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83 Top Webmaster Resources

Blogs - To create a blog, use any of the platforms listed below.
www.wordpress.com
www.blogger.com
www.typepad.com
http://www.joomla.org
www.movabletype.com

Scripts - Looking for a JavaScript, DHTML, or PHP script? Try these resources.
www.java-scripts.net
www.javafile.com
www.phpfreaks.com
www.phpjunkyard.com
www.dynamicdrive.com
http://javascript.internet.com
www.powerfulscripts.com
http://script.aculo.us
www.dhtmlgoodies.com
www.opensourcescripts.com/dir/PHP/

Tools
www.trafficzap.com - Page rank checker, link popularity checker, keyword density checker, and more.

Stats
www.addfreestats.com
www.statcounter.com
www.google.com - The most popular free stats program is Google Analytics

Photos - Find free or low cost photos for use on your website.
http://www.freephotosbank.com/
www.stockvault.net
www.istockphoto.com/index.php
www.sxc.hu
www.stockxpert.com

Affiliate Programs - Make money promoting affiliate programs on your website.
www.cj.com - One of the largest affiliate program managers.
www.clickbank.com - Sells all types of downloadable products.

Research
www.alexa.com - Find out information about your website and about your competitors.

PDF - Create PDFs to use as downloable files on your website.
www.peernet.com/pdfcreator/
http://createpdf.adobe.com/
http://cosmi.com/OnlineStore/ProductCatalog/ProductDetail.aspx?Matnr=539000WEB

Menus and navigation - Find scripts to easily integrate quality navigation into your website.
www.vandelaydesign.com/cssmenus/lists.htm - Our own collection of free navigation menus.
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/ - A very popular collection of CSS menus.
www.xtreeme.com/dhtml/ - A tool that will help you create your own menus.
www.exploding-boy.com/2005/12/15/free-css-navigation-designs/
www.alvit.de/web-dev/tabs-and-pure-css-navigation-menus.html
http://cssvault.com/cat_navigation.php

Tutorials
www.htmldog.com
www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/ - Tutorials for using Dreamweaver.
www.dmxzone.com
www.devshed.com
www.webstyleguide.com
www.w3schools.com

Article Submitter
www.artemispro.com - Submit our articles quickly and effectively.

SEO
www.seomoz.org - The leading SEO resource/company.

CSS Galleries - Find some inspiration by looking at tons of quality designs.
www.cssbeauty.com
www.cssvault.com
www.stylegala.com
www.csselite.com
www.cssmania.com
www.cssimport.com
www.cssgreen.com
www.csszengarden.com

Web Standards
www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/checklist.htm
www.webstandards.org/learn/

Validators
http://validator.w3.org/ - html
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ - CSS

Design News and Articles
www.digital-web.com
www.alistapart.com
www.thinkvitamin.com
www.456bereastreet.com
www.sitepronews.com

Colors
www.colorschemer.com - Find the right combination of colors for your design.

Forums - Get your questions answered and network with other designers.
www.csscreator.com/forum
www.designerstalk.com/forums
www.webforumz.com
www.webdevforums.com
www.webmaster-talk.com
www.allgraphicdesign.com
www.go4expert.com
www.webdeveloper.com
www.webmasterworld.com
www.codingforums.com
http://forums.digitalpoint.com

Feeds
www.feedburner.com
www.feedforall.com
www.tristana.org/writer.cfm

Hosting
www.HostGator.com - The leader in low price hosting. Lots of choices and features.
www.NewWebsite.com
- Low price, multiple domain hosting with great customer service.
www.Dotster.com - Another low price hosting option.

FTP
www.cuteftp.com/cuteftp/
www.smartftp.com
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

Page Speed Test
www.selfseo.com/website_speed_test.php - A very valuable tool to test the load time of your pages.

Originally Published May 28th, 2007

63 Responses

  1. kangax
    July 8th, 2007

    Why only scriptaculous in “Script” section? What about jQuery, MooTools or YUI libraries?

  2. Vijay Teach Me
    July 9th, 2007

    Thanks for compiling a very very useful list for all of us.

    Note: I donot mind click on the affiliate links also as long as they have value associated with the post.

    Vijay

  3. umut
    July 9th, 2007

    thats cool!
    also you can add mysite for hosting and domain ;) http://www.teknopartner.com

  4. Vandelay Design
    July 9th, 2007

    kangax,
    The websites I listed were all sites that I am familiar with. I don’t use a lot of scripts from these sites (a few from Dynamic Drive) so I really am not familiar with the sites you mentioned. They could be better than what I listed, but I really have no idea. Thanks for stopping by and for your input.

    Vijay,
    Thanks for your feedback. I visited your blog and it looks like you have some good stuff there.

    Umut,
    Thanks for the resource, looks like your prices are pretty good.

  5. Niklas Waller
    July 10th, 2007

    Good list! Thanks for that!
    One thing that I thought of that might be useful as well for web developing is two sites for finding icons/images.

    Take a look at:
    - http://www.iconlet.com/
    - http://www.iconfinder.net/

    Another tip is the web IDE - Aptana for html, css, javascript and easier ajax development (http://www.aptana.com/).

