JAVA APPLETS - WeBWERKS
http://www.en.com/users/elmer/
This appears to be one of the first sites to store Java Applets for "snatch and use" on your own web pages.
It's no more complicated than copying a graphic. Generally you right click on the Applet page, select view source, and then enter or copy the "Applet HTML Statement" using the Clipboard Viewer, into your HTML document. Go to the download page for the required files. That's it.

JAVASCRIPT PLANET.
www.intricate.com/javascript/
This could be a site to visit if you're looking to jazz up your
web site a little.
Javascript has little, if anything, to do with the white-hot Java
language from Sun.
It's a scripting language developed by Netscape that is easier
to understand and is capable of many ways of extending HTML.
In particular, it is one of the best ways for web designers to
generate drop down menus without having to call on CGI-server
scripts.
There are other garish (and innovative) possibilities, such as
dynamically changing the background colours of a page.
The only downside is that Microsoft Internet Explorer's J-Script
emulation is not fully compatible. Scripts that may work in
Netscape may fall over in Internet Explorer.
Javascript Planet's collection of 175 scripts and resources mean
you can pre-check these compatibility issues on the one site -
and pick up a lot of useful HTML extension tricks at the same
time.

Marc Andreessen's tips
http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimer.html
Excellent document introducing HTML. Written originally by Marc 'Netscape' Andreessen then enhanced and modified by others at NCSA.

HTML Hot Tips
http://members.aol.com/htmlguru/index.html
HTML Hot Tips and a helpful Q&A page laid down by the hands of a self-proclaimed Guru.

The Bandwidth Conservation Society
http://www.infohiway.com/way/faster/index.html
Go faster web pages are the way to go. The Bandwidth
Conservation Society is a must-read for any aspiring Webmaster.

Stars
http://www.stars.com/
A stellar constellation of Web-building information and great links to resources beyond the nebular.

The Web Developers Virtual Library
http://www.wdvl.com/
The name says it all really. Too good to miss.

Lynda's Links
http://www.lynda.com/
Learn about 'dithering colours' and Web design with Lynda then aggressively follow her Homegrrrl Links.

Melissa's Tips
http://www.denver.eti.net/melissa/jpg.html
GIFs and JPEG's… um, what are they? Melissa tells all.


Paintshop Pro
http://www.digitalworkshop.co.uk/
PaintShop Pro is a darned handy piece of graphics software.
Read about it then download it.

Sausage Software
http://www.sausage.com/
Boasting '100% Recycled Electrons', the Sausage Software site
is fun, informative and offers free evaluation web-authoring
shareware with cool names like Hotdog, Egor, Swami and FrameGang.

If you want to make your web pages a feast for the eyes add some animated gifs. Here's a list of useful sites.

(This list is by no means exhaustive. There are hundreds of them out there. I know that quite a few of my readers run clip art sites. If I haven't mentioned
you here please e-mail me with your URL )

The Clip Art Connection.
http://www.ist.net/clipart/index.html


The Clipart Warehouse.
http://www.clipart.co.uk


The Free Graphics Store
http://ausmall.com.au/freegraf/index.htm


Homeland
http://www.concentric.net/~Rklahoti/gifanim


Denton's Keep BBS
http://www.couponfile.com/dimensions.html


Andy's Art Attack
http://www.andyart.com


Animal Hut
http://www.geocities.com/~chilehot


Animation City
http://www.animationcity.net


Animations and Graphics for Your Website
http://www.bellsnwhistles.com

Microsoft's SiteBuilder Network Gallery.
Microsoft has created a great little corner of the
web with its SiteBuilder Network Gallery. The image
section is just one small part of it, and holds
backgrounds, bullets, buttons, photo's, and heaps
of clip art. A lot of good stuff here, and it's all free.
http://www.microsoft.com/gallery/default.asp

The Background Sampler
Just mentioned Microsoft, so we can't leave Netscape out
or our mailbox will be clogged with people accusing us
of being biased towards Microsoft.
Netscapes free background images are just as free as those
on the Microsoft site, and just as varied and good.
http://www.netscape.com/assist/net_sites/bg/backgrounds.html


Photoshop ButtonMaker
A free plug in for Photoshop users
http://www.hsv.tis.net/~puon/photoshop/buttonMaker.html

Greg's Factory Output.
More than a dozen free Photoshop special effects here, with
sample images to show you what each plug in does"
http://mars.ark.com/~gschorno/gfo

AFH Buttonmaker/Bevelizer
This free button maker plug in creates buttons and cool
bevelled frames.
http://www.afh.com/web/pshop/free.html

Better HTML sites

A Dictionary of HTML META Tags
http://vancouver-webpages.com/META/metatags.frame.html
Pretty technical, but includes a great FAQ about meta tags,
with answers to questions like: "How can I stop people
re-framing my pages ?"

And look at the
"HTML Writers Guild Using Meta for Search Engines FAQ"
http://www.hwg.org/faqs/metaFAQ.html