Welcome to Freebies 4 Newbies! Below are some really cool, useful links we found and reviewed. Enjoy, it's free!
HTML Color Codes
Features an easy to use, dynamic HTML Color Code Chart & Color Picker! Click your color & it generates the HTML code. This is a very quick way to learn all about using HTML color codes, you don't need technical knowledge to use it!
Looking for free yet good quality Clipart, Images or Photos to use on your website? These are usually bound to restrictions but it does not mean you have to pay for them! We provide a shortcut! Our reviewed list of quality sites offer both Free and Paid options, good quality images you can use for free commercially, as long as you comply with simple, reasonable Terms of Service (TOS), such as not reselling them for profit.
Essential BASICS you need to know:
- Free Stock & Public Domain images can generally be used for commercial purposes, free of charge.
- Royalty Free images often require a minimal, initial payment.
- Creative Commons License Some free images require Attribution only, which means you may have to officially acknowledge the Owner. There are various versions of this License, some are certified as Public Domain Images.
Reviewed List
AdigitalDreamer.com , Free & Royalty Free Stock Photography
Bigstockphoto.com , Royalty Free Stock Photos
Dreamstime.com , Good Quality Free Stock & Royalty Free Images, see TOS
Everystockphoto.com , Search Engine, subject to Creative Commons License
Flickr.com , subject to Creative Commons License
Freephotosbank.com , Free Stock Photos
FreeDigitalPhotos.net , Free & Royalty Free Photos, Images
Freefoto.com , Attribution and Linkback required
Freemediagoo.com , Free & Royalty Free Images, Stock Photos
Free-StockPhotos.com , Free Commercial Use, no Reselling
Gimp Free Clipart, copyright free, restrictions apply.
Imageafter.com , free to use & alter on your website
Istockphotos.com , Royalty Free Stock Photos
Imagesource.com, Royalty Free Stock Photograhpy
LogodesignWeb.com , Free Public Domain Stock Photos, see TOS
Morguefile.com , Good Quality Free Photos, Very Popular!
Openphoto.net , subject to Creative Commons License
PDphoto.org, Public Domain & Royalty Free Stock Photos
photos8.com, Public Domain photos, no restrictions, small collection
PixBlix.com , Good Quality, Unique, Free Images, no Reselling, see TOS
PhotoXpress , Join to get Free, High Quality Photos, highly recommended!
Stockvault.net , Great Value, free non-commercial use!
Sxc.hu , Stock.Xchng, Good Quality Free Photos, Restrictions apply, Popular site!
Highly Recommended!
I'm so impressed with PhotoXpress! All you have to do is join to download totally free high res photos and images, truly photos you want... for free! Yes, you can use them for commercial purposes on your website, as long as you don't resell the image itself for profit. Over 400,000 Images, great value!
More Lists
PStutorialsblog.com, Photoshop Blog featuring a list of Free Stock Photos
FreeStockimages.Net, short detailed List of Free Stock Image Providers
WebDesignLessons.com , list with reviews
DigitalImageMagazine.com , list with reviews
OK. You've got a free photo but would like to change it? Gimp Photo Editor is easy to use but has advanced features similar to Photoshop! It has a sophisticated Toolbox : Dropper Tool to sense color automatically, Cut around complex shapes, change background color, edit and enhance photos. Photo editing doesn't have to be complicated! Download the latest version for free now!
Gimp Free Photo Editor Tutorials!
Use GimpLite Quickies for your basic Graphic needs without learning advanced techniques. There are Tutorials for specific skills such as Gimp's famous Floating Logos and red eye removal. Learn as you go along, tutorials available for all Levels, Beginners, Intermediate then Expert. Learn these valuable photo editing skills that you will always use for free.
TheFreeLogoMakers.com
Free Flash Logo Generator from TheFreeLogoMakers.com! We made our glittering Flash Text Logo [Freebies 4 Newbies] easily using their free Logo Generator. Customise style, font, shadow, etc and generate the code to paste on your website. Over 3 million possible combinations of styles!
FlamingText.com
offers a HUGE variety of graphics and unusual fonts to design your own, unique, creative Logos, Buttons, Banners. Site may be unstable periodically, probably due to great demand, but still worth it. The interface is simple and easy to use but don't let that fool you, you can really create some spectacular logos for free!
CoolText.com has a large, attractive variety of creatives to design your own Logos, Buttons, Banners.
More Logo Makers
Sick of tight zipped Zip compression software? Try this excellent, no nonsense, opensource product! It even unzips problem files that other popular zippers struggle with. No annoying expiry dates or other limitations, it just works!
A Favicon is a Favourites Icon displayed in your website Title! Great Tool to promote your website, puts a personal touch to it.
Want a free Favicon for your website? Tried loading a Favicon but it is not displaying? Click below and find out how to create, use and troubleshoot Favicons.
Get Free, Good Quality Images & Photos for your Website!
Make sure your site gets Bookmarked in Favourites! How does it work?
