FREE website building resources I use with WWB

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:52 pm

Looking for free tools to help out with your web designing? Try these:
Color Cop http://www.prall.net/tools/colorcop/
Pixel Ruler http://www.mioplanet.com/products/pixelruler/index.htm
Faststone Image Viewer http://www.faststone.org/
GIMP http://www.gimp.org/

Need a free webhost? Check out:
50Webs http://www.50webs.com/

Need a place to host your media? Try using:
Ourmedia http://www.ourmedia.org/
ImageShack http://imageshack.us/

If you know of any good resources, pass them on. WYSIWYG Web Builder has the right idea. Make building websites easy for people. These resources I've listed not only make it easier, but they are FREE.

Post by **Pablo** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:22 pm

Thanks!
Here are a few more (provided by Beth).

Keyword Suggestion Tools:
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/
http://inventory.overture.com/d/searchi ... uggestion/

A great Keyword Tracking Tool:
http://www.link-assistant.com/rank-tracker.html

Ranking Tool:
http://www.googlerankings.com/
http://www.yahoosearchrankings.com/
http://www.nichebot.com/ranking/

HTML:
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/
http://www.webmonkey.com/webmonkey/refe ... heatsheet/
http://www.activejump.com/
http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

Web-safe Fonts:
http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

Making a Favicon:
http://www.html-kit.com/favicon

Colors on your website:
http://www.trainingtools.com/Resources/Color_Chart/
http://www.allprofitallfree.com/color-wheel.html
http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/

JavaScripts:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/cutpastejava.shtml

For countdown banners:
http://siggiez.com/countdownz/index.cgi

Banner and Slideshow codes:
http://www.dynamicdrive.com

Render a Logo:
http://cooltext.com/

Credit Card Logos:
http://www.merchantexpress.com/credit-card-logos.htm

gruslo · Post by **gruslo** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 9:27 am

best free icons
http://www.crystalxp.net/en.htm
best free statistics/counter service
http://www.statcounter.com/
best free web album generator
http://jalbum.net/
best free guestbook
http://www.ultraguest.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:51 pm

Tip for beginners:
Need to compress or resize larger images for your site? There is a program that many people have on their computer, but don't realize it's usefulness. If you have Microsoft Office installed on your computer, then check out Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I use it all the time for quick compression and resizing.

Create your own Flash based movies and animation:
LiveSwif http://www.liveswifers.org/

Convert any multimedia file into any format (for tech savvy folk):
SUPER http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

Again, it's all FREE!

paulopires · Post by **paulopires** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 10:05 pm

Need to compress or resize larger images for your site? There is a program that many people have on their computer, but don't realize it's usefulness. If you have Microsoft Office installed on your computer, then check out Microsoft Office Picture Manager. I use it all the time for quick compression and resizing.

You can use Microsoft Powertoys. It has a feature that is instaled on windows and you just have to click on the right mouse buttom on a picture to resize it to standard formats.(its free).

Most people find it hard to work with Photoshop but in most cases to make good looking websites is all you need. Learn the basics with free video tuturials.
www.video-tutes.com/packages/PSDesign1.php

A lot of free stuff to add to WWB like buttoms, textures, backgrounds and much more.
www.loreleiweb.com

SL51 · Post by **SL51** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:49 am

Free alternative to Paintshop Pro or Photoshop (great application) : http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html

Create swf demos from live screen captures with pause and 'click to continue' options : http://www.debugmode.com/wink/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 4:02 pm

Need a place to host your media? Try using:
http://www.mediafire.com/

And of course, it's FREE!

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:48 pm

For professional looking vector buttons and icons, and tutorials to make your own, check out:
http://www.bittbox.com/category/freebies/

They're downloadable and FREE!

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Thu Mar 15, 2007 4:14 pm

For an open-source vector graphics editor comparable to Adobe Illustrator, try:
Inkscape http://www.inkscape.org/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:59 am

Finding FREE high-quality web graphics just became a whole lot easier. Check out:
Bittbox article - http://www.bittbox.com/rants/the-fastes ... n-the-web/
and
Social Media Search http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=01076 ... wv99n47sc8

I've found that the more high-quality web graphics I can dig up on the internet, the more I want to use WWB to build fantastic new sites or just improve my own. No other program I know makes it easier to do than WWB. If you know of sites to access FREE high-quality web graphics or more, share them here.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:34 am

Looking for FREE graphic software to manipulate your images before inserting them into WWB? Check these programs out:
A Square Image http://www.trivista.com/products/asquareimage/
K-Lab Watermark http://www.bildschutz.de/eng
FrameFun http://www.hochstrasser.org/wiki/pmwiki ... i.FrameFun
PhotoFiltre http://www.photofiltre.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:45 pm

Add a podcast to your website using this free, easy-to-use program:
WildVoice Studio http://www.wildvoice.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 8:13 am

Tired of scrutinizing over what fonts to use? Here is a great tool for comparing screen typefaces:
Typetester http://typetester.maratz.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Mon May 07, 2007 6:26 am

Looking for some free comic book fonts to give your site a bit more character? Perhaps you could use some additional dialogue balloons and/or sound effects? Check out:
Blambot Comic Fonts: Fonts http://www.blambot.com/fonts.shtml
Blambot Comic Fonts: Balloons and SFX http://www.blambot.com/balloons.shtml

Not all of the fonts are free, but many are and they are just as interesting and unique as the pay ones.
TIP: the Balloons and SFX pages require a vector graphics program to use. A free solution is Inkscape.

wacki56 · Post by **wacki56** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:29 pm

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What makes it especially attractive and easy-to-use is that it integrates directly into Windows Explorer and can function as an add-on program with Windows Picture and Fax Viewer providing quick access to several powerful editing options. This unique integration technology is patent pending.
Photo Toolkit does not embarrass you with a complicated interface: it enriches the software you're accustomed to with new additional features and lets you enhance your photos in the usual environment!
With Photo Toolkit everything you may need for image editing and enhancement is right there at your fingertips!

ENJOY,

Bill

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Tue May 15, 2007 3:43 pm

Note: Don't download the extensions package. Most offerings are trial versions or require immediate up front payment.

Thanks for the tip, johnk. I downloaded it in the past, but never installed it. Now I know not to.

I know a photographer who would love the "Make Up" feature in Photo Toolkit. Thanks, wacki56.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Need to create a PDF file for visitors to download from your WWB-made website? Try:
PDFCreator http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator

uksamo · Post by **uksamo** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:40 pm

XnView is a fantastic free program to view images in many formats, it also features basic manipulation such as resizing, color correcting etc.

Visit http://www.xnview.com/

I've attached a screen shot below to illustrate the programs layout, though it's fully customizable.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:09 pm

More FREE photo-editing software to fix and enhance photos before inserting them into WWB:
Photoscape http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/screenshot.php
Jpeg Enhancer http://www.vicman.net/jpegenhancer/index.htm

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 1:58 am

If you need to edit the audio for your website, try:
WavePad Sound Editor http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

or perhaps you want to create music for your site:
MAGIX Music Maker Basic Edition http://www.soft32.com/download/63-19237 ... s_pool.exe

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 6:18 pm

If you need an Ajax loading gif generator, try:
Ajaxload http://www.ajaxload.info/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:56 pm

Another digital photo manager to resize, compress, and convert your photos for web use:
VSO Image Resizer http://www.vso-software.fr/products/image_resizer/

Convert your videos to practically any format for the web, iPod, PSP, mobile phone or MP4 player:
Any Video Converter http://www.any-video-converter.com/prod ... ideo_free/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:27 pm

Resize JPG, PNG, and GIF images using a new image resizing algorithm called seam carving (a method of image retargeting):
rsizr http://rsizr.com/about/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 9:28 pm

Split any file into smaller pieces of any size and later combine the pieces to form the original file:
Splitz http://www.ultratech-software.com/filesplitz.html

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:59 pm

Full Web Building Tutorials - All Free!
W3 Schools http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

I personally found the tutorials on PHP very informative.

SL51 · Post by **SL51** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:05 am

Learn Javascript the easy way:

Begin with The Javascript Diaries at http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/jsp/ ... hp/3655571

Then move on to Peter-Paul Koch's excellent Javascript tutorials at http://www.quirksmode.org/resources.html

SL51 · Post by **SL51** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:16 pm

Improve your web design skills by discovering what is good and what is not:

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/

Packed with really useful comment and advice on the principles of good web design - all for free.

