This is a list of software that made my life easier and freeware that I wish I had in the beginning.
Freeware tools to help in unzipping
and downloading software. Read this page first if you have never download a
program from the Internet or are downloading many many files for the first
time.
If you are just starting out you need two HTML editors: A converter so you have something concrete in front you to work with. You need one HTML editor so you can add and correct things that are beyond the ability of your first editor.
MAX's HTML Beauty ++ Boasts of 28 Tag Designers or wizards, which are forms where you fill in the info and HTML editor generates the code, for almost every HTML tag, a Power Toolbar that contains almost all HTML tags, a Built-In Image Browser / Viewer with GIF Optimize function and ability to convert images to WBMP image format which is used by WAP-compatible mobile phones, Built-In JavaScript Beauty Scripts for rollovers and slideshows. My first HTML editor was similar to this one.
Alleycode is a good HTMl, CSS, PHP editor. The CSS style sheet added coolness to links on this page. Does not work on vista. If I was just starting out I'd choose MAX's over this one, because it has more Wizards to assist you and has a few neat Java effects.
HTML Compressor Compresses your HTML so it will load quicker in a browser.
What You See Is What You Get editors once you find a good one is an invaluable tool. Some of the editors out there give faulty code, others lack the ability to re-edit and update your web document. The editors listed below passed both tests.
Amaya a WYSIWYG editor for those who want to learn XHTL.
SeaMonkey a browser based on FireFox has a WYSIWYG editor included in its arsenal of tools called Composer, which supports dynamic image and table resizing, quick insert and delete of table cells, improved CSS support, and support for positioned layers might be the answer. In the summer of 2009 I started to test it.
If after trying all this you still fill flabbergasted go one step simpler:
Text 2 Web might be the program to get you started. You can convert your text document to HTML code. One button link back to Text 2 Web is generated. So you have an example to start from. You still may have to use HTML help sites to figure out how to do what you want with graphics and links, but at least you have something in front of you that you can call your own that can be opened in a HTML editor and is valid HTML code.
Ten years later, I continued to use HTML converters to quickly publish short stories and poems for the Northside Writers Over Coffee onto the Internet.
txt2tags a text converter that allows you to change a txt file into a HTML or XHTML file. Also converts other files not used on the web like LaTeX.
Occasionally, I find a magazine looking for material that I've covered somewhere on my website and want to re-work the content slanting it towards a publisher.
Overzone Software makes a series of free converters under the heading of Code Export. The RFT, Doc and HTML converters all do a fine job of quickly changing what you highlighted and copied to clipboard into an editable document for your word processor. doc_converter gives more specifications on the differences between the free converters than the home page.
SomePDF.com PDF converters. The one I needed was PDF to HTML because one of our editors for Over Coffee layed out an issue using Word Perfect and I've spent years trying to get his edition web-ready. The Plan is to use BullZip or Primo to convert the WP doc to PDF and this converter to share the authors work on-line. Worked xp but not vista.
Gwenndel Web is a WYSIWYG editor for Wikipedia and other Mediawiki sites. It allows to easily edit pages without knowing the tedious wiki syntax. It runs on Windows XP, Vista or 7.
Although many of the above HTML editors include a spell checker, many do not.
Global Spell Checker a little program that allows you to use MS Word's spell check on any program if you already use MS Word.
Filezilla FTP uploader for beginners and advanced users.
Buttons, backgrounds, cool text
effects, photo's all use different freeware tools.
The more I use the Internet the more junk mail from companies I delete from my inbox. Here are some tools to help slow down your e-mail address on your website being the cause of still more junk mail. All of them are easy to use. They are arranged below according to the number of options if any you want to use with your e-mail link. You probably only need one program. These are the ones I have tried and how they differ.
E-Cloaker converts the characters of e-mail addresses and text into browser-readable Unicode.
It took a day and a half to cloak all the e-mail addresses on all three of my web sites. Hopefully, I cut off the source of the problem and now all I must do is stop the spammers who already have my e-mail address and are using it without mercy.
PDF files are uneditable books, manuals, manuscripts. Tax forms from the IRS are distributed as PDF files. E-books can be a manual or a "book". Download and browse E-books from Volz Packaging company.
Simple PDF Merger Free program used to merge a pdf image with a pdf document. Linked to download at Freewares Files because no sooner had I posted the authours website, it disappeared from cyberspace.
Adobe Reader Read EBook files.
JPG to PDF converter Resize your graphic file in your graphic editor to 8.5 x 11, and the use the JPG to PDF converter so you can merge your book cover with Simple PDF Merger.
Bullzip Save your file to PDF via print to a PDF document from any Microsoft Windows application.
Calibre-ebook management. If you collect EBooks this free software program will keep you organized. If you are a writer this program will convert your PDF file to many EBook formats.
PrimoPDF Like Bullzip. Create PDF output optmized for print, screen, ebook, or prepress.
Blogging is different than a website in that you don't need to fool around with a service provider to post you're articles. It's a combo of a guestbook and a website without learning HTML.
Word Press works well if your website provider carries it as part of thier package. SmatteringsBook's Blog exists becuase like many othe web servers bluehost provides Word Press as a tool. Reports across the web complain that the free standalone version drive most people off the wall because the learning curve is too steep and what you can do is limitted.
Blogger by Google is the choice of many. Blogger is free, easy to setup and use. Wolfmanted's Blog was created with Blogger. One can also associate thier website with Blogger.