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Joining the ranks of free code editors, PSPad Editor is in a class of its own. Rivaling even some commercial software, this freeware packs quite a number of features to satisfy most editors’ hunger for usability. Downloaded as an installer file, getting to work with PSPad won’t take long. Just a couple of the usual setup pages and you’re good to go.

Pre-configured to highlight syntax from most of the popular programming languages such as PHP, SQL and VB to name a few, you won’t need a separate code editor for each of these languages. PSPad Editor can read, analyze and highlight them. Another nifty feature of PSPad is the integrated FTP client. No need to open another application once you’re done editing your codes in PSPad. Send them directly to your web server via FTP without even leaving the PSPad interface. While the usual Help tab will bring you a sort of tutorial for the software, PSPad’s Help tab gives you more than that. It allows you to check and validate your code without typing the URL of the validator in your browser. W3C, RSS as well as CSS validators are available to make sure that your page complies with the standard.

PSPad Editors’ many features and easy to understand interface makes code writing a real breeze.

PSPad Editor is a Windows application.

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Marketing your web site via the Internet is the most logical way to go for most online businesses. After all, your target audience is online, isn’t it? However, a little bit of offline advertising surely won’t hurt, especially if it’s targeted to netizens like in an Internet café and such. For some people, this sort of traditional ad placement may give a stronger of impact, especially if you plan to sell your products or services within your community. But before you go dashing out of the door in search of a seasoned graphic artist, check out Posteriza.

Posteriza is freeware that brings poster-making to a whole new level. Downloaded as a stand-alone program, no setup or installation whatsoever is required. Just unzip, double click, and you’re ready to create your posters. Converting a single image to poster size is as easy as 1-2-3. Just open the application, choose your image, type in the text you want to be seen in the poster and you’re done. No need for special paper because the software can print on regular sized sheets such as letter-sized and A4. To choose the size of your poster, just adjust the number of pages to be used and the calculations for the image will be done automatically. No need to compute height or width dimensions, the software automatically does that for you. To print, simply put the number of sheets needed in your printer and glue the edges together to create your whole poster. With Posteriza, posters just became a lot easier to create.

Posteriza is compatible with Win9x/2000/XP.

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Answering comments and questions of customers shows that you care for your clients. However, the hurdle is how to get the questions or comments of your customers. Having your email address in the web site is nice, but often ignored due to the additional effort of creating an email just for a single question. So if you want to ease the burden of your clients and look professional at the same time, try Hesk, your personal help desk software.

Hesk is a free PHP help desk tool that allows you to setup a ticket based support system. It makes use of MySQL server to store pertinent information regarding the ticket. To answer a customer’s ticket, a simple user interface where you can view new, pending, unanswered or reopened tickets is available. Canned replies are also available for those questions that seem to be asked over and over again. Installing Hesk is just a matter of unzipping the zip file on your web server and supplying the needed MySQL information. If you have Fantastico, then the process becomes even simpler. In a short period of time, you will have a professional looking support system that’s guaranteed to take any question or query from your customers without batting a single eyelash.

Hesk requires a web server with PHP 4.3.2 or newer installed, a MySQL database and an FTP client.

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Having the right Flash menu in your site creates the impression of professionalism. With its smooth effects, it becomes a joy to navigate your site. FlashExtension is aware of this, that’s why they introduced the Picasso Flash Menu Builder.

Picasso Flash Menu Builder is designed to ease the creation of Flash menus. All you need to do with the Menu Builder is draw your buttons that will blend in with your site. Not into drawing? Then choose one of the ready made buttons available with the download. To use, just open up your Flash program and install the extension. Once installed, the component is now available and ready for editing.

A free copy is available as well as a paid version. The free copy has a small ad, located in the roll over. If you buy the product, you get the Flash object, as well as bonus themes. This expands your repertoire of possible flash menus. And whether you have the paid or the free copy, the amount of flash menus available to you is almost limitless. You can choose a menu that goes vertical or horizontal. Choose between pop-up submenus or drop downs. With the Picasso Flash Menu Builder, anyone can be an artist for their own site.

Picasso Flash Menu Builder v 1.0 is compatible with Win98/WinME/WinXP/Vista and requires Flash MX, Flash MX 2004, Flash 8 with the Extension Manager installed.

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Having a naming convention for your work files is always good practice, and Limagito makes it easy for you. Designed to automate the process of moving, copying and renaming of files, it’s your personal file manager that works constantly.

Limagito works with “threads” which are copy, move, or delete rules that tell the software what to do with certain files. Setting up different rules can range from being easy to moderately complex as it utilizes regular expressions. By default, Limagito scans the input directory every 5 seconds to check for any file changes or additions. Once a rule is triggered, it automates the move or copy process of the file. You can move files on another local directory, an FTP directory or if you are using a paid version, send it via email. With Limagito, you can rename files as they are moved. This feature is very useful for backup purposes as system time and date stamps are available. The lack of an extensive documentation is offset by the online basic tutorial available that can get you started with the basics easily.

