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Information related to web development. Most of what's here is geared towards Apache on UNIX.

Apache

Apache is a free webserver that runs on UNIX, Windows and lots of other platforms. The Apache Software Foundation sponsors many other projects in addition to Apache.

Apache manuals | Quick reference cards: pdf | postscript
mod_ssl - mod_ssl adds SSL (secure socket layer) encryption to your website for security.
Apache Self-Signed SSL Certificate and Key - Quick and Dirty | local copy
Apache Toolbox - provides a means to easily compile Apache with SSL, PHP, MySQL ...
Notes on .htaccess files
inc2shtml source and other htpasswd goodies | local copy
Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control - Apache tutorial
Apache Module Registry
HTTP 1.1 Protocol
Everything you wanted to know about Web caching. Especially useful is their tools section (cacheability tester, view page headers, html validator, proxy security checker)

CGI Programming

21 Rules for Writing Secure CGI Programs
CGIC is an ANSI C library for CGI programming, by Thomas Boutell.
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI)
Be sure to check the CGI Security site for tips.
Netscape Enterprise Server Programming Guide - local copy - original site vanished as is the way of all things on the Internet. This manual while dated, still has a good introduction to CGI programming in C, shell, perl, and java.
CGIWrap is a gateway program that allows general users to use CGI scripts and HTML forms without compromising the security of the http server. Scripts are run with the permissions of the user who owns the script.

Graphics

Need to create some snazzy graphics for your website? Try the GIMP

GIMP User's Manual (PDF)
GIMP User's Manual Color section (PDF)
Recommended image and file sizes for photo and thumbnails for the web:

image size (pixels) file size

main image 600 x 420 30 k

thumbnail 95 x 75 5-10 k
Gif Builder for OS X | Gif Builder for OS 9
GIF Construction Set

Captcha project - a program that can generate and grade tests that most humans can pass, but current computer programs can't pass.

HTML

CSS Zen Garden - A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.
CSS Reference Table
Dean Allen's Word HTML Cleaner - another cleaner for MSWord generated HTML
Dynamic Drive - DHTML(dynamic html) & JavaScript code library
html2txt - this form shows you what a webpage would look like in the text-based browser Lynx
HTML TIDY - free utility, useful for clean up of automatically generated HTML produced by MS Office and other products
Intermediate HTML tutorial - more advanced tutorial, discusses tables, CSS, font size, nested, complex HTML, and more...
Web Page Analyzer - calculate page size, composition, and page download time
A reference for including special characters in HTML pages.
tinyurl.com - converts long nasty URLs into something easy to cut/paste into other apps

Icons

Ever wonder how those little icons show up in the address bar? this page tells how to create the favicon.ico.
How to create favicon-icons on Unix machines
The png2ico program is a tool for UNIX to help you build the favicon.ico
local copies: png2ico web page | source tgz | windows zip
FavIcon - from Pics -- how to create a favicon.ico for your website

graFX freeware - tools for making icons
Icon Factory
Ximian Icon Project
Ximian Developer Site:Themes:GNOME Icons
Still more GNOME icons

Javascript

Junkbusters

For a better internet experience, install junkbuster proxy. They also have great tips for blocking spam, telemarketing and other crap. You can get a current list of adservers to block.

Log Analysis tools

123LogAnalyzer - not free
Analog
Advanced Web Statistics (AWStats) - a free, open source, powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web (but also ftp or mail) server statistics, graphically. Written in Perl.
Glimpse - search engine software includes a web administration interface, remote link spider, and the powerful Glimpse file indexing and query system.
OneStat - web analytics to track in-depth visitor behavior, commerce, leads and conversions.
Nedstat - is supplier of services and products for measuring, reporting and analysing of website traffic.
NetTracker Lite - Freeware log file analysis software for website
Webalizer - a fast, free web server log file analysis program. It produces highly detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML format, for viewing with a standard web browser. Written in C and is extremely fast.
Wusage - webserver log analysis, can be run in simple, advanced and ISP mode depending upon licensing

PHP

PHP is a scripting language used for creating dynamic web pages. PHP has excellent database support among other things. You name it, PHP probably supports it.

PHP Homepage
mkapachephp - a script to compile apache and php from source tarballs
My notes on compiling and installing Apache and PHP from source.
PHP 4.1.0 and up has register_globals turned off by default for security. You may need to change this in your php.ini:
```
	register_globals = On
```
Practical PHP Programming - free online book
phpZipLocator - A PHP class to do distance and radius proximity calculations based on Zip Codes

Web Robots

The Web Robots Pages - everything you wanted to know about web robots.
Robots.txt Checker
Syntax Checker for robots.txt - this link is NOT broken, sometimes the site is just down

SSL Server Certificates

mod_ssl lets you create your own self-signed SSL certificate, but if you need an offically signed one, say you're running a business, then get out your wallet and look into one of these:
How to setup a self-signed certificate | local copy - mod_ssl instructions from Thawte
Why is it not possible to use Name-Based Virtual Hosting to identify different SSL virtual hosts?
Which SSL - The SSL Certificate Buyer's Guide
SSL Certificate Authorities:

CA Cert
GeoTrust (Equifax)
GoDaddy.com
instantssl.com - no support for IE4
RapidSSL (was FreeSSL)
Thawte
VeriSign - expensive!

Web Development Links

If you're at all interested in learning more about web development, be sure to check out the aniplanet webstuff page. It contains tons of categorized links and descriptions of web development sites and topics.

Web Site Test Tools - load testing, link checkers, html validators, etc.