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7am
News Ticker |
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A
small java applet news ticker that you can add to your site.
A free one is available and an adfree version that you can
subscribe to. |
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Bignose
Bird |
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Free
cgi-scripts, midi music, graphics, coordinated graphics sets,
html sets, server side dynamics, java script tricks, navigation
tricks, image map tutorial, get fancy techniques, form scripts,
introduction to cgi, sgi perl script, Unix guru in twenty
minutes, banner/link maker, design & style advice, photo
compsition, html color, safe colors, ASCII charts & explanation,
the skinny on graphics, site promotion, site maintenance,
site security, diagnostics, troubleshooting, BBS, getting
started, domain names, hosting solutions, free hosting, resources
& links |
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Alchemy
Mindworks, Inc. |
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Development
tools include Graphic Workshop, the Windows image management
package; GIF Construction Set, the world's most popular web
page animator; Presentation Wizard, Screen Saver Construction
Set, The Ultimate Screen Clock, Calendar Wizard, Steven William
Rimmer's novels and a lot more. |
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AnyBrowser.com |
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Resources
(some free, some for pay) to help you make sure your web site
works in any version of any browser. Includes a browser viewer
that lets you view a web page in different browsers. |
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Bravenet |
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Web
tools, free guest books, forums, message boards, live java
chat, internet super search, e-mail forms, hit counters, greeting
card hosting, mailing lists, web polls, classified ads, daily
cartoons, web page announcers, site specific search engines |
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Builder.com |
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Some
free and some for pay information and resources for web site
builders. Free 30 day trial. |
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Calendars
Net |
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Free
online web calendar hosting. All kinds of calendars,
interactive, non-interactive, password protected and public,
free for your website without advertising. This is a
neat service; I set up some calendars for one of my clients
using this service. |
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CGI
101 |
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Learn
CGI scripting with these free online classes. Also free CGI
scripts and other resources |
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Coder |
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Free
banner generator and mail form |
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Color
Selection Utility |
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Choose
colors and convert to Hex/RGB, Hex, or RGB. This is a very
nifty little service and I have used it a lot. |
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DevEdge
Online |
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Netscape's
site for web developers. Lots of info and downloads,
some free |
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Developer.com |
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Free
knowledge, online business opportunities, hackproof your site,
downloads, directories, news, training, discussions, job bank,
calendar, classifieds and more. |
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DevX.com |
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Network
of web sites offering resources and tutorials
in HTML, DHTML, web design, web audio, JavaScript, XML, Flash
and more. |
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Download.com |
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Tons
of downloads for the PC. Categories: business, development
tools, drivers, education, games, home & personal, internet
multimedia & design, palm pilot, utilities, Windows CE |
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Free
Find |
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Add
a free FreeFind search engine to your web site |
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The
Free Site: Webmaster Freebies |
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Absolutely
loads of free stuff, downloads, affiliate programs, counters
and trackers, message boards, page enhancements, poll services,
URL redirection, web master freeware, cgi freebies, guestbook
services, site monitoring services, site promotion and web
space. All free! |
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FTP
Explorer |
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FTP
software free for home and educational use. |
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FX
Web |
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Free
web space and nifty Web Tracker |
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Gamelan
- Java Directory |
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Includes
the java store, java terms, glossary, reference library, free
downloads, ask the experts, java discussions |
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Glassdog
- Web Design |
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Design
do's and don'ts, designers on design, Javascript: mouseovers,
pop-ups, remote controls, frames; Tools: software, library;
CSS: explanation, usage; HTML: basics, concepts, document
body, tag listing, images, tables, frames, fonts, audio, jargon
glossary, special characters. Finally--a very easy to
understand site that explains how to's in plain ENGLISH!
I printed almost the entire website to use for quick reference! |
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GrafX
Design |
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Online
tutorials for Photoshop, Corel DRAW, Paint Shop Pro, general
digital imaging techniques and animated GIFs |
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The
Groan Zone |
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For
non-commercial use only--free graphics: sets, tiles, buttons,
borders, menus, filters, blade pro, Java Script, Java, freeware,
CSS |
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Hotwired |
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Featured
short animations and how to make them (they are really cool
just to watch if you have a fast net connection!). The
webmonkey section has crash courses in animation, info, architecture,
web design, beginning JavaScript, advanced JavaScript, site
optimization, dynamic HTML, Dreamweaver |
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HTML
Goodies |
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It
is what it says. Includes--primers: the basics, banners,
java scripting; tutorials: getting started, tables, backgrounds,
forms, frames, image maps, images, colors, buttons, browsers;
beyond HTML--webmaster tips: style sheets, java scripting,
java applets, cgi scripting and DHTML |
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HTML
Guru |
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Very
neat site all about Dynamic HTML (DHTML), reference and tutorials.
Just go look at this site. It is cool. |
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The
HTML Writers Guild |
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International
organization of web authors featuring resources, lists, classes,
services, books, interaction, news and events. They
offer a free trial membership. You can sign up to join
discussions about various topics relating to website development
and also request that your site be critiqued. The mailing
list discussions are incredibly helpful. You send in a question
and within minutes your question is being addressed by web
site developers around the world. |
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International
Webmaster Association |
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Similar
to the HTML Writers Guild with chapters all over the world.
