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Links to Internet Resources

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Free Software

CNET Download.com is where you'll find links to some free software.

OpenOffice is an office suite, like MS Office, and absolutely free. Has applications for making letter and fax documents, spreadsheets, presentations, diagrams, databases, and even imports and exports documents in HTML, XML and PDF formats.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware free edition offers users the option of installing a trial version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Pro.
AVG Anti-Virus free edition gives protection against infections, viruses, and malware.
YouTube Downloader enables you to download and convert online videos for later viewing on your desktop or mobile device.
WinRAR - free for 40 days can unpack most archive formats and compress to both RAR and ZIP.
Adobe Photoshop Extended - free 30 day Trial, offers advanced digital imaging plus tools to let you create and edit 3D and motion-based content.
Adobe Reader, a new release of the PDF reader that adds the ability to play back embedded multimedia files in MP3, QuickTime, Macromedia Flash, Real, and Windows Media formats, as well as to submit Adobe PDF forms.
Nero, for those looking to rip, burn, back up, convert, edit, and organize digital media.
Windows Media Player has many features similar to iTunes for Windows. You can also create your own CD by dragging and dropping songs into a Burn List and clicking Start Burn. The program lets you pick your preferred bit rate and audio file type.
SmartFTP Client - free 30 day trial, allows you to transfer files across the Internet.
Easy CD-DA Extractor for ripping audio CDs, burning CDs and DVDs, and converting tracks.
Swish Max - free 15 day trial has everything you need to create fully interactive Flash animations.
Paint NET, an open-source freeware editor with all the Photoshop essentials, including tools to crop, rotate, and resize images, adjust colors, and create collages. It also has a red-eye removal tool, supports layers, history, and has an actions manager.
GoldWave, a digital audio editing program that has a robust feature set, stable performance, and user-friendly interface.
Apple iTunes, for managing music and video content on a personal computer.
RealPlayer SP, a quick and simple tool for downloading, editing, sharing, and transferring media.

Domain Registration and Web Hosting

Bluehost is a shared, hassle-free hosting service, specializing in customer satisfaction. - Shared hosting that you can rely on, solid and reputable. They've been offering hosting packages for business owners and personal web sites since 1996. With Bluehost, you get high powered service and full functionality at a very affordable price.

Their second brand HostMonster is also a great value.
Most web hosts include domain registration in their packages. If you'd rather do it yourself, there are many ICANN-Accredited Registrars to choose from, including Namecheap, GoDaddy, Register.com, Moniker, and Netfirms for .ca domains.
- Namecheap - Address your life! - Voted best domain registrar by lifehacker readers.
- Host your Web site with Netfirms - "Netfirms Advantage is a great hosting plan for a small business with a small budget" - The Wall Street Journal

All in one - Domain and Hosting

Wix - free, easy and beautiful web design to promote your business, showcase your art, or set up an online shop.
Weebly - easy, powerful and affordable website-building.
FreeWebs.com - another all in one, with a free version. You can choose from over 300 templates.
Yola - makes it easy to create a professional looking website that's ad-free. You can add an online store and custom domain with a monthly package.
and so many more..

E-Commerce Solutions

Ecwid: E-Commerce widgits - Ecwid integrates with your existing web site to give you the shopping cart and storefront tools you need to sell your products online with no transaction or setup fees.
Volusion - Trusted and awarded. It has the ultimate set of ecommmerce tools to help you build and grow your online store with its reliable hosting and more.
Shop Site Pro - has one of the easiest-to-use shopping cart software for small to medium-sized businesses. With Shop Site, you can have a store online in 15 minutes. Has a rich feature set so you won't outgrow their catalog software or need expensive add-ons to have a fully functioning cart.
Paypal - It's quick and easy to add a payment button to your site. Pre-integrated to work with hundreds of popular shopping carts. You pay nothing until you receive your first payment. Has smart API tools for custom integration.

Web Development Resources

W3C - World Wide Web Consortium - develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools to lead the Web to its full potential.
Smashing Magazine - for the very latest on Coding, Design, Graphics, UX Design, and Wordpress!
Developer Shed ... tools for geeks!
Web Design Courses - One-Tech Ltd is a London based Web Site Design Consultant that offers Website Design Courses and also other IT courses like MCSE Training Course, CCNA Course, etc.

Web Authoring and Scripting Tools

Notepad++ - has tools and features that speed up coding.
jQuery - very powerful javascript library
Scripts at Dynamic Drive - some of which use jQuery

Find images, sounds, flash and videos

Can Stock Photos - offers over 20 million professional royalty free and affordable stock photos.
FreeDigitalPhotos
Stock Photography
stock.xchng
Flash website templates - Web Templates from BoxedArt. Features website templates, flash templates, logo templates, templates, flash intros, full flash sites, PHP Nuke templates.

Search Engine Submission and Optimization

SEO Software - Axandra offers web site promotion software tools for search engine submission, search engine optimization, search engine ranking, link popularity and more. Free downloads available.
SubmitaWebsite.com

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