RobW
2nd Feb 2009, 06:52 pm
Software I'd like
These are software utilities that I would like to have. I've done some on-line searches but I never seem to come up with anything quite right. (You know how pickey you can be when you are looking for free software? It's so irritating that no one has written a program that does 'exactly' what you want!). I should be grateful to know if anyone knows where I can find this software - if it exists?
Links pages maker
Every site has sets of links to related sites and where you have a lot of urls it's better to create a different page for each category. However, it's a chore having to copy every link by hand. It would be nice to automate the process as much as possible. FF has a little built-in bookmarks database that you can use for collecting urls and giving them titles and descriptions. You can also organise the links into nested trees of folders - each folder with its own description.
What would be really useful is a utility that reads the database and turns it into a set of pages of annotated links that can be used on your website. In fact FF does export the database to an HTML file but it's a flat file containing nested lists - each folder becoming a heading in the single HTML file. Not very helpful.
There are dozens of programs around that will make you pages of links but all the ones I've found insist on layout and colours of the programmer's choice. What you really want is a utility that outputs simple HTML files with no fancy markup so that you can just insert your own link to a CSS file for styling. Even better would be a system that takes a template designed by you and styles each page using that template.
Site grabber
A site grabber takes an entire site off a web server and copies it onto your client PC along with all the relative links. You end up with a fully functioning replica of the orginal website running on your PC. This is useful for backing up a site but it is also helpful to be able to analyse the structure of a site off-line and to see how scipts work. Anyone had experience of running a site grabber that they would be willing to recommend?
Colour schemer
I would welcome some help in finding a really good colour schemer. I've not yet found one that is simple and straightforward enough yet. Can anyone recommend one?
Image map software
When I created my 'The Journey is the Reward' webite I used image maps to create hot-spots on my images. I found a bit of software that would take the image and allow me to define areas. It then returned me a list of coordinates for the imagemap in my web page. Unfortunatly the piece of software that I used was on free-trial and the period has now run out. I would like to find a simple bit of software that will do the job and is FREE! Any suggestions?
These are software utilities that I would like to have. I've done some on-line searches but I never seem to come up with anything quite right. (You know how pickey you can be when you are looking for free software? It's so irritating that no one has written a program that does 'exactly' what you want!). I should be grateful to know if anyone knows where I can find this software - if it exists?
Links pages maker
Every site has sets of links to related sites and where you have a lot of urls it's better to create a different page for each category. However, it's a chore having to copy every link by hand. It would be nice to automate the process as much as possible. FF has a little built-in bookmarks database that you can use for collecting urls and giving them titles and descriptions. You can also organise the links into nested trees of folders - each folder with its own description.
What would be really useful is a utility that reads the database and turns it into a set of pages of annotated links that can be used on your website. In fact FF does export the database to an HTML file but it's a flat file containing nested lists - each folder becoming a heading in the single HTML file. Not very helpful.
There are dozens of programs around that will make you pages of links but all the ones I've found insist on layout and colours of the programmer's choice. What you really want is a utility that outputs simple HTML files with no fancy markup so that you can just insert your own link to a CSS file for styling. Even better would be a system that takes a template designed by you and styles each page using that template.
Site grabber
A site grabber takes an entire site off a web server and copies it onto your client PC along with all the relative links. You end up with a fully functioning replica of the orginal website running on your PC. This is useful for backing up a site but it is also helpful to be able to analyse the structure of a site off-line and to see how scipts work. Anyone had experience of running a site grabber that they would be willing to recommend?
Colour schemer
I would welcome some help in finding a really good colour schemer. I've not yet found one that is simple and straightforward enough yet. Can anyone recommend one?
Image map software
When I created my 'The Journey is the Reward' webite I used image maps to create hot-spots on my images. I found a bit of software that would take the image and allow me to define areas. It then returned me a list of coordinates for the imagemap in my web page. Unfortunatly the piece of software that I used was on free-trial and the period has now run out. I would like to find a simple bit of software that will do the job and is FREE! Any suggestions?