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Cool Tools for Web Development

Cool Tools for Web Development. Darlene Fichter darlene.fichter@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan. Internet Librarian. November 3, 2003. Find that link. Bookmarklet: List All Links Creates a new page with just the links (the URLs) that appear on the page you’re viewing.

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Cool Tools for Web Development

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  1. Cool Tools for Web Development Darlene Fichter darlene.fichter@usask.ca University of Saskatchewan Internet Librarian November 3, 2003

  2. Find that link • Bookmarklet:List All Links • Creates a new page with just the links (the URLs) that appear on the page you’re viewing • http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/data/  Frames

  3. FavIcon • Create icon to display • Online FavIcon generator • http://www.html-kit.com/e/favicon.cgi • Tips and a downloadable icon editor • http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/110599I.html

  4. Mouse-over generator • Enter in all of your image information • Automatically generates mouseover code • http://neilm.com/javascript/mouseoverstart.hts

  5. SWiSH • Inexpensive, and has a free trial • A single user license is only $49.95 USD • Equips anybodywith 10 minutes to spare with the ability to make simple (and not so simple) flash animations for their site • http://www.swishzone.com

  6. SWiSH – animation, movies

  7. Beware of illegal video cassettes Warning: Addiction zone!

  8. Color blindness and color on screens • Shows the display at millions of colors • At 256 colors • 3 types of color blindness • http://www.htmlcompendium.org/detail-notes/6cblind-1.htm

  9. Red text on white

  10. Black text on lime green

  11. FastPDF • Free for documents less 12 pages • Add a small watermark • $1.99 to create PDF sans watermark •  Payment • http://www.fastpdf.com/

  12. FastPDF

  13. Watermark

  14. PDF Explorer • Fast and effective placement in a database file of Filename, • Title, Subject Author and Keywords fields of all the PDF files present in a certain folder or disk. • http://rtt.planetaclix.pt/

  15. Scripts • Looking for a feature to add to your site? • HotScripts.com has a LOT of scripts • Very well organized • By language

  16. ColdFusion poll

  17. Just the “FAQTS” • FAQTs.com is a growing collection of high quality information. • There are knowledge bases for many different web languages and • Platforms • http://www.faqts.com/

  18. php.faqts

  19. Unix file permissions • JavaScript tool • www.lights.com/~scott/chmod.html

  20. Search engine saturation • Checks keywords, link popularity, etc. • http://www.marketleap.com/siteindex/

  21. Saturation – how many pages?

  22. Keyword – placement in search results

  23. Site awareness – how many links to your site?

  24. Toolbars • Added functionality at your fingertips

  25. Google toolbar • Search • Search histories • See page ranks • Stop pop up ads • http://toolbar.google.com/  Internet Explorer

  26. Merriam-Webster Toolbar • Adds a search box to your browser for quick and easy lookups • No need to type—just highlight a word on a Web page and click • Results display in a new browser window so you don't lose your page • http://www.m-w.com/tools/toolbar/  Internet Explorer

  27. Toolbar in the browser

  28. Shop-a-holics? • E-Bay toolbar • Alerts just before auction ends • Search • http://pages.ebay.com/ebay_toolbar/

  29. Web developers toolbar • Mozilla and Mozilla Firebird • Adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser • Features • Off/on for java, JavaScript • Controls for forms, styles, outlines, validation • Download it from: • http://chrispederick.myacen.com/work/firebird/webdeveloper/

  30. fValidate - JavaScript form validation • Validate many different data types (zip, cazip) • Disable Submit and/or Reset button(s) upon successful validation • Prompt user with optional confirm message before sending • Twenty-Nine predefined error notification modes • Meaningful error messages to the user, per field • Custom error message on a field-by-field basis • http://www.peterbailey.net/fValidate/

  31. Example

  32. sHTMLc • Save HTML code • Show the HTML code on your web page • Cut and paste the code. Press a button and voila! • Perfect for adding code snippets in a Web Style guide • Tell people how to link to your site http://hjem.get2net.dk/fec/shtmlc/shtmlc.html

  33. Hiveware Enkoder form • Online web form for protecting your email from spam email-harvesting robots • Encrypt your email address and convert the result to a self evaluating JavaScript • http://hiveware.com/enkoder_form.php

  34. Browser.cam • Paste URLs into our Capture Wizard • Select the browsers and operating systems you want to check • Hourly $10.00 - Up to 10 URL's in unlimited browsers • Monthly $ 39.95 Unlimited use •  Payment • http://www.browsercam.com/

  35. Layout-o-Matic from inknoise • CSS layouts cross-browser compatible • One, two or three column layouts • View and pick up your multi-column CSS layout starter kit • http://www.inknoise.com/experimental/layoutomatic.php  4.x browsers

  36. List-o-Matic • Create CSS menus • Type in labels • Choose a list style • Create it, save it, add it to your CSS style sheet, change colors • http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/list-o-matic/list-o-matic.asp

  37. Examples

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