They offer a free trial membership, lots of resources and
online classes. |
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Internet.com |
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Keep
up with internet news. Many resources plus add an internet.com
ticker to your web site (like the one in our sidebar to the
left). |
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Jasc
Software |
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Free
creativity resources in the Jasc Learning Center including
the Digital Photography Center, the Web Design Center, the
Art Resource Center and Guest Authored Tutorials. |
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Java
Boutique |
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Java
news, latest applets, applet library, java reviews, java facts,
java forum, java IDEs & demos |
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The
Java Script Source |
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Cut
and paste java script examples |
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JimWorld |
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Free
links, free information, virtual promote gazette, search engine
forums, helpware directory, site tool search, places to list
your site, where & how to win website awards, award judges,
doorway page help, other promo sites, webmaster checklist,
software reviews, become a member of the helpware community
where website developers share information with each other. |
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Maran
Graphics Color Chart |
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Chart
of web colors with six character html codes. |
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Maran
Graphics Visual Computer Dictionary |
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Definitions
and illustrations to computer terms |
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Media
Builder |
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Online
tools include animated banner maker, button maker, font mapper
and gifoptimizer (listed separately above). Free image
files include animated gif of the day, animated gif library,
background library, border library, icon library, line library,
free font library, software tools, search engines, magazines
and tutorials. |
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Microsoft
Download Center |
| |
Absolutely
loads of free stuff, downloads, affiliate programs, counters
and trackers, message boards, page enhancements, poll services,
URL redirection, web master freeware, cgi freebies, guestbook
services, site monitoring services, site promotion and web
space. All free! |
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Netscape
Download Site |
| |
Free
downloads include browser, calendaring, plug-ins, smart update,
patches, servers, mail toolkit, suite tools, security services
and client customization kit |
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O'Reilly |
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Resource
centers for Perl, Java, web & internet, Linux, Unix, Macs,
Windows, Oracle, system and network administration, security,
C/C++ programming, design and graphics, Visual Basic, software |
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PC
Webopaedia |
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Online
encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology. |
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Professor
Sullivan's Learning Java Page |
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All
kinds of Java info including cool applets, C++, security and
web tools |
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Quadzilla |
| |
HTML
web development site includes tips and tutorials in the following
categories: ActiveX, Channel Definition Format, CGI, character
sets, cookies, discussion groups, domain names, dynamic HTML,
frames, HTML/web editors, image maps, media coverage, powergrid,
search engine positioning, style sheets tutorial, table tutorial
and VRML. |
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Really
Big |
| |
Directory
of web building resources in th following categories: clip
art, web basics, web graphics, web management, site promotion
and software store. There is also a webmasters chat
room |
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Script
Search |
| |
Thousands
of searchable CGIs and scripts including Applescript, C/C++,
combination, Java, Javascript, Perl, PHP/Fl, remotely hosted,
TC1, Unix Shell, VBScript and Visual Basic. |
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SelfSubmit.com
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Submit
to 100 search engines also free meta tag generator HERE
and web site popularity report HERE. |
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Shoestring
Dicer |
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Freeware
program that chops up large graphics into smaller pieces and
then puts them back together in tables for your webpages.
Neat little program--personally I slice my images manually
in Photoshop or Photopaint--but a bunch of the html writers
guild members in my mailing list swear by this program. |
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SiteMeter |
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Free
web site hit counter and statistics |
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Sixx.com |
| |
Two
neat free resources: the Hex Coder which lets you enter a
hex value and see the color or click on a swatch and see hex
code; The Hex Translator which translates hex values to RGB
values and vice versa. |
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Spinwave |
| |
Free
GIFcruncher, JPEGcruncher and other graphic optimization tools |
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Sucky
to Savvy |
| |
A
humorous look at good and bad web design |
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TUCOWS
(The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software |
| |
Downloads
in the following categories: audio, browsers & accessories,
communications, connectivity, e-mail tools, entertainment,
general tools, html tools, internet tools, multimedia tools,
network tools, online services, security, server tools, utilities |
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Useit.com:
Jakob Nielsen's Website |
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Usable
information technology by Jakob Nielsen, Ph.D, former web
usability guru and distinguished Sun Microsystems' Engineer
and now principal of the Nielsen Norman Group. Nielsen's
site is basically a collection of his articles about all sorts
of internet topics--good and easy to follow information. |
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Visibone |
| |
Visibone
color laboratory--chart of the 216-color web palette in easy
point & click format. Also Adobe swatches. |
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Web
Design Group |
| |
Promotes
the creation of non-browser specific, non-resolution specific,
creative and informative sites accessible to ALL users worldwide.
Sections include authoring reference, tools, FAQs, design
facts, html help BBS and links. |
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Web
Page Design for Designers |
| |
More
advanced discussions about web design including this month's
editorial, introduction, a case history, limitations...what
limitations?, taming the electronic page, typography, graphics
and palettes, tricks and tips, web page razzamatazz, navigation
and web design resources. |
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Web
Page Notes |
| |
List
and samples (in GIF form) of font faces for Netscape 3, MSIE
and Mac users, also free font downloads. |
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Webdeveloper.com |
| |
Free
newsletter, news, ActiveX, CGI programming, database connectivity,
developers' forum (BBS), downloads, Dr. Website, E-commerce,
HTML/authoring tools, advanced HTML, intranet/groupware, java,
java script, library, multimedia, product reviews, security,
servers & server tools, site design & graphics, site
management, tutorials, VRML, webdeveloper product files, the
XML files |
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Weblog |
| |
A
free online access log analysis tool that allows you to keep
track of activity on your site |
|
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Web
Style Guide |
| |
Online
style guide for web development |
|
|
What
Is |
| |
A
pretty comprehensive glossary of internet terms. |
|
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World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |
| |
This
site offers HTML guides and style sheet examples. Their
free HTML validator is HERE
and CSS validator is HERE.
Using these free validators is VERY IMPORTANT to ensure
that your code is valid and will view correctly in all browsers.
I use these validators on every page of every web site I make. |
If
you know of another site that offers free web site development
info please suggest it for this list by e-mailing me at freezone@bluesarthouse.com.
Thank you.
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