50 Simple Ways for Improving Your Website (Part I)

This checklist provides 50 simple ways for you to make your website even better, more accessible and easily usable!

Watch out for the next part!

1. Use .htaccess to redirect the non-www version of your website to the www version.

2. Extend the registration of your domain for at least five years.

3. Make sure that when a visitor clicks your website’s logo, they are taken back to the homepage.

4. If you think your font is too small, make it bigger!

5. Remove widgets that aren’t directly enhancing your website.

6. Include an easy to find contact link, e-mail address or phone number on every page of your website.

7. Use a CSS stylesheet to make your website printer friendly.

8. Fix or remove broken links (external and internal).

9. Add ALT tags to all of your images.

10. If your website is using frames, get rid of them!

Leave your comments and suggestion!

50 Quality Tutorial Websites to Start Learning Web Design (Part V)

1. Free Adobe Flash Tutorials: The website is all about Flash tutorials. There are tutorials for beginners, followed by Flash Animation and Flash Actionscript tutorials.

2. NewGrounds: There is a nice flash movie, which will interactively introduce you to Flash by pointing you what you can do.

3. Flash Journalism: it contains three 10-minute tutorials, which will introduce you to the basics of Flash and show you how to make simple animation and action scripts.

4. LearnASP: The best way to learn ASP & Asp.net! Learn with 200+ pages of ASP.net Free codes.

5. Site Fundamentals: The short list of free site building tools and list of CSS, XHTML, and HTML tools.

6. Flash Speaks Actionscript: Resources for Learning ActionScript

7. Warm Forest: Top 8 Resources for Learning ActionScript 3.

8. Entheos Free Resources: Flash Tutorials & Resources.

9. 2 Create a Website: Website Creation Tutorial for Beginners.

10. SmartWebby: Free Web Design Guide. It is a collection of articles, tips, guidelines and tutorials on effective web site design. From web design tips & ideas to HTML, CSS Styles, Fireworks and Dreamweaver tutorials.

50 Quality Tutorial Websites to Start Learning Web Design (Part IV)

1. Andy’s Introductory JavaScript Tutorials: It is a set of four tutorials from Andy. He was only 17 when he started learning JavaScript. See how easy it is to learn JavaScript basics.

2. CSS-Tricks: A web design community: This is a website run by web designer Chris Coyier. There is a lot of screen cast tutorials on web design from him. Besides that there are articles and snippets for CSS, HTML, JavaScript, jQuery, PHP.

3. TechnitTrain Photo Editing: There is a series of free video tutorials for photoshop beginners.

4. Simple Photoshop: It provides you with a quick overview of Photoshop interface and basic work principles. Every tutorial here is packed with a short movie showing some practical usage of the wordy lesson.

5. Photoshop Success: This is a blog dedicated to photoshop. It has tutorials, tips and tricks ranging from beginner to advanced users.

6. 50 Great Photoshop Tutorials for Clever Beginners: These 50 tutorials are aimed at the clever beginner who wants to master Photoshop from the roots.

7. jQuery: This is an official and original resource. The website contains everything you might need for jQuery from the library itself and documentation to tutorials and discussions.

8. jQuery for Absolute Beginners: Learn jQuery in 15 days with a video series that will teach you how to use the jQuery library in your projects.

9. Web Reference: Introduction to AJAX Technologies. There is a good tutorial with code examples about AJAX technologies on webreference. You will learn what is AJAX and its place in the Web 2.0.

10. VineyarDesigns: If you are looking to learn basic concepts of Flash using Flash CS3 or Flash CS4, then visit VineyarDesigns Flash Tutorial.

50 Quality Tutorial Websites to Start Learning Web Design (Part III)

1. HTMLPrimer: Tutorials, Guides and Reference Materials. Learn HTML and CSS with it.

2. HTML.net: It provides tutorials on HTML and CSS in many different languages. So if you want to learn HTML and CSS on your native language, then it’s a good place to do it.

3. Web Design from Scratch: This is a good resource for anyone interested in web design. You can find many articles and tutorials on design process, website architecture, accessibility, usability, as well as on HTML, CSS and Javascript.

4. Microsoft Beginner Developer Learning Center: Learn about the foundations of the Internet and Web development with Microsoft Beginner Developer Learning Center. This is the place to learn about technologies like HTML, Cascading Style Sheets and JavaScript.

