Update links in Resources section to use https, remove bad links

_posts/16-02-01-From-the-Source.md

@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ anchor:  from_the_source
 
 ## From the Source {#from_the_source_title}
 
-* [PHP Website](http://php.net/)
+* [PHP Website](https://secure.php.net/)
-* [PHP Documentation](http://php.net/docs.php)
+* [PHP Documentation](https://secure.php.net/docs.php)

_posts/16-03-01-People-to-Follow.md

@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ anchor:  people_to_follow
 
 It's difficult to find interesting and knowledgeable PHP
 community members when you are first starting out. You can
-find a comprehensive list of PHP community members and their
+find an abbreviated list of PHP community members to get you started at:
-Twitter handles at:
 
-* [New Relic: 25 PHP Developers to Follow Online][php-developers-to-follow]
+* <https://www.ogprogrammer.com/2017/06/28/how-to-get-connected-with-the-php-community/>
-* [OGProgrammer: How to get connected with the PHP community][og-twitter-list]
+* <https://twitter.com/CalEvans/lists/phpeople>
-
-
-[php-developers-to-follow]: https://blog.newrelic.com/2014/05/02/25-php-developers-follow-online/
-[og-twitter-list]: https://www.ogprogrammer.com/2017/06/28/how-to-get-connected-with-the-php-community/

_posts/16-04-01-Mentoring.md

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ anchor:  mentoring
 
 ## Mentoring {#mentoring_title}
 
-* [php-mentoring.org](http://php-mentoring.org/) - Formal, peer to peer mentoring in the PHP community.
+* [php-mentoring.org](https://php-mentoring.org/) - Formal, peer to peer mentoring in the PHP community.

_posts/16-05-01-PHP-PaaS-Providers.md

@@ -6,19 +6,19 @@ anchor:  php_paas_providers
 
 ## PHP PaaS Providers {#php_paas_providers_title}
 
-* [PagodaBox](https://pagodabox.io/)
 * [AppFog](https://www.ctl.io/appfog/)
-* [Heroku](https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/php)
-* [fortrabbit](https://www.fortrabbit.com/)
-* [Engine Yard Cloud](https://www.engineyard.com/features)
-* [Red Hat OpenShift Platform](https://www.openshift.com/)
 * [AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/)
-* [Windows Azure](http://www.windowsazure.com/)
+* [Cloudways](https://www.cloudways.com/)
+* [Engine Yard Cloud](https://www.engineyard.com/features)
+* [fortrabbit](https://www.fortrabbit.com/)
 * [Google App Engine](https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/php/)
-* [Jelastic](http://jelastic.com/)
+* [Heroku](https://devcenter.heroku.com/categories/php-support)
+* [IBM Cloud](https://console.bluemix.net/docs/runtimes/php/getting-started.html#getting_started)
+* [Jelastic](https://jelastic.com/)
+* [Microsoft Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/)
+* [Nanobox](https://nanobox.io/)
+* [Pivotal Web Services](https://run.pivotal.io/)
 * [Platform.sh](https://platform.sh/)
-* [Cloudways](https://www.cloudways.com/en/)
+* [Red Hat OpenShift](https://www.openshift.com/)
-* [IBM Bluemix Cloud Foundry](https://console.ng.bluemix.net/)
-* [Pivotal Web Service Cloud Foundry](https://run.pivotal.io/)
 
 To see which versions these PaaS hosts are running, head over to [PHP Versions](http://phpversions.info/paas-hosting/).

_posts/16-06-01-Frameworks.md

@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ Micro-frameworks are essentially a wrapper to route a HTTP request to a callback
 possible, and sometimes come with a few extra libraries to assist development such as basic database wrappers and the
 like. They are prominently used to build remote HTTP services.
 
-Many frameworks add a considerable number of features on top of what is available in a micro-framework and these are
+Many frameworks add a considerable number of features on top of what is available in a micro-framework; these are
-known Full-Stack Frameworks. These often come bundled with ORMs, Authentication packages, etc.
+called Full-Stack Frameworks. These often come bundled with ORMs, Authentication packages, etc.
 
 Component-based frameworks are collections of specialized and single-purpose libraries. Disparate component-based
 frameworks can be used together to make a micro- or full-stack framework.
-
-* [Popular PHP Frameworks](https://github.com/codeguy/php-the-right-way/wiki/Frameworks)

_posts/16-07-01-Components.md

@@ -38,12 +38,11 @@ components best decoupled from the Laravel framework are listed above._
 [PEAR]: /#pear
 [Dependency Management]: /#dependency_management
 [FuelPHP Validation package]: https://github.com/fuelphp/validation
-[Aura]: http://auraphp.com/framework/2.x/en/
+[Aura]: http://auraphp.com/framework/
 [FuelPHP]: https://github.com/fuelphp
 [Hoa Project]: https://github.com/hoaproject
-[Orno]: https://github.com/orno
+[Symfony Components]: https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/index.html
-[Symfony Components]: http://symfony.com/doc/current/components/index.html
+[The League of Extraordinary Packages]: https://thephpleague.com/
-[The League of Extraordinary Packages]: http://thephpleague.com/
 [IoC Container]: https://github.com/illuminate/container
 [Eloquent ORM]: https://github.com/illuminate/database
 [Queue]: https://github.com/illuminate/queue

_posts/16-08-01-Sites.md

@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@ PHP versions
 * [Why You Should Be Using Supported PHP Versions](https://kinsta.com/blog/php-versions/)
 
 ### News around the PHP and web development communities
+
 You can subscribe to weekly newsletters to keep yourself informed on new libraries, latest news, events and general
 announcements, as well as additional resources being published every now and then:
 
 * [PHP Weekly](http://www.phpweekly.com)
-* [JavaScript Weekly](http://javascriptweekly.com)
+* [JavaScript Weekly](https://javascriptweekly.com/)
-* [HTML5 Weekly](http://html5weekly.com)
+* [Frontend Focus](https://frontendfoc.us/)
-* [Mobile Web Weekly](http://mobilewebweekly.co)
+* [Mobile Web Weekly](https://mobiledevweekly.com/)
-* There are also Weeklies on other platforms you might be interested in; here's
+
-[a list of some](https://github.com/jondot/awesome-weekly).
+There are also Weeklies on other platforms you might be interested in; here's [a list of some](https://github.com/jondot/awesome-weekly).
 
