Archive for November, 2008

Set Browser Size

set-your-browser-size

This clever site automatically resizes your browser (not your screen resolution) to the selected size so that you can see how people with that screen size will see your website.

Another useful tool they offer is What’s my browser size?

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Web changes uploader

upload-all-changes-to-your-website-with-one-click

From the site:

Web-Host-Uploader is a simple FTP tool which uploads local website changes to a web host with a single click replacing the need to manually upload with an FTP client. For webmasters who create and maintain websites locally this little application saves time and tedium while reducing errors.

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Tiled background generator

tilesd-pattern-generator

Here’s an online tiled background generator. You choose colour, background texture and pattern and when you’re happy with your design, save it to your computer.

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Turn an image into a site using CSS

slice-an-image-to-css

This very basic tutorial shows you how to slice an image and turn it into a CSS website

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CSS reference

css-reference

Handy reference of every CSS property available including how to use them

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Free link checker

free link checker

Get 1,000 free link checks (searches for broken links) from LinkTiger

From the site:

  • Get emails when broken links are found.
  • Scans even CSS, PDF, Flash, & MS Office files.
  • View Pages with broken links highlighted.
  • All from an easy to use dashboard interface
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    Website wireframe website planner

    website wireframe collabvoration

    Jumpchart is an online colaborative website wireframe planning tool. As they put it: “Wireframes are great, but Jumpcharts are better. A Jumpchart is shareable, exportable as clean CSS, and automatically generates its own sitemap.”

    From the site:

    • Helps keep website content organized
    • Clarifies content approval
    • Export clean CSS/XHTML
    • Easy collaboration
    • Simple site-wide edits
    • Site map view
    • Quickly mockup forms and HTML

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    10 ways to get design approval

    Impress your friends

    If you are a professional web designer here are 10 great tips on how to get your clients to sign off on your design. Some of these are good tips for all types of freelancers.

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