This is a list of resources that should be helpful to automotive webmasters, or anyone looking to start or run an online tech community. Please feel free to add links to this thread.



Online Community Building

The Admin Zone (theadminzone.com)
Improve Your Registration and Posting Rates in 4 Simple Steps (theadminzone.com)
vBulletin.org (vbulletin.org)
phpBB Hacks (phpbbhacks.com)
The Life Cycle of Online Communities (stlawu.edu)
Cyberspace Innkeeping (well.com)
Building Online Communities (oreillynet.com)
Email Universe (emailuniverse.com)


Web Development

SitePoint (sitepoint.com)
Linux Questions (linuxquestions.org)
The Apache Software Foundation (apache.org)
PHP (php.net)
MySQL (mysql.com)
Debian GNU/Linux (debian.org)
Red Hat Linux (redhat.com)
PHP Builder (phpbuilder.com)
DevShed (devshed.com)
Alertbox (useit.com)
WebHostingTalk Forums (webhostingtalk.com)
RSS Tutorial (mnot.net)



Freedom of Communication

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse (chillingeffects.org)
Can the host of a forum be held liable for defamatory or libelous statements made by others on the forum? (chillingeffects.org)
Creative Commons (creativecommons.org)
Digital Rights Management (wikipedia.org)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)
EFF DeepLinks (eff.org)
Fair Use (wikipedia.org)
Free Expression Policy Project
Fair Use Project (fepproject.org)
The Information Commons (fepproject.org)
Public Knowledge (publicknowledge.org)
How do I know if a work is in the Public Domain (publicknowledge.org)
10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained (templetons.com)
Free Software Foundation (fsf.org)
Copyleft (gnu.org)
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center (stanford.edu)
Free Culture (freeculture.org)



Search Engine Optimization

Webmaster World (webmasterworld.com)
26 Steps to 15,000 Referrals a Day (webmasterworld.com)
131 Legitimate Link Building Strategies (searchenginewatch.com)
Ethical SEO Explained (silverdisc.co.uk)
Search Engine Relationship Chart (bruceclay.com)
SEO Tools (seochat.com)
Eric Ward (ericward.com)
Apache Module mod_rewrite (apache.org)
A Beginner's Guide to URL Rewriting (sitepoint.com)
Overture Keyword Selection Tool (overture.com)
Digital Point Tools (digitalpoint.com)
Summary Log Analysis Software (summary.net)
DNS Stuff (dnsstuff.com)
John Battelle's Searchblog (battellemedia.com)