5. Html Made Easy: This is both online and offline material (a book) to study HTML. You will learn the basics of HTML in several quick lessons.

6. Boogie Jack: HTML and CSS Tutorials. It is an HTML help site featuring standards-based HTML tutorials, CSS tutorials and other website design help and resources.

7. CSSBASICS: It covers everything about CSS. If you are new to CSS or want to learn more about separating style from content, then that website is the right place for you.

8. Friendly Bit: Beginners guide to CSS. It is a web development blog with a good beginners guide to CSS.

9. HTMLHelp: Guide to Cascading Style Sheets. It will help you study Cascading Style Sheets on many examples.

10. JavaScript Mall: It has 14 lessons which will teach you how to code on JavaScript.

50 Quality Tutorial Websites to Start Learning Web Design (Part II)

1. Jessett: Creating a web site – a step by step guide. It covers such topics as usability, graphic design, html, css, dhtml and more.

2. Web Design Library: One-stop Web Design Resource. It  contains many resources both articles and tutorials on web design, graphics, web programming and site maintenance.

3. Academic Tutorials: Quick & Easy Learning. There is a huge collection of tutorials, lessons, quizzes and how-to’s on a big list of topics. Categories include HTML/XML tutorials, browser and server-side scripting, multimedia and other web building topics.

4. How-to-build-websites: Beginners Web Design Tutorials. The author offers you to learn basics of web design with his tutorials and simple step-by-step instructional videos.

5. Webmonkey: The Web Developers Resource. It is a free, public resource for web developers. It is mostly for advanced and professional web developers, but there are tutorials suitable for beginners, too.

6. Codenique: Free Tutorials on HTML, XHTML, CSS and More Online! It has has a big collection of rather small tutorials explaining basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript on different examples.

7. PageResource: It is web development tutorial and information site. Mainly contains tutorials on HTML and CSS, JavaScript, CGI and Perl. There is a section with web design articles.

8. Techi Warehouse: There are good tutorials with valuable information for beginners.

9. HTMLDog: HTML and CSS Tutorials, References, and Articles. The HTMLDog web designer resource is for everything HTML and CSS, the most common technologies used in making web pages. It does not contain tutorials on many topics; instead it focuses on HTML and CSS. There are tutorials for beginners, intermediate and advanced web developers.

10. Beginner’s Guide: The website covers everything you need to know about HTML and CSS, not to mention essential references.

50 Quality Tutorial Websites to Start Learning Web Design (Part I)

1. W3Schools: Online Web Tutorials. The website contains a wide range of tutorials from basics to more advanced topics.

2. Quackit: Free Webmaster Tutorials. Quackit teaches beginners how to create websites.

3. Tizag: It was designed to teach beginner web programmers how to use HTML and CSS. But now it has a lot of other tutorials on web development aspects, such as JavaScript, PHP, MySQL and more.

4. Free Webmaster Help: Everything a webmaster needs. There is a lot of information on Free Webmaster Help, you will find many articles and tutorials on such popular web technologies as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, Flash and much more.

5. Hscripts: Free Web Master Resource. Hscripts has tons of free resources for webmasters, such as scripts, images, tutorials, tools.

6. HTMLlite: Using text editors to create web pages. It is easy to learn and will show you how to easily create web pages with your favorite text editor. The website covers web development in an easy and understandable way.

7. Tutorialtastic: It is all about tutorials. There are six main categories on the website: X/HTML, CSS/Styling, PHP/MySQL, JavaScript, graphics and others. Each category (except JavaScript) contains many tutorials, starting from basics and beginner guides.

8. WebDevelopersNotes: Free Web Development Tutorials. It offers free web programming tutorials, tips and notes on HTML, JavaScript, Flash, SQL, web graphics, web hosting, web promotion.

9. EchoEcho: Web Tutorials. It is structured into three sections. Page building section covers HTML, CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, XML tutorials. Building section introduces you to other aspects of web design like graphic programs, Flash. And the last section is server programming, which provides server-side scripting tutorials on ASP, Cold Fusion, PERL and PHP.

