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Dictionary: Google has a neat feature that helps one obtain definitions of terms. Entering a search string like define: deism will return a dozen or so definitions from various web sites for the word "deism." Don't forget the ":" character. |
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Deleted web sites: One of the problems with the Internet is that web sites often disappear. It seems as if some religious web sites have a half life of six months. One way to retrieve information from defunct sites is to use the "Wayback Machine" Internet archive. They have an incredible number of web sites archived from 1996 to the present time. See: http://www.archive.org/ |
File type conversion:
KoolVersion at http://www.koolwire.com/ will convert, for free:
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WAV audio files into MP3: attach the file to an Email and send it to mp3@koolwire.com |
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MP3 audio files into WAV: attach the file to an Email and send it to wav@koolwire.com |
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PDF (Adobe Systems' Portable Document Format) files into RTF files used in Microsoft WordPad (RTF): Attach the file to an Email and send it to doc@koolwire.com |
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Word (DOC, DOCX), Powerpoint (PPT, PPTX), Excel (XLS, XLSX), Visio (VSD), MS Project (MPP), WordPad (RTF), and Conventional text files (txt) into PDF:Attach the file to an Email and send it to pdf@koolwire.com |
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Image files (JPEG, JPG, GIF) into PDF: Attach the file to an Email and send it to pdf@koolwire.com |
Accessing data for your web site:
Most information on the Internet is in the form of HTML text, which any browser can read. However, some data that you might wish to use may be in PDF, Word, Excel or Power Point format. Fortunately, you may be able to avoid buying an office suite or these full programs. You can download free "read only" versions of these programs that allow you to view the files. They typically have no editing and saving functionality. Still, the price is right:
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A PDF file reader can be downloaded from:
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Word Viewer 2003 can be obtained from: http://www.microsoft.com/ |
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Excel Viewer 2003 can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/ |
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PowerPoint Viewer 2003 can be downloaded from: http://www.microsoft.com/ |
Awareness of copyright laws:
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The United States Copyright Office provides a series of articles on copyright law. See: http://www.copyright.gov/ |
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It is illegal to publish copyrighted material on your web site without permission, except for short quotations. See http://fairuse.stanford.edu and http://www.bitlaw.com/ for helpful guidance. |
Looking for plagiarism:
Copyscape provides a free service that searches the Internet for web sites that have copied the material of others. See: http://www.copyscape.com There is probably nothing much that can be done about stolen material, but at least it is interesting to know how many webmasters have stolen your material.
The first essay that we checked via Copyscape showed that ten copies had been made elsewhere. It probably would have found more, except that the free version of Copyscape only reports a maximum of ten copies.
An unusually valuable source of information:
Christopher Heng has provided a very useful series of essays of interest to webmasters at http://www.thesitewizard.com/. Included are:
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Creating a small image to appear on your visitors' Internet Explorer, FireFox, Opera or Safari web browsers next to the URL when people access your site. |
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Setting up a custom 404 page on your site to handle cases where files are not found. |
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Tips on choosing a domain name |
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Preparing your website for growth. |
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Using Nvu -- a free WYSIWYG web editor. |
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Free webmaster resources. |
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etc. |
Obtaining icons, clip art, photographs, website templates, and banners:
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Creations By Richie crafts inexpensive custom website banners of various sizes and styles. See: http://creationsbyrichie.com/ | ||||||||
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Michaels Place has a selection of wallpaper, seamless tile backgrounds, links to graphic sites, etc. See: http://www.michaelsplace.us/ | ||||||||
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Layout Bank features thousands of low cost, professionally designed web templates, psd templates, flash templates, logo designs, etc. See: www.layoutbank.com | ||||||||
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GRSites.com provides free background textures, graphics, buttons, logos, headings, etc. See: http://www.grsites.com/ | ||||||||
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FreeButtons.com offers hundreds of free buttons, and sells a CD containing thousands more. See: http://www.freebuttons.com/ | ||||||||
| AdDesigner.com is another free program. See: http://www.addesigner.com/ | ||||||||
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| An article on "Creating Interest with Table Backgrounds" is at: http://resources.hitbox.com/ | ||||||||
| PhotoSearch is a source of high quality, royalty-free stock images produced by more than fifty photography vendors. See: http://www.fotosearch.com | ||||||||
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FreeWebTemplates has almost 2,000 free design templates at: http://www.freewebtemplates.com/ | ||||||||
| 3 Keys Website Templates has hundreds of design templates available for a modest cost that can be customized to reflect your wishes. See: http://www.3keyswebdesign.com/ | ||||||||
| Banners HQ has a list of links to banner creation web sites at: http://banners-hq.com/ | ||||||||
| "Dev. the Web™" has published the results of their banner ad placement study at: http://www.webreference.com/dev/banners/ | ||||||||
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Susan Metalis of the WiseGorilla offers free educational clip art at: http://www.wisegorilla.com/
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Useful tools for your web site:
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BraveNet.com has a wide range of free tools for your web site:
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321Webmaster.com offers "one of the largest directories of free webmaster resources, free web hosting, free web site tools, and even free e-mail." See: http://www.321webmaster.com/ |
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AddMe sells search engine optimization, search engine submission tools, professionally created website templates, and many free services. See: http://www.addme.com/ |
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Tucows has hundreds of programs available for download. Some are freeware, other require payment. See: http://tucows.com One example is XGrapher 1.4. It is a free program to create attractive graphs. The graph format is easily changed. It can produce a GIF file for inclusion on your web site. |
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Downloads Plaza is another site for downloading a broad range of programs. See: http://downloadsplaza.com/ |
About the Favicon icon:
When you log into most of the larger Internet web sites with most of the recent versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Konqueror, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, or Safari browsers, you may have noticed a small icon displayed next to the URL and/or in your favorites menu. This is because the web designer has:
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Created an icon. |
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Given it the name favicon.ico. |
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Stored it with the rest of the web site's files, and |
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Included a special coding at the very top of the
<header> section of their home page: |
For more information, see:
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Favicon.com at http://www.favicon.com/ |
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IconCool at: http://www.iconcool.net/ |
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Microsoft at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/ |
To obtain an icon editor, go to http://www.tucows.com/, find the "what's here" box and search for icon editor.
Count visitors to your web site:
If you add a visitor counter, we urge you to include a note saying when the count was last set to zero. It it is more interesting to a visitor to see that you have had 10,000 visitors since 2006-JAN-1, then to see that you have had 10,000 visitors since some unknown date.
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BraveNet.com has a counter that provides comprehensive statistics at: http://www.bravenet.com/ The first one is free. |
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TinyCounter offers free counters with a truly amazing variety of styles from which to choose. See: http://www.tinycounter.com/ |
Count the number of visitors who are currently on your web site:
AddFreeSats provides a small box that can be installed on your home page or on any of your web site's essays, menus, etc. It counts the number of visitors who are currently viewing that location. See: http://top.addfreestats.com/
Web site statistics:
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Google Analytics is a free program that: |
"...shows you how people found your site, how they explored it, and how you can enhance their visitor experience. Improve your website return on investment, increase conversions, and make more money on the web."
It requires a short piece of their code to be placed at the end of each file that you want monitored. See: http://www.google.com/
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WebStats4U provides a free statistical service for your web site, listing the last ten visitors, page views per day over the past four weeks, visitors' country of origin. See: http://www.webstats4u.com/ |
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