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Free Programmers', Webmasters' and Security Resources
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Welcome to thefreecountry.com's collection of free programming resources, free webmasters' resources, free security resources and free utilities.
Free Programmers' Resources
Free Programming Language Compilers
Comprehensive list of compilers for numerous programming languages.
Free Source Code and Programming Libraries
Source code and libraries that you can use in your own programs.
Free Programming Tools and Utilities
Tools to make your programming job easier, such as editors, debuggers, static code analysis, disassemblers,
compiler construction tools and grammars, file comparison, search and replace, help authoring, setup utilities,
resource editors, and lots more.
Programming Documentation
Online tutorials (free), online references (free) and frequently recommended books (not-free) for programmers and webmasters.
Free Emulators and Virtual Machines
Run multiple OSes simultaneously, run a Mac OS on a PC (and vice versa), run a PC virtual machine inside your existing PC, etc.
Free Webmasters' Resources
Free Web Hosting and Cheap Web Hosting
Free and budget web hosts where you can place your website, blog, software, video, music, etc.
Free PHP Scripts and
Free Perl CGI Scripts
Free programs that allow you to add a wide variety of facilities to your website, including forums, polls, counters, search engines, etc.
Free Remote Script Hosting
Free services that allow you to set up a forum, feedback form, search engine, poll, guestbook, counter, gather web statistics, etc, when your
web host does not support scripts.
Free Webmaster Tutorials and Articles
Tutorials on running your own website, earning income from your site, writing your own PHP scripts,
starting a newsletter, search engine positioning, web design, usability, etc.
Other Free Webmaster Resources
Other useful and free webmaster resources that don't fit into the above categories, such as WYSIWYG HTML editors,
validators, DNS, FTP, SSH, and so on.
Free Security Resources
Free Security, Privacy and
Anonymity Tools and Resources
Tools to safeguard your computer (such as antivirus, anti-spyware) and data (backup, recover lost data) as well as to ensure your privacy (eg
encryption, anonymous surfing).
Free Utilities and Applications
Free System Utilities
Free utilities to recover your data, create or manage your partitions, image or backup, and lots more.
Free Multimedia Utilities
Free multimedia tools to edit, capture, process your audio and video, rip your CDs/DVDs, record your TV programs, author your own DVDs or movies, etc.
Free Office and Productivity Applications
Free applications and tools such as word processors, spreadsheets and office suites, image and photo editing software,
free fonts, free translation software and so on.
NetSyndic
Syndicate your articles on your web, with this free article syndication wizard.
Tofrodos: Unix to Windows/DOS Conversion Utility
Convert text files to/from Unix and MSDOS/Windows file formats. Free with source code.
Logtime: Free Online Internet Timer
Track your ISP online time and costs with this free online timer! No nags, no ads!
New Pages
This Month
- How to Create and Use Cookies in PHP
- Free File Renaming Tools for Bulk Renaming of Multiple Files
- How to Design a Two Column Layout for Your Website Using CSS
- Is It Legal to Use Any Piece of Music, Image, or Article for my Website? And Other Questions on Copyright Relevant to Webmasters
- Free Font Editors, Font Creation Software and Sites
Last Month
- Why Do the Pictures on My Web Page Not Show Up in Nvu / KompoZer? Troubleshooting the Broken Images on Your Page.
- How to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Create an Integrated XP Setup Disk with SP 3
- How to Present Content First in a Multi-Column Table Layout
- Free Financial Accounting Software
- How to Insert Google AdSense Advertisements into Your Blog on Blogger
- Free Email Clients
- Should I Have a Multi-Column Newspaper Layout for My Website? More Tips on Usability
- How to Insert Meta Tags to Your Site in Dreamweaver
- Free Windows Clones, Emulators and Emulation Layers
- How Do I Edit an Existing Site with Dreamweaver, Nvu or KompoZer
- Free File Splitters and Joiners
- How to Use JavaScript to Change a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Dynamically
- Free Disk Usage Management and Reporting Software
- How to Back Up Your Hard Disk in Windows
- How to Use Cookies in JavaScript
- How to Allow Your Visitors to Switch Between Alternate CSS Styles / Themes
- Free Open Source Code Project Hosting Services
- Should I Use a Temporary Domain Name Till My Preferred Domain Becomes Available?
A While Ago...
- Should You Use Cloaked Domain Redirection to Point to Your Website?
