Useful links and sites

the_real_adamj · December 1 2004, 07:38 PM

This topic is intended to keep a list of useful sites for people wishing to design and build their own sites. If you wish, suggest some links and what they are about and I'll edit them into the first post. I'll try and arrange them into catagories as best I can when we have enough.

If you have any useful tips as well, feel free to add them.

Message Board Solutions
PhpBB-Free (Top pick)
Ikonboard-Free
YaBB-Free
Invision Power Board-Free and licensed uses available
UBB-Free and licensed uses available
Vbulletin-Owned and leased licensing
XMB-Free
Ezboard-Free
PHPDEV-Used to create a local apache/server environment locally on your computer for use in setting up a test board.

Basic Web Design Tutorials
www.HTMLGoodies.com : Excellent for beginners

Web Design Applications
Outfront Forums : A great resource for all those FrontPage users

Graphics
www.gimp.org : Free powerful image editor. There's a significant learning curve for it, but there's a free online book.
myimager.com : Free online image editor
Paint.net-Free paint program.
A square Image-For creating square avatars

Free Fonts
Da Font : *Huge* archive of fonts divided into catagories
Larabie fonts : Massive archive of fonts listed A-Z
Star Trek Fonts : Many racial fonts from Trek

Macromedia Flash Components
www.flashkit.com : Everything there is to know about Macromedia Flash, including tutorials, graphics, samples, sound loops, fonts, etc
www.actionscripts.org : Everything there is to know about ActionScript and Flash in general, with tutorials, and an excellent troubleshooting forum
Kirupa.com-Flash resources for tutorials, etc.

Advanced Web Programming tutorials & downloads (JAVA, ASP, PHP, etc.)
www.ProgrammersHeaven.com : Huge database of articles which includes net programming (ASP, PHP, etc.)
www.php.net : PHP everything there is to know about PHP
php.resourceindex.com : Thousands of PHP scripts, documentation, etc
www.W3Schools.com : Website which has great tutorials, examples, and quizes on everything from basic HTML, ASP, PHP, and more
Dynamic Drive : A site with lots of nifty scripts that you may want to add to your website.
JavaScript Source : JAVAScript Source

Image hosting
Image Shack
Photo Bucket
Image Uploader

Trek-related Pages
Rocketscientists.ca : Useful tools and space related info

MISC

Free-webhosts-List of free webhosting, sites and pics.

kozara · December 1 2004, 09:58 PM

What about free image editors? As important for web design as avatars. I haven't used them myself but I know many do.

http://www.gimp.org/
Free powerful image editor. There's a significant learning curve for it, but there's a free online book. http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html

http://myimager.com/
Free online image editor

Hitman · December 1 2004, 11:45 PM

http://www.php.net/ - PHP everything there is to know about PHP.

http://php.resourceindex.com/ - Thousands of PHP scripts, documentation, etc.

http://www.flashkit.com/ - Everything there is to know about Macromedia Flash, including tutorials, graphics, samples, sound loops, fonts, etc.

http://www.actionscripts.org/ - Everything there is to know about ActionScript and Flash in general, with tutorials, and an excellent troubleshooting forum.

Shikarnov · December 2 2004, 01:10 AM

Don't forget about the great W3Schools website which has great tutorials, examples, and quizes on everything from basic HTML, ASP, PHP, and more.

Also a great resource for all those FrontPage users are the Outfront Forums.

Jonathan

Edit: Fixed an incorrect URI

Technomage · December 5 2004, 10:46 AM

Here's a site with lots of nifty scripts that you may want to add to your website.

Starbreaker · December 6 2004, 03:31 PM

I like www.dynamicdrive.com

digifan · December 6 2004, 05:57 PM

Thanks, Adam. You had just given me a whole field full of info to enhance my web site.

For screen cap images, trailers and other info related to Star Trek, Trekpulse is an excellent starting point. Check them out.

Technomage · December 6 2004, 09:04 PM

Posted by Colonel Worf:
I like www.dynamicdrive.com

That's odd, I could have sworn I posted a link to that site myself!

