Web Building Tools

Here is a webmaster list of tools, links and other things that can help you build, optimize and promote your website.

Software

     Firefox -  the browser ;

     Firebug - this is an add-on for Firefox ;

     Page Speed - this is an add-on for Firefox/Firebug, this mean that you have to first install Firefox and Firebug. (Google page speed test)

     YSlow - another add-on for Firefox (Yahoo page speed test)

     Notepad++ - a free, open source, plain editor ;

     GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) - free image editing software ;

   JCE Editor for Joomla!. This is a Content Editor for Joomla! that I recommand.

    RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool "is a free image optimizer that will let you to visually adjust compression parameters while keeping minimum filesize." - download here.

Links

     W3C HTML Validation Service (this examines your HTML code to meet the W3C standards)

     The W3C CSS Validation Service (this examines your CSS code to meet the W3C standards)

     Bing Webmaster (Bing Webmaster Tools - add your website to Bing)

 

    Google Webmasters (Add your website to Google)

 

     Yahoo! Site Explorer (Add your website to Yahoo! - this is Yahoo! Webmaster Central)