Links and Resources

The following links are recommended tools and resources for use in developing your personal website. (1) The “tools” list provides links to free software which I have found useful (in one way or another) for the development of our own website. (2) The “resources” list contains links to various web pages which provide reference information, instruction, or free services related to the task of launching and maintaining a website. These lists are not intended to be exhaustive. But these programs and websites work for me—and I hope they will for you too. If you discover a tool or website resource that proves useful to you in developing your personal ministry website, add a comment to this page and share it with our readers.

Web Development Resources

• American Institute in Taiwan – AIT is the defacto American Embassy in Taiwan
• Apple Safari web browser – free web browser from Apple Inc.
• Baptist Mid-Missions – Our Mission Agency Website
• Beachhead to a Billion – links and information to facilitate missions to China
• Bob Jones University – Luke’s school & our alma mater
• Brian & Erin Bollon – future missionaries to Taiwan
• Bullet Train – Taiwan High Speed Rail information website
• Bullet Train- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the Taiwan High Speed Rail system (THSR)
• Chinese (Taiwanese) Knots – A traditional Taiwan handicraft
• City Gov't Site – official city government news & information
• City News & Info – tourism and travel information for Kaohsiung
• Currency Exchange Rates – lookup current exchange rates between Taiwan Dollar and US Dollar
• Dan Watson – fellow Taiwan missionary & photographer
• Deb Brammer – friend, BMM colleague, & published author
• Duane & Hannah Scott – BMM missionaries in Thailand
• E-Taiwan News – online news outlet
• English-Mandarin Dictionary1 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
• English-Mandarin Dictionary2 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
• English-Mandarin Dictionary3 – online lookup of English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
• English-Mandarin Dictionary4 – another online dictionary; lookup English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
• Firebug Plugin – Open source (free) web development tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
• Firefox web browser – Open source (free) web browser from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
• FireFTP Plugin – Open source (free) FTP tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
• Fotosearch Stock Photography – Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search from more than 35 million images starting at just . They can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video clips, poster, prints, and more.
• Free MP3 WMA Converter – convert audio formats, quality, file size, etc.
• Gimp photo software – Open source (free) photo-editing and image manipulation software similar to Photoshop **RECOMMENDED**
• Global China Center – with special regard toward Christianity in China
• GOM Player – Free Video Player
• Google Chrome web browser – free web browser from Google
• Google Picasa online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Google
• Google Picasa Software – Photo editing and organization program (works with Picasa online web albums)
• Hope Baptist Church
• Hostmonster – inexpensive web hosting site
• HTML Goodies – Reference and tutorials for using HTML and other languages
• Icon Sushi – convert images into usable windows icons **RECOMMENDED**
• Kaohsiung City- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the city of Kaohsiung
• Kaohsiung Int'l Airport – Airport Information (Incl. Arrivals/Departures Status)
• Kompozer web editor – free WYSIWYG HTML & CSS editor
• MagicJack Internet Phone – Use any normal phone to call over the internet for free
• Marilyn Janke's Ribtickler – Blog for Christian Women by Marilyn Janke (GFA, British Columbia, Canada)
• Michael & Julie Carlyle – BMM missionaries in Cambodia
• Morningside BC, Greenville, SC – Pastor Tony Miller
• Nate & Maam Beckman – BMM missionaries in Thailand
• Online conversion (standard, metric, etc.) – tools for instant conversion between metric and standard systems (length, weight, etc.)
• Open Door Baptist Mission – Our Sending Church in Greenville, SC
• OpenOffice.Org office suite – Open source (free) office productivity suite similar to Microsoft Office **RECOMMENDED**
• Opera web browser – Free web browser
• Quackit Website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML
• Rapid Transit System – Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit website
• Rapid Transit- Wikipedia – Wikipedia Article about the Kaohsiung Subway (KMRT- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit)
• RefTagger – Turn any Bible reference on your website into a hyperlink.
• Skype Internet Call Software – VOI (Voice Over Internet) Free internet calls including video conferencing
• SnapShots – link preview utility; free download
• Steven & Evelyn Wesco – potential future missionaries to Taiwan
• Tad & Hannah Wychopen – future missionaries to Taiwan
• Taipei 101 – Taipei’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
• Taiwan Currency Pics & Info – The New Taiwan Dollar (images and information)
• Taiwan Gov't Website – official government news & information
• Taiwan Review Magazine – Taiwan culture, arts, and politics
• Taiwan Weather – Taiwan weather, typhoons, earthquakes: news & information
• The China Post – online English language newspaper
• The Missions Station – a one-stop library of all that pertains to the work of Biblical Worldwide Christian Missions
• The Taipei Times – online English language newspaper
• The Tuntex Sky Tower – Kaohsiung’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
• Thunderbird e-mail program – Open source (free) e-mail client from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
• Tyler Rausch – Our photographer nephew
• W3Schools website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, ASP, and PHP
• Wikipedia Article – online encyclopedia article on Taiwan
• WordPress blog hosting – free blog hosting service from WordPress
• WordPress blogware – free blogging software from WordPress
• World Atlas of Travel – includes maps
• World Time Map – World Map showing current time around the world.
• Yahoo Flickr online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Yahoo
• ZG Briefs – China Briefs- Online news digest of media articles about China
• 東方之星 (Eastern Star) – Chinese language website containing bible resources and preaching (Traditional Characters)

