The Web Wizards Guide to FreewareShareware

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The Web Wizards Guide to Freeware/Shareware

• Chapter Four
• Essential Tools for Web Page Authors

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Chapter Objectives

• Find out what a freeware FTP client can do for
  you
• Look at freeware HTML editors and HTML validators
• See what you can do with freeware and shareware
  graphics utilities
• Investigate freeware and shareware link checkers
• Learn how to save time with image mappers
• See what other special purpose utilities are
  available as freeware

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FTP Clients

• An FTP client makes it easy to move files
  between Internet hosts.
• Full-privilege FTP sessions allow you to upload
  files to an FTP server as well as download files
  (but you need an account on the server for this).
• FTP clients are similar to download managers but
  with uploading capabilities.

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HTML Editors and Validators
These tools offer a variety of time-saving
features, including

• Tag insertion based on a single button click
• Automatic color coding for tag names, tag
  attributes, and visible text
• Automatic syntax checking
• Additional authoring tools

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Graphics Utilities

• A image viewer makes it easy to view image files
  on your hard drive, and do some simple image
  editing operations as well.
• An image converter can open an image file in one
  format (e.g. .bmp) and convert it to another
  format (e.g. .gif).

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Link Checkers

• When a browser encounters a file that requires a
  special application, it can automatically launch
  an stand-alone application (e.g. a .doc file
  could launch Microsoft Word).
• Plug-ins never open new windows in order to
  display a file, but helper applications always
  open new windows.
• Helper applications are integrated with browsers
  whenever you are asked what application should be
  used to handle a specific file type.

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Image Mappers

• Download managers
• Password managers
• Cookie managers
• Ad filters

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Special-Purpose Tools

• There are many special-purpose tools,
• including

• Image splitters
• Button generators
• Site Grabbers
• URL Managers