Links to my favorite web sites

Here I have a list of links that I have collected while surfing around the web for the last few years. I included here the links to the web pages that I found very useful in my career as a web developer, system administrator and a general IT oriented person. I have divided my links by different categories they belong to. Each link has a short description of the website it is pointing to. I am updating this list on regular basis; new sites are added to the list as time passes by. If you know a website that you feel I will like and find useful in my work, please e-mail me the address and I take a look at it.

Since I like all the sites listed here I have placed the anchor around the description of a website. This will associate the website content with the short description provided. It is said that I have provided a good link to a site. Providing a link without a description to a website with the address of the page between the 'a' tags doesn't contribute any useful information to the search engine and thus doesn't give as much boost to the page rank of the site. To find out more about trick of search engine optimization (or as some call it search engine marketing) contact me.

If you have a website that you think would fit well into one of the categories provided please send me a standard link request using my contact form and I will consider linking to your site.

• Comprehensive guide to CSS http://www.htmlhelp.com/reference/css/
• Another guide to style sheets, this one with some examples http://www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/
• This website shows different designs that can be achieved using CSS. It has a lot of ideas as to how one could build a menu system http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/
• Web standards body CSS resources are located here http://www.w3.org/style/css/
• Another friendly website with a lot html information http://www.htmlhelp.com
• More tutorials about ASP.NET and web development in general http://www.ddj.com/
• Very impressive website as far as amount of information about each topic is concerned Great tutorials on CSS, HTML and website design. http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/
• CSS positioning tutorial - I have known a lot about CSS already when I read this tutorial - CSS positioning, but until I read it I didn't understand how to position things on the screen using CSS. Positioning is quite important if you want to get away from using tables for most of your layout. http://www.brainjar.com/css/positioning/default.asp
• The most popular CSS tutorial on the web (given its very high Google rank) CSS most popular tutorial website http://www.glish.com/
• Check this site out for good CSS examples/ technology limits excellent showcase of CSS work http://cssvault.com/
• Great free, clean CSS designs http://www.oswd.org/

• This is the website of internet standards body http://www.webstandards.org
• This is the website of the developer who created Fire Fox web development tools. He always has the nice CSS menus FireFox Dev tools guy http://www.chrispederick.com/
• This website analyzes different aspects of your website, like how fast each elements loads website analyzer http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
• All you need to know about XML (links site) XML file stuff http://www.xmlfiles.com/
• DHTML scripts http://www.dynamicdrive.com/
• A resource for .Net developers http://www.dofactory.com
• Dynamic IP management website http://www.no-ip.com/
• If you are looking for a website that has links to other websites that won design awards, this is the place to go. You can take a look at some amazing work people have done in web design as well as printed media design design awards website http://designarchives.aiga.org/
• Full explanation of how SSL works (secure socket layer) SSL explained http://www.ourshop.com/resources/ssl.html
• JavaScript information website - good explanation of DOM http://www.quirksmode.org/
• Great resource for finding other resources - IT category lists with pointers to actual content http://www.programmersheaven.com

• This is one of the best private web sites discussing MS Windows (TM) operating system http://aumha.org/
• This is the website that explains every windows event, administrators dream, a must have link http://www.eventid.net/
• This website contains a lot of useful network administration utilities, recommended http://www.sysinternals.com/
• World of Windows networking is basic information only website, for beginners http://www.wown.com/
• Bran dumps of IT exams - use at your own risk - I recommend studing the books so that you have a "real" certification. http://www.braindumps.com/

• Free CSS templates, very good resource for small websites that are to have 'clean' design Free CSS templates http://www.freecsstemplates.org
• Free photo resources, low resolution only, good for the web only Free stock photos http://www.pdphoto.org

• Open ColdFusion code library - open source code http://www.opensourcecf.com/
• Macromedia ColdFusion coding standards - must read for every ColdFusion developer http://livedocs.macromedia.com/wtg/public/coding_standards/contents.html
• ColdFusion Macromedia live documentation (ColdFusion MX 6.1) http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6.1/
• This website offers some interesting ColdFusion tutorials, but it is a bit outdated now http://www.depressedpress.com
• ColdFusion most popular web store application home page http://www.cfwebstore.com/
• Ben Forta's website, known to all ColdFusion people Ben Forta, ColdFusion guru http://www.forta.com/
• ColdFusion J2EEE server performance reports http://www.webperformanceinc.com/library/ServletReport/
• This is a list of ColdFusion web hosting companies, very comparative listing, you must visit this website if you are looking for ColdFusion web hosting http://www.coldfusion-hosting-plans.com/
• ColdFusion and MVC (Model View Controler) paper http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/read/49185.htm
• ColdFusion and undocumented features (documentation). Here you find out about functions that are part of CF but didn't make it to the documentation. Use at your own risk http://www.activsoftware.com/
• ColdFusion documentation in Polish (non-Macromedia sponsored project) http://coldfusion.cfml.pl/docs/latest/
• ColdFusion AJAX support via free component with code examples http://www.indiankey.com/cfajax/
• ColdFusion Hosting

