Robert Axford / Thursday, 25 March 2021

Useful Resources

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Picasa for PC - Picasa image manager is obsolete, but free and extremely useful.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
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

AddThis - 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.

Chrome and Edge Extensions

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