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| AceHTML v5.08.5 | |
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(W9x/ME/2000/NT4/XP) |
| Freeware ñ latest update | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/ace_html/ | |
Note: requires free registration ñ see the Web site.
Although you maintain absolute control over the code and its formatting in your document, AceHTML helps out by automating many of the time consuming or awkward tasks involved in site development. For example, the often tiresome job of creating tables is made very simple with a tool that lets you draw out the table and quickly define attributes such as cell widths, borders, padding, colours and so forth. Framed sites are also easy to construct.
Because the package automates small, specific tasks (insert an image, create a form, etc.) rather than the whole page design process, you don't need to worry about it producing overly complex and cumbersome code. The software does exactly what a good developer would do, only quicker.
AceHTML includes a Style Sheet editor for CSS2, support for XML, and features built in libraries of ASP, PHP and WML commands, which can be inserted automatically into your pages. There are over 175 built-in DHTML and JavaScript samples.
This update features minor bug fixes.
URL: freeware.acehtml.com
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| AllWebMenus Pro 3.1.516 | |
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| New trial version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/allwebmenus/ | |
AllWebMenus is a DHTML/JavaScript menu authoring tool for creating dynamic menus for Web pages without the need for coding. It creates cross-browser navigation menus that work in all browsers supporting DHTML. The interface is easy to use, with all the tools you need on one screen and a WYSIWYG Preview Window. There are plenty of options to get the look and feel you want, including a style gallery. A simple, step-by-step process makes it easy to insert the JavaScript menu into your Web page.
This update features various fixes and improvements. Requires MS Internet Explorer for previewing in the program.
URL: www.likno.com
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| MAX's HTML Beauty++ 2004 2 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
| Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/html_beauty/ | |
No, not some sort of beautician's software, but a highly rated HTML editor. MAX's HTML Beauty++ 2004 is an advanced HTML editor that can edit as many files at a time as you could wish, plus it has advanced customisable syntax highlighting, undo/redo, drag & drop editing, right-click tag editing, extended find & replace, template support, project management, auto updating code snippets, code library, tag case changing capability, spelling and grammar check and more...
So much more, here are a few examples: built-in Image Browser/Viewer with GIF optimise function and ability to convert images to WBMP image format used by WAP-compatible mobile phones; built-in JavaScript 'Beauty Scripts' (rollovers, slideshows, etc.); internal preview using Internet Explorer and Mozilla; and still more.
URL: www.htmlbeauty.com
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| MySQL 4.0.16 | |
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W9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 |
| Free ñ latest update | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/mysql/ | |
MySQL database server is a very popular open source database server. Its architecture makes it fast and easy to customise. Streamlined design means a database management system with great speed, compactness, stability and ease of deployment.
The separation of the core server from the table handler makes it possible to run with strict transaction control or with ultra-fast transactionless disk access, whichever is most appropriate for the situation. MySQL is free to use in particular circumstances ñ see the documentation for details.
URL: www.mysql.com
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| PDFmoto 1.4.6 | |
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Win NT4/2000/XP/2003 |
| Free ñ latest update | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/pdfmoto/ | |
What a great program. PDFmoto works by monitoring a local folder on your network every few minutes, and picking up anything you ñ or your colleagues ñ dump into it. It will PDF anything it finds there and apply an XML template of your choice before putting them online. It also detects documents that have been added, deleted or amended recently, and reflects these changes by automatically updating your site.
This update incorporates numerous fixes and enhancements since the version previously featured on the Internet Magazine cover CD (see: http://www.pdfmoto.com/releaseNotes/index.shtml for details.
URL: www.pdfmoto.com
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| PHP 4.3.4 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| Freeware ñ new version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/php/ | |
PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language, used to create dynamic Web pages. PHP-enabled Web pages are treated like normal HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you usually create HTML pages.
This latest update has several enhancements and loads of bug fixes. Also included on your cover CD (in the same folder as above) is a zip package of various extensions and support for more server types, ready for manual configuration.
URL: www.php.net
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| TextPad 4.7.2 | |
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W95 (SP1)/98/ME/NT4 (SP6)/2000/XP |
| Shareware ñ latest update | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/textpad/ | |
If you use plain Notepad to code your Web sites or for other text work, you might like to go one step further and use TextPad, which includes many more editing tools. This update fixes a number of problems with the previous version. To preserve your current preferences, install this release over any previous release on your system.
URL: www.textpad.com
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| Xara Webstyle 4 | |
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W98/Me/2000/XP |
| 15-day trial ñ new version | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/xara_webstyle/ | |
This new version of Webstyle is packed with features that make it an excellent tool for anyone creating Web sites. The package includes an extensive collection of templates of Web pages as well as graphic devices, such as dividers, bullets, buttons, backgrounds and animated banner ads.
You can also process and enhance your photos (the photo editor component of Webstyle 4 continues to work after the end of the 15 day trial), create rollover navigation bars and dynamic (DHTML) menus.
This new version integrates with Microsoft FrontPage 2003 and Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 2004, while the NavBar menus now support Opera 7 (PC), Mozilla (Mac) and Safari (Mac), in addition to the browsers already supported in version 3.
URL: www.xara.com
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| Advanced Effect Maker 1 | |
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OS X |
| Freeware | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/advanced_effect_maker/ | |
Use Effect Maker to create Flash and JavaScript effects such as slide shows, messengers, scrollers, games, Web navigation menus and much more with just a few clicks of the mouse. The program contains 40 customisable effects to help you get results fast. These effects are free to be used for both commercial and non-commercial purposes.
Macromedia Flash is not required to use this software. The authoring environment needs the Java Virtual Machine 1.4, but the effects created do not as they use Flash and JavaScript technology.
URL: www.mandomartis.com
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| JaneBUILDER for PHP 1.5.2 | |
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OS 9 / OS X |
| Demo | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/jane_builder_php/ | |
JaneBUILDER is a visual editor for PHP, allowing you to build complex PHP pages by dragging and dropping. The files created are native PHP (text) files that can be opened by any HTML tool or text editor and uploaded to your Web server for deployment.
JaneBUILDER's Auto-Janes ñ predefined code and tools ñ allow you quickly to get your PHP pages up and running. JaneSQL is included in the package. You will need access to a PHP 4.x server and a MySQL 3.23.xx server.
URL: www.seejanecode.com
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| WebDesign 2.3.1 | |
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OS X |
| 20-use trial ñ latest update | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/webdesign/ | |
WebDesign is an HTML editor with many helpful features. The interface has a tools palette, main editor window and properties palette. The editor window features advanced syntax colouring, syntax checking and optimisation controls. There is a handful of HTML wizards that output HTML code or XHTML code. The tools palette lets you drag and drop HTML elements onto the editor including links, tables, form controls and so on. The context sensitive properties palette then allows you to tweak the attributes of the selected element.
Other features include a find-and-replace tool, a built-in FTP client for transferring files to your Web server, plug-in support to extend WebDesign's functionality, and more. WebDesign supports XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.
This latest update introduces some bug fixes as well as compatibility with OS X 10.3 'Panther'.
URL: www.ragesw.com