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Web Design Toolkit

Programs and software that I use when designing webpages. Learn my secrets!
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# Web Link Hits
1   Link   Win SCP
OPEN SOURCE - An excellent Windows FTP client! Supports drag and drop of files.
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2   Link   PuTTY
OPEN SOURCE - An excellent SSH client that I use for unzipping Joomla upgrades.
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3   Link   Notepad2
FREEWARE - My favorite text and code editor for Windows. It's lightweight and includes syntax highlighting for all popular internet document formats (JS, PHP, HTML, CSS, XML).
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4   Link   Joomla!
OPEN SOURCE - An amazing and flexible content management system. This now provides the framework for all my sites.
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5   Link   AllVideos Reloaded
OPEN SOURCE - Joomla! component that allows easy embedding/hosting/linking of flash videos into content. Highly flexible and powerful!
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6   Link   News Show GK3
OPEN SOURCE - An excellent module for Joomla! that allows a more intuitive and easy-to-customize display of articles. TIP: Embed it in your content with the {loadposition } plug-in!
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7   Link   Tabs Manager GK3
OPEN SOURCE - An excellent component/module system for Joomla! that allows articles, text, and modules to be displayed in a tabbed layout that can be embedded into pages, etc. Great for cramming a lot of content into a single page load!
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8   Link   JoomlaFCK Editor
By far the best WYSIWYG editor I've seen for Joomla. You'll need to register on the Joomla FCK site to download it. Don't be fooled by the subscription plans, just select the "Free" option on the bottom, they'll email you when your subscription has been processed, and then you'll be able to download.

This plug-in is well-worth the extra trouble!
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9   Link   JoomlaPack
OPEN SOURCE - An absolutely essential Joomla! tool! Completely backs up your site and database into a single zip file. The entire site can be downloaded and then published onto a new server using automatic scripts! EASY!
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10   Link   Joomlas2Go!
An excellent stand-alone server tool for Joomla! Development. A self-contained Apache/mySQL web-server environment with Joomla! pre-installed. Reduce development time waiting for files and administrator consoles to load over the internet by running everything locally! Very handy!
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11   Link   Extended Menu
OPEN SOURCE - A lovely and flexible menu display module for Joomla! More powerful than the standard menu module, it allows you to display sub-menus with specified CSS stylings!
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12   Link   Frontpage Slideshow
COMMERCIAL - Not free, but fairly cheap and you only have to pay once to use it on unlimited sites. Customizable, easy-to use component to get a sexy image slide show on your site's front page. Includes the ability to link slides to specific URLs, and pull in text from particular articles.
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13   Link   Plugin Googlemaps
OPEN-SOURCE: Nice plug-in for Joomla that allows easy embedding of Google Maps into article content.
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14   Link   Adobe Photoshop
COMMERCIAL - As much as I'm a fan of open-source software, I just love Photoshop too much to use anything else. I use this all the time to customize template graphics and export images to the smallest, optimized size.
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