10. Sergey Gribov Web Site: JumpStart to the Web technologies tutorial. It offers a quick start on web technologies. He starts from introduction and some history and then it goes straight to HTML, CGI, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (additional List)

1. Fences: Fences is a program that helps you organize your desktop, and can hide your icons when they're not in use.

2. PhotoSize: Free photo resizing.

3. Proxifier: Proxifier is a program that allows network applications that do not support working through proxy servers to operate through an HTTPS or SOCKS proxy.

4. ResizeYourImage: Resize Images Online

5. Shrink Pictures: Resize Images Online

6. Zoho: Online organizer - Plan . Organize . Share Add to-dos, notes, and images. Share with your frends. Get things done - it's simple & free.

7. Zumbox: The company has created a web-based platform for the delivery of paperless mail.

Click here for forum discussion on this information.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part X)

Welcome back!

This is the Part X of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Vista Services Optimizer: Vista Services Optimizer enables you to safely optimize Windows services based on how you use your computer.

Windows Live Sync: Access from anywhere. Sign in to the Sync website for remote access to any computer where you've installed Sync.

Wowbrary: It regularly informs you by email and/or RSS about your chosen public library's newest books, movies and music.

Wubi Ubuntu Installer: Wubi is a Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click.

XBMC: Complete media center solution for Windows, OSX, Linux, and XBOX.

YahooMessenger: Messenger for free to chat with friends, make PC calls, SMS, share files, share photos, listen to streaming radio and more.

Yelp: User Reviews and Recommendations of Top Restaurants, Shopping, Nightlife, Entertainment, Services and More at Yelp.

Zemanta: Zemanta expands the author's regular blogging dashboard, populating it on the fly with content suggestions relevant to the current text.

Zigtag: The social semantic bookmarking service. Organize your bookmarks with semantic tags, find others bookmarks, and bookmark collaboratively.

Zoho Mail: Zoho Mail has advanced, self-learning algorithms that keep unwanted SPAM out of your inbox and deliver you only the real e-mail.

Click here for forum discussion on these tools.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part IX)

Welcome back!

This is the Part IX of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

SuperAntiSpyware: Free Malware Remover. Remove Malware, Rootkits, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Parasites.

Tatango: Tatango is an easy to use group SMS service that allows any group to communicate through text messaging.

360Desktop: Gallery Downloads Platform Content Creators Services.

TrapCall: TrapCall unmasks blocked calls so you never have to get an unknown, blocked or private call again.

TripChill: Real-time mobile alerts for delays, cancellations, gate changes, inbound aircraft alerts, and more.

TuneUp: Organize your iTunes: fix MP3 & ID3 tags, add album art, get concert alerts and more.

TV.com: The best source for free videos, show and episode info, TV listings guide, cast lists, TV gossip, and entertainment news.

TweetDeck: A simple and fast way to experience Twitter.

Ultimate Windows Tweaker: It is is a TweakUI-style application that allows you to tweak and customize a window.

Video DownloadHelper: The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of YouTube-like sites.

Click here for forum discussions on the services.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part VIII)

Welcome back!

This is the Part VIII of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Skitch: This is a web service that gives you 1-click uploading of images for fast and fun image sharing.

SkyDrive: Free storage on Windows Live.

Skype: make free calls over the internet to other people on Skype for as long as you like, to wherever you like.

Slydial: It is a voice messaging service which connects you directly to someone's mobile voicemail

Songbird: Music player which integrates with online content via plugins.

Splicd: Isolate an interesting tidbit from a YouTube video and provides you with a link to share it with your family, friends, and colleagues.

Spokeo: People Search finds people on MySpace, flickr and 48+ social networks.

SpywareBlaster: Prevent the installation of spyware and other potentially unwanted software! Simple, effective, trusted

StartUpLite: This is a lightweight and simple to use application that allows you to speed up your system startup, safely and efficiently.

Sumo Paint: Browser based online image editor and drawing application.

2010 Google Online Marketing Challenge

Registration for the 2010 Google Online Marketing Challenge is now open!

The Google Online Marketing Challenge is a global student competition open to any higher education institution anywhere in the world. The 2009 Challenge had over 10,000 students in 57 countries competing and we want this year's Challenge to grow even more.... please help us to get the word out!

How it works....