The free copy of Limagito allows for a single moving rule but with all options available. The paid copy will allow for unlimited rules and the option to move the file via email. Limagito is a Windows application.

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SEO is all about the battle of rankings, and one of your weapons to get on top is keywords. Checking how well you do for each keyword, however, can be very time consuming or expensive. If you want an easy way to check your ranking without paying an arm and a leg, you might want to consider Google Monitor.

Google Monitor is a freeware tool designed to check your site’s performance on a given keyword. It works by querying the Google search engine and it will return your web ranking. It can show you rank changes over time. Another feature of Google Monitor is the ability to check multiple keywords. Just add all the keywords relevant to the site provided and press OK. Once you have saved all the keywords, checking them is just a matter of point and click. Click on Search and it will return the top hits from Google. By default it lists the top 10 but you can check up to the top 500 sites.

Getting a clue from the name, it checks only Google rankings, foregoing other important sources such as Yahoo! and MSN. However, the results provided by Google Monitor are enough to give you a glimpse how well you are doing in the SEO race.

Google Monitor is compatible with Windows 9X/2K/XP/Vista.

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Uploading and sharing videos in YouTube just became easier. Free YouTube Uploader is a stand-alone application. It is ideal for moving large files to YouTube, because these tend to time out or hang when using a web browser. And best of all, your videos won’t be rejected by YouTube due to incompatibility, guaranteed.

Installing the program is just a matter of clicks. Once installed, you are then asked for your YouTube account information. This information is then stored and automatically retrieved each time you start the program. And just like the web counterpart, you now have to specify the location of the video you want to upload. Specify the title, description and tags for the video and press “Next.” It will now try to upload the video in YouTube under your account. While being uploaded, it converts your videos to YouTube friendly format with optimal size and quality, making sure that your video is accepted with open arms.

The Free YouTube Uploader also has a built-in video trimmer, perfect for those videos that exceed the limitations of YouTube. The lack of an upload progress bar and control for the newer features of YouTube won’t be much of a hindrance if your target is an easier way to upload videos.

Free YouTube Uploader is compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP and requires a YouTube account to use.

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Around 95% of information on the Internet is presented as text, which is why web designers must be well-versed in the art of typography. Clever use of fonts is not only eye-catching, but is also a tool to drive your site’s point home. So to aid you in your search for the perfect font, Free Fonts is available around the clock.

If you have a font in mind, just enter the font’s name in the site’s search box and press Search. The results page is divided into three sections. The first will show you if there are any available free fonts on the web that contain your keyword. It will also show a preview of the font and where it can be downloaded. The second will be related web pages that contain the keyword you have entered. The last is for search hits that are commercially available. It will tell you how much the font is worth and where you can purchase it.

No idea what to search for? The site displays the most wanted fonts from last week as well as the latest keywords used by visitors. These can give you ideas on what’s hot and what’s not in the font department. If you’re still having a difficult time deciding, Free Fonts has links to other font sites where you could browse and download fonts for free. With Free Fonts, you’re sure that you’ll never be out of style.

Free Fonts runs on most browsers.

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A tutorial is an integral part of any new application, as it familiarizes your users on how to use them. However, tutorial-making software usually costs money, forcing developers to create bland tutorials instead. If you want a powerful, easy to use tutorial maker that will cost you nothing, then Wink might just be the thing for you.

Wink is a freeware application developed to create highly effective tutorials. It provides an easy to understand system to capture screenshots, create textboxes, and even log in mouse movements and keyboard inputs to let users really see how to use a certain application. Want to provide a clip of you keying in characters? With Wink, all it takes are two keys pressed together and you can record whatever you key in. After capturing the screenshots and the needed clips for your tutorial, editing them is just a drag-and-drop affair. Wink also offers audio recording to add voice narrations to your tutorials. Once done with the tutorial, Wink can export your file to popular formats such as SWF and EXE. This guarantees that your tutorial can be viewed in virtually any environment. With Wink, making tutorials for your applications has never been easier.

Wink is a cross-platform application that runs on Windows and some Linux systems.

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There are times when knowledge of a domain’s specifics can be an advantage. However, the old method of running a WHOIS query is cumbersome, requiring a command line interface. Now, there are applications that perform the WHOIS query easily, and one of those is the WhoisThisDomain.

WhoisThisDomain is a freeware application that simplifies WHOIS queries. Just enter the domain’s URL and information about the domain is returned if it’s registered. Depending on the WHOIS server used, it can show the registrant’s name or company, contact information as well as country of origin. It must be noted that different WHOIS servers provide different kinds of information, from giving basic information to detailed ones.

Knowing a domain’s background is also a protection for users against hacks and scams. Suspicious sites can be traced now whether they do come from the real source just by running a WhoisThisDomain check on the given domain. Want to check if a certain domain is already registered? A simple query can tell you easily if the given domain is already taken and who the registrant is. Multiple queries allows you to check multiple sites simultaneously. With WhoisThisDomain, checking information on a given domain is now just a click away.

WhoisThisDomain is compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP.

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