useful links

It's easy to assume that everyone is already aware of this (the W3C), but if you didn't already, you will find it an invaluable bookmark in your browser. Technically The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) is an international consortium where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards. W3C's mission is:

If, like me, you're a web developer and find yourself working on a site's layout/aesthetics and, also like me, need a bit of a CSS refresh then you'll find a useful collection of references at the following link.
CSS Techniques Roundup

This the following link is how to blur the image with actionsctipt.
When you roll over the image, the blur image becomes clear.

http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/38/1/Blur-transition-effect/Page1.html

What is skinning?

Skinning is a concept where by a program user or website visitor is given control of how the program or website they are using, looks to them, by choosing from a selection of differing pre-made designs (or skins.)

Do you find yourself taking screen grabs of sites and then pasting them into Photoshop just to find out the RGB value of a certain small page element? If so then this extension for firefox may be able to help. Download and install Colozilla and you'll find an unobtrusive little info box that displays the RGB index of any element you hover over.

by Sam Street

Here are 15 CSS resources that I stumbled across recently and found to be very interesting and helpful:

by Yuki Kimura

The links below are useful for searching actionscript.

http://www.actionscript.org

http://www.kirupa.com

http://www.flashkit.com/index.shtml

The following web site contains extremely cool Flash web site links.
View each web site and you will be impressed by the techniques, animation, and the quality of the web site itself.

If you want to make a web site with Flash, use this link and brainstorm your ideas!

http://www.thefwa.com

by Martin White

All web designers should be aware of the need to check the validity of the code contained within the pages they are creating before they make a page or entire site live to the public.

by Sam Street

The difference between a good web designer and a great one is the ability to know how to take short cuts and save time without compromising the quality of work.

I recently found a site offering 20 great tips that will speed up your work and give it a professional edge.