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9 Free Web Design Tools That All Web Designers Should Have

Discussion in 'Web Design and Development Articles & Tutorials' started by redefyned1, Oct 30, 2009.

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    David DiGiovanni Member

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    I do all of my coding in ViM. I've tried various text editors, but I always seem to come back to the basic ViM and Filezilla.

    Since I got my Mac, I have been using Coda, and I have to say it is by far the best advanced text editor I've ever used. I pretty much use it to edit sites though and not build from scratch.


    David DiGiovanni, Apr 28, 2011
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    C0ldf1re Member

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    But I have seen people use this term. When you have a large website, created by a team, all the pages should have a similar look and feel. Therefore there are corporate website standards. Whoever defines these standards is doing corporate web design.


    C0ldf1re, May 4, 2011
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    Bush_Tag Member

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    May be he's trying to ask for a professional looking web design


    Bush_Tag, May 27, 2011
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    Alpha Solutions New Member

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    Another terrific help is the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar plugin.
    It has a ton of drop down functions and lets you view sites in a multitude of different way:
    • All browser options
    • View css files or view site without css (very handy)
    • Display forms
    • Disable or view only images
    • Display anchors
    • Validate code
    These are just a small sample of everything you can do in one toolbar. After we found it, it has become indispensable.

    I encourage any serious developer to check it out. It's also good for catching competition sites who are using tactics against major search engine policies.
    Here is the download link. [EDIT: Link removed by TheGAME1264]
    You can view it before downloading. It also works in Chrome!


    Alpha Solutions, Jul 25, 2011
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    TheGAME1264 The Displaced Web Redneck Moderator

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    Hey dude,

    We don't allow links like that until a user has at least 25 posts or unless it's blatantly obvious that the user him/herself doesn't own the site in question (which we're pretty stringent about as well).


    TheGAME1264, Jul 25, 2011
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    C0ldf1re Member

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    That looks really good. Thanks for the recommend, and the well-written review!

    It can be downloaded from mozilla, or the developer's site at: http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/


    C0ldf1re, Jul 25, 2011
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    Alpha Solutions New Member

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    Thanks C0ldfire!
    I didn't realize I wasn't able to post links yet. I thought it would be clear that I wasn't advertising. Just trying to be helpful!


    Alpha Solutions, Jul 25, 2011
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    George Dolidze WDF Moderator

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    Best thing since sliced bread :D


    George Dolidze, Jul 25, 2011
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    DanExcell Active Member

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    PX to EM converter, wow! it's one of those annoying things you briefly think about to busy to search for.


    DanExcell, Jul 31, 2011
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    These tools are really very helpful for me. I am just in the learning phase and I downloaded all 10 tools!


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    Rob Mills New Member

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    Thanks for the nice set of tools, I will be using every single one, when I am dealing with my clients! :)


    Rob Mills, Aug 15, 2011
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    I found that actually using Firefox add ons much easier. Check Links, Ghostery, Clippings, Measure It, Colorzilla, Firebug and web developer add on. Everything in one place! Cool!;)


    Mike Hanly, Mar 2, 2012
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    Karles Baxton New Member

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    Firebug is the number 1 in your list. Is it the best of them?


    Karles Baxton, Apr 11, 2013
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    I think these 8 tool is enough for developer :cool: and any option ?
    1. Firebug
    2. Xampp
    3. Fontsquirrel /Google web font
    4. Notepad++
    5. validator.w3.org
    6. HTML to Ispum
    7. Pixie
    8. Filezilla FTP
    9. ??


    gmornob, Apr 11, 2013
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