Tools to build a high-quality site.
 Site Authoring Tools
FirstPage
A free editor that runs among the top of the pack in the free category.
Microsoft FrontPage
The big brother of Frontpage Express. This is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)
editor. For webmasters and beginners alike.
Sausage Software's HotDog for Windows
With HotDog you can create anything you see on the Web. Easy to use. This is a very
versatile authoring tool that incorporates all the essential technology to create great
pages.
Homesite
Often called a "What You See Is What You Need" authoring tool. A code only
editor that is available as a stand-alone or comes packaged with Dreamweaver.
DreamWeaver
If you want to use the editor chosen by seasoned pros, this is the way to go. If you can
dream it up, then DreamWeaver can handle the job. It's a bit pricey, but for good reason.
SiteBuildIt
A full suite of web site building and complimentary marketing and promotion aids to bring
in targeted traffic to your site.
Header
Graphics Generator
The perfect software to create professional looking headers for your web pages. Use it on
all your pages for a consistent look.
Convert
Website to eBook
Publish your website into an ebook with ease. Create an unlimited number of ebooks.
Features the ability to track and disable ebook users with a click.
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Web Browsers
Check
Browser Compatibility
See how your site looks in commonly used browsers at AnyBrowser.com. Also check pages for
W3C HTML validity.
Most Popular Browsers
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RSS / XML
Information and resources to set up your news feed or blog.
Web Copy
Instant
Sales Letters
Can't write a lick? Produce a sales letters by just filling in a few blanks.
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Web Design / HTML Tutorials
Big Nose Bird
Features over 225 pages of easy to read original tutorials on almost every subject you
might find of interest. You'll find free scripts, free graphics, free tutorials and much,
much more.
Web Pages That Suck
Teaches you good design by example. As the name implies you'll see what not to do by
looking a poorly designed pages.
Page Resource
A vast resource deserving of a bookmark. You'll find HTML tutorials ranging from the very
basic to the very advanced.
The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
Lists every official HTML tag in common usage, plus Netscape and Microsoft extensions.
How Stuff Works
Shows a number of techniques that you can try out on your own to learn about creating your
own pages. By the time you finish reading this you will be ready to start creating your
own pages.
More HTML tutorials
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Graphics / Image Design
Really Big
More than 3000 resources for web builders including free
clipart, CGI, counters, fonts, html, java, animation, backgrounds, icons, wysiwyg editors,
buttons, photographs, site promotion, and much more.
iStock Photo
Royalty-free graphics and images. Very afforadable. This site uses many images obtained
from iStock.
PaintShop
Pro
The choice of many seasoned webmasters for creating and editing images for the Web.
Adobe PhotoShop
Many of the images on this site were edited with PhotoShop.
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Upload Tools
Getting your files and images onto your web server is
accomplished with an FTP (File Transfer Program). Two of the most popular and easy to use
programs are CuteFTP and WS FTP.
Meta Tags: Tutorials and Builders
Dr. Clue's Meta Tutorial and Tag Generator
A quick and descriptive guide to what meta tags are and how they are used.
Dr. Clue has a simple fill-in-the-blanks form that automatically generates code you can
copy and paste to your web page.
Meta Tag Builder
Gives you a user input form for creating rich tags for your page.
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Web Site Maintenance
WebPosition Gold
Software that checks your rankings with the major search engines based on keywords and
phrases. It will also create pages that are optimized for search engines and submit them.
Net
Mechanic
Very handy web-based checker that performs a variety of time saving and corrective
functions. You can reduce your graphic sizes, check your site for meta tag optimization,
get a link popularity rating, and a lot more.
Search Engine Watch
Vast resource that covers just about all your questions related to search engines and
directories. For a start, read this tutorial on how to check the major search engines to
see if your site is cataloged.
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