 Bookmark eWhiz.Biz & see!
Now get a free Bookmark for your own Site!
Make Money Online by advertising free XML SiteMaps on your website!
Their Affiliate Program pays a $5.00 BONUS just for joining & $5 per sale!
See the Affiliate Link at the bottom of their Home Page
Want to create a free website but don't know where to start? We highly recommended Website Design Tutorials for Beginners. As a Newbie, learning HTML is one of the best skills you can acquire, because you will always use it, even if you progress to more advanced website technologies. Tizag Tutorials present you with a proper learning path, specially designed for Newbies! Ask us, we know! Start with HTML, then CSS, a little Javascript, some XML, then PHP!
The interface (site presentation) may seem a bit plain but the lessons are top class, well presented in a friendly, easy to understand style, perfect for Newbies! You don't need to be bombarded with popups and fancy grahics when you start out, you just need the simple basics, be wary of information overload, it can be very intimidating and overwhelming. These easy, simple to follow Tutorials also inform you of the latest trends and comply to W3C Standards, so you don't run the risk of wasting time learning dated technology. We found ourselves hovering between W3Schools Online Tutorials and Tizag Tutorials, somehow, Tizag just had the basic knack of explaining certain concepts better, in other words, the AHA! lightbulb moment, when it clicks into place! Learn as you go along, it's such an easy interface to refer back to when you forget something.
How to submit your Website to all major Search Engines
Once you've created your website, you need to let the major Search Engines / Directories know that you exist. This is usually a manual process you have to complete yourself. Here's a handy checklist :
SubmitExpress.com List of major Search Engines
Does Google and other Search Engines have your latest URL sitemap?
Generate a SiteMap for Free!
Don't display your email address on your website, you will be targeted by spam! Much safer to use a Contact Us Input Form.
EmailMe Form - A free service offering customizable web forms, such as Contact forms, online Questionnaires and Surveys. In just minutes you can have a form up on your website collecting results, regardless of your hosting server configuration or ability to run scripts. Now is the time to replace the old mailto: email tag on the contact page with an awesome contact form with a Captcha image verification to stop spam.
What are your Keywords? Those magic words that attract Search Engines to your site! What are people searching for on the Internet? What are the most popular Keywords searched for? This tool generates up to 100 related keywords and an estimate of their daily search volume. Type the word FREE in the box, go on, give it a try!
 Are all the links on your website still live and active?
Dead-Links.com
Backlinks are important for your site's SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). Check Your Reciprocal Links, make sure they are still linking to your site!
Recip-Links.com
Ensure you are not tricked into exchanging links with another site, incoming, one way traffic links are more beneficial to a webmaster than exchanged links! This is an excellent article on how to check if your Link Exchange is truly reciprocated.
Warning : Reciprocal Link Scam
A comprehensive report showing all the Backlinks to your site.
Best Tool to Check your Backlinks!
Need to know the Owner, Address and Expiry Date of a Domain Name? This Whois Lookup Tool shows all that and much more SEO statistical data like Alexa Rank!
Whois.domaintools.com
Submit your Website to 40+ Search Engines for free. See their great selection of free tools! META Tag & Keyword Analyzer, Link Popularity Checking Tool (LinkPop), Keyword Suggestion Tool, Keyword Traffic Estimator, SEO Dictionary, Meta Tags Generator, Page Snooper, Broken Link Checker, Link counter.
This is an extremely handy Tool that points out errors and makes recommendations for your Meta Tags.
Check the Page Rank of any website for free. You can also add this PR Checker Tool to your own website.
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Free, effective Online File conversion, no need to download software!
Convert .pdf to .doc files with ease!
Zamzar.com
File Conversion Types
Why use a Browser that makes your site look ugly? Download FireFox for free and see the improvement yourself! When it comes to security, Firefox has the latest technology and is one of the safest Browsers to use. Lots of other Free Firefox plugins too.
Brighten your Outlook on email! From the same crowd that brought you the Firefox Browser, get Mozilla Thunderbird eMail Client and be in control! Some email Clients no longer allow you to import/export your Address Book manually but ThunderBird gives you full control of your personal Address Book. You can set up multiple email accounts or exchange email from different WebMail providers into one account. Help us spread this excellent product and be FREE as a ThunderBird!
We recommend this Free Host Service if you are on a budget. It features a modern Control Panel with Wordpress, PHP and other Popular applications. Free Webmail without Ads, Backups and the Infrastructure and Speed meets Beginner Websites' requirements adequately. They also have a very reasonable paid Hosting option.
Free Hosting Guide
A maintained list of current Hosts that offer both free and paid hosting options.
Search Engines like Google love good, regular content. Here's a free way for you to introduce some dynamic content to your site that is updated on a regular basis. See examples below the link, the word games are especially addictive.
Submit your site to Wallpaperstock.net , get a free link exchange and free advertising on their Friends List!
They have lots of free wallpaper, free stock photos, templates.
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