Resources & interesting reading.

This may come in handy:

• jQuery:
  how to install?
• Blogger templates from scratch
  ...a conceptual guide.

Blogger - official documentation:

• Page elements tags for layouts,
• Widget Tags for Layouts,
• Layouts Data Tags,
• Expressions in layouts tags,
• Customize CSS tags for layouts;

Blogger - interesting articles:

• Blogger Page Types,
• “Creating your own Blogger template from scratch, sort of” (this article helped Me most in the beginning), 
• Blogging Prince (Jide advises on SEO, AdSense, BlogSpot widgets, themes, affiliate marketing, etc.),
• Auto Pagination on Blogger - an interesting issue definitely worth knowing;

CSS:

• various creative CSS snippets,
• CSS image effects (filter property);

HTML:

• “A delightful reference for HTML Symbols, Entities and ASCII Character Codes”,
• Unicode® Character Table (includes such useful details as: to which Unicode® block and set does a given character belong, in which Unicode® version it appears, how it looks rendered by Arial or Times New Roman; last but not least the site provides You with the character description and displays related characters),
• Unicode® character and symbol blocks,
• discover Your character (a quick, interactive reference of 14,500 HTML character entities and common Unicode characters);

jQuery:

• jQuery API Documentation,
• a nice introduction to jQuery animation,
• a tool to test regular expressions,
• JavaScript Comparison and Logical Operators which sometimes may come in handy;

Graphics:

• Convertico - create icons easily (from .png files),
• IconFinder - find attractive icons, easily filter its size, license, etc..
• Freepik - a repository of free pictures and images;

Tools:

• Open Live Writer (conducting a blog never has been easier :) ),
• Notepad++ (You can use it as a code editor full of surprises :) ),