FREE ITEMS TO ASSIST WITH WEB DESIGN

HTML Webmaster 2.0
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194479.html
HTML Webmaster is one of the most powerful HTML editors on the market.

CoffeeCup Free HTML 6.0
http://www.tucows.com/preview/194521.html
This simple Web page program walks you through each step of the creation of your page. It's perfect for beginners who want to get their first Web pages up and running fast.

Web Spawner
http://www.webspawner.com/
The fast, free and easy way to design web pages

HTML
http://angelfire.lycos.com/doc/htmllib/
Templates from Angelfire with HTML to cut and paste, especially helpful for beginners.

Fonts

Blue Vinyl Fonts
http://www.reflectdesign.com/bvfonts/fonts9.shtml
Freeware Fonts

Graphics

Anglefire Graphics Gallery
http://angelfire.lycos.com/doc/imagebrowser/
Looking for the perfect image to complete a Web page? Look no further. Our Image Gallery features over 10,000 images that are all free and all easy to add. Choose from photos, clip art, Web elements, and other site essentials.

GraphicsWeb
http://www.graphiweb.com/
Free Graphics and Icons for your web site

Wendy's Holiday Graphics
http://www.wendysbackgrounds.com/pages/holiday.html
Graphics sets for various holidays

Graphic Viewers and Editors

iView 3.0
http://www.twocows.com/mmedia/preview/194993.html
iView is a Freeware imageviewer for Windows 95/98/NT/2000, with support for BMP, JPG and GIF formats. Easy browsing of images even in your internet cache file, TWAIN support, and a slide-show function with variable delay and loop.

IrfanView
http://download.com.com/3000-2192-10021962.html
IrfanView is a fast, simple freeware image viewer and editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, TGA, and more. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.

XNview
http://www.twocows.com/mmedia/preview/194974.html
XNview in an excellent program for viewing and converting your graphics files. It supports 70 file formats and can edit them all. Blur, emboss, trace, etc. It can also make slide-shows.

20/20
http://www.hotfreeware.com/2020/2020.htm
20/20 is an image viewer, screen capture and annotation application. It is also capable of creating slide shows, generating thumbnails, and creating muted backgrounds for web pages and stationery.

Guestbooks (Other Site Enhancements)

Bravenet Guestbooks
http://www.bravenet.com/samples/guestbooks.php
Bravenet Guestbooks are a fantastic way to add interactivity to your Web Site. Guestbooks allow your visitors to post a public message right on your site.

HTML Gear
http://guestworld.tripod.lycos.com/
Free guestbook, poll, etc.with banner advertising

Free Hosting

DotEasy
http://www.doteasy.com/
Pay for your domain name and receive free web space without banners.

Webhostingforfree
http://www.webhostingforfree.com/
Pay for your domain name and receive free web space without banners.

HTML Publishing
http://www.htmlpublishing.com/
Free Web Site with Site creation tool and web space with banner.

FreeYellow
http://www.freeyellow.com/index.gsp
Free web space with banner advertising

Reference for Web Site Design

Webmonkey
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/
The web developers resource - contains how to and quick reference on all aspects of web design and development.

Search Engine Rankings

Search Engine Watch
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/
This area covers search engine registration and submission tips, such as using meta tags, improving placement and how to submit URLs.

AgentWebRanking Suite Freeware
http://www.aadsoft.com/agentwebranking/intro.htm
Analyses of Web site's search engines position. Simultaneously searches the engines for strategic keywords describing a web site. Results are summarized in an easy-to-read format, with details showing how well a site is positioned within each search engine. Including Yahoo, Alta Vista, HotBot, Excite, and others (including important international engines), and the list keeps on growing!

GNet Search Engine Submission System
http://gnet.dhs.org/sess/
The GNet Search Engine Submission System for Windows is a Windows interface for the web-based GNet Search Engine Submission System. Its purpose is to allow webmasters to submit their site to internet search engines.

Link Popularity Check
http://www.marketposition.com/linkpopularity.htm
The WebPosition Link Popularity Check will search MSN, AltaVista, Lycos, and HotBot to determine how many pages on the Internet contain links to your site. You can then list other sites to compare your site to and see how you stack up!

Free Marketing and Promotion

Promote Your Site
http://angelfire.lycos.com/doc/guides/promote.html
Want more traffic for your site? Want to become a Web-celebrity? Well, we can't guarantee anything, but if you follow the advice of this building guide you should see an increase in traffic and visitors.

Media Magnet
http://www.mediamagnetpro.com/
"Media Magnet is a promotional dream. With four easy steps you can create and send out to over 28,000 media contacts a press release. You can submit and re-submit your site as often as you like. You can also create your own list from your contacts. This is definitely helpful for newsletter generators. The demo is FREE.