 ### PHP universe
 
-* [PHP Developer blog](http://blog.phpdeveloper.org/)
+* [PHP Developer blog](https://blog.phpdeveloper.org/)

_posts/16-09-01-Videos.md

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ title:   Video Tutorials
 
 ### Paid Videos
 
-* [Standards and Best practices](http://teamtreehouse.com/library/standards-and-best-practices)
+* [Standards and Best practices](https://teamtreehouse.com/library/php-standards-and-best-practices)
-* [PHP Training on Pluralsight](http://www.pluralsight.com/search/?searchTerm=php)
+* [PHP Training on Pluralsight](https://www.pluralsight.com/search?q=php)
-* [PHP Training on Lynda.com](http://www.lynda.com/search?q=php)
+* [PHP Training on Lynda.com](https://www.lynda.com/search?q=php)
-* [PHP Training on Tutsplus](http://code.tutsplus.com/categories/php/courses)
+* [PHP Training on Tutsplus](https://code.tutsplus.com/categories/php/courses)
 * [Laracasts](https://laracasts.com/)

_posts/16-10-01-Books.md

@@ -31,7 +31,5 @@ security terms and provides some examples of them in every day PHP
 * [Scaling PHP](http://www.scalingphpbook.com/) - Stop playing sysadmin and get back to coding
 * [Signaling PHP](https://leanpub.com/signalingphp) - PCNLT signals are a great help when writing PHP scripts that
 run from the command line.
-* [The Grumpy Programmer's Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications](https://leanpub.com/grumpy-testing) - Learning
-to write testable code doesn't have to suck.
 * [Minimum Viable Tests](https://leanpub.com/minimumviabletests) - Long-time PHP testing evangelist Chris Hartjes goes over what he feels is the minimum you need to know to get started.
 * [Domain-Driven Design in PHP](https://leanpub.com/ddd-in-php) - See real examples written in PHP showcasing Domain-Driven Design Architectural Styles (Hexagonal Architecture, CQRS or Event Sourcing), Tactical Design Patterns, and Bounded Context Integration.

_posts/17-01-01-Community.md

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ friends! Other community resources include the Google+ PHP [Programmer community
 [Read the Official PHP Events Calendar][php-calendar]
 
 
-[php-irc]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=phpc
+[php-irc]: https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=phpc
 [phpc-twitter]: https://twitter.com/phpc
 [php-programmers-gplus]: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104245651975268426012
-[php-so]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/php
+[php-so]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/php
-[php-calendar]: http://php.net/cal.php
+[php-calendar]: https://secure.php.net/cal.php

_posts/17-02-01-User-Groups.md

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ anchor:  user_groups
 ## PHP User Groups {#user_groups_title}
 
 If you live in a larger city, odds are there's a PHP user group nearby. You can easily find your local PUG at
-the [usergroup-list at php.net][php-uglist] which is based upon [PHP.ug][php-ug]. Alternate sources might be
+[PHP.ug][php-ug]. Alternate sources might be [Meetup.com][meetup] or a search for ```php user group near me```
-[Meetup.com][meetup] or a search for ```php user group near me``` using your favorite search engine
+using your favorite search engine (i.e. [Google][google]). If you live in a smaller town, there may not be a
-(i.e. [Google][google]). If you live in a smaller town, there may not be a local PUG; if that's the case, start one!
+local PUG; if that's the case, start one!
 
 Special mention should be made of two global user groups: [NomadPHP] and [PHPWomen]. [NomadPHP] offers twice monthly
 online user group meetings with presentations by some of the top speakers in the PHP community.
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@ generally promote the creating of a "female friendly" and professional atmospher
 
 [google]: https://www.google.com/search?q=php+user+group+near+me
 [meetup]: http://www.meetup.com/find/
-[php-ug]: http://php.ug/
+[php-ug]: https://php.ug/
 [NomadPHP]: https://nomadphp.com/
 [PHPWomen]: http://phpwomen.org/
 [php-wiki]: https://wiki.php.net/usergroups
-[php-uglist]: http://php.net/ug.php

_posts/17-03-01-Conferences.md

@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ industry leaders.
 [Find a PHP Conference][php-conf]
 
 
-[php-conf]: http://php.net/conferences/index.php
+[php-conf]: https://secure.php.net/conferences/index.php

_posts/17-04-01-Elephpants.md

@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ anchor:  elephpants
 [Interview with Vincent Pontier][vincent-pontier-interview]
 
 
-[elephpant]: http://php.net/elephpant.php
+[elephpant]: https://secure.php.net/elephpant.php
-[vincent-pontier-interview]: http://7php.com/elephpant/
+[vincent-pontier-interview]: https://7php.com/elephpant/
 [vincent-pontier]: http://www.elroubio.net/