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The Best of Free and Inexpensive Website Design and
Maintenance Software
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HTML Trim: Controls,
tidies HTML, XHTML pages. One of the
projects using
HTML Tidy . |
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CSE HTML Validator Lite: Controls HTML, XHTML syntax. |
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TopStyle Lite: very
good tool to test and create style sheets. |
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Context: file editor (html, css, js, php, asp etc.) |
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HAPedit:
when used with EasyPHP, it allows the edition and launching of PHP pages in
almost any browser. The syntax highlighting is fine. |
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PHP code validator and local link checking use WinHttrack. |
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EasyPHP:
installs PHP, MySQL and Apache; environment allowing you to
test php
pages. You must set your browser to "online" or untick "work offline"
not to read the pages of the cache and add, if you don't use the default
path, <Directory "your local site path"> in the section #alias
of the configuration file of Apache. Shut down your firewall (or allow
activity for Apache and MySQL). |
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Link checkers
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XENU:
checks Web sites
for broken links. |
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Fixlinks:
allows you to check and to repair broken links in HTML files especially if
they were saved using Microsoft Internet Explorer's "Save as..." function (nagware). |
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The W3C HTML
Validation Service. You can enter the URL of your Web page or upload
HTML files from your computer. W3C will check your HTML documents for
conformance to W3C HTML standards. |
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WDG HTML Validator.
You can enter the URL of your Web page or several URLs of your site to
validate. Alternatively, you can upload HTML files from your computer. WDG
will check your HTML documents for conformance to W3C HTML standards |
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You can also download
CSE HTML Validate Lite software
and validate your HTML documents off-line on your own PC. Don't worry it's
free. Note: CSE doesn't strictly conform to the W3C standards.
But, using this free software to validate your pages nitially and then doing
a final pass with one of the on-line validators above can save you a lot of
time! |
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Link Valet is a WWW Link
checker. Search your Website for
broken links When you
enter the URL of an HTML page on the Web, it will fetch the page, and print
a report on it. Link Valet will also spider your site.
When a link references another HTML page at the same site and hierarchy
as the URL, Link Valet will recursively follow the
link and prepare a similar report on the page referenced. . It uses an HTML
table to present the links in a page, and highlights information that is
likely to be of interest to you. |
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Color copier:
multi-purpose color picker for web designers and programmers. |
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Dirhtml: creates
index.html files from a directory list or a local site. |
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Webmaster tools: easy to use JavaScript wizards, javascript routines.. |
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swf2html: extracts links and text from SWF files (shockwave format). |
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gif2swf: converts your animated or static GIF files to SWF (shockwave
format). |
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Flash Builder :
creates stand-alone executables from most SWF Flash Macromedia files (you
may have to set width and height or select the option full screen). |
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Powerbullet:
can build Flash (SWF) presentations quite easily. |
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| Internet browsers |
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| Mozilla |
Mozilla Firefox (Firebird): very fast browser, tab interface, smart
popup filter etc. Reads the pages of this site almost twice as fast as
Internet Explorer.
FAQ
and
extensions to remove ads or block Flash,
java,
offline browsing (weak point),
plug-ins...
You can use the extension prefbuttons to quickly modify many
settings, block the referrer ("HTTP_REFERER"), Tabbrowser extensions
to customize tab browsing. User Agent Switcher, Adblock... |
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Mozilla:
complete web browser, toolkit, mail and news client. Very fast and with a
lot of features. Many
extensions.
FAQ and
extensions
for blocking ads or Flash,
java,
plug-ins...
