A selection of websites, programs and files that we find useful #
Check back as this will be updated over time. Use all of these at your own risk. Being listed here does not imply that WonderWebs has tested or vetted any of them for your purposes.
Programs #
The image management programs here are very useful, especially for eCommerce website owners.
- Picasa for PC – Picasa image manager is obsolete, but free and extremely useful. We use it every day!
- Picasa for Mac
- Image Resizer for Windows – Simple right-click image resizer – Make your JPG images smaller.
- SageThumbs for Windows – Simple right-click image converter – Convert BMP, TIF, PNG files to JPG for web use.
- Photopea – Yes, it’s Photoshop in your browser.. for free!
Cloud Applications & Services #
These are services we have found useful and that offer good value. All of these offer useful products for free, and have paid upgrades. Ask us for advice about your specific situation before purchasing these products. Do not go through any domain configuration processes without notice as this may interrupt access to other services on your domain, such as your website or existing email.
- ZOHO – IMAP email, CRM, messaging, support ticketing, live help chat etc. Cheap domain email.
- G-Suite – IMAP email, collaboration, conferencing etc. Applications are online-only
- Gmail is the free version of G-Suite without domain email.
- Office 365 – Exchange email and calendaring, proper Microsoft Office applications for offline use etc.
- Outlook.com is the free version of Office 365 without domain email and without offline Office programs.
- MailChimp – Mailing lists that integrate with your website. 500 subscribers for free, expensive for more
- Tawk.to – Live chat box on your website. Has a free account and we use it on WonderWebs.
- DW Service – Remote desktop – Works through your firewall
- Dead Simple Screen Sharing – No sign-ups, works in your web browser.
Email and Newsletters #
- Mail Signatures – Signature generator
- HubSpot – Signature generator
- How to change your account name in Outlook
Graphics, videos and Icons #
Ask us how to make use of the built-in icons listed here.
- LOGO – Free logos, paid brand packages
- Free Logo Design – Nice designs but free is only 200px
- Logo Maker – Good and free PNG logo designer
- Font Awesome Pro 5 – These are built into WonderWebs Bootstrap 3.3.7 websites
- Font Awesome Pro 5 Cheat Sheet – Same as above but in one page without a search
- Font Awesome 4 – These are built into all older WonderWebs websites
- Iconify Icon Sets – Open Source SVG Icons
- Free Vector – Free vector graphics
- Vector.me – Free vector graphics
- Vecteezy – Free vector graphics
- Unsplash – Photos
- Pexels – Photos and Videos
- Pixabay – Free stock photos
- Coverr – Free background videos
- 20+ Free Stock Photo websites
- Converterpoint – HTML5 Video Converter – OGV, WEBM, MP4
- Image Cyborg – Retrieve all images from a web page
- Compress Image Cyborg – Drag and drop image compression
- Image to JPG Cyborg – Drag and drop conversion to JG
- Canva – Relatively easy to create your own graphics. Fees to download with transparency.
- Colour Palette Generator – Pick a colour and get many suggested schemes
Fonts and text #
- Google Fonts – One or more of these can or has already been installed on your website
- Font Pair – Nice way to find Google fonts that go well together
- 1001 Free Fonts – Preview and download fonts for free for other purposes
- Blind Text Generator – Lorem Ipsum text for copying and pasting
- Pahu! – Lorem Ipsom generator in Māori
- Remove Line Breaks – Useful when copying text from a PDF
- PureText – Removes formatting when pasting copied text
Social Networking #
- AddToAny – These are already built into your WonderWebs article manager or store.
- Simple Sharing Buttons Generator – Add your own fixed buttons to a specific page or email
- Social Media Profile Image Maker – Easily create cropped and formatted images for all your social networking profiles.
- Sharing Link Generator – Create links for sharing your content
Phone Apps #
Security and Website Tools #
- Have I Been Pwned? – Find out if your email address is in a hacked database
- Online Broken Link Checker – Test your website for broken links
- Google Translate – Embed-able language translator – Ask us to add this
- Password Generator – Create simple or complex passwords
- SafeNote – Send a self-destructing note or file securely
Widgets& Embeds #
- Stock & Share price charts – Note that free ASX data is delayed
- QR Code Monkey – QR Code Generator
- Image Maps – This creates responsive image maps with tooltips
Advanced Tools for Coding and Server Management #
These links are not meant for WonderWebs clients to use. They are useful for us to manage our services and also when we support you.
Internet and Network tools #
- MX Toolbox – DNS tools
- ViewDNS.info – More DNS tools
- whatsmydns.net – DNS propagation checker
- IP Tracker – Trace an IP address
- DNS History
- Sitemap validation
Email and Spam #
- Sender Score – Mail server reputation – WonderWebs IP: 65.60.20.10
- Outlook.com Smart Network Data Services – Receive spam reports
- Microsoft – Anti-spam message headers
- Microsoft – Message Header Analyser
- Microsoft – Prevent email from being marked as spam
- Unlock the Inbox – Email and Domain, SPF, DKIM testing tools – No longer all free
- Mail Tester – Easily check SPF and DKIM. You can test-send from Mailchimp to this
HTML, Code and CSS #
- Ultimate CSS Gradient Generator
- Base 64 image conversion
- Regular Expression Library
- Regular Expression Examples
- Regular Expression Evaluator
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
- JavaScript and HTML Beautifier – Makes condensed code readable
- Browser Sandbox
- JSHint – JavaScript code syntax checker
- Google Mobile-Friendly Tester
- CSS Check Boxes
- CSS Radio Buttons
- Android – Remote Debugging
- Image Hover Effects
- ImgPlaceholder.com – Create placeholder images with text and icons
- PlaceIMG – Placeholder images from random photos
- Placeit – Online image generator for mockups, designs, logos and videos.
