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Below are software applications that were selected for inclusion in Best Web Freebies. The programs are both shareware and freeware, and all were selected for their usefulness to webmasters in the management of their web sites.

SiteUp v1.1 (485 KB) monitors your web sites and warns you when any become unreachable with animated alarm or a warning message. SiteUP can even detect when a specific page is unavailable. Any number of sites that can be monitored, including secure sites. Checking frequency can be set from once a minute to once a day. Freeware for Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Sitemap Creator (781 KB) is a freeware sitemap creator that exports directory structure to an html file. Does not read websites online. For all Windows versions.

SiteMapBuilder.NET 1.3 (586 KB)allows you to create the Google SiteMaps XML needed within your root directory in order to provide information about your site to Google. Freeware for Windows XP/ 2000/ 2003. Also requires .NET Framework.

SmarterStats (8.2 MB) is a log analyzer with extensive statistical reporting. Includes visitor tracking, geographics and 135 other reports. Works through a Web browser so you can get your Web stats from anywhere. Can process logs locally or through FTP at regular intervals. Freeware version is fully functional for a single site. For Windows 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Portello (4.7 MB) is a plug-in for Internet Explorer that puts a webpage into editable mode. A fast and easy way to update your web site. Freeware for Windows 98/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

CoffeeCup Free HTML Editor (11.4 MB) is a drag and drop HTML Editor with Built-in FTP uploading. It has wizards for tables, frames, forms and fonts and comes with all HTML 4.0 and XHTML tags. Also includes wizards for images, links and a Quickstart for fast web page creation. Freeware for Windows 9x/ ME/ NT/ 2Kx/ XP.

CoffeeCup SiteMapper (1.8 MB) is a simple site map creator. Web pages are listed and linked in order and the resulting page matches your existing colors, backgrounds, etc. Shareware. For Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Web Builder (230 KB) is a What- You- See- Is- What- You- Get program used to create web pages. It generates html tags while you point-and-click on desired functions. Drag and drop objects to the page and position them anywhere you want. Freeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT4.x/ XP/ 2000.

RHA TagCheck (265 KB) tests your Html or Xml code to ensure that all the tags are properly nested and closed. If errors are found, they marked in red. Files can be checked singley or in batch mode. Freeware for Windows 98/ NT/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

Text2Web Pro (737 KB) is a tool to convert text documents to html format. Features include command-line, batch or interactive mode operation, integrated clipboard support, font parameter selection, generation of true HTML lists and tables and more. Freeware for Windows 9x/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Cascade DTP (2.3 MB) is a web page composition tool that lets you visually design a CSS driven page layout, complete with font selections, colors, background and more. Arrange text areas and position graphics as you go. This app generates the style sheet code and can save it as an HTML page or let you copy the CSS code to be used with an HTML editor. Other features include design grids, scrollbar scheme editor, browser preview and more. Fr'eeware for Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

JavaScript Vault (1.0 MB)is a fr'ee offline archive of over 700 assorted javascripts in 17 categories set up to run straight from your browser. Includes scripts for buttons, menus, graphics, text, redirection, cookies, messages, scrollers, forms and more. Set up in html pages so that you can easily try the scripts without any editing.

DHE Editor (2.0 MB) is a WYSIWYG editor for creating dynamic Web pages. Features include automatic conversion of images into Web format and the automatic generation of dynamic .html, .xml, .php, .asp, .cfm, .jsp cross-browser pages. Can't yet compete with FrontPage or Dreamweaver but powerful enough to create dynamic Web sites without any knowledge of HTML. Fr'eeware for Windows 95/ 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

TSW WebCoder (2.6 MB) is a feature packed HTML editor with integrated project management, built-in FTP client, libraries with HTML, CSS, JS, VBS and PHP tags, a file explorer, syntax coloring, and integrated browser preview. Provides support for PHP and style sheets, as well as spell checking and code validation. Additional features include HTML Tidy, image viewer, customizable toolbar button, meta tags editor, extended search and replace, server mappings and more. Fr'ee for personal use. Windows 98/ Me/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

404alert (608 KB) is fr'ee software that informs website owners by pager or email when their website is down and back up again. It can be configured to notify several people simultaneously and multiple copies can be run to monitor different servers and sites. For Windows 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP.

Internet Studio Suite is comprised of some of Trellian's best long running, proven and award winning software. It includes a range of tools for web authoring, ecommerce, search and Internet. Shareware. NOTE: By purchasing the entire InternetStudio Suite as a set, you save over $150 on registration fees.

Metty Freeware Meta Tag Maker (2.5 MB) is an excellent meta tag creator with support for 33 meta tags that ensure search engines properly index your website. Easy to use and requires no knowledge of meta tags. Freeware. For Windows 95/ 98/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

Selida (4.3 MB) is a powerful HTML editor that offers multiple editing methods. The program offers split HTML preview and a WYSIWYG Editor. It employs many features found in professional editors such as tag/attribute/value completion, syntax high lighting and context sensitive HTML help. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT4/ ME/ 2000/ XP.

HTML-Kit Build (3.1 MB) is a full-featured editor designed to help HTML, XHTML, XML and script authors to edit, format, validate, preview and publish web pages. Newcomers to web page development can benefit from letting it point out errors and provide suggestions on how to create standards compliant pages. Experts can save time spent on common tasks using the highly customizable and extensible editor while maintaining full control over multiple file types. View Download and Homepage Links in IE. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT/ Me/ 2000/ XP.

PictureClip (3.3 MB) divides an image into parts and prints out the HTML to put it back together in a web page. Reads .jpg and .gif files. Useful for hot-spot Web page navigation, or progressive image loading of a large image. Freeware. For Windows 9x/ NT/ Me/ 2000/ XP.

Arachnophilia is a powerful, easy-to-use HTML editor, featuring user-defined toolbars, built-in tutorials & FTP client, keyboard macros, spell checker and much more. Designated Careware by the author.

Note Tab Light is the ultimate free Notepad replacement and a handy HTML editor. Handle a heap of files with a simple tabbed interface. Search files, strip HTML tags and format text quickly. This, in our opinion, is the hands-down best text editor.

Text2HTML is a handy freeware program that quickly and easily converts text files into HTML files. The program handles http, ftp, gopher, telnet, wais, nntp and mailto tags and can convert multiple files at once.

1st Page 2000 (4.9MB) for Win95/98 is a FREE HTML/script Editor for pro and novice Webmasters. This powerful app comes with an impressive interface and a mix of the best features from several other top-rated HTML editors. Features worth mentioning include HTML stripper, document compressor, source formatter, many JavaScript features, LiveSpell (spell checks as you type), TidyHTML, XML converter, FTP client, Flash/Shockwave support, DHTML layers, WebTV tags/color-coding andcustom code snipplets. Also includes 450 JavaScripts, 15 DHTML scripts, 17 Perl scripts, 6 HTML scripts, a 100+ page step-by-step Web design guide and references for the latest HTML 4.0/SSI/CSS.
  
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