Saturday, February 21, 2009

World Wide Web

A bit of website information to consider.



Reference

What is a Website?

A website is a collection of web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that is hosted on one or more web servers, usually accessible via the Internet.

A web page is a document, typically written in (X)HTML, that is almost always accessible via HTTP, a protocol that transfers information from the web server to display in the user's web browser.

All publicly accessible websites are seen collectively as constituting the "World Wide Web".

The pages of a website can usually be accessed from a common root URL called the homepage, and usually reside on the same physical server. The URLs of the pages organize them into a hierarchy, although the hyperlinks between them control how the reader perceives the overall structure and how the traffic flows between the different parts of the site.

Some websites require a subscription to access some or all of their content. Examples of subscription sites include many business sites, parts of many news sites, academic journal sites, gaming sites, message boards, Web-based e-mail, services, social networking websites, and sites providing real-time stock market data. Because they require authentication to view the content they are technically an Intranet site.

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Courtesy of Wikipedia.

How do I Create my Own Website?

Creating your own website can be useful for a number of purposes. Whether it's to share your expertise on a particular topic, start an online business, foster a community, or just maintain an online journal of your activities, having a website will allow you to make your content accessible from any connected computer. It can also theoretically allow you to have a larger audience for your ideas than you would ever have otherwise. If you have useful ideas or observations to share, you may be able to share them with as many as a few dozen people throughout the day, if you are lucky. With a website, you can share them with hundreds or even thousands.

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Should I Have My Own Website?

Owning a website has become an essential part of any business or commercial venture. A company that has no web presence is running the risk of losing on many opportunities, including the chance of reaching clients throughout the country, or even the world. But what about people who do not own a business? Are there any valid reasons to own a personal website? Experts say yes. Here are a few instances in which owning a personal website may be a great idea:

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How do I Become a Webmaster?

A webmaster facilitates the development and design of a specific website. In order to become a webmaster, whether self-employed or with a firm, one must be familiar with HTML coding and scripting and languages such as Javascript, PHP, and Perl. In addition to publishing and managing a website’s content, a webmaster typically has a broad range of responsibilities related to the website’s overall functionality, and needs to employ both technical and communication skills to ensure a smooth end-user experience.

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What Makes a Website "Good?"

The definition of what makes a good website depends partly on its purpose. A personal page, a company's website, and a school site all need to meet very different characteristics to be considered of quality. There is, however, some basic agreement on what constitutes a good website.

1. Credible, valuable information. No matter what the purpose of the site is, the information contained in it should be useful to the visitors. If the material is outdated, poorly edited, or incomplete, readers will feel cheated and will most likely look for an alternative source of information next time they are reading about the topic. Citing sources when appropriate is another thing that differentiates a good website from a bad one. While anybody is entitled to their own opinion, giving credit where credit is due is a great way to augment the respectability of a site.

2. Accessibility and Usability. It does not matter how useful the information on a website is if the readers have trouble locating it. Disorganized pages, too many links, articles that go nowhere, and many other details can complicate the use of a website and turn the reader off.

3. Design. Simplicity is key in a good website. Lots of graphics can frustrate a reader with a slow internet connection. Music, animation, and color can be powerful tools if used appropriately, but they can also be a sign of an amateur website. Moving cursors and cute cartoon characters are out of place on a business page, for example.

4. Domain name. A good website is usually one that people can remember off the top of their head. A complicated domain name or one that is clearly hosted on a free server does not convey the image of professionalism.

5. Purpose. Whatever the purpose of a site is, a good website meets it. If an owner knows what he wants his or her website to achieve, half of the purpose is already met. Unfortunately, many websites are too broad and lack a specific focus. This can confuse readers and often leads to a disorganized look that does not inspire confidence.

A good website does not have to be expensive to build or too eccentric. In fact, it is the simplest of pages that sometimes get the message across quickly and effectively.

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Courtesy of wiseGEEK.

What does a Web developer need to know?

Beginner - Web Building Primer

Developer - Web Building Tutorial

What is Web Design? What Does a Web Designer Do? How do I Become a Web Designer? What are Some Web Designer Jobs?

What are Web Building Languages?

What is HTML? HTML
What is CSS? CSS
What is XML? XML
JAVASCRIPT ASP PHP SQL MORE...

What is a Web Browser? Web Browser
Web Browser Statistics Web Browser History

What is a URL?

Web Glossary




Related Links

-http://www.w3schools.com/
-http://www.w3.org/
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website

Yewell's Jewels (Free Files)

The Font Thing 0.8

The Font Thing lets you browse installed and uninstalled TrueType fonts, viewing sample text, individual characters, and detailed font information. Easy font-management functions let you install, uninstall, print, copy, or delete any number of fonts at once.


