Posts Tagged With: free
· July 24, 2008 at 5:45 am · Free Hosting
Tags: free, fumpr, gallery, hosting, image, pics, web-hosts
There is no doubt that image hosts these days are coming a dime a dozen. Fumpr is yet another service you can add to that ever growing list of free image hosting providers, and they cut out all the details, fuss and more. You have an upload button, and a “browse to my file” box. That is it.. well, OK they have a huge logo too.
As you can see, after you have uploaded your image you can share the URL with friends, download, embed it into a web page of your own or grab the forum ready code. Might also want to check out their sister service too, Fix Up My Pic.
· July 14, 2008 at 4:51 am · Online Tools, Web Development
Tags: backgrounds, create, free, generator, graphics, patterns, web-dev
Need some tiled bliss to lay on the background of your own recent web creation? BgPatterns.com is the background generator that you want to use. Not only does it have dozens of designs to pick from, you can also set the color, size of the design, and also the level that it is rotated at.
I promise you, once you get started you will see this is just more fun to figure out if you play with it some… change your colors up, and try to get as creative as you can. Want to see an example of the end result? I used the first background I made on my Twitter profile.
Snazzy right? Check it out and make your own at BgPatterns.com.
· July 8, 2008 at 6:52 am · Web Development
Tags: developers, editors, free, open-source, tools, wysiwyg
Not often do you see applications out there aimed less at the users and more at the developers. OpenWYSIWYG is about to change that. They are delivering an open source, cross browser editor they want developers to use.
Some of the features of OpenWYSIWYG include:
- Bold, italicize, or strike text
- Align text: left, center, right, or justify
- Create superscript and subscript
- Indent or outdent text
- Create ordered and unordered lists
- Hyperlink text
- Cut, copy, and paste
- Undo or redo
If your needing a powerful text area in your next Web application you may be developing, here is one piece to the puzzle that is already ready to go at http://www.openwebware.com/.
· June 5, 2008 at 5:44 am · Online Tools, Web Development
Tags: capture, free, images, resize, screenshots, sitecasa, websites
As a quick and easy way to grab a screenshot of any web site out there, SnapCasa does a pretty good job.
There are several tools out there that get the job done so the secret to being successful at this it to be quick. SnapCasa passes thus far in that regard.
Here is a little more about the service from those who developed it:
Take web page snapshots and website thumbnails of any site with SnapCasa. Place a simple img tag in your HTML page and our website thumbnail generator will provide a snapshot for you. Increase site traffic and click-through rate by including snapshots on your website.
Where most of these sites fall apart is that they are slower than me hitting the “print screen” button and then cropping the image and resizing myself. I am happy to say that SnapCasa does not fall victim to that issue.
They do an awesome job thus far and hopefully (unlike some others out there) will continue to get better over time. SnapCasa is my new home for getting a faster web site screenshot.
· May 9, 2008 at 5:21 am · Free Hosting
Tags: 2GB, file hosting, filemail, free, online, sharing, tools, upload
You should all know by now I am a glutton when it comes to the free file hosting services out there. I just can’t seem to get enough. The newest service to fill my file sharing gut would be Filemail.com. The actual file uploading and sharing part of the site is very slick looking. You have an e-mail/uploader interface that works well together. Here it is in all it’s glory…
This is the e-mail like interface, that lets you quickly drop in an address and then a message to your buddy your sending the file to.
This second section of the upload interface gives you an easy to understand interface when it comes to setting permissions, limits and uploading the files you wish to share. If you like the service I would suggest that you register - but for those who do not wish to you can send up to 2GB without doing so.
Filemail.com is it a hit or a miss?
· May 2, 2008 at 5:36 am · Online Tools, Web Development
Tags: cheap, flash, free, media, players, podcast, streaming, tools, video
A few months back I did a round up of some of my favorite flash podcast players that are out there, but then I got people asking about the video podcasters out there. What type of tools could they use other than going with a YouTube, Revver or another Online service? Thanks to these downloads, you can get your own flash video player going for a relatively cheap price.
Flowplayer might be my favorite of the free flash video players out there. It has multiple color schemes and skins you can use, as well as being lightweight and not overly obnoxious with the basic design. If you want to upgrade you could also pick up the commercial license which would allow you to remove the Flowplayer logo when maximized, bug fixes and one month of support via e-mail.
JW FLV Media Player is another one you should check out if your looking for your own emendable flash video player. It supports flv, mp3, h264, swf and more. Also included is streaming support, RSS, play lists and accessibility features too. Released under Creative Commons, it too is totally free to use too.
Wimpy Wasp is not a free download to try, but it is worth checking out. This product too allows you to play flash video on your site by plugging and playing with the flash video player. Makes the process of putting your own flash player out there a lot easier. While you are on their site, you might also check out the Wimpy AV Player too.
Willing to pay for your player? You can also get a lot of other flash video player projects over at FlashDen. You may have to pay a little but they have a slew of downloads to browse through to see if they will fit into your current project or web site. Have another favorite, let me know and leave a comment.
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