    Best regards
    / Nick

  6. chita
    July 10th, 2007

    why the hosting links are affiliates ones?

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  12. Vandelay Design
    July 10th, 2007

    Nick,
    Thanks for the added resources!

    Chita,
    The hosting links are affiliate links because 1) I use Host Gator for this site and I am very pleased with their service, 2) One of my ongoing clients uses NewWebsite.com and they are great too, 3) I felt Dotster had some good prices and features. I don’t see a problem in using affiliate links for services that I can honestly recommend to my visitors. As you can see, my website is not full of ads (in fact, I think the hosting services are the only affiliate links at this point), so I feel like it is safe to say that I am not simply trying to make a quick buck from the site.

    Thanks for visiting and for your feedback.

  13. chita
    July 11th, 2007

    thanks for being honest!
    i was complaining because i humbly think that it would be better to say (affiliate link) beside an affiliate link, this really works, and visitors like this kind of clarity.

    You see, it’s just like google, thier ads are very explicit, they just don’t include ad links in the sreach results but specify that it’s an ad when it’s an ad. You see what i mean?

    Anyway, your answer to my previous comment is a way for clarifying this and i bet the visitors will like that more.
    Thank you :)

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  15. Shana
    July 12th, 2007

    Thank you… thank you… thank you. I love that I will have all my resources on one page. Thank you for putting this together. I will be making it a favorite and subscribing to your feed.

    Shana
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  16. jon
    July 12th, 2007

    great info

  17. Vandelay Design
    July 12th, 2007

    Shana,
    Thanks for your feedback. If you found this post useful you may also want to see the list of CSS Resources.

  18. Vandelay Design
    July 12th, 2007

    Jon,
    Thanks for reading and for your comment.

  19. Shana
    July 12th, 2007

    Cool!! I will check it out now. Thanks for letting me know.

    Shana
    http://www.allworkathomeideas.com/
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    July 15th, 2007

    Tons of resources: Web Developer Handbook

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  26. mkavici
    July 16th, 2007

    nice list,
    http://www.cssbased.com may be added in css galleries section

  27. Truvahorse
    July 16th, 2007

    Thanks for very useful list for all of us. Bookmarked.

  28. byron
    July 16th, 2007

    Excelente lista, es dificil hallar en su solo lugar todo o casi todo lo que necesita el webmaster.

    gracias
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    July 17th, 2007

    Nice Free Passwords at my site. Good information here too

  30. Prezenty
    July 18th, 2007

    Great piece of art. I use most of the link to enhanced my web page. Thanks for your work :)

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    July 19th, 2007

    This is a great list of resources for web developers!

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    July 22nd, 2007

    Great collection. You can also add http://itdiscover.com . Just my 2 cents. I like the site.

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    Hi Josh,
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  40. Saurabh
    October 27th, 2007

    Great list for webmaster resources…..Thanks

  41. Vladimir
    November 12th, 2007

    I’d like to add this resource called Webmaster Essentials Checklist

    http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/webmaster-essentials-checklist

  42. Douglas
    November 20th, 2007

    Wow, I am definitely going to bookmark this, thanks! You also may want to add, http://www.websitevaluecalculator.com/. It isn’t necessarily accurate, however it is a good judge whether or not you are increasing your sites value.

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  44. Nomar
    January 7th, 2008

    Could you add http://www.9mb.com to the list of webmaster forums?

  45. Mark Davis
    January 23rd, 2008

    Hi,

    Your website appears to be running ads on some of your pages. I represent a major online advertising company and we want to pay you a fee for every visitor you currently receive.

    If any questions regarding this, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

    Thank you,

    Mark Davis

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  46. Nick
    January 30th, 2008

    I work for http://www.thebluecrossblueshield.com and we use these tools very frequently.

  47. dazzafakt
    March 4th, 2008

    Here is another Css Site. Css-Tabcreatr
    http://tabcreatr.com

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    March 21st, 2008

    http://www.sametesener.tr.gg” title=”Google,sametesener,bloglar,webmaster,blog,tr.gg” target=”_blank”>Google,sametesener,bloglar,webmasterblog,tr.gg

    very good site..

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    April 6th, 2008

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  51. Hoang Phuc
    April 13th, 2008

    Thanks you very much

  52. HYIP
    April 21st, 2008

    Great info!

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  54. Silgar
    May 23rd, 2008

    Dear Sir/Madam

    I am author of website for beginner webmasters with menu maker. Menu use JavaScript and CSS. I think that it may will be presented on your website.
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    Yours faithfully,
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  56. KaraSancak
    June 17th, 2008

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  59. Max | Design Shard
    July 29th, 2008

    very good infomative collection thanks

    Max | Design Shard

  60. Mobde3
    August 17th, 2008

    archived it!

  61. Dave Robinson
    September 13th, 2008

    Hey,
    Would be great to add this forum also to the list
    http://www.webradiance.com/

    Great forum with no ads or advertisements of any kind.

  62. lighting
    September 26th, 2008

    The best icon search engine I ever used is http://www.veryicon.com, it has the most powerful search function and the largest icon contents.

  63. Jacob
    October 27th, 2008

    This is a relatively new web design and development forum, with article, tutorials and more! Worth checking it out!

    http://www.thewebsqueeze.com/

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