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Since most of my professional life revolves around website development, design and marketing, I figured it might be nice to share a list of useful online resources I’ve found useful in my travels (in no particular order).
Feel free to post a comment if you see anything that’s out of date or if you have any suggestions to add to the list.
- advAJAX: PHP Framework for AJAX
- Ajaxian: the AJAX Experience
- Max Kiesler: AJAX Ideacodes
- SAJAX: Simple AJAX Toolkit for Perl, PHP and Python
- WebPasties: Guide to AJAX and XMLHttpRequest
- Prototype: Class-driven JavaScript/AJAX Framework
- Moo.fx: Super Lightweight JavaScript Effects Library
- jQuery: A New Wave JavaScript Library
- MochiKit: “makes JavaScript suck less”
- MiniAjax: Downloadable DHTML and AJAX Script Library
- LiveValidation: A Real-time Inline Validation Library
AJAX & JavaScript
- Greasemonkey
- Convert Greasemonkey Scripts to Firefox Extensions
- Web Developer Extension for Firefox
- Firebug: Web Debugging Extension for Firefox
- Fiddler: HTTP Debugger for IE 6+
- BrowserSpy
- Running Multiple IE Versions
- browsershots.org: View Site in Browsers you Don’t Have
- evolt.org: Looking for an Old Browser?
- Web Accessibility Toolbar for IE
Browser Tools / Extensions
- TJKDesign: One clean HTML file, many layouts…
- Veerle’s Blog
- CSS Showcase: A Gallery of CSS Menus and Navigation Tabs
- CSS Property Index
- CSS Drop Shadow Techniques
- Building Bar Graphs with CSS
- 20 Handy CSS Tips and Tricks
- CSSPlay: Experiments with Cascading Style Sheets
- Simple Rounded Corner CSS Boxes
- Docking Box Library
- Dynamic Drive: DHTML Script Library
- X Library: A Cross-browser JS/DHTML Library
- Drag & Drop Sortable Lists with JS and CSS
- Nifty Corners Cube: Rounded Corners without Images
- quirksmode: CSS & Javascript Tips and Tricks
- Son of Suckerfish: Clean CSS Dropdown Menus
- W3C CSS Validator
- Screen Font Preview Tool
- Yahoo! Design Pattern Library
CSS / DHTML
- Free Icons for Applications
- yotophoto: Open Source & Royalty-Free Photo Search
- stock.xchng: Free Stock Photos
- FreeRange: Free High Resolution Stock Photos
- morgueFile: Public Image Archive
- trulyfreestock: Free Stock Photos
- FavIcon Creator
- FAMFAMFAM - Free Icons
- 80×15 Brilliant Button Maker
- Bullet Madness: Free Bullets, Arrows & Icons
- dafont.com: Freeware, Open Source and Shareware Fonts
- Free Font Search Engine
- WhatTheFont?!: Font Identifier
- Yahoo! Grid CSS Template Library
- OSWD: Open Source Web Design
- Open Web Design: Template Sharing
Free Images, Fonts & Templates
- Chitika: Contextual Product Advertising for your Website or Blog
- Problogger: Helping Bloggers Make Money
- Text Link Ads: Sell Ad Space on your Website or Blog
- MyBlogLog: Online Blogger Community, Meet other Bloggers
Money Making & Marketing
- RegExLib: Regular Expression Library
- SitePoint: Design and Development Article Site
- PHP Freaks: A PHP Help and Script Site
- Google Code: Google’s API/SDK Site
- Quick JavaScript Reference Card
- gotAPI.com: Online Programming Reference Site
- World Wide Web Consortium
- SubVersion: A Version Control System
- W3 Schools: Free Development Tutorials
- Yahoo! Developer Network: Yahoo!’s API/SDK Site
- Pingoat: Google Sitemap Creator
- HTML Character Entities Chart
- PrettyPrinter: Source Code Beautifier for PHP, Java, C++, C, Perl, JS & CSS
Programming & Reference
- Build Your Own Toolbar
- PunBB - A Lightweight Open Source Forum Application
- Widgetoko: Widget News
- FeedMap: Blog Mapping Plug-inw
- Quimble: Web Poll Plug-in
- Feed2JS: Convert RSS Feeds to JavaScript
- jotForm: WYSIWYG Form Builder
- Rojo FeedShare: Blog Link Exchange Plug-in
- Bitty: Browser Within a Browser
- WordPress Plug-ins Database
Site Add-Ons & “Widgets”
- designers toolbox: Various Tools for Print and Online Designers
- 37signals: A Design and Usability Blog
- useit.com: Jakob Neilsen’s Usability Website
- Design Melt Down: Design Elements, Trends and Problems in Web Design
- Internet Archive Wayback Machine: Travel Back in Time
- DNSStuff: Handy Network and DNS Test Site
- Nattyware Pixie: Color Sampling Tool
- Cool Ruler: Pixel Measuring Tool
- Cheat Sheet Roundup: Over 30 Programming Cheatsheets
- Protolize.org: Database of Useful Web Developer Tools
- OldVersion.com: Download Old Versions of Hundreds of Applications
- Wordpress: Greatest blogging application of all time
- Hostican: Best place to host a Wordpress Blog
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11 comments comment
1. savita | January 20th, 2007 at 3:11 am
how to attach toolbar with browser with use of java
2. technabob | January 20th, 2007 at 8:00 am
That, I don’t know, but if you want to build a custom browser toolbar without knowing how to program, check these guys out:
http://www.conduit.com/
3. CERON | April 2nd, 2007 at 4:58 am
I have used Conduit for my toolbars and they are great!
4. jack | April 16th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
cool good lists!
5. Paul | May 27th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
Conduit is pretty nice.
I planned to use it on http://www.businessentials.com too but decided on using a plugin / script for better flexibility from joomla.
6. Pat Williams | January 8th, 2008 at 6:04 am
Cool Site.
7. the charles | March 8th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I’ve looked around on the net for a useful website explaining how to make a custom search engine for my website. I take photos all around the US and would like to make a search engine that people could enter in keywords to find photos.
Do you know of a good website with a tutorial on how to make a custom search engine?
Thanks!!! I love this site…I found it last week and I have checked it almost every day!
-the charles
http://www.thecharlesgallery.com
8. technabob | March 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Depends on what sort of web hosting environment you’re in, and how technical you are.
One inexpensive search application I’ve had success with in the past is the Zoom Search Engine (http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/)
If I recall properly it runs from your Windows machine to spider and index your content, then the search itself can be run as either ASP, PHP or CGI code that you install on your web server.
If you need some sort of external (hosted) search, then you might need to use something like Google Custom Search (http://www.google.com/coop/cse/), but it’s not as flexible.
9. the charles | March 9th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Thanks technabob!
I’ll look into it! I appreciate the information! (By the way, I’ve already told about 5 people about this website!)
-the charles
http://www.thecharlesgallery.com
10. technabob | March 9th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Cool. Thanks so much for the support!
11. petnos | April 12th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
thanks you very much. thats a great post.
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