 240x64 pixels (160x120)
Apple QuickTime format
- Convert between QuickTime & AVI format

Graphic Production

Adobe Exchange (You may need to register)
Adobe User to User Forums
Graphic Sources
- Vendelcrow Web Graphics in Viking, Celtic & Medieval Style
Eddie's Digital Imaging PDFs
Other great graphic designers websites
- PSXtras Photoshop Xtras (Hatcher, F.)
- WebTekNique.com (Kelly, Rick)
- Spry New Media (Corri)

Scanning

A few scanning tips
- Say No to 72 dpi
  Also tell us the myths about 72dpi & 96dpi
- Scanning Images in magazines/books/newspapers - Manual Descreen methods
Steps for scan images for my Epson Perfection 660 Scanner
- Scan in Photoshop with WIA driver
- Scan in 600dpi
- (Auto Works)
- Image -> Adjustments -> Levels: Middle input level: 1.4
- Image -> Adjustments -> Hue/Saturation: (Load my preset file for this scanner)
- Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur: Radius 2.0
- Image -> Image Size: resize to 150dpi
- Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask: Amount: 25%, Radius: 3.0
- Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask: Amount: 100%, Radius: 0.5
- (Manual Works)
- Set the White input level
- Adjust the Black input level if needed
- Retouch the image if needed
- Crop the image if needed
- (After Works)
- For thumbnail images resized to 150px height:
- Filter -> Sharpen -> Unsharp Mask: Amount: 25%, Radius: 1.0

Typography

Linotype Font Library
Adobe Type Library
Microsoft Typography
Identifont - Identify a font by font name
Themeworld - 4000 free fonts
Coron's Sources of Fonts
Free Medieval Fonts
List of Font Foundries in the world
Code 39 Barcode FAQ and Tutorial
Chinese fonts download
fonts download (Simplified Chinese, very large)
DA3.net fonts download
No search engine, but have many fonts to download (~800)
1001fonts.com - free fonts download
simplythebest - free fonts download
Typefaces: that work together
Suggestion of matching English typefaces
List all installed fonts with a Word Macro

MIDI

Utilities

Google SiteMaps BETA
Allow you to submit your whole website's URLs to Google, improve your website's appear rate at Google
Search Engine Position Tool
Web Link Validator
Validate broken links on a website
Submit Wolf 6.0
Quick submit your website to search engines in the world!
Sothink DHTMLMenu
Tool to generate DHTML menu, has Dreamweaver and Frontpage extensions!

Submit to other non-major search engines

World (top most important)
- Google (already)
- AllTheWeb (done)
- AltaVista (already)
- searchHippo (Need e-mail confirm, done)
- ExactSeek(waiting)
- EntireWeb (done, need e-mail confirm)
- The Open Directory Project (done)
- Yahoo!
- Inktomi (HotBot, Kanoodle etc., pay service)
- Ask Jeeves (Teoma, pay service)
- LookSmart (Wisenut, pay service)
- Gigablast (temp disabled)
Asia
- Oriental Search Engine and Directory AlloftheOrient.com (Lang:EN)
HK
- Yahoo! Hong Kong (Lang:TC)
- Hong Kong World Wide Web Database (Lang:TC)
- 添達香港搜索器 Timway Hong Kong Search Engine (Lang:TC)
Related links
- Discuss on Top 10 Search Engines
- SearchEngineWatch.com
  Very good website. Discuss about Search Engine optimization tips, Search Engine market share and details.
- Example on creating hidden links in homepage for search engine use
- Another example on creating hidden links in homepage for search engine use
  (use hidden div tag)
- Some tips to increase search engine ranking
- Keyword Suggestion Tool
- Web AdAgent programmes compare

Favicon

favicon.com
Describe what is favicon and how to make it / use it
png2ico
Free commandline tool to convert PNG to icon file used for favicon
photo matt - How To Create A Favicon

General

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