Shikarnov · December 6 2004, 11:29 PM

While we're on the topic of javascript sites we can't leave out the original JavaScript Source

Starbreaker · December 7 2004, 02:05 PM

No, Technomage... you posted a link to Here's

Angry Angel · December 10 2004, 01:02 PM

How about adding some hosting sites like

http://www.imageshack.us/

and

http://www.photobucket.com/

anymore, are there any for storing other types of files?

NAHTMMM · January 13 2005, 09:26 PM

^ ripway.com (sort of an offshoot of villagephotos.com) would be what you're looking for.

PointyHairedJedi · March 2 2005, 08:29 PM

TinyPic and TinyURL are both very handy sites to know.

TheWebby · March 4 2005, 05:09 PM

How about a good cheap/free image/avatar editor for Mac OS X? I know there has to be some out there! Thanks in advance!

March 4 2005, 06:42 PM

I find the following site very useful (it is my computer's start up page):

http://www.rocketscientists.ca/

From here, I am one click away from several real-world sources of tools and information for anybody interested in the aerospace sciences.

December 1 2004, 07:38 PM	#1
the_real_adamj Vice Admiral Location: Sydney, Oz	Useful links and sites This topic is intended to keep a list of useful sites for people wishing to design and build their own sites. If you wish, suggest some links and what they are about and I'll edit them into the first post. I'll try and arrange them into catagories as best I can when we have enough. If you have any useful tips as well, feel free to add them. Message Board Solutions PhpBB-Free (Top pick) Ikonboard-Free YaBB-Free Invision Power Board-Free and licensed uses available UBB-Free and licensed uses available Vbulletin-Owned and leased licensing XMB-Free Ezboard-Free PHPDEV-Used to create a local apache/server environment locally on your computer for use in setting up a test board. Basic Web Design Tutorials www.HTMLGoodies.com : Excellent for beginners Web Design Applications Outfront Forums : A great resource for all those FrontPage users Graphics www.gimp.org : Free powerful image editor. There's a significant learning curve for it, but there's a free online book. myimager.com : Free online image editor Paint.net-Free paint program. A square Image-For creating square avatars Free Fonts Da Font : Huge archive of fonts divided into catagories Larabie fonts : Massive archive of fonts listed A-Z Star Trek Fonts : Many racial fonts from Trek Macromedia Flash Components www.flashkit.com : Everything there is to know about Macromedia Flash, including tutorials, graphics, samples, sound loops, fonts, etc www.actionscripts.org : Everything there is to know about ActionScript and Flash in general, with tutorials, and an excellent troubleshooting forum Kirupa.com-Flash resources for tutorials, etc. Advanced Web Programming tutorials & downloads (JAVA, ASP, PHP, etc.) www.ProgrammersHeaven.com : Huge database of articles which includes net programming (ASP, PHP, etc.) www.php.net : PHP everything there is to know about PHP php.resourceindex.com : Thousands of PHP scripts, documentation, etc www.W3Schools.com : Website which has great tutorials, examples, and quizes on everything from basic HTML, ASP, PHP, and more Dynamic Drive : A site with lots of nifty scripts that you may want to add to your website. JavaScript Source : JAVAScript Source Image hosting Image Shack Photo Bucket Image Uploader Trek-related Pages Rocketscientists.ca : Useful tools and space related info MISC Free-webhosts-List of free webhosting, sites and pics.

December 1 2004, 09:58 PM	#2
kozara Commodore Location: Good old Caitian wit	Re: Useful links and sites What about free image editors? As important for web design as avatars. I haven't used them myself but I know many do. http://www.gimp.org/ Free powerful image editor. There's a significant learning curve for it, but there's a free online book. http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html http://myimager.com/ Free online image editor __________________ The Pentagon has experience, as do the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the NSC, but in the event they all lose their way, the President can always send CJ Cregg to Ramallah to swat at suicide bombers with her purse.

