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Here is a list of websites with help for those new to web design. They are not intended to be a complete selection, but are offered here to get you going. Send any suggestions/additions, or let me know of broken links, with a Private Message. This way we can keep the post easily scanned and readable.

Help on Many Topics
W3 Schools
Web Development Mistakes
NY Public Library Style Guides
Web Style Guide
Concise Rules for a Successful Site
Tizag Tutorials

Beginner HTML
HTML Dog Tutorials
What is HTML? Library of Congress Guide
Blooberry's IndexDOT Html

Validators
W3 Validator
HTML Help Validator

Beginner CSS
Why Use CSS?
HTML Dog
Structure and CSS by Molly Holzschlag
CSS and Spacing - The Box Model
CSS/List menus
Suckerfish DropDown Menus
Centering on the page
More Centering on a Page at CWM
CSS Shorthand guide (by CWM's Polvero/Dustin)
CSS Cribsheet
Getting Rid of the Page "Shift"
De-bugging CSS (by CWM's Sun'd/Elliot)
Min-Height Fast Hack (by CWM's Polvero/Dustin Diaz)

no tables/CSS layouts
Glish
Mollio
Watch a CSS site "grow"
Inknoise: Layout-o-matic

.doctypes
Recommended DTDs - W3C
Fix Your Site with the Correct Doctype
Doctype at W3 Schools

Fonts
Common Fonts
Yahoo Fonts CSS - Cross Browser Control
Typography at Microsoft, incl. Embedding Tool link
Font Sampler, common sans-serif fonts -- lists fonts common to main OS systems; scroll down for links to other font families.

Design Help
BrowserCam - see your site in different browsers
Contrast Analyzer - background and text colors
Tools for Browser Compatibility
Web Design From Scratch
Principles of Design

Miscellaneous Stuff
fight spam, hide email addresses
ASCii tables, with extended codes
Print Stylesheets
The Lang(uage) Tag
.htacess Cheat Sheet
Guide to .htaccess
Robots.txt
robots.txt FAQ
Favicon Generator
CSS Image Roll-overs
Mod-Rewrite for beginners
Make a Site Map

Search Engines
Google's Webmaster Central
and the page Webmaster Guidelines
Add your URL to Google
Yahoo Guidelines
and Add your URL to Yahoo