Web Concepts

By Mitch "Loves CSS" Keeler

I am always in search for tools out there that will make the webmaster’s job an easier one.  One of the most recent ones I have run across is called TabCreatr.  The web site is still in "alpha" release, but already has a lot to love. All you need to do is visit the page, and click on the link to Start TabCreatr. 

From there you choose from a selection of drop down boxes and options how you want your tabs to look. 

After you are done, just grab the code and you are ready to go.  Know of an easier way to create a tabbed navigation from scratch?  TabCreatr almost makes the whole CSS design process too easy!

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By Mitch “All About the Tabs” Keeler

When it comes to having a solid navigation, that looks good as well you can get no better than a few well styled tabs. Now with the power of HTML and tossing in some CSS you can have awesome tabs on the side or top of your web page. With CSS Tab Designer though, you won’t have to lift a finger to get them made.

CSS Tab Designer takes all the hard work out of designing your own CSS styled tabs for your web site navigation. You can pick from over 60+ styles and colors, and it generates strict XHTML compliant code to copy into your domain.

CSS Tab Designer Pro: Makes creating CSS powered lists as easy as picking what you want and filling in the blanks.

CSS Tab Designer Con: I wish I could create a whole web site like this.

Download CSS Tab Designer! | Visit the CSS Tab Designer Web Site

Truly a unique freeware download, this software will help you create a CSS powered list and tab that will require you learning absolutely no programing or designing knowledge. When your friends and family go check it out, they will think you are a web designing master and as long as you don’t blab, you don’t have to tell them about our secret.

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By Mitch “Has Cascading Style Too!” Keeler

If your in the need for a style sheet creator that does a ‘bit of everything well and says “Free!” in big blog letter on the price tag, then you might be the perfect candidate to try out Cascade DTP. This free program allows you to visually layout and design a CSS powered web site with little to no effort at all.

Cascade DTP pushes itself as a composition tool for the web that harnesses both the powerfulness of cascading style sheets with the ease of use that any other WYSIWYG or HTML editor would provide. It also has addons that can help you extend the usefulness and flexability of it even further.

Cascade DTP Pro: Easy to use, lightweight and free!

Cascade DTP Con: Might need to know some about CSS before you get started.

Download Cascade DTP! | Visit Cascade DTP’s Web Site

With full control over the design, a live preview feature and the ability to save designs without publishing them (to work on a project in private) Cascade DTP is an impressive freeware CSS editing application. If you need an example of the type of site you can build with this tool check out Cascade DTP’s official home on the Web.

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By Mitch “Stylin’ & Profilin’” Keeler 

Have you been looking for a freeware productivity suite of tools to help you with your CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)? There are many programs that promise good results, but the only free one that delivers well is Free CSS Toolbox. It is a simple CSS editor, formatter and beautifier.

The usefulness of this product does not end there. It can easily re-format your CSS code, adjust somebody else’s CSS to fit your style of formatting and will also check to make sure your CSS code is valid. This free tool does a little ‘bit of everything and does it all well.

Free CSS Toolbox Pro: Very user friendly interface the helps you along the way.

Free CSS Toolbox Con: Might want to upgrade to the paid product Rapid CSS 2007 if it doesn’t cover all your needs.

Download Free CSS Toolbox! | Visit Free CSS Toolbox’s Web Site

The Free CSS Toolbox gets the job done, and does so in a manner that is not confusing nor hard to master.

Bonus: If you need more features and support, you might try out their professional end solution, Rapid CSS 2007. It delivers much of the same with even a few more features to love.

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by Mitch “Ain’t No Picasso“ Keeler

When working on your web site and trying to see what you could do to make it better, there is nothing at all wrong with looking at others styles and techniques to see if it inspires you to create a better look and feel for your own project.

Once of my new favorite resources to do just that is Best Web Design:

It is an “inspirational gallery site where we collect a wide range of quality design websites (Flash &amp CSS).” Translation? They have a lot of pretty layouts to go drool over.

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