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TheFreeSite.com: Free Web Site Enhancement Services
In this section, TheFreeSite.com takes a look at the various free services, online tools and enhancements that are available for Web sites. Webmaster freebies that are reviewed here range from online CGI hosting to free message boards to free interactive content for your site. We also take a look at free services that can optimize the coding of your pages, as well as help you promote your Web site.
Please send us E-mail if you find dead or expired listings, or if you're aware of any free Webmaster-related resources that we haven't listed below and we'll consider them for a listing.
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 HotPlugins.com
Looking to make your Web site sticky? Here, you'll find a powerful suite of free plug-and-play Web applications that you can use to enhance your pages. HotPlugins include E-mail service for your site, a guestbook, a poll service, a search engine, online forms, and more.
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Protect Web Form
This easy-to-use free service offers you protection against Web form spam (using CAPTCHA images that foil spam bots). The service also offers protection again E-mail spam (using images and JavaScript).
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 Free Web Design Community
Looking for templates? At this site, you can download and share free Web design templates. All designs are based on XHTML/CSS and are validated to be standard compliant.
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Free Favicon Generator
If you're looking for a favicon for your Web site, this is the place to go. (A favicon is a nifty little icon that appears in a browser window, just left of a Web site's URL, as well as in a browser's bookmarks section). This site offers a free favicon generator, as well as loads of helpful info.
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YellBox
At this site, you can get a free "Yellbox" chat window for your site that lets you get instant feedback from your visitors. YellBox is easy to set up and the service is customizable. Features include smiley faces, a swear filter, a ban IP address feature, and more.
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WeatherSquare.com
This free service lets you easily display real-time weather information on your site. Simply select your weather settings, colors and style and the site will generate an HTML code that you can copy and paste onto your pages. The service is compatible with most Web sites, blogs, forums and social networking sites.
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NewsToolkit
This free service lets you easily place news headlines, on the topic of your choice, on your Web site. You can also customize the look and feel of the headlines, so they match your site's layout. The headlines are automatically updated every two hours. NewsToolkit also offers a link exchange program.
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DaysToGo.com
This site offers a free customizable pregnancy countdown calendar, suitable for use either on Web site or on a forum posting. DaysToGo.com automatically counts down the days until your due date and displays how many weeks pregnant you are.
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FreeFind
With this helpful free service, you can easily add a local search engine to your Web site, thus making it far more appealing and useful to your visitors. You can add search capabilities to your site, without CGIs or server modifications. Visitors to your site will see a search entry form that looks like part of your site, because it can be customized with your own background and logo.
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Freedback.com
This nifty, pioneering service is perfect for Webmasters who'd like to add interactive forms to their site, but don't know a scripting language. Just follow the easy instructions here and Freedback.com will generate a custom form for your site. Note: the basic version of this service is free; you can also sign up for a free 30-day trial of an enhanced version of the service, with added features.
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FreeTemplateSite.com
This useful Webmaster's resource offers quality free Web site templates. Just follow the tutorial here to create your own customized template, (suitable for either personal or business Web sites).
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Best-templates.net
A useful resource for Webmasters, this site offers lots of free, ready-to-use site templates that can instantly give your Web pages a high-quality, professional look. Categories here include corporate, E-commerce, portals, frames, Flash, themed, and more.
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WebDesignHelper.co.uk
Looking for a quick and easy way to build a new Web site from scratch--or give your existing site a facelift? WebDesignHelper.co.uk offers loads of free, ready-to-use Web page templates. Here, you'll also find menu graphics, table templates, style sheets, scripts, icons and more.
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GUIStuff.com
Do you want to give your Web site a new look? This fine resource offers loads of quality free GUIs (graphical user interfaces). Here, you'll also find free online tools for creating Web site elements, such as navigation bars and Flash multimedia content.
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FlashHeaven.net
This site offers a nice roundup of all things Flash-related on the Web. (Flash, an "authoring environment" from Macromedia, lets you create multimedia presentations on the Web). FlashHeaven.net offers free Flash tutorials, source codes, sounds, loops, fonts and more. (This site is available in English and German versions).
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Webmaster Freebies