Tools & Resources

We have compilied a list of resources outside of our website that we feel are useful for your webmastering needs. We have broken the links down in different categories to keep things more organized.

Communities & Forums

Below is a list of webmaster related communities and forums that we feel may be beneficial for you to participate in. They are good places to ask questions or help others.

• Webmaster Forum - A good place to learn about web design, programming, and server administration.

Website Hosting

The list below are either website hosts that we recommend, or other web hosting resources. Resources include budget hosting, co-located hosting, dedicated hosting, linux & windows hosting, managed hosting, virtual hosting, and more.

• Host Archive - A directory of hosting companies organized by type.
• Ozzu Hosting - Run by our company, provides quality hosting with great customer support.

Programming Resources

These are good places to find books, tutorials, guides, and community areas related to programming and scripting.

• Big Webmaster Resources - A big directory of programming related resources.
• Ozzu Programming Forum - Get help, discuss, and communicate with others about programming.
• Flash Resources - A directory of different Flash resources including books and tutorials.
• HTML Resources - A directory of HTML books, tutorials, and web sites.
• JavaScript Resources - A directory of JavaScript books, scripts, tutorials, and web sites.
• PHP Resources - A directory of PHP books, scripts, