Free Software For Your Web Development Needs

MAKING IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR YOU...

A compilation of tried and true free software that can make the beginner or the advanced webmaster's job a little easier. All programs have been installed and tested by ourselves, so you can be sure that it works as promised.

HTML Primer - This is small multimedia application shows the basics of HTML and how to create a web site. It shows specific examples of tags and allows the user to copy/paste actual sample HTML text out of the application into a text/html editor. The HTML Primer features an easy to understand, step by step walkthrough of the fundamentals of HTML. Beginners will find this an invaluable tool to help them learn how to create their first web site.

HTML Kit - is a full-featured editor designed to help HTML, XHTML and XML authors to edit, format, lookup help, validate, preview and publish web pages. Newcomers to web page design can benefit from letting it point out errors and provide suggestions on how to create standards-compliant pages. Experts can save time spent on common tasks using the customizable and extensible integrated development environment, while maintaining full control over multiple file types.

Absolute HTML Compressor - is an easy-to-use tool that optimizes HTML files to reduce their size. Compressed pages appear in the browser without changes. The program can create backup copies of the optimized files. You can specify various options of the optimization, such as merging lines, removing unnecessary whitespace characters and quotation marks, replacing some tags with the short ones.

Xenu`s Link Sleuth - checks web sites for broken links. Link verification is done on normal links, images, frames, plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets, scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A report can be produced at any time. Xenu can re-check broken links, supports SSL websites, creates site maps, and detects and reports redirected URLs.

Link Popularity Check - How does your Web site fare in the search engines? This excellent freeware program lets you easily check the link popularity of your Web site on various search engines. The program is also useful for comparing your site's popularity with that of your competitors.

HTML Color - Do you ever see a nice color used on a web site, picture, graphic, application, etc... and want to know the RGB or the HTML hex code of that color? HTML Color allows you to find out just that! Simply point the mouse cursor anywhere on the screen, and it will tell you: the RGB code, the HTML hex code, and the name of the color in plain english, of the pixel where the mouse is pointing. It can also copy the HTML hex code to the clipboard.

HTML Encryptor - This neat little utility allows you to encrypt part or all of your HTML source code. Keep prying eyes out of your source code. Has function to save your code to your hard drive.

Resize Browser - Resize Browser is a small utility that will resize your Internet browser window. You have the option to set it to 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 and in addition define the browser window position. You can also choose to include/exclude the size of the taskbar. Handy utility for web developers that want to test their site on different browser resolutions.

PageRank Tool - Page Rank Checker is a completely free tool to check the Page Rank value of your web site easily and possibly display your web site's page rank right on your web pages (web based tool).