Third Party Tools

No single tool can do every task that a Web Developer faces in developing a Web site. Evaluation versions of some of the tools listed below can be found in the Third Party Tools directory on the HomeSite CD-ROM (you can browse the CD-ROM from the main CD-ROM interface or use Windows Explorer). If you only have the electronic version of the product, you can click on any of the links below to go to the company's Web site and download the evaluation version of their tool.

Allaire is providing these links to third party tools as a service to our customers. We do not make any claims about quality of these tools, resell these products, or provide technical support/customer service for these products. If you are interested in finding out more about one of these products, click on the links below.

Books

SAMS HomeSite book

Teach Yourself HomeSite 4 in 24 Hours by Ben Forta is available at Amazon.com.

Dummies HomeSite book

HomeSite 4.5 for Dummies by Nick Bradbury, David Crowder, and Rhonda Crowder is also available at Amazon.com.

Allaire Resources

Training

Visit the Allaire Training site for information on current course offerings.

HomeSite Developer Center

Allaire has resources on its site to help you get the most out of HomeSite.

The HomeSite DevCenter has the latest product information, Web development trends, industry news, and links to technical resources on the Web.

The Allaire Developer's Exchange has free Web content and add-ins (Help files, ActionScripts, dictionaries).

Other Resources

webSavant

Savant Interactive has published webSavant, a Web site development training course that ships on 4 CD-ROM's. You can learn more about webSavant and order a free trial CD-ROM at the Savant site.

MyComputer.com

MyComputer.com is a site of services designed to provide easy, hassle-free solutions for Web developers. Check out Superstats, SiteMiner, WebRookie, and more.

Audio & Graphics Products

Cool Edit

For audio editing, check out Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro tool. Cool Edit Pro is a 64-track digital audio recorder, editor, and mixer for Windows 95/98/ME and NT/2000.
Cool Edit 2000 is Syntrillium's scaled-down audio editing tool for Windows 95/98/ME and NT/2000. Several plug-ins for additional functionality are also available.
Go to the Syntrillium site for more information.

Fireworks

Fireworks is a graphics tool specifically designed for creating Web graphics. Go to the Macromedia Fireworks site for more information.

Flash

Flash is a popular tool for creating animations and vector graphics. Go to the Macromedia Flash site for more information.

Gif Animator

Ulead's Gif Animator is a tool for creating animated gif files. More information can be found at the Ulead site.

PaintShop Pro

JASC’s PaintShop Pro is a popular graphics tool among Web developers. It contains the features you want for photo editing, creating Web graphics, drawing, painting, and animating. More information can be found at the JASC site.

RealNetworks

RealProducer Basic
RealProducer Basic is a free authoring tool for live recording and web broadcasting or converting AVI, Quicktime, WAV, AU, AIFF, and other media files to streaming RealAudio and RealVideo. More information on RealProducer can be found at the RealNetworks site.

RealServer Basic RealNetworks’ RealServer Basic is the free version of the popular RealNetworks RealServer Plus. More information and a free download can be found at the RealServer site.

RealSlideshow RealSlideshow is RealNetworks’ tool for quickly and easily creating personal Web slide shows. More information can be found at RealNetworks site.

Utilities

GetRight

GetRight allows you to easily download files by pausing and resuming downloads, and allowing you to resume a download if errors occur. See the GetRight site for more information.

HTML Indexer

Brown Inc. has a professional tool for indexing HTML files. Go to the HTML Indexer site.

Submission Wizard

Submission Wizard helps you submit your site to Web search engines. More information can be found at the Submission Wizard site.

TagGen

TagGen is an add-in of the TagGen metadata management system. More information at the TagGen site.

WebPosition

WebPosition Gold is designed to launch your Web site to the top of the search engine results by analyzing your pages, giving advice on how to make them more applicable to the top search engines, assisting you in uploading your pages, and reporting your position on each search engine.

WS_FTP Pro

Ipswitch’s WS_FTP Pro is the perfect tool for accessing remote files and the fastest way to download software and digital music. More information can be found at the Ipswitch site.

Design Tools

Dreamweaver

Dreamweaver is a visual Web site design tool. Dreamweaver also supports ColdFusion application development. Go to the Macromedia Dreamweaver site for more information.

NetObjects Fusion

NetObjects Fusion is a visual Web site creation and management tool. NetObjects Fusion also supports ColdFusion application development. More information on NetObjects Fusion can be found at the NetObjects site.

TopStyle Pro

Bradbury Software's TopStyle Pro is the full version of the Cascading Style Sheet editor that is bundled with the HomeSite. TopStyle can be found at the Bradbury Software site.

Analysis & Reporting Tools

CSE HTML Validator

CSE HTML Validator is the most powerful, easy to use, and user configurable HTML, XHTML, and WML syntax checker available for Windows 95/98/2000/NT. More information can be found at the CSE HTML Validator site.

WatchFire

Linkbot Developer Edition
Linkbot Developer Edition is an award winning Web site testing software from WatchFire. Linkbot Developer Edition automatically scans a Web site for more than fifty different types of problems, including JavaScript, and generates graphical reports detailing what errors need to be fixed. More information can be found at the WatchFire site.

Metabot
WatchFire’s Metabot gathers and analyzes content intelligence about metadata used on a website and delivers its analysis through detailed web-based reports. It allows web authors to analyze and optimize metatags that exist in their files and to ensure metatag standards compliance. More information can be found at the WatchFire site.

Browsers

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer 5.0 is included on the HomeSite CD-ROM. More information on Internet Explorer can be found at the Microsoft site.

Netscape Navigator

Netscape Communicator 4.7 is also on the HomeSite CD-ROM. More information can be found at the Netscape site.

Lynx

Lynx is a fully-featured Web client for users running cursor-addressable, character-cell display devices. It will display hypertext markup language (HTML) hypertext documents containing links to files residing on the local system, as well as files residing on remote systems. The latest Win32 version can always be downloaded from Fdisk.com.

Opera

Despite its small footprint, Opera boasts a number of extremely powerful features, making it a great browser for the serious Web user: multiple windows, a powerful hotlist, online graphics toggling, and various customization features. Visit Opera Software for more information.

Domain Registration and Maintenance

NameSecure

NameSecure.com is the Internet's Premier domain registration and Web site forwarding tool. NameSecure.com registers domain names and redirects that domain and email to the page of your choice. You can get more information at the NameSecure site.

Register.com

If you need to register your domain, Register.com offers a simple process for domain name registration. You can get more information at the Register.com site.

MyDomain.com

MyDomain.com provides web forwarding, sub-directory forwarding, and IP Pointing services, as well as e-mail forwarding and e-mail catch-all forwarding. Visit mydomain.com for details.

DNSCentral.com

DNSCentral allows web developers to register their domain names, set up web site/domain forwarding, and define meta tags to make their web sites easier to find by search engines. Go to DNSCentral.com for more information.

Free Web Site Hosting

Hypermart

HyperMart, part of the Go2Net.com Network, offers free Web hosting for businesses. You can get more information and sign up at HyperMart.

Tripod

Tripod, part of the Lycos Network, offers users free home pages with 11 MB of space. You can get more information and sign up at the Tripod site.

Xoom

You can get free site hosting at the Xoom site.