• Flash database interaction web site http://www.flash-db.com/
• Lots of Flash MX / MX 2004 tutorials http://www.person13.com/articles/
• A list of all meta tags, also has complete HTML reference guide. Very nice, informative layout of the site http://grizzlyweb.com/webmaster/html/metatags.asp
• Until I read this paper I didn't know how to send and receive data between Flash and JavaScript. With the help of this manual I am now a Flash - JavaScript guru. http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/publishexport/scriptingwithflash/scriptingwithflash_03.html

• This is a list of ColdFusion web hosting companies, very comparative listing, you must visit this website if you are looking for ColdFusion web hosting http://www.coldfusion-hosting-plans.com/
• This is domain registrant website http://www.buydomains.com/
• Australian ColdFusion hosting company http://www.afpwebworks.com/
• According to many, one of the best ColdFusion hosting companies http://www.cfhosting.com/
• ColdFusion hosting company http://www.cfdynamics.com/
• A registrant and hosting company, recommended (this website was registered using it) http://www.godaddy.com/
• Website Hosting - Offers email hosting, virtual web hosting, and e-commerce hosting with Website OS that allows users to make a web site with free templates. http://www.domain-website-hosting.com/
• Affordable ColdFusion hosting http://www.hostmysite.com
• Online payment processing for credit cards http://www.optimalpayments.com/
• Cheap Linux based hosting http://www.smarterlinux.com/
• Internet payment solutions merchant http://www.worldpay.com/
• Very cheap hosting for ColdFusion and other scripting based sites http://www.hostingatoz.com/

• Great site with lots of free computer books and tutorials. Great resource, highly recommended http://www.maththinking.com/boat/computerbooks.html
• Latest technology news website http://www.extremetech.com/
• For advanced SQL server users, how to tune your SQL server 2000/ 2005 http://www.sql-server-performance.com/
• If you want to dual boot your Windows box with Linux, go here http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html
• Great website with plenty of Java related information http://mindprod.com/jgloss/
• Search engine latest news - resource for SEO people http://searchenginewatch.com/
• Free search engine tools - find out how your website ranks on different search engines http://www.marketleap.com/
• Very good, free for demonstration purposes speach generator. Multiple languages and voices. ATT RESEARCH http://www.research.att.com/projects/tts/demo.html
• MS SQL server code snippets http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code.htm
• Technology schools in US

• Distributed intrusion system http://www.dshield.org/
• Intrusion and attack reporting center http://www.doshelp.com/
• Hacker whacker http://www.hackerwhacker.com/

• Tried, tested and I guess true Monster job search http://www.monster.ca
• Another classic, some say has more to offer than any other service of this kind in the cyber space Workopolis job search http://www.workopolis.ca
• Dice job search engine looks like promising technology job search that has most of its offering from US (however it has search capability for rest of the planet). http://www.dice.com
• Yahoo jobs, Canadian edition (also has US section which is much bigger) http://ca.hotjobs.yahoo.com/
• This is website specializes in IT jobs http://www.roberthalftechnology.com/
• Canadian jobs board only, link is for IT section in Toronto. Also has salary scale data so you can find out how much you should get paid for the job you are seeking. http://working.canada.com/toronto/sectors/technology.html
• General Canadian jobs site http://www.bestjobsca.com/
• Free templates for a resume
• International jobs search related website, http://www.careerbuilder.com/
• Mostly US IT job postings http://www.computerwork.com/
• This website offers US IT pay statistics (among many other things). Always make sure you are not under-paid. http://www.geek.com/
• Toronto IT site that has Toronto (and for the rest of Canada) IT job section http://www.techvibes.com/
• Torontojobs.ca is the Greater Toronto Area Job Bank. You can post resumes for free and search and apply for hundreds of jobs online. http://www.torontojobs.ca
• New Canadian job site http://www.EjobsCanada.com
• CV-Resume offers free sample templates and resume writing examples http://www.cv-resume.org
• Jobs for IT contractors in Canada www.sisystems.com
• Local to Toronto jobs http://www.TorontoJobs.ca/
• Careerjet - Search for jobs in Canada

• Software estimation blog essay http://mrmx.blogspot.com/2005/05/software-estimation-part-1-what-method.html

• Online poll website I created, find out what your customers are thinking with the help of. http://www.epollcenter.com
• Energy brokerage firm, for all of your energy needs like natural gas and electricity http://www.energyshop.com
• Comparisons of long distance carriers in Canada http://www.telecomparisons.com
• My mother's website - her art work http://www.ewakitta.com
• Check your web page page rank (Google rating system of how important is your website) using this website. http://www.pagerank.net/pagerank-checker/
• Great free JavaScript scripts including such needed scripts as calendar - all free http://www.softcomplex.com/