You can buy the author's book or pay for individual chapters to download or you can read online for free.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Tue Feb 26, 2008 4:07 pm

Always up-to-date copyright that will automatically change over to the next year without you having to edit a thing.
Copyright Generator http://www.webweaver.nu/tools/copyright-generator/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:24 pm

Host up to 5 GB of photos and media and publish them to your WWB-made website using:
Bluestring https://www.bluestring.com/tour.jsp

Note: Bluestring is a FREE service created and provided by AOL.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:44 am

Identify a font by answering a series of simple questions about its appearance...
Identifont http://www.identifont.com/identify.html

...or upload a scanned image of the font and instantly find the closest matches in a font recognition database.
WhatTheFont http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

SL51 · Post by **SL51** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 11:19 am

No posts here for a while. I'm beginning to think this thread is dead.

So how about this ...

Came across this site recently - http://www.smashingmagazine.com

An absolutely superb site with great ideas, freebies, tutorials etc
So grab a cup of coffee, sit back and be prepared to be awed by what some people can do.

A simple CMS
Found this via the site above - http://www.cushycms.com
Simply sign up for free, define your editable areas and create a login for your user. Watch the video. I've not tried it but it looks good.

Enjoy

Patr100 · Post by **Patr100** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:40 pm

I tried Cushy Cms and it works quite well but the security issue is that you have to give your FTP passwords over to a third party .

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:19 am

Free Website Performance Tool and Web Page Speed Analysis:
Web Page Analyzer http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 2:58 am

A good tutorial website (no pun intended) for designing graphic elements for your WWB-created websites:
Good-Tutorials http://www.good-tutorials.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:08 am

Free vector graphics
Vector4free http://vector4free.com/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 9:09 pm

Need a place to host your media? This site lists some choices of which many are FREE to use:
Webhosting http://webhostingcase.com/free-file-hosting/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:49 pm

Resources, tools and advice for those interested in adding podcasts, weblogs, or video to their WWB-created sites:
Podcasting Toolbox http://mashable.com/2007/07/04/podcasting-toolbox/
Blogging Toolbox http://mashable.com/2007/06/19/blogging-toolbox/
Video Toolbox http://mashable.com/2007/06/27/video-toolbox/

Note: These sites may take a couple of minutes to load due to all of the ads. I still found it worth the wait.

zinc · Post by **zinc** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 12:24 pm

cinemaker, quite impressive array of tools/sites you have assembled here. Well done!

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:34 pm

Thanks for the compliments! It's good to know people are still checking out the post. I'm hoping from the high number of views that folks are finding it useful. If you have any free resources you use with WWB that you'd like to share, please add them to the list. I'm always looking for something new to make web design a little easier.

While we're on the topic, I recently discovered these tools, one of which is probably the best color picker for high resolution monitors I've ever seen, and the other is a great multi-tool for people looking for movable pixel rulers. Both work great in tandem with WWB and both are FREE, although I did make a small donation to PicPick to help with their development.

PicPick Tools http://picpick.wiziple.net/features
ColorPic http://www.iconico.com/colorpic/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Sun Jul 05, 2009 10:58 pm

An awesome collection of social media icon sets:

14 FREE social media icon sets
http://www.evohosting.co.uk/blog/web-de ... icon-sets/

More FREE social media icon sets
http://www.evohosting.co.uk/blog/web-de ... dia-icons/

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:40 pm

This topic is for highlighting free resources to use WITH Pablo's WWB when building websites. I use WWB to build my sites.

cinemaker · Post by **cinemaker** » Fri Sep 03, 2010 4:51 pm

@secmedsol: Bittbox.com is a blog that occasionally offers free vector graphics and designs. I've found some fantastic graphics from Bittbox in the past to use on my WWB-made websites.

I can't remember if WWB even had a button tool back when I first posted Bittbox as an alternative.

However, I frequently use WWB for buttons now.

Either way, Bittbox vector graphics are great to use when designing your WWB-made sites.

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