Hello. Today I would like to share some tools for your website.
I'm a experienced website creator, so I thought I'd share some tips / tricks.




There are several Webpage Creators out there.
I prefer HTML but for those who do not have experience
there are programs to assist you. The ones I could suggest is

BlueVoda (Click to View)

BlueVoda is a easy drag and drop web page creator, where you do not need any HTML experience at all.
It's the easiest one out there , according to me. But it does not save in HTML,
I suggest you follow this guide to get your website on the net. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Q_Pm6uIU8

Price : Free
Website : http://www.bluevoda.com/

Web Page Maker (Click to View)

Web Page Maker is also a drag and drop web page creator, tho it has
more functions than BlueVoda Web Page Creator. It saves in HTML, and it is free.
But what I don't like about this program is that it does not optimize to people's screens.

Price : Free
Website : http://www.webpage-maker.com/

Microsoft Frontpage (Click to View)

We all know about the old Microsoft Frontpage. But just because it's old doesn't mean it's bad.
It's not Drag & Drop, this is a more professional program.
This is good for many of you advanced website coders
who would like to have a program instead.

Price : Unknown
Website : http://www.microsoftfrontpage.com/

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The pretty most important thing to make your website interesting are the images.
Now where do we find images? I have listed some useful links below.

Iconfinder.com (Click to View)

Iconfinder is a site for icons, to put in your logo or in your buttons, or just use as images.
I've searched through that site alot and it has helped me so far.
You can browse through 170,212 icons or browse 596 icon sets.
Isn't that amazing?

http://www.iconfinder.com

1ClipArt (Click to View)

We all need clipart some times. It's the most used image resource online, as it was proved in 2009.
What is clipart? It is cartooned figures / icons that you can add to your website
or just print them and share with your friends.

http://www.1clipart.com/

So you've decided to start a forum?
Great, I got the best forum softwares out there.
Guess what? The best one is free!

MyBB (Click to View)

MyBB is the best free forum software out there.
It got loads of functions and modifications, all you need is
hosting for PHP and a MySQL Database, isn't that fantastic?
And one thing that is more fantastic is that you can get
amazing plugins at http://mybbcentral.com ~ Check it out.

http://www.mybb.com

phpBB (Click to View)

I used phpBB when I was younger, that was the most popular free one then.
It was pretty good actually, got alot of functions so I liked it.
It is professional , as well it's fun to use.

http://www.phpbb.com

vBulletin (Click to View)

vBulletin is the forum software used by professionals. It costs
alot but I guess it is worth the money. It got loads of functions
which you can play with , and they are really useful for your business,
gaming server or those kind of websites.

http://vbulletin.com
Also check out http://www.vBTeam.info for Nulls ;)

There's lots of websites to help you with your website.
In fact, there's a member at HF who has written one hell of alot good tutorial.
http://www.hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=58470 <-- Awesome.

W3 Schools (Click to View)

The perfect HTML website that got loads of
information that you might need in the future.
They got about 500 Tutorials submitted by users.

http://www.w3schools.com

Wikipedia (Click to View)

May be good sometimes, when you're making a
website about a movie or a game or something else.
Copy n paste method? ;)


http://www.wikipedia.org

It's also good to sometimes check your websites for errors
and more, for that I recommend the Validator at w3.
http://validator.w3.org

And a CSS Validator
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/


Where to get free software?
http://scriptmafia.org

Well, that's the end of my guide. Hope you enjoyed it.

(08-07-2010, 11:38 AM)Cybr Wrote: Nice guide. Maybe add CSS Validation under Other?