. . Advanced Webmaster Tools, Web Dev Tools & Resources (Compiled by Eric Gondwe) This page lists major web development tools and resources. Fear not on the numerous types of developer tools. You don’t need all of them to succeed in web development. Web dev strategy (quality), not quantity of web dev principles is the key. Most tools listed are not linked to specific sites. This is because for each type of tool there are various programs or code you’ll find online simply by searching for them. They range from open source to free, and to non-free software. Client-Side Web Dev Tools (Webmastering & Web Design Tools): HTML Editors (incluing WYSIWYG HTML editors like NetObjects Fusion) Graphics Utilities Multimedia (Multimedia Players, Streaming Media Servers, Web Video, etc) HTML Tools HTML Entity Chart Websafe Colour Tool Frontpage Code Cleaner Dreamweaver Cleaner CSS Menu Generator XML CSS Graphics JavaScript Accessibility Other Server-Side Web Dev Tools: ASP Perl PHP .Net Java SQL Other General Internet Marketing Tools –SEM, SEO, etc: Ad Creation Tools Top PPC (pay per click) Bids Checker Link Popularity Analyzer Link Price Calculator (Estimate how much to pay for a link)
SEO Tools (Search Engine Optimization Tools): Search Engine Submission Tools Keyword Research Tool Keyword Analysis Tool Keyword Density Checker Keyword Suggestion Tool Search Position Checker Link Popularity Checker Search Engine Simulator Search Term Suggestion META Tag Analyzer META Tag Generator/ Builder Web Page Analyser RewriteRule Generator Link Appeal Class C Checker Backlink Checker Cloaking Checker Google Banned Checker Google Datacenter Search Search Engine Index Checker of # of website pages index Multi-Rank Checker (Cheker of Google PageRank, Alex, etc) Search Engine Position (e.g. rank of your site on Google) Search Listings Preview Spider View URL Redirect Checker (Check whether a redirect link is Search Engine Friendly) Google Keyword Research Tool (Requires Adwords account login) Bing Webmaster Center -By Microsoft Google Webmaster Tools -Google Google Analytics -Google Google Local Business Center -Google Yahoo! Site Explorer -Yahoo! Inc Google’s Webmaster Quize: “Test your webmaster know-how”: Google SEO resources for beginners -with videos Web Site Management Tools: Broken Link Checker FTP Clients (like Wise-FTP) Site Traffic Analysis Website Reviews Forum, Blog, Wiki & CMS Website Checker Reciprocal Link Checker (check reciprocal links to see if link partners still link you) Server Status (check if a website is online or offline) Website Speed Test (check how fast a specific webpage loads)
Domain Tools: Domain Name Lookup - Whois Lookup (Like NWTools.com (Network Tools)) Domain Name Checker Domain Name Generator Domain Typo Generator Expired Domain Checker Alexa Traffic Rank -Alexa/Amazon Inc. Broken Link Checker Domain Availability Checker Domain Look-up (Retrieve info about a domain) Domain Whois Checker (domain whois info) Web Utilities: DNS Query (Like using NWTools.com (Network Tools)) Ping Test (check the presence of an active connection) (Like NWTools.com (Network Tools)) IP Location (locate the country or region of an IP Address) (NWTools.com (Network Tools)) Reverse IP/Look-up (search for domain names hosted on your IP address) Mime Types List MX Record Lookup Regional Proxy NS Lookup Dig .htaccess Generator Link Checker Link Extractor IPS Tag Checker Cron Generator HTTP Header Viewer (Like NWTools.com (Network Tools)) Spam Block List Checker (Like NWTools.com (Network Tools)) RSS Tools Recommended Links to Websites with Free Web Dev and Webmaster Resources (Mostly Free Resources): YouTube (Search for web dev, web development, webmaster, or specific areas in web dev) 2CreateAWebSite.com (Blog & website creation guide for beginners. Tones of useful content) W3Schools (Lots of free resources) Google Webmaster Central (Google’s Webmaster Help's Channel) Web Evangelism Guide (For Christian ministry through web tech) Web Dev Radio (owned by Web Dev Publishing) Web Developer’s Journal (owned by QuinStreet Inc) Web Developer (owned by QuinStreet Inc) Internet.com (QuinStreet Inc) Free ebook: Best Practices for Developing a Web Site (search for title in case page link changes) Web Developer's Virtual Library: The Open Source Reference Library (by QuinStreet Inc) iWebtool - Lots of free web webmaster tools Webmaster Toolkit - Lots of free web dev/webmaster tools Some Recommended Web Dev and Webmaster Newsletters: WebProNews (owned by iEntry Network) TechRepublic (A ZDNet brand, owned by CBS Interactive Inc.) Search Engine Guide (SEM/SEO newsletter) High Rankings LLC. (SEM/SEO newsletter) Web Evangelism Guide (Subscription box on bottom of page (when visited on Jan 27, 2010)) Christian Computing Magazine (For ministry through web technology) Compiled by Eric Gondwe |