December 1 2004, 11:45 PM	#3
Hitman Vice Admiral Location: Terra infernus	Re: Useful links and sites http://www.php.net/ - PHP everything there is to know about PHP. http://php.resourceindex.com/ - Thousands of PHP scripts, documentation, etc. http://www.flashkit.com/ - Everything there is to know about Macromedia Flash, including tutorials, graphics, samples, sound loops, fonts, etc. http://www.actionscripts.org/ - Everything there is to know about ActionScript and Flash in general, with tutorials, and an excellent troubleshooting forum. __________________ "Work is the curse of the drinking classes." Oscar Wilde \| Star Trek: Unnamed \|

December 2 2004, 01:10 AM	#4
Shikarnov Commodore Location: Texas (Connecticut & Ivanovo in years past)	Re: Useful links and sites Don't forget about the great W3Schools website which has great tutorials, examples, and quizes on everything from basic HTML, ASP, PHP, and more. Also a great resource for all those FrontPage users are the Outfront Forums. Jonathan Edit: Fixed an incorrect URI __________________ "It is logically impossible for people to know God exists without any proven evidence. It is, however logically plausible to believe something does not exist if there is no evidence of it."

December 5 2004, 10:46 AM	#5
Technomage Rear Admiral Location: New Zealand	Re: Useful links and sites Here's a site with lots of nifty scripts that you may want to add to your website. __________________ <>

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December 6 2004, 03:31 PM	#6
Starbreaker Fleet Admiral	Re: Useful links and sites I like www.dynamicdrive.com

December 6 2004, 05:57 PM	#7
digifan Commodore Location: North of 60	Re: Useful links and sites Thanks, Adam. You had just given me a whole field full of info to enhance my web site. For screen cap images, trailers and other info related to Star Trek, Trekpulse is an excellent starting point. Check them out. __________________ View the world through my eyes. Click here to view. Premium TrekBBS Member since 2004.

December 6 2004, 11:29 PM	#9
Shikarnov Commodore Location: Texas (Connecticut & Ivanovo in years past)	Re: Useful links and sites While we're on the topic of javascript sites we can't leave out the original JavaScript Source __________________ "It is logically impossible for people to know God exists without any proven evidence. It is, however logically plausible to believe something does not exist if there is no evidence of it."

December 7 2004, 02:05 PM	#10
Starbreaker Fleet Admiral	Re: Useful links and sites No, Technomage... you posted a link to Here's

December 10 2004, 01:02 PM	#11
Angry Angel Vice Admiral Location: Sverige	Re: Useful links and sites How about adding some hosting sites like http://www.imageshack.us/ and http://www.photobucket.com/ anymore, are there any for storing other types of files? __________________ Beyond a critical point in a finite space, freedom diminishes as numbers increase. The human question is not how many can possibly survive within the system, but what kind of existence is possible for those who do survive. -Pardot Kynes

January 13 2005, 09:26 PM	#12
NAHTMMM Commodore Location: Ruling the WI Empire with the Lady Katy Jane in our snazzy royal thrones	Re: Useful links and sites ^ ripway.com (sort of an offshoot of villagephotos.com) would be what you're looking for. __________________ http://fiveminute.net - home of parodies of ST, SF, and other media, plus my ST novel parodies http://www.terranbbs.net

March 2 2005, 08:29 PM	#13
PointyHairedJedi Vice Admiral Location: Behind you...	Re: Useful links and sites TinyPic and TinyURL are both very handy sites to know. __________________ "You can't fire me, I'm British!" FiveMinute.net \| deviantART

March 4 2005, 05:09 PM	#14
TheWebby Lieutenant Commander Location: Rochester, MN	Re: Useful links and sites How about a good cheap/free image/avatar editor for Mac OS X? I know there has to be some out there! Thanks in advance! __________________ The dictionary it the only place where Success comes before Work. Hockey is not a sport in Minnesota, it is LIFE Trek hasn't died... Read a Trek Book!

March 4 2005, 06:42 PM	#15
Guest	Re: Useful links and sites I find the following site very useful (it is my computer's start up page): http://www.rocketscientists.ca/ From here, I am one click away from several real-world sources of tools and information for anybody interested in the aerospace sciences.