The extension
MultiZilla can help you customize tab browsing, stop redirects (META
Refresh), manage the referrer, switch User Agent, quickly modify many
settings, remove privacy data... |
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Mozilla
Backup : utility for creating backups of
Mozilla,
Mozilla Firefox,
Mozilla Thunderbird and
Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites, contacts,
etc. |
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Cookie Monster :
allows you to manage cookies with Mozilla, Firefox / Firebird, Netscape,
Opera, MSIE ... |
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Crazy
Browser: browser tab interface, smart popup filter etc. Needs Internet
Explorer. |
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CookieWall:
tracks all the cookies that come into your system. Let you select which ones
should go as well as which ones can stay.(MSIE only) |
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Avant
Browser: browser tab interface, smart popup filter, can disable Flash
etc. Needs Internet Explorer. |
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Cache Sentry:
fixes serious bugs in the Internet Explorer cache manager. |
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NetRun:
runs programs only when an internet connection is detected. |
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Spybot
Search & Destroy: searches your hard drive and registry for so-called
spybots or adbots, removes and blocks them. Update first. |
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spywareblaster:
disables spyware, cookies and ActiveX controls installed behind your back.
Update first. |
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Ad-aware:
scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known
datamining, aggressive advertising, selected traditional Trojans, dialers,
browser hijackers, tracking components... |
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| FTP |
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VirtuaWin: virtual window manager (up to 9 desktops - useful modules). |
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Regex Coach: lets you experiment or study (Perl-compatible)
regular expressions interactively if you need them in PHP or MySQL requests. |
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Filezilla: fast
FTPclient, site manager, file transfer... |
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Video Ads
Blocker: allows you to easily disable and enable blocking of Flash,
java, gif animated files, video, sounds. Thus blocks ads but also what is
not there as advertisement. |
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Turn
Flash: allows you to easily disable and enable the Flash component in
Internet Explorer, useful to get rid of animated ads. |
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Extension Manager: can modify many Internet Explorer settings,
enable/disable ActiveX components. |
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Outlook Express
Freebie Backup: allows you to backup and restore Outlook Express
settings, folders... |
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| PDF converters |
| PDF995:
easy to use PDF converter (text extractor and text or URL to link conversion
with pdfedit995). |
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GSview: graphical
interface for Ghostscript under MS-Windows. Once a postscript color printer
(for example Apple Color LW 12/660 PS on Windows CD) has been
installed, it uses the interpreter
Ghostscript to
view Postscript files and convert them to PDF... |
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MakePDF (~30k) or
Postscript to PDF converter (~575k): graphical interface for Ghostscript
under MS-Windows. Once a Postscript color printer has been installed, it
uses the interpreter
Ghostscript to
convert Postscript files to PDF. |
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OpenOffice.org: multi-platform office productivity suite. The macro
ExtendedPDF, which uses the interpreter
Ghostscript,
allows hyperlink and bookmark support when converting to PDF once a
postscript color printer has been installed. |
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HTMLDOC: HTML processing program that generates HTML, PostScript, and
PDF files with a table of contents. |
| xpdf:
Command line PDF text extractor, PDF image extractor, PDF-to-PostScript
converter, and various other utilities. |
| Adobe
Reader Speed-up: reduces Adobe Reader launch time by disabling the
plugins that are not essential. |
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| Registry / System |
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StartUpMonitor:
notifies you when any program registers itself to run at system startup. It
prevents useless applications from registering themselves behind your back. |
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Spybot
Search & Destroy: searches your hard drive and registry for so-called
spybots or adbots, removes and blocks them. Update first. |
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Startup Control Panel: control panel applet that allows you to easily
configure which programs run when your computer starts. |
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ERUNT:
Registry Backup and Restore for Windows NT/2000/XP. |
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NTREGOPT:
Registry Optimization for Windows NT/2000/XP. |
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Defrag: defragments your paging files or Registry hives. |
| DIRMS :
defragmentation tool for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. Command line utility, very
efficient but takes a long time, even with the option -q. For maintenance,
use BuzzSaw. |
| BuzzSaw :
on-the-fly defragmentation program (Windows NT, 2000 and XP). |
| O&O Defrag
2000 Freeware (last
freeware version): defragmentation tool for Windows NT, 2000 and XP. |
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RegSeeker: uninstalls software, removes leftover registry entries,
cleans the registry, cleans histories, offers a few tweaks, allows you to
control which programs run when Windows starts... |
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Easy Cleaner
2.0: uninstalls software, removes leftover registry entries, cleans the
registry, cleans the hard drive, startup menu etc... |
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jv16 Power tools (last
freeware version): uninstalls software, removes leftover registry entries,
cleans the registry, cleans the hard drive etc... (not freeware any more on
the author's site) |
| Registrar
Lite: registry editor. |
| Xteq:
powerful tweaker. Can also clean IE or Netscape caches, erase temporary
files, sort favorites... |
| XP Antispy :
allows you to disable / enable unsollicited connections from Windows 2000 or
XP components. |
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Safe XP : privacy and security tweaks for Windows 2000 or XP.
