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Sites that cover more than one specialist area, or areas that don't (yet?) have their own page on the webforum...

Web site planning, design & management

Webmonkey
Easy to read introductions, tutorials and articles on web design issues
Web Developer's Virtual Library
A goldmine with access to HTML tutorials, design guidelines, technical info etc. etc. but little on the planning process.
Web Style Guide
From first principles to detailed guidance on planning your site, web page design, using images and multimedia sources. Originally from Yale University.
internet.com
"The Internet Industry Portal" - an umbrella site giving access to news, discussions and reference resources. Many of the sub-sites may have started as independent before being swallowed into this super-resource.
Webreference.com
More tutorials, reference charts, services etc.
Builder . com
"Beyond the code" - articles and discussions on project management as well as site design and authoring and scripting.
Webopedia
"The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology. "
W3C - the World Wide Web Consortium
The body developing internet standards (HTML 4, CSS 2 etc.). As well as detailing exactly what is acceptable HTml, there are code checking tools, info on accessibility etc.

 

Scripts & scripting

Script Search
A library of scripts for most web-related programming languages.

 

Software collections

Tucows
A reviewed collection of freeware and shareware programmes to do all those web-related tasks like making thumbnails, animating images etc. etc.