- Free 411 - free (ad supported) directory assistance (dial 1-800-Free-411).
- Inexpensive Cell Phones for Emergency Calls - 911 calls are free; credit card calls are expensive ($3/minute?), but might be worth it for roadside assistance.
- K7 Unified Messaging - free fax and voicemail to e-mail service, but they only have Seattle, Washington numbers.
- Skype - free PC-to-PC calls to other Skype users; the Skype Pro plan costs $36/year for 3000 minutes/month of PC-to-Phone calling within the US and Canada; a SkypeIn virtual phone number costs $60/year, but Skype Pro members get 60% off. Note that if you live in the US and call a phone using Skype, your SkypeIn number won't show on the called person's phone (posted Jan. 6, 2008; see "Caller Identification for USA" discussion).
- A Small Orange (use coupon code ec5 for $5 off or ec15 for 15% off) - this Web host offers the PHP scripting language, unlimited MySQL databases and dozens of easily installed programs, even on their $25/year plan (75MB storage, 3GB/month bandwidth). See my comments regarding WordPress below. ASO offers a 99.5% uptime guarantee.
- Bluefish Editor (Linux, FreeBSD, MacOS-X, OpenBSD, Solaris and Tru64)
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Chess Diagrams and Games - add
chess diagrams and games to your Web pages.
- Custom Error Pages
- Dreamweaver Tutorials - note that an alternative to creating a Web site with Dreamweaver would be to use WordPress. See my comments below.
- Excel Table
Converter - converts a range of Excel cells to an HTML table.
- FileZilla - open source FTP/SFTP program that can set UNIX file attributes.
- FormMail (and other) Scripts by NMS - NMS has created more secure versions of Matt Wright's popular scripts. The TFMail script has advanced formatting capabilities, e.g., form data can be received as comma-delimited text.
- Fugu - free Mac OS X SFTP program.
- HTML Tutorial
- from Case Western Reserve University. Also has links to sequels on
forms, tables, etc.
- IE NetRenderer - see how a Web page renders in Internet Explorer.
- KompoZer - WYSIWYG Web page editor.
- Link Checker
- MySQL
- Namecheap - domain name registrations include ad-free e-mail forwarding. Privacy protection is available for a very low fee.
- PHP - server side scripting language. It can be used to include uniform code for headers, footers, etc.
- Radio Toolbox - includes staff reviews and user comments of streaming host providers, a forum, etc.
- Robots - exclude search engines and other robots from certain files on your site.
- SiteUptime - monitors the accessibility of your Web site every 30 minutes.
- Submit Express - submit
your Web site URL to 40 search engines.
- Total Validator - has a screenshot feature for various browsers.
- Uptime -
monitors the accessibility of your Web site every 20 minutes.
- Usable Web - Web site user
interface issues.
- WebHostingTalk Forums
- WordPress.org - WordPress can be used to create a blog or an entire Web site using its standalone pages feature. This is a simple way to maintain a uniform look to your pages including a side navigation bar. Many Web hosts (see A Small Orange above) offer easy installation of the WordPress.org software or you could use WordPress.com hosting which is supported by Google text ads.