Emotions Manager 2000

Emotions Manager 2000 is an easy-to-use intuitive software program for maximizing the benefits from your reactions to everyday events, thoughts and emotions.

Used throughout the world by therapists, universities, sports teams and individuals from all walks of life as a self-help tool for depression, anger, fear, phobias, guilt, worry and shame, it is also an excellent tool for anyone looking to increase their emotional intelligence long shown to be the most significant factor in achieving success and happiness.


SyncToy

SyncToy helps you copy, move, rename, and delete files between folders and computers quickly and easily.


Zoho.com

The Zoho Office Suite is a web office suite which includes tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, note-taking, wikis, CRM and other applications. Being web-native, all Zoho applications are operating system independent.

Although some applications, e.g. Zoho CRM and Zoho Projects, have Pro features available for a fee, Zoho has stated a commitment to maintaining a free tier of entry-level applications. A single registration grants access to all the Zoho products.


AndreaMosaic

AndreaMosaic is a freeware program you can create your own photographic mosaics made with your own pictures. A photographic mosaic is a mosaic where every tile is a photograph and not just a simple colored piece.


Mono

Described as “part Asteroids, part Robotron, and part Paint Shop Pro,” this vivid game puts a unique twist on traditional shooter action. The aim of the game is to change the color of the entire screen from black to white or white to black. This is achieved by shooting the alien blobs that color the background when destroyed. There are three colors of blobs to shoot (red, green, and blue) and the color they leave behind changes the behavior of any enemies that travel over it. The more of the screen you color, the more the enemies’ behavior changes.


Sweet Home 3D

Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you placing your furniture on a house 2D plan, with a 3D preview.


Picnik

Picnik makes your photos fabulous with easy to use yet powerful online editing tools. Tweak to your heart’s content, then get creative with oodles of effects, fonts, shapes, and frames. It’s fast, easy, and fun.


Seterra

Seterra is a challenging geography program with 70 different exercises. Learn about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. Examples of exercises countries in Europe; American states; American state capitals; French cities; cities in Mexico; countries in Asia. Version 3 includes new exercises on the autonomous communities of Spain, plus a timer to measure how fast you complete the exercises.


VirtuaWin

VirtuaWin is an application for the Windows user community that misses the wonderful virtual desktop functionality often used on Unix systems. It is simple, powerful and highly configurable.


ColorPic

Ever tried using a color picker on a high resolution monitor? It’s impossible. That’s why this color picker has a magnifier attached. Control it from the keyboard and grab up to 16 colors at once. See your color in RGB and HSL and get websafe info. Consistantly the most popular free color picker on the web, the latest version offers more choices to easily and effectivly create color palettes.

http://iconico.com/colorpic

More here.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

SourceForge Top Downloads

Top SourceForge downloads of all time. Open source and free.

RankProject NameDownloads
  1eMule479,565,780
  2Azureus333,200,981
  3Ares Galaxy188,572,134
  47-Zip61,318,491
  5FileZilla56,597,638
  6GTK+ and The GIMP installers for Windows55,742,932
  7Audacity55,289,880
  8DC++54,716,652
  9BitTorrent51,973,966
  10Shareaza46,780,665
  11VirtualDub44,410,100
  12PortableApps.com: Portable Software/USB39,918,587
  13CDex38,251,210
  14eMule Plus28,218,398
  15Pidgin27,934,951
  16guliverkli27,371,563
  17aMSN25,408,158
  18WinSCP25,065,003
  19PDFCreator23,623,302
  20UltraVNC21,765,394
Top Downloads

SourceForge

What is SourceForge.net?



Reference

SourceForge.net is the world's largest open source software development web site. We provide free services that help people build cool stuff and share it with a global audience.

As of February, 2009, more than 230,000 software projects have been registered to use our services by more than 2 million registered users, making SourceForge.net the largest collection of open source tools and applications on the net.


SourceForge.net is a source code repository. It acts as a centralized location for software developers to control and manage open source software development. SourceForge.net is operated by Sourceforge, Inc. and runs a version of the SourceForge software, forked from the last open-source version available. As of August 2008, SourceForge.net hosts more than 180,000 projects and more than 1.9 million registered users, although it does contain many dormant or single-user projects.

SourceForge.net has offered free access to hosting and tools for developers of free software / open source software for several years, and has become well-known within such development communities for these services.

SourceForge.net competes with other providers such as RubyForge, Tigris.org, BountySource, BerliOS, JavaForge and GNU Savannah.

The domain sourceforge.net attracted at least 28 million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com survey.


Courtesy of Wikipedia.



Related Links

-http://sourceforge.net/
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sourceforge
-http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/

Tuesday, February 17, 2009