Web Services and Tools

This list contains some of my favorite sites and services that have helped me out over the years. If you are interested in services Best Web Image offers please see the Web Services page.

Webmaster Tools

See your site the way others do

• Browsershots – Test to see what your site looks like with different browsers
• IE NetRender – Test your layout in IE
• Usability and Design Analysis – Every site should get this!
  

Tutorials and Code Generators

• CSS Tutorial – Learn how to do CSS with ease
• Crontab – A crontab code generator with step by step instructions
• htaccess – A code generator with simple instructions
• HTML Coded Character Set
• CSS Menu Generator – Great for tabs and drop downs
• W3C Cheatsheet – Get attributes for HTML elements

PHP, MySQL, Misc ways to Code

• MySQL – It’s time to make your site dynamic
• PHP.Net – Because PHP rocks

Software

• PuTTY – A free telnet/SSH client
• Win SCP – FTP software that supports SFTP

Instructional Websites

• Usability.gov – The U.S. government has a help page to build a website
• Useit.com – A leader in website usability testing
• W3Schools – One of my favorite sites!

Testing Your Website

• Cut and Paste Character Count – See how many characters wide your content is
• Meta Tag Analyzer – Rates and helps you refine your meta tags.
• Online-Utility.org – Various tools for writers and webmasters to test your site.
• Pingdom – Test your site speed and uptime
• Semantic Data Extractor – If you think it’s broken, try again, but this time use http://www.bestwebimage.com – I’m betting there is a problem with your site!
• Validate Markup – Because a clean site is easy to fix, and easy to read
• Validate RDF – Check your RDF documents
• Website Checklist – A great list for small business owners to make sure they are covering the basics

Looking for my Twitter Toolbar?

You just found it: Twitter Toolbar for Firefox. The Twitter toolbar is a Firefox add-on I made a while back so you can tweet right from your browser.