Webpage Authoring Tools & Resources
InstructionBare Bones Guide to HTML – just the basics
NCD HTML Design Guide – good basic HTML instruction
Webmonkey – Tutorials on just about everything web-related
DevShed – open source web development site: tools, info, etc
Intro to PHP – from Zend. In-depth.
Recommended Reading
alistapart
Practical eCommerce Magazine
WebmasterWorld
Software
Fireworks – graphic program for web designers
Adobe Photoshop – a powerful industry standard
CuteFTP – great little FTP program
Xenu's Link Sleuth – off-line dead link checker
The Gimp – free open source graphics program (Linux/Windows/MacOS)
PhotoPlus – free graphics program (Windows)
PHPTriad – a bundle of Apache, PHP, and MySQL for Windows - a little buggy, but great if you want to work on your database-driven website offline
SQLyog – a great front-end to work on your MySQL databases
FTPSurfer – a decent free FTP program. Drag-and-drop.
Google Toolbar – integrates a Google search box into your browser, and has many other nifty features like a pop-up blocker and a form fill-in agent.
Online Tools
W3 HTML Validator – make sure your page is up to specs
Atomz – free remotely hosted search engine for your site (Google does this too)
CGI Resource Index – huge directory of free cgi tools for your site
PHP Resource Index – ditto for PHP
HotScripts – huge archive of scripts in many web languages
Netscape color map – for web-safe colors
Dead Links – free broken link checker