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WordPress Related:

WordPress – Blog Tool and Publishing Platform
SRG Clean Archives – WordPress Plug-in
Get Free Web Designs Widget – Show designs from the GFWD website

Content Management Systems
WordPress – Blogging CMS Program
odCMS – Open Designs CMS
LightNEasy – Simple and light Content Management System

Tutorials (Photoshop, HTML, CSS and Flash):

PhotoShop Hero – Free Photoshop Tutorials
W3Schools – Online Web Tutorials
Pixel 2 Life – Internet’s largest tutorial index
HTML Goodies – Various tips, guides and reference sets
Bytesize CSS – CSS Reference Guide

Web and Graphics Software:

GIMP – Image Manipulation Program (Photoshop Replacement)
Paint.NET 3 – Image editing and photo manipulation software
Raven – Create fully scalable vector art
Notepad 2 – Text editor with syntax highlighting
Notepad ++ – Source code editor
Filezilla – Cross-platform graphical FTP, FTPS and SFTP client
Fetch – Mac OS X FTP/SFTP Client
FastStone Screen Capture – Screen Capture Software
FastStone Photo Resizer – Powerful Image Converter/Resizer
Amabilis – 3D modeling software
N-view – HTML Web Authoring System
Inkscape – Open Source vector graphics editor

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Validation Services:
Markup Validation – Check the markup (HTML & XHTML) of Web documents
CSS Validation – Check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Miscellaneous:
Xenocode Browser Sandbox – Run any browser from the web
Screen-Resolution.com – Screen Resolution Checker
Web Developer – Firefox extension with various web developer tools

Flash:
Flash Gallery – Automatic Flash slide show generation
Flash MP3 Player – Play music on your website

Fonts and Typography:

Font Squirrel – Free fonts for graphic designers with commercial-use licenses
dafont.com – Fonts that are freeware, shareware, demo versions or public domain
Simply The Best – Personal and commercial use fonts (most are freeware)
http://www.1001fonts.com/ – Download free fonts for both Windows and Mac
http://www.urbanfonts.com/ – Free fonts and free dingbats
http://www.fontface.com/main.html – More than 1,000 free fonts
http://www.acidfonts.com/ – Fonts for Windows and Mac computers

Royalty Free images:

Stock.XCHNG – Leading free stock photography site
Graphics Factory – Vector Clip Art, Animations, Templates, Backgrounds
http://www.morguefile.com/
http://www.freefoto.com/
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://www.openstockphotography.org/

Web Icons:

http://famfamfam.com/
http://dryicons.com/ – Free Icons and Vector Graphics
http://www.iconbazaar.com/
http://www.yellowicon.com/
http://www.pinvoke.com/
http://www.iconaholic.com/downloads.html
http://www.aspneticons.com/
http://interfacelift.com
http://ajaxload.info/

Pixel Patterns:

http://www.squidfingers.com/
http://www.k10k.net/pixelpatterns/
http://www.bgpatterns.com/

Color Resources:

Color Schemer – Online color scheme generator
Color Matters – Design and Art Color Theory
ColorSchemer Gallery – Website-ready color schemes

Last updated: January 17, 2010