Web Development Tools

• American Institute in Taiwan – AIT is the defacto American Embassy in Taiwan
• Apple Safari web browser – free web browser from Apple Inc.
• Baptist Mid-Missions – Our Mission Agency Website
• Beachhead to a Billion – links and information to facilitate missions to China
• Bob Jones University – Luke’s school & our alma mater
• Brian & Erin Bollon – future missionaries to Taiwan
• Bullet Train – Taiwan High Speed Rail information website
• Bullet Train- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the Taiwan High Speed Rail system (THSR)
• Chinese (Taiwanese) Knots – A traditional Taiwan handicraft
• City Gov't Site – official city government news & information
• City News & Info – tourism and travel information for Kaohsiung
• Currency Exchange Rates – lookup current exchange rates between Taiwan Dollar and US Dollar
• Dan Watson – fellow Taiwan missionary & photographer
• Deb Brammer – friend, BMM colleague, & published author
• Duane & Hannah Scott – BMM missionaries in Thailand
• E-Taiwan News – online news outlet
• English-Mandarin Dictionary1 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
• English-Mandarin Dictionary2 – Helpful dictionary allowing lookup of Chinese characters
• English-Mandarin Dictionary3 – online lookup of English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
• English-Mandarin Dictionary4 – another online dictionary; lookup English-to-Mandarin and vice-versa
• Firebug Plugin – Open source (free) web development tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
• Firefox web browser – Open source (free) web browser from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
• FireFTP Plugin – Open source (free) FTP tool for Firefox web browser *RECOMMENDED*
• Fotosearch Stock Photography – Fotosearch Stock Photography allows users to search from more than 35 million images starting at just . They can also find royalty-free clipart pictures, illustrations, stock video clips, poster, prints, and more.
• Free MP3 WMA Converter – convert audio formats, quality, file size, etc.
• Gimp photo software – Open source (free) photo-editing and image manipulation software similar to Photoshop **RECOMMENDED**
• Global China Center – with special regard toward Christianity in China
• GOM Player – Free Video Player
• Google Chrome web browser – free web browser from Google
• Google Picasa online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Google
• Google Picasa Software – Photo editing and organization program (works with Picasa online web albums)
• Hope Baptist Church
• Hostmonster – inexpensive web hosting site
• HTML Goodies – Reference and tutorials for using HTML and other languages
• Icon Sushi – convert images into usable windows icons **RECOMMENDED**
• Kaohsiung City- Wikipedia – Wikipedia article about the city of Kaohsiung
• Kaohsiung Int'l Airport – Airport Information (Incl. Arrivals/Departures Status)
• Kompozer web editor – free WYSIWYG HTML & CSS editor
• MagicJack Internet Phone – Use any normal phone to call over the internet for free
• Marilyn Janke's Ribtickler – Blog for Christian Women by Marilyn Janke (GFA, British Columbia, Canada)
• Michael & Julie Carlyle – BMM missionaries in Cambodia
• Morningside BC, Greenville, SC – Pastor Tony Miller
• Nate & Maam Beckman – BMM missionaries in Thailand
• Online conversion (standard, metric, etc.) – tools for instant conversion between metric and standard systems (length, weight, etc.)
• Open Door Baptist Mission – Our Sending Church in Greenville, SC
• OpenOffice.Org office suite – Open source (free) office productivity suite similar to Microsoft Office **RECOMMENDED**
• Opera web browser – Free web browser
• Quackit Website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML
• Rapid Transit System – Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit website
• Rapid Transit- Wikipedia – Wikipedia Article about the Kaohsiung Subway (KMRT- Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit)
• RefTagger – Turn any Bible reference on your website into a hyperlink.
• Skype Internet Call Software – VOI (Voice Over Internet) Free internet calls including video conferencing
• SnapShots – link preview utility; free download
• Steven & Evelyn Wesco – potential future missionaries to Taiwan
• Tad & Hannah Wychopen – future missionaries to Taiwan
• Taipei 101 – Taipei’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
• Taiwan Currency Pics & Info – The New Taiwan Dollar (images and information)
• Taiwan Gov't Website – official government news & information
• Taiwan Review Magazine – Taiwan culture, arts, and politics
• Taiwan Weather – Taiwan weather, typhoons, earthquakes: news & information
• The China Post – online English language newspaper
• The Missions Station – a one-stop library of all that pertains to the work of Biblical Worldwide Christian Missions
• The Taipei Times – online English language newspaper
• The Tuntex Sky Tower – Kaohsiung’s tallest building on SkyscraperPage.com
• Thunderbird e-mail program – Open source (free) e-mail client from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
• Tyler Rausch – Our photographer nephew
• W3Schools website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, ASP, and PHP
• Wikipedia Article – online encyclopedia article on Taiwan
• WordPress blog hosting – free blog hosting service from WordPress
• WordPress blogware – free blogging software from WordPress
• World Atlas of Travel – includes maps
• World Time Map – World Map showing current time around the world.
• Yahoo Flickr online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Yahoo
• ZG Briefs – China Briefs- Online news digest of media articles about China
• 東方之星 (Eastern Star) – Chinese language website containing bible resources and preaching (Traditional Characters)