- Free Online Photo Editors
- Should I Display an Email Address on My Site or Use a Contact Form?
- How to Securely Prepare Your Old Computer for Disposal
- How to Change Table Border Colours in Nvu or KompoZer
- Free Online English Dictionaries
- Important Precautions to Take When Buying a Domain Name
- How to Work Around the Missing Up Arrow Button in Vista's Windows Explorer
- How to Add Navigation Menu Buttons to Your Website with Nvu (Video Tutorial)
- Why Is My Site Not Ranking in the Search Engines?
- What Sort of Website Should I Create In Order to Earn Money?
- Free 3D Software Box Image Makers
- Free Standalone Flash Video (FLV) Players
- The Fine Print in Web Hosting: Resource Usage Limits
- How to Install and Configure PHP 5 to Run with Apache on Windows
- Free Customized CSS Navigation Menu Bar Buttons (Wizard)
- How to Create an Emergency Windows Rescue CD
- How to Add a Feedback Form to Your Website (Video Tutorial)
- Dreamweaver Tutorial: How to Create a Website with Dreamweaver CS3
- How to Delete Undeletable, Locked, Busy or Currently In-Use Files in Windows
- How to Record or Save Streaming Music or Audio
- Free DVD Authoring and Creation Tools
- Free DVD and VCD Players, Free Movie and Video Playing Software
Featured Pages
- How to Create/Start Your Own Website: The Beginner's A-Z Guide
- Six Steps to Creating a Search Engine Friendly Website
- How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD on a Preinstalled Windows System
- Free Data Recovery, File and Partition Recovery, Undelete and Unformat Software
- Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilities
- Free Partitioning Software - Copy, Create, Move, Resize, Convert, Undelete Partitions
- Free CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software
- Free Drawing and Painting Software, Image and Photo Editing Programs, 3D Content Creation Tools
- Free Spyware and Malware Removal, Detection and Prevention
- Free Antivirus Software
- Appearance, Usability and Search Engine Visibility in Web Design
- How to Check Your Website with Multiple Browsers on a Single Machine (Cross-Browser Compatibility Checking)
- PHP Tutorial: Writing Your First PHP Script
- Free Customized Feedback Form PHP / Perl Script
- Free Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler, Free C/C++ Compilers
What's New
9 May 2008- New page: How to Create and Use Cookies in PHP. Learn how to set, retrieve and delete cookies using PHP with this tutorial. Cookies are useful if you need to store user preferences or if you want to implement a membership, user login or subscription system for your site.
- New page: Free File Renaming Tools for Bulk Renaming of Multiple Files. Do you have a large number of files, such as those taken from your digital camera or ripped from your audio CD, that you want to rename? Do it the easy and efficient way with these free file renaming tools designed for mass renaming of files and folders.
- New page: How to Design a Two Column Layout for Your Website Using CSS. If you're starting your website, or even just redesigning it, and are looking for a way to create a 2 column website using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), check out this article.
- I've added OxgenOffice Professional to the Free Word Processors and Office Suites page. This is a complete office suite that includes the open source OpenOffice.org with additional templates, clipart, fonts, samples and even VBA support.
- New page: Is It Legal to Use Any Piece of Music, Image, or Article for my Website? And Other Questions on Copyright Relevant to Webmasters. If you don't see a copyright notice for a particular piece of music, such as a MIDI file, or a photo or image, or some other piece of work, is it legal you to use it for your own website? How do you copyright your website's contents? How long does your copyright last? Read this article for the answers.
- New page: Free Font Editors, Font Creation Software and Sites. Have you ever wanted to create your own fonts that have just the right characters, be it fun symbols or serious text? These free font editors and online font editing sites will allow you to do just that.
- New page: Why Do the Pictures on My Web Page Not Show Up in Nvu / KompoZer? Troubleshooting the Broken Images on Your Page. Have you ever tried to put up a web page with photos or images using Nvu or KompoZer, only to find that when you publish the page, the pictures don't show? This guide tells you why it happens and shows you how you can fix the problem.
- New page: How to Slipstream Windows XP Service Pack 3 to Create an Integrated XP Setup Disk with SP 3. Now that service pack 3 for XP is released, how do you go about integrating it into your existing XP setup disk, so that when you next install XP, you will automatically have a system with XP SP 3? This guide shows you how.
