Useful Web-Building Links

Meta Tag Generator http://www.submitcorner.com/Tools/Meta/  (select the Descriptions, Keywords, Author, and Language checkboxes) - using your information, it will write the code (which you will have to paste into your .html file) for META tags. These go within the <HEAD> tags.

Banner Generator www.coder.com/creations/banner/ allows you to design .gif banners in pretty fonts and colors. You could do better with Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, but this has the advantage of being darn easy.

Including Sound in a Webpage http://www.wdvl.com/Multimedia/Sound/Audio/include.html basic instructions on this easy bit of coding

CoolArchive - http://www.coolarchive.com/ - contains icons, clip art, backgrounds & more

Ender Designs - http://www.ender-design.com/rg/backidx.html - backgrounds, by category

Ian Alexander's Natural Patterns & Wallpaper  http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~iany/patterns/patterns.htm - backgrounds drawn from folk art, nature, &c.

HYPE's Hexadecimal Color Specifier (chart) - http://users.rcn.com/giant.interport/COLOR/1ColorSpecifier.html  

NCSA Intro to HTML - http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html - an industry standard, very clear and straightforward, and fairly fast as well. 

Webspawner Complete Code Reference Guide to HTML - http://www.webspawner.com/cc/html/alpha.htm - a complete list of tags, but you must know what you are looking for in order for this to be useful

Annabelle's HTML Help - http://www.geocities.com/~annabella/html.html - clear and stylish guide for beginners and pros

The Ultimate Counter Site - http://www.ultimatecounter.com/ - free counters (but with an advertisement label)

Webmonkey's guide to formshttp://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/30/index4a.html?tw=authoring

MIT page counter - http://www.mit.edu/doc/counter-howto.html insert this code into your page to add a counter, hosted by MIT.