Here are some links that I used to get more up to speed with CSS, Coldfusion, Flash, XHTML, smart structure, for some great inspiration, and just because. You can open these links in a new window if you shift-click on them; otherwise you'll be whisked away from me and I'm pretty sure that you don't want that to happen.

Web Design/CSS/Dreamweaver

A List Apart
Blue Robot
Dreamweaver FAQ
Eric Meyer
Mako
Dreamweaver Fever
Project VII
Macromedia Web Forums
Glish
Blue Robot
The Noodle Incident Box Lessons
The Patty Site
James Shook Flexible Pages

Amazon links to the books you need, to learn the stuff you need to know


Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design
Eric is The Man when it comes to CSS. A Standards Evangelist with Netscape Communications, he's one of the reasons the Mozilla browsers follow W3C specs so very well.
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More Eric Meyer on CSS.
More of the same from The CSS Wizard. More complex projects explained in the same no-nonsense way. If you want to learn how and why CSS works, this is the man to tell you. Read it and never ask a newbie question on css-discuss again.

The Zen of CSS Design : Visual Enlightenment for the Web
Once you learn how CSS works see what it can do. Dave Shea is the head gardner at the css Zen Garden. If you've never vistited you have no idea what CSS can do. This book walks you through so of the most amazing submissions to the garden.

Macromedia Flash MX Designer's ActionScript Reference
A book to teach designers how to use Action Script. Action Script moves Flash form intrusive ads to useful web apps. Most of my Flash has been built to talk to course management systems and to react to right and wrong answers. That's what AS gets you and this book shows you how to do it.
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ColdFusion MX Web Application Construction Kit, Fifth Edition
Ben Forta is the Senior Product Evangelist at Macromedia. He gets to tell the programmers what you want in the next release, and how they should do it. Trust me, he knows CFM.
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Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX Application Development, Third Edition
The sequel to the Web Application Construction Kit, this book will take you to the next level. Buy them both and you're a Cold Fusion developer.

Dreamweaver MX Web Development Drew McLellan from DreamWeaver Fever lays it on the line with this book. Making Dreamweaver work.

Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 Unleashed
Should be on the bookshelf right next to the manual. From beginner to expert all in one (1,032 page) book.
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ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
Colin Moock. Action Script. 'nuf said.
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Essential ActionScript 2.0
The follow up, with AS2. You need this if you have Flash MX 2004.

Macromedia Flash MX 2004 ActionScript : Training from the Source (Training from the Source)
So, you grab Colin's books for a a reference. Macromedia's books are the Canon. Derek is the guy.

Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 Application Development : Training from the Source
This is the cookbook. AS2 is OOP and you type it in a window - no more forms prompting you for correct code, you have to do it on your own.

Macromedia Flash MX ActionScripting: Advanced Training from the Source
For the heavy hitters. Project — based. The 30 projects cover a wide range and doing them really helps to internalize how action scripting really works.
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX Killer Tips
Exactly what the title promises. Things like:
CH 8. Greased Lighting Application Building Tips.
Safer Includes. Pre-Filled Forms. Finding Your Way Down The path. Cellular Insurance. Good Habits Are Hard to Come by. Double-Click and Fix Too. Reusing Memo Type Fields. Reusing Recordsets. That's My Code, No Touchy. Format that Data. Now You See It, Now You Don't. Rollover, Fido1; Rollover, Fido2. Yes, We Have No Records Today. Coping with Login Failure...
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Down & Dirty Tricks
These tricks will get you out of many a jam.
Scott Kelby started the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has the absolutly best Photoshop seminars in the world. He is the most entertaining writer out there and knows Photoshop front to back.
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The Adobe Photoshop CS2 Book for Digital Photographers
So Scott figures you know Photoshop but that you've been scanning images in and just got a shiny new digital camera. He starts with you pulling files off your camera and gives you everything from there to delivering your images to Vogue.

Photoshop 6 Photo-Retouching Secrets
This is much more about HOW to retouch photos rather than about a particular program does it.
Scott Kelby started the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He has the absolutly best Photoshop seminars in the world. He is the most entertaining writer out there, and knows Photoshop front to back.
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Studio Techniques
Ready to learn not just the "how," but the "why" behind Photoshop's most powerful features? Photoshop guru Ben Willmore believes the only way to master Photoshop is to go beyond simply memorizing steps, and gain an under-the-hood understanding of the program. Ben is VERY advanced.
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Adobe Photoshop CS2 Classroom in a Book
The Classroom in a Book series is a must have.

Photoshop CS2 Bible
Deke knows his stuff and if you've ever used one of the other bibles you know what's going on here.

Dreamweaver 8
All the books in the world won't do you any good without the program! Comes with the developer edition of Cold Fusion MX. Can't beat that.

Flash Professional 8
You'll need this one as well. Discover the world of rich Flash apps. Or buy Macromedia Studio 8 and get Fireworks and Freehand with Dreamweaver and Flash.

Adobe Photoshop CS2
Even the closest competitor can't do half of what Photoshop does every day. Only products costing 5 times as much even come close.