Web Concepts

By Dinsan Francis

Ever wondered if you could take your Outlook with you ? Wanted to use something better than Horde and Squirrel Mail on your Webmail interface ?

Gmail has an alternative for you !!

Here is a detailed description of what you need to do ( believe me, its quite simple )

Once you set this up, you can add labels to all emails to this account, and filter them accordingly, set a default reply address, leave or delete the downloaded email from your POP server.

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By Mitch "Mr. Organization" Keeler

There is no doubt that when you sign on the dotted line and get your hosting plan of any type, shape or size (you know, we do that sort of thing here at Lunarpages web hosting) you are given a lot of links to keep track of.  You have the link to your customer account page, to your own domain, to manage your domains.  Now the Customer Account Page does a good job for most at centralizing all your Lunarpages goodies but I thought I would share my way of doing things.

In your browser’s bookmarks make a folder named projects and a folder named admin.  In the projects folder I want you to create a new folder for each domain you are hosting.  Inside of this folder you would put all the links you want quick reference to (such as actual domain links, cPanel links, stats and more).  It should look something like this:

Projects Folder

     YourDomain1.com Folder

           - Control Panel Link

           - Actual Domain Link

           - Stats

Now if you put all the important links by domain inside of the projects folder then what is the admin folder for?  This would be for the domain links that you use the most.  For an example, if you installed WordPress you would be logging in there more often than cPanel, right? Just fill this folder with links for the admin interface for the scripts you have installed on your hosting account.  Here is an example of that:

Admin Folder

     - YourDomaiэ.com WordPress Admin

     - YouѶndDomain.com SMF Admin Screen

Then you can go on and on from there.  What organizational tips do you use to manage your own web site links?  I’d love to hear them if you have any that are really unique.  

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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 “Mr. Google” Keeler 

I highly encourage all the webmasters that I know to create a Google Sitemap for their web site. This way you can submit it to Google and they have a fool proof way of checking your web site content. Sometimes though, when not using a content management system like WordPress or Joomla it can be hard to create this sitemap on your own. That is where a helpful download like Gsitemap comes into play.

Gsitemap gives you the tools necessary to create a Google Sitemap that can be used with your Google webmaster account to help improve the indexing of your web site in the powerhouse of search engines. From link to link, the program spiders though your content and collects everything Google might need. Once you are done, you can FTP it up to your hosting account and let Google know about it.

Gsitemap Pro: Makes it very simple to create a XML sitemap

Gsitemap Con: Wish it had an upload feature, where all I would need to do is plugin my FTP info

Download Gsitemap! | Visit Gsitemap’s Web Site

This program is a simple and free way to get yourself a golden ticket into Google. Some of the other features included are gzip compression, view by last modified, change the frequency and the priority of pages. If you have a static site and you need to create an XML sitemap, there is no program that does it better than Gsitemap.

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By Mitch “Smart FTPer” Keeler

I remember SmartFTP being one of the first really professional looking FTP clients I ever used. Even today, the visual aspect of the product is second to none. It is not just eye candy though. SmartFTP also has man features that make it one of the best free FTP solutions out there today.

It supports multiple connections, transfer queue, proxy/firewall support, drag and drop uploading, custom commands and a lot more. Check out their full list of features to get a better idea of what all this product does.

SmartFTP Pro: The visual design of the product is just hands down better looking than most in the same category.

SmartFTP Con: I remember being nagged a lot by having the unlicensed version. Eventually you learn to ignore it.

Download SmartFTP | Visit SmartFTP’s Web Site

It is free to use for personal use, and if you do use it and enjoy it - you can purchase a yearly license $36.95. That will cure some of the nagging that it does when using the unlicensed version. Give SmartFTP a whirl and see if it does the job for you.

It is a secure and efficient FTP program.

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By Mitch “Likes to Edit” Keeler

What does HAPedit stand for? It is an editor for HTML, ASP, and PHP. It is a win32 text-mode editor useful for all developers of dynamic web pages.

Some of the included features for this freeware program include: syntax highlighting for html/PHP, HTML/ASP, JavaScript, CSS and SQL; page preview in browser; project manager; PHP code “compilation”; edit html tags; code completion; preview images; SQL console; FTP Manager; Code Explorer and more. It does a little bit of everything and does it as good as any other text editor you might find.

HAPedit Pro: The tabbed interface is nice and the layout is familiar.
HAPedit Con: Just gives you the basics, others might be looking for a bit more in an editor.

Download HAPedit! | Visit HAPedit???s Web Site

Over all this download might not be my top favorite HTML editor, but it does offer a nice alternative if you are not happy with some of the other more popular solutions out there. It gets the job done and it will not cost you a single cent. What else could you want from a piece of software?

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By Mitch “W3C Rocks” Keeler

A web editor with style, Amaya is a tool that focuses on creating documents for the Web. With integrated preview and editing tools it is a tool that can not be overlooked. An open source solution, Amaya is also hosted by ͩC - they know a thing or two about Web design standards.

Amaya Pro: Download is quick, and the tool has tons of the basic HTML techniques covered.

Amaya Con: Interface could use a design makeover - but does the job.

Download Amaya! | Visit Amaya’s Web Site

Amaya has a long history in the design world that can not be ignored. The origional project was started back in 1996 and continues to be an excellent open source tool to help you with your site designing needs.

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “W3C Rocks” Keeler

A web editor with style, Amaya is a tool that focuses on creating documents for the Web. With integrated preview and editing tools it is a tool that can not be overlooked. An open source solution, Amaya is also hosted by ͩC - they know a thing or two about Web design standards.

Amaya Pro: Download is quick, and the tool has tons of the basic HTML techniques covered.

Amaya Con: Interface could use a design makeover - but does the job.

Download Amaya! | Visit Amaya’s Web Site

Amaya has a long history in the design world that can not be ignored. The origional project was started back in 1996 and continues to be an excellent open source tool to help you with your site designing needs.

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “W3C Rocks” Keeler

A web editor with style, Amaya is a tool that focuses on creating documents for the Web. With integrated preview and editing tools it is a tool that can not be overlooked. An open source solution, Amaya is also hosted by W3C - they know a thing or two about Web design standards.

Amaya Pro: Download is quick, and the tool has tons of the basic HTML techniques covered.

Amaya Con: Interface could use a design makeover - but does the job.

Download Amaya! | Visit Amaya’s Web Site

Amaya has a long history in the design world that can not be ignored. The origional project was started back in 1996 and continues to be an excellent open source tool to help you with your site designing needs.

+ Check Out More Freeware and Open Source Applications!

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Original post by Mitch

By Mitch “W3C Rocks” Keeler

A web editor with style, Amaya is a tool that focuses on creating documents for the Web. With integrated preview and editing tools it is a tool that can not be overlooked. An open source solution, Amaya is also hosted by W3C - they know a thing or two about Web design standards.

Amaya Pro: Download is quick, and the tool has tons of the basic HTML techniques covered.

Amaya Con: Interface could use a design makeover - but does the job.

Download Amaya! | Visit Amaya’s Web Site

Amaya has a long history in the design world that can not be ignored. The origional project was started back in 1996 and continues to be an excellent open source tool to help you with your site designing needs.

+ Check Out More Freeware and Open Source Applications!

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Original post by Mitch