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Software for Webpage Designing |
Software for webpage designing makes it very fast and easy to develop appealing websites without having any technical knowledge of Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML). HTML is the standard language for website designing. CoffeeCup HTML Editor ++ (http://www.coffeecup.com)
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Putting a Hit Counter |
A hit counter keeps track of the number of hits coming to your website. It enables you how popular your website it and gives you an idea of the users coming to your website. The Counter.Com (http://www.thecounter.com)
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Adding a Guest Book |
A guest book enables the users to add their feedback and comments to the site and at the same time the users can read what other visitors had to say about the site.
guestGear (http://htmlgear.lycos.com/specs/book.html)
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Adding a Link Checker |
Bad links give a very bad impression of the website. Links become bad because their URL changes or the pages are no longer on the web. In any case, the link will then point to the intended resource. Such links need to be identified and then corrected or removed.
Xenu's Link Sleuth (TM) (http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html)
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Adding a Search Engine |
A search engine allows the website browser to easily locate information he/she is looking for.
Thunderstone Search Engine (http://www.thunderstone.com)
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Hosting Web Site on WWW |
The website created on your computer needs to be hosted on Web Space to be accessed
by through the World Wide Web.
Tripod Web Server (http://www.tripod.lycos.com)
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Domain Name Registration |
Domain Name Registeration Domain name registeration allows your website to have domain name such as xyz.org, zyg.com or
xyz.net where xyz is the name of your choice. Customised domain names give a professional appeal to the website.
NameZero (http://www.namezero.com/)
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Web to Email Service |
Web to email service allows users who only have connectivity to email to retrieve information from any public Web
site, anywhere in the world.
Web-to-Email Service of Bellanet (http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~www4mail/)
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Language Translation Service |
Adding Translation Services can make your site more friendly to
net-surfers who find it more comfortable to browse webpages written in their
native languages. Translation softwares are currently available
for mostly western languages- English, French, German, Italina, Portugese and Spanish.
SystranLinks (http://www.systransoft.com/SystranLinks.html)
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Multi-lingual Transliteration (Indian Languages) |
There are hardly any softwares available for translation in Indian Languages except for Transliteration Softwares. Transliteration is a
form of translation where the same text is translated in a different language based on phonetical rather than
grammatical aspect. It implies that translation in different language would be in such a manner that the text will read out the same way as
the original text. English transliteration to local languages implies that the text would be written in
different languages but on being read- it would sound the same way as the text is spoken in English.
ILEAP (http://www.cdac.org.in/html/gist/ileap1.htm)
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Image "File Size" Shrinker |
Image files on a website often are very heavy files in terms of bytes size. They increase the time it takes to download a webpage. Image "File Size" shrinker software reduces the bytes size of such file without compromising too much on the quality.
Spinwave Crunchers (http://www.spinwave.com/crunchers.html)
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Text to Speech Software |
Text to Voice sotware enables you to read out loud the text on the webscreen in different tones and accents. It is especially useful for people with visual difficulties.
Readplease (http://www.readplease.com)
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Monitoring the Web Site |
This Free service helps in monitoring the web site whenever it is down. It gives the alert message through e-mail. It beneficial for the people who have their home page hosted but do not know how frequently their server is
up/down.
Web Site Monitor (http://www.Netwhistle.com)
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