- New page: How to Present Content First in a Multi-Column Table Layout. How do you make your content come first in the source code of a multi-column website that uses a table for layout? Read this article to find out more, including the reason why you might want to have your content appear before your navigation bar in the first place.
- New page: Free Financial Accounting Software. Looking for free or open source software to manage the accounts of your business or even your own personal finance? Check out these free accounting software to get one that suits your needs.
- New page: How to Insert Google AdSense Advertisements into Your Blog on Blogger. Wondering how to insert Google advertisements into your blog on Blogger? This tutorial teaches you how to get it done in 5 easy steps.
- New page: Free Email Clients. Get yourself a free email software that allows you to easily filter spam, tag email messages, access your online email accounts via POP3 or IMAP, create multiple personalities with different email address (for example, to separate your business and home accounts), and so on. The software also allow you to download your email to your own computer for reading/replying offline.
- New page: Should I Have a Multi-Column Newspaper Layout for My Website? More Tips on Usability. Learn more about how to improve your website's usability from this article discussing whether a newspaper-style layout is suitable for a website.
- Since I get asked this question from time to time, I've added information on the use of thesitewizard.com's free feedback form script on Google Page Creator to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page.
- New page: muCommander, an open source file manager for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, etc, has been added to the Free File Managers and Graphical Shells page. This file manager boasts an assorted array of features including the ability to work not only with local hard disks but also with files via FTP, SFTP, NFS, SMB, HTTP and Bonjour. It also has built-in archivers for a wide assortment of file archives including zip, tar, bzip, ISO, etc. Check it out.
- New page: How to Insert Meta Tags to Your Site in Dreamweaver. Learn how to use Dreamweaver to add meta tags that can control how search engines display your site in the search results, control how the search engine spiders index your page, disable the IE image toolbar and so on.
- New page: Free Windows Clones, Emulators and Emulation Layers. Are you tired of Windows or Windows Vista, but feel chained to it because you need to run certain Windows applications? These free Windows clones and emulation layers allow you to run Windows programs on your computer without needing a copy of Windows.
- New page: How Do I Edit an Existing Site under Dreamweaver, Nvu or KompoZer. If you have a site designed by someone else, or one which you used an online site builder to create, how do you migrate it so that it can be edited using the Dreamweaver, Nvu or KompoZer web editors? This tutorial takes you through the steps of editing your existing site under these well-known web editors.
- Updated: the article How to Upload a File to Your Website Using the FileZilla FTP Client has been updated for the version 3 series of FileZilla.
- New page: Free File Splitters and Joiners. Do you have a file that you cannot send as an email attachment because it is too big? Or perhaps you want to fit it onto a floppy, a USB flash drive or a CD, but found that it cannot fit? These free file splitting and merging utilities will split that file for you into smaller chunks and reassemble them back to its original state.
- New page: How to Use JavaScript to Change a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Dynamically. Find out how you can dynamically change style sheets on your site using JavaScript. This is useful if you want a way for your visitors to change themes (or "skins") for your web pages.
- New page: Free Disk Usage Management and Reporting Software. Are you running out of hard disk space and wondering where your space disappeared to? These disk usage visualization tools allow you to get a graphical report of your hard disk utilization, enabling you to better track your files and folders.
- New page: How to Back Up Your Hard Disk in Windows. Learn how to back up your hard disk in such a way that you can restore your system to its working state any time there is a problem. A hard disk backup is a useful thing to have in the event of hardware problems (like a crashed disk) or a bad virus attack on your system.
- New page: How to Use Cookies in JavaScript. Learn how to set, retrieve and delete cookies using JavaScript. Cookies can be used to store user preferences and other data specific to individual visitors on your site.
- Updated: Tofrodos 1.7.8. Fixed an error that only shows up when compiling in Mac OS X. Sorry - the distribution package for 1.7.7 was corrupted.
- Updated:
A new version of the
Free Feedback Form Script Wizard has been released.
At the request of many users, I have added the facility where you can make the checking of the name and email fields optional for the PHP contact form.
Previously, if your visitors left the name or email fields blank, they would be sent to your error page. You can now change this behaviour if you don't
like it. Note that this option has only been implemented for the PHP version of the script (for now). This is the version that most users install
anyway, so it should benefit most people.
This is an optional upgrade. There are no other changes, so if you don't want the new features, you don't have to update.
