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Domain Name Tips

NOTE: Do not rush into buying a name just because it is available. Chances are you have some time to purchase and dependent on your web host, the domain name registration may be included in your hosting fees. A lot of web hosts offer free domain name registration, some even offer you a free domain for the life of your hosting account with them! So check your hosting plan before purchasing, it may save you a few bucks!

• Tips On Choosing Domain Names - Article that provides helpful tips for choosing a domain name

Web Hosting

Sugar's favorite web hosting companies.

Legal Issues

Be aware of Internet Laws concerning copyright, patents, trademarks, privacy policies and more.

• OECD Privacy Statement Generator - Generate a Privacy Policy for your website by answering a few questions
• Website Tips - Legal Issues - Helpful guide to Internet legal issues
• www.GigaLaw.com- Online Guide to Internet Law

Stock Photography Sites Offering Free* Images

*Be sure to read their terms of service before using their images. Some of these links offer truly free images for personal and commercial use, others may have stipulations and requirements for using their images.

• www.BigFoto.com
• www.ImageAfter.com
• www.Gimp-Savvy.com
• Stock.XCHNG (www.sxc.hu)

Resource Sites

• www.Netlingo.com - Not up with the computer or Internet lingo? See what terms mean here
• www.Dictionary.com - Exactly as stated...an online dictionary
• www.Thesaurus.com - Bet you couldn't guess this is an online thesaurus

KCR, Inc.

• www.Kender-CR.com - Specializing in Crash Calculators and Accident Investigation software. Programming skills: PHP, Java Applets, Java Servlets, JSP, SQL, C++, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Visual Basic. Providing website programming, desktop applications, and applications for handheld devices.

Useful Downloads

• www.Adobe.com - Download Adobe Acrobat Reader for FREE!
• www.Macromedia.com - Download Macromedia Flash Player it's FREE!
• www.Download.com - Download lots of helpful programs and other goodies. Many for FREE!

There is more to browsing the web than IE. Check out these other great browsers, downloads are FREE!

Validation Services and Other Site Checkers

• W3C Markup Validation Service - Validate your HTML/XHTML!
• W3C CSS Validation Service - Validate your CSS!
• Color Blind Web Page Filter - What do colorblind users see when they look at your site?

Sites of Interest for Web Designers and Non-Designers

• W3C World Wide Web Consortium - If you work with the web you should know this site...if you don't, you better check it out
• www.CopyScape.com - Not foolproof but helpful, protect your work
• www.WebPagesThatSuck.com - Doesn't hurt to check every once and awhile to make sure your site is NOT there! Besides, this site gives helpful advise about how NOT to have a web page that sucks!

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