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
- Google Picasa online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Google
- Hostmonster – inexpensive web hosting site
- HTML Goodies – Reference and tutorials for using HTML and other languages
- Quackit Website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML
- W3Schools website – Reference and tutorials for using HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, ASP, and PHP
- WordPress blog hosting – free blog hosting service from WordPress
- Yahoo Flickr online albums – free online photo album hosting service from Yahoo
Web Development Tools
- Apple Safari web browser – free web browser from Apple Inc.
- 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*
- Free MP3 WMA Converter – convert audio formats, quality, file size, etc.
- Free Video to Flash Converter – convert video formats to .FLV, .SWF Flash Video
- Gimp photo software – Open source (free) photo-editing and image manipulation software similar to Photoshop **RECOMMENDED**
- GOM Player – Free Video Player
- Google Chrome web browser – free web browser from Google
- Google Picasa Software – Photo editing and organization program (works with Picasa online web albums)
- Icon Sushi – convert images into usable windows icons **RECOMMENDED**
- Kompozer web editor – free WYSIWYG HTML & CSS editor
- OpenOffice.Org office suite – Open source (free) office productivity suite similar to Microsoft Office **RECOMMENDED**
- Opera web browser – Free web browser
- RefTagger – Turn any Bible reference on your website into a hyperlink.
- SnapShots – link preview utility; free download
- Thunderbird e-mail program – Open source (free) e-mail client from Mozilla **RECOMMENDED**
- WordPress blogware – free blogging software from WordPress