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Helpful Links

These links are to sites found to be useful for webmasters. Included are sites with free code snippets, page and code validators, design hints and tips, and freeware tools.

We encourage recommendations for additional links. Send them to webtools@uconn.edu

Free Software

Browsers

Mozilla Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Google Chrome: http://www.google.com/chrome
Opera: http://www.opera.com/
Safari: http://www.apple.com/safari/

Development Tools

Developer Toolbar (Firefox): http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/
Developer Toolbar (IE): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=en
Colorzilla (Firefox Extension): http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/
IE Tab (Firefox Extension): http://ietab.mozdev.org/
Browser Archive (for testing): http://browsers.evolt.org/
The Uniform Server: http://www.uniformserver.com/
Old Flash Players (for testing): http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14266
NVU: http://www.nvu.com/
Aptana: http://aptana.com/
Crimson Editor: http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Online Tools & Validators

Markup (HTML) Validator: http://validator.w3.org/
CSS Validator: http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Link Checker: http://validator.w3.org/checklin
Feed Validator: http://validator.w3.org/feed/
Feed Icons: http://feedicons.com/
Web Page Analyzer: http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/
Color Blender: http://colorblender.com/
Lorem Ipsum Generator: http://www.subterrane.com/files/loremipsum.html

Helpful Documentation/Reference/Tutorials

IE Conditional Comments: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537512.aspx
MaxDesign: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htm
O’Reilly Open Books: http://www.oreilly.com/openbook/
Safari Tech Books Online: http://lib.uconn.edu/online/databases/ERM/showResource.php?ElectronicResourceID=1031
W3 Schools: http://www.w3schools.com/