HTML Editors

IMS WebDwarf
by IMS Studio

This is the freebie WYSIWYG editor from the IMS Studio stable. It works using cascading style sheets rather than plain html this makes the page coding bloated and difficult to manipulate after publishing the pages. It is a very easy editor to use and graphics can be placed on the page precisely where you want them. I find it useful for testing webpage graphics because they can be loaded and previewed quickly even when still in bitmap format.

Download IMS WebDwarf (2.97mb)

Metapad
by Alexander Davidson

This is an upbeat version of Windows Notepad which in itself is the easiest editor to use for coding pages, although maybe not the quickest. Why bother with a text editor? Even if you use a WYSIWYG editor there are always tags that you will want to add, change or remove. Metapad has some fancy features; improved find and replace facilities, recently accessed files, easy to launch new applicatio windows. Give it a whirl.

Download Metapad (35.7kb)

 

Graphics Editors

ZPaint1.4
by Steffen Gerlach

Make buttons by the hundreds with this application - round buttons, square buttons, bevelled buttons. Pick a colour or use you own pattern. Only saves in bitmap(bmp) format but that must be the only drawback to this excellent program.

Download ZPaint1.4 (286kb)

HTML Tutorials

WebTutor
by Joe Barta

This has got to be the best free HTML tutorial around. It covers all the basics of design, tables frames and forms. It is arranged as a set of easy to follow lessons with plenty of examples to try out. Worth the download time. Why the approval? Well, it got me off the ground in webpage design. Those were the days (wistful sigh).

Download Webtutor (2.34mb)

Utilities

Color Picker
by Microsearch

This handy little gadget when fired up can be used to check the color code of any image or area of a webpage. It can be used to find out the hexadecimal value or RGB code for any color either by picking a color or typing in its code. The hex value can be pasted straight into your html coding. Simple to use and a very useful tool.

Download Color Picker (980kb)

ZipCentral
by Johan Savas

This freeware zip program will zip and unzip files into any location you choose. It has an easy-to-use interface with a comprehensive help file. It also has the ability to make self-extracting executables (.exe) from your zip files. It can seem a little over-zealous in its desire to make zip files and appears in just about every right-click menu on your computer. Still, its there when you need it.

Download ZipCentral (1.2mb)