I found some PHP scripts at Saratoga-Weather.Org,
a site maintained by Ken True that I used to capture National Weather Service RSS weather
forecast feeds. These were great and sure saved me a lot of time! This site is of real value to anyone
developing a weather-related web site. Later I decided to access forecasts directly from the NWS using
their XML formatted direct feeds.
Listatmatic is a great source for example HTML code you can
use to design navigation and menu systems. The code comes with clear
and concise explanations about how lists and CSS can work together.
The first centered drop-down horizontal menu that I used was inspired by
Art and Design by Mathew James Taylor. This is a great site that should be
in every web designers bookmark list. I got ideas for the current menu from this YouTube video...
CSS Horizontal Drop Down Menu - 1 of 2.
Dr. David Robinson, Director of
the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist
gave me permission to include the 'Current Conditions' page from
the ONJSC website. The National Snow and Ice Data Center
let me embed their daily sea ice extent visuals.
Dr. Tony Phillips from Space Weather
gave me permission to use his graphic images in my solar sunspot page.
I feel that these additions have made my site more well-rounded and useful.
I constantly referred to these books concerning HTML, CSS and web design.
Learning Web Design by Jennifer Niederst Robbins.
Web Designer's Reference by Craig Grannell.
CSS The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland.
HTML5 The Missing Manual by Matthew MacDonald.
Even More Excellent HTML by Timothy Gottleber and Timothy Trainor.
The last book was used in an online HTML course I took that was taught by Prof. Verno
and offered at Bergen County Community College.
I found three books that have been really useful while learning PHP.
PHP in a Nutshell by Paul Hudson.
PHP Hacks by Jack D. Herrington.
PHP The Good Parts by Peter B. MacIntyre.
PHP Cookbook by David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg.
This last book has really become well-worn since I bought it... it contains hundreds of short code snippets
and clear explanations.