Teams of 3-6 students receive US$200 of online advertising with AdWords and then find local businesses to work with to devise an online marketing campaign. Teams outline a strategy, run their campaign, assess the results and provide the business with recommendations to further develop their online marketing. The winners are judged by an international panel of independent academics.

The challenge is a great way to get you and your classmates involved in the quickly evolving world of online marketing. It's a skill you'll want to have as you graduate and prepare to enter a tough job market and it's definitely a fun way to gain real-world experience with a real client.

Registration....

Your professor, lecturer or whoever teaches you, enters their student team into the Challenge. If you think your professors, lecturers or tutors might be interested in signing their classes up for the Challenge, let them know about this opportunity! Your professor can obtain more information in the Academic Guide, which is filled with information your professor will want to know to decide if the Challenge is right for their class.

The Challenge is open to any university, any discipline, at the graduate or undergraduate level in any country.

Timeline....

Registration closes: January 22, 2010
Challenge starts: January 28, 2010
Challenge ends: June 4, 2010
Winners announced: July 2010

Click here for forum discussion on this competition.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part VII)

Welcome back!

This is the Part VII of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Qitera: With Qitera you can unleash the collective knowledge of your company with just a few clicks.

Recuva: Recuva recovers files deleted from your Windows computer, Recycle Bin, digital camera card, or MP3 player.

Remember the Milk: Manage tasks quickly and easily.

Remote: PC remote control - PC to PC file transfer - secure remote computer access

RerunCheck: RerunCheck saves you from the time and frustration of setting aside time for live television, only to say: Wait a second.

Rockbox: An Open Source replacement firmware for MP3 players from Archos, iRiver, Apple (iPod) and iAudio.

RocketDock: It provides a nice clean interface to drop shortcuts on for easy access and organization.

ScreenToaster: This is a free online screen recorder. Capture video of onscreen action and share them instantly.

SharePod: SharePod can run straight from the iPod itself, so you can use it at work, school, home - wherever you and your iPod are.

Shazam: Search over 8 million artists, albums and tracks. Check what your friends are listening to on Facebook too.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part VI)

Welcome back!

This is the Part VI of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

PhotoFunia: Creates effects for your photos, blogs etc.

PhotoPerfect Express: This is a professional quality, yet easy-to-use program for image editing.

PimpMyNews: it reads blogs aloud for you using text-to-speech software. It is now called BuzzVoice.

Ping.fm: It is a simple and FREE service that makes updating your social networks a snap!

Pipl: The most comprehensive people search on the web.

PortableApps.com Suite: It is a complete collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging etc.

Postbox: It lets you work with email the way you've always wanted.

PrimoOnline: Convert files to PDF with PrimoOnline, the free online PDF creator.

PrintWhatYouLike: Format any web page for printing in seconds with this free online editor.

Qipit: Take a picture of a document with your camera phone. Send the picture from your phone or via email to copy@qipit.com

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part V)

Welcome back!

This is the Part V of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Microsoft Live Mesh: With Live Mesh, access to all your devices—and any programs on those devices.

Minimap Sidebar: Customize Firefox, Thunderbird, and other Mozilla products with thousands of free extensions and themes.

MixTape.me: Create, listen to, and share playlists quickly and easily at MixTape.

Mojo: Palm® MojoTM Software Development Kit.

myHours.com: myHours enables you to track your work time, the projects you work on and tasks you perform.

NutshellMail: Receive all your Facebook & Twitter updates through a single email for free.

Online Armor Personal Firewall: Online Armor is a powerful personal firewall, with HIPS and a host of other security features to keep your PC clear of infections and running smoothly.

OpenOffice.org: A multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, free to download, use etc

OpenTable: Real-time online reservation network for fine dining restaurants.

Pageonce: Manage your online life anytime, anywhere, on your BlackBerry.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part IV)

Welcome back!

This is the Part IV of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Google Sync: Synchronize your Google Contacts and Calendar with your mobile phone.

GreenPrint World: It is a free version of GreenPrint software for home users worldwide.

Gubb: It is a Web-based list application that requires no downloaded software.

HandBrake: It is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

IE7Pro: is an add-on for Internet Explorer which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier, more useful, more secure and more customizable.

Jing: Use Jing to capture anything you see on your computer screen and share it instantly as an image or short movie.