Safe XP website. |
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| Files / Disk |
| Rename
Master: very flexible files and folders renamer. |
| Ant renamer:
files and folders renamer. Version 1.4 is more user friendly. |
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Tree Size: shows
you the size of any folder, including its subfolders. |
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NTFS: NTFS project. FAQ about NTFS, conversion, Linux drivers... |
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NTFS Ratio: Gives
information on NTFS ratios. |
| Ext2IFS:
Installable File System Driver (IFS) allowing you to read Linux partitions
from Windows NT, 2000 and XP. |
| Attribute
Changer: allows you to change all the attributes and dates of files and
folders (FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS). |
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Clear Read Only flag: clears the read-only flag on entire folders and
subfolders (FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS). (~1k) |
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REST2514:
restores files deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while holding down
the Shift key by mistake (FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS). Eraser too. |
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Eraser: completely
removes files or folders from your hard drive. |
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WinMerge: useful for
determing what has changed between project versions, and then merging
changes between versions. |
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GREX: compares/synchronizes folders, renames and splits/joins files. |
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TextDiff: text compare and merge utility. Compares folders too. |
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RKopie:
manages customized zip-compatible backup jobs. |
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Copy Handler:
copies/moves files and folders with useful options (pause, priority...). Can
only delete valid file names. |
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| Desktop |
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Traybar: application launcher from the tray bar for all Windows OS
systems. |
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TClock source
included: allows you to customize the Windows Taskbar, the Desktop,
toolclock text, synchronize with a NTP server (time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov
for example). |
| ATnotes:
allows you to store and manage notes. |
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VirtuaWin: virtual window manager (up to 9 desktops - useful modules). |
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IconLock: lets you save or restore desktop layouts, lock desktop or icon
positions and disable desktop menu options. |
| Iconoid:
icon manager, icon positioning... (cannot be used with virtual desktops) |
Here is a small utility compressed with
UPX and written in
Delphi as I couldn't find any freeware doing the same.
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AchVte |
Trade cruncher and broker-on-line costs
comparator. French version. |
Free Traffic Tools
from
http://www.1-hit.com/online-payment-systems/html-encryption.htm
Webmaster Tools index
Bad link checker
Bookmark maker script
Check expired domain names
HTML cleaner
Image size
reducer
Cloaking Check
Domain name
check
HTTP Header viewer
Image optimizer tool
IP to country
converter
Google Activity meter
Keyword analyzer
Keyword suggestion tool
Load time analyzer
Meta
tag generator
Online HTML encryption
Page
ranking checkers
PayPal calculator
Robot.txt generator
Screen size tool
Search engine Simulator
Spelling checkers
Tell-a-friend service
Web accelerator
link
checker / validator
download it -
tried it - looks good - 30 day free trial, then $35
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online - works
well, basic - free
3. download -
recommended, maybe best repair functions
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free, or pro
version (not much better) for $30
5. xenu - hard to
get hold of - popular
HAPedit Forum (US)
... This forum is dedicated to HAPedit to allow
to everybody to exchange information
around its usage. You can read the forum without an account. ...
hapedit.axsystech.net/ - 5k - Jun 28, 2004 -
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