There are two types of professions in Rift: crafting professions and gathering professions. Here is a general guide to them all with help leveling the professions. First up, gathering (butchery, foraging and mining).
http://www.riftlevelingguide.com/game/professions/gathering/
Now the crafting guide (apothecary, armorsmithing, artificing, outfitting, runecrafting, and weaponsmithing.
http://www.riftlevelingguide.com/game/professions/crafting/
UPDATE: Rift Crafter has a website that will cover all the crafts. It's just now getting started so there's not a lot there yet but the home page talks about the fixes Patch 1.1 will bring to the game.
http://www.riftcrafter.com/tradeskills/
If you want more details about the various crafting and gathering professions, check this series of articles out. Note part three goes over the dailies, the UI, etc.
http://highplanesrifter.com/2011/02/the-beginners-guide-to-crafting-in-rift-part-1-gathering-professions/
http://highplanesrifter.com/2011/02/the-beginners-guide-to-crafting-in-rift-part-2-crafting-professions/
http://highplanesrifter.com/2011/02/the-beginners-guide-to-crafting-in-rift-part-3-making-it-happen/
From the Favorite Links, don't forget what Telarapedia says about professions (including the highly important chart that shows which gathering and crafting professions compliment each other).
http://telarapedia.com/wiki/Profession
Here are some foraging and mining maps to help you locate items.
http://rift.incgamers.com/foraging-and-mining-maps/
http://rift.incgamers.com/scarlet-gorge-gathering-maps/
The Solo MMO Player has hit the wall leveling in two foraging professions. We read in the forums to head to another zone looking for non-gray items and he discovered that buying some items to craft in combination with his foraged items broke the log jam and enabled him to level a bit higher. If you are stuck leveling a profession, try doing either or both of these things.
http://forums.riftgame.com/archive/index.php/t-98895.html?s=25b09da632721b48ed9e906567ba7c8b
UPDATE: I've found three guides (foraging, butchering and mining) that list some items that go gray at various levels. This may be helpful with the wall crafters and gathers are hitting.
http://www.riftbro.com/rift-foraging-guide/
http://www.riftbro.com/rift-butchering-guide/
http://www.riftbro.com/rift-mining-guide/
The Solo MMO Player has discovered that the controls are inconsistent across characters. If you push the left button and get the "you aren't trained to use a loom" type message, try the right button.
Crafting Station locations, etc.
http://rift.zam.com/wiki/Crafting_Stations_%28Rift%29
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