KickYouTube: It is one of the simplest solutions for downloading YouTube videos.

KidZui: Fun kids web browser with over a million kid-friendly websites, games, and YouTube videos.

LastPass: It  is an online password manager and form filler that makes web browsing easier and more secure.

List.it: It is a simple, free, open-source note-keeping tool to help you manage the tons of little information bits you need to keep track of each day.

The 50 Amazing Gadgets of the Past 50 Years

I stumbled upon this article and it is quite amazing and worth sharing!

Check the list out and make your comments. They called it "Greatest", I call it "Amazing"!

Read below the list according to PC World.

1. Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
2. Apple iPod (2001)
3. (Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
4. PalmPilot 1000 (1996)
5. Sony CDP-101 (1982)
6. Motorola StarTAC (1996)
7. Atari Video Computer System (1977)
8. Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972)
9. M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000)
10. Regency TR-1 (1954)
11. Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
12. Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
13. Motorola PageWriter (1996)
14. BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998)
15. Phonemate Model 400 (1971)
16. Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978)
17. Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973)
18. Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 (1998)
19. Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
20. Handspring Treo 600 (2003)
21. Zenith Space Command (1956)
22. Hamilton Pulsar (1972)
23. Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963)
24. MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
25. Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
26. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
27. Commodore 64 (1982)
28. Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
29. Sony Betamax (1975)
30. Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
31. iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002)
32. Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999)
33. Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
34. Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 1.0 (1998)
35. Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
36. Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
37. Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
38. Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
39. Play, Inc. Snappy Video Snapshot (1996)
40. Connectix QuickCam (1994)
41. BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
42. Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969)
43. Polaroid Swinger (1965)
44. Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999)
45. Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
46. Learjet Stereo-8 (1965)
47. Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1982)
48. Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989)
49. Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
50. Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)

For detail information about them, click here.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part III)

Welcome back!

This is the Part III of 100+ free web services that save you money.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Your comments would be appreciated.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

FireFTP: This is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox.

5min: This is a user-generated instructional video site based out of Israel.

Flowgram: This is a way to share Web pages, photos, and videos in a browser-based player that acts like an interactive.

FreeConference: offers a free service for you to meet by telephone with your customers, relatives or colleagues.

Glue: This is a free browser plugin that helps you automatically find books, music, and movies through your friends as you browse popular sites.

Gmail Labs: This allows you to try out experimental new features in Gmail.

Google Calendar Sync: Sync your Google Calendar with your Microsoft Outlook™ calendar. Access your calendar however and whenever you want.

Google Latitude: It lets you see your friends on a map. Get it on your phone or your computer.

Google Mobile: Get Google Maps, Sync, Gmail, YouTube, and Latitude for your phone. Never be stumped with Google mobile in your pocket.

Google Preview: Inserts preview images (thumbnails) and popularity ranks of web sites into theGoogle and Yahoo search results pages.

100+ Free Web Services That Save You Money (Part I)

You can find lots of freebies on the Web, but this information provides useful services at no cost that you would otherwise have to pay for every time.

I have search the Internet to come up with 100+ innovative, entirely free download and services. I will be making them available on 10 links per part.

Please ensure you keep yourself informed by checking for updates on this topic.

Are you familiar with any of these services? Drop your comments on InfoStrides Forum.

Please explore this information and inform friends and family about InfoStrides.

Happy Saving!

Share & Retrieve!

Here we go!

Advanced SystemCare Free: It is a free registry cleaner and system speed up tool that optimize your computer.

Affixa: File sharing and attachement tool.

a-Squared HiJackFree: It is system analysis tool to detect and remove any kinds of HiJackers, Spyware, Adware, Trojans and Worms.

Attack Trace: This search engine allows searching terms in specific malware configuration files.

Avast Home Edition: It is a free antivirus software.

Box.net: It simplifies online file storage, replaces FTP and connects teams in online workspaces.

CheckPlease: It is a network of video reviews and recommendations from real local residents of cities around the world.

Clipboard Help and Spell: It is a text-based clipboard utility.

Comodo EasyVPN Home: It allows businesses and home users to quickly group multiple computers into a secure, peer to peer, network over the Internet.

DeferredSender: It is a free service that allows you to schedule emails from any email application or website to be sent in the future.