design of attractive, web standards compliant websites

Resources

www.w3.org: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1: XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language.
www.w3.org/TR/CSS21: Cascading Style Sheets, CSS 2.1 Specification.
www.meyerweb.com: Personal site of Eric A. Meyer—an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/references/css2ref.html: Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 CSS2 Specification.
www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/tests/css2: CSS2 Test Suite: Prototypical Pages.
www.webstandards.org: The Web Standards Project is a grassroots coalition fighting for standards that ensure simple, affordable access to web technologies for all.
archive.webstandards.org: The Web Standards Project—how it all started in 1998.

validator.w3.org: W3C Markup Validation Service.
jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator: W3C CSS Validation Service.
www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze: Web Page Analyzer—a tool that tests your website speed and performance.

www.w3.org/WAI: Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0.
www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10/full-checklist.html: Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-TECHS: Techniques for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
www.webaim.org: Web Accessibility in Mind—a site aiming to expand Web's potential for people with disabilities.
www.accessify.com: Collection of useful resources, links and tools for making website accessible.
diveintoaccessibility.org: Another site with resources helping to build accessible websites.

bobby.watchfire.com: Web accessibility software tool testing for compliance with existing accessibility guidelines and government standards, including the U.S. Government's Section 508.
www.wave.webaim.org/wave: Another accessibility tool testing for compliance with WCAG and Section 508.
www.contentquality.com: One more web content accessibility validation solution, designed to identify errors in design related to Section 508 standards and the WCAG guidelines.
www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html: The service that allows web authors to see what their pages will look like (sort of) when viewed with Lynx, a text-mode web browser.
colorfilter.wickline.org: Colorblind web page filter—an online tool that lets to see you how colorblind person sees your webpage.

www.digital-web.com: Online magazine intended for professional web designers.
www.alistapart.com: Online magazine exploring design, development, and meaning of web content.
www.zeldman.com: Jeffrey Zeldman Presents—a personal site of web designer and author Jeffrey Zeldman covering web design news and information.
www.boxesandarrows.com: Online journal dedicated to information architecture and design in digital medium.