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| AllWebMenus Pro 3.1.516 | |
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W9x/ME/2000/NT/XP |
| Trial version – recently updated | |
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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| ExcelEverywhere 2.4.7 | |
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| 30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/excel_everywhere/ | |
Note: you need MS Excel 97, 2000 or XP in order to use ExcelEverywhere.
ExcelEverywhere converts Excel spreadsheets into Web pages that look and function in the same way as the original spreadsheet. It runs as an add-in to Excel. Follow the 'Examples' links on the software's Web page to get an idea of its uses.
The only difference between the 30-day trial version and the full version is that with the trial version only the first 10 rows of the spreadsheet will be displayed in the resulting Web page. You can still use a workbook containing many worksheets. All formulas and tables found in the workbook will be included in the resulting Web page. Before you can publish web pages generated with the trial version, you will need to buy a license for ExcelEverywhere.
URL: http://www.exceleverywhere.com/
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| Macromedia Contribute 2 | |
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W98SE/Me/2000/XP |
| 30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/contribute/ | |
With Macromedia Contribute, nontechnical users can easily update and maintain content on existing Web sites without knowing HTML. For Web professionals, this means less time spent updating Web content while retaining control over site design, code and permissions. Easy to set up and use, Contribute works with any HTML Web site and is great for individuals and teams.
Build professional Web sites with Dreamweaver. Maintain them with Contribute. Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 or later and 64Mb of available RAM.
URL: www.macromedia.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 facial makeover 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 4.0.17 | |
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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. This latest update includes several enhancements and additions plus numerous bug fixes.
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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| osCommerce 2.2 Milestone Release 2 | |
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| Free Open Source | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/os_commerce/ | |
osCommerce is an open source e-commerce solution under on-going development by the open source community. osCommerce combines open source solutions to provide a free and open development platform, which includes the powerful PHP Web scripting language, the stable Apache Web server, and the fast MySQL database server.
With no restrictions or special requirements, osCommerce is able to run on any PHP3 or PHP4 enabled Web server, on any environment that PHP and MySQL supports, which includes Linux, Solaris, BSD, and Microsoft Windows environments.
The package is in a ZIP file on your cover CD ñ see the INSTALL.DOC file for installation instructions. Please visit the osCommerce Web site for more information.
URL: www.oscommerce.com
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| PHP 4.3.4 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| Freeware ñ recently updated | |
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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| Python 2.3.3 | |
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W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP |
| Free Open Source | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/python/ | |
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It is often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. It combines power with clear syntax and has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac, MFC). New built-in modules are easily written in C or C++. Python is also usable as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface.
URL: www.python.org
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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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| Macromedia Contribute 2 | |
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OS X 10.1.5+ |
| 30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/contribute/ | |
With Macromedia Contribute, nontechnical users can easily update and maintain content on existing Web sites without knowing HTML. For Web professionals, this means less time spent updating Web content while retaining control over site design, code and permissions. Easy to set up and use, Contribute works with any HTML Web site and is great for individuals and teams.
Build professional Web sites with Dreamweaver. Maintain them with Contribute. Requires 128Mb of available RAM.
URL: www.macromedia.com
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| oXygen XML Editor 2.0.4 | |
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OS X |
| 30-day trial ñ new version | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/oxygen/ | |
Note: you will need to register for a free trial licence before installing - http://www.oxygenxml.com/register.html
oXygen is an XML editor written entirely in Java that creates XML, XSL, TXT, XSD and DTD documents. Being a Java application, it is available for most major platforms. The slick looking interface has all the tools you'd want in a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE) including XML, XSL, DTD validation, tag auto completion, syntax highlighting and Code Insight which helps you write valid code. Code Insight also allows the program to generate DTDs from a sample XML document, cutting down development time. It has Unicode support and the interface messages are translated in English, French, German, Italian and Romanian.
This latest update brings numerous enhancements and additions, including the ability to edit via FTP ñ please see the Web site for more details.
You must have Java Virtual Machine 1.3 or later installed.
URL: www.oxygenxml.com
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| PageSpinner 4.6 | |
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OS 9.1+ with Carbonlib 1.5/OS X 10.2+ |
| 21-day trial ñ new version | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/pagespinner/ | |
PageSpinner is powerful enough to allow professional designers to take advantage of the latest Web technologies, yet it still lets novices create great looking Web sites. HTML code can be entered manually, or PageSpinner's built-in tools can be used to build the page automatically.
The top new feature of this version is live previews of local pages when you edit the contents of an HTML page. The many other new features include: new CSS support in PageSpinner's HTML Assistant, letting you generate text style and box format CSS tags, class definitions and style attributes; improved keyboard and mouse shortcuts; and OS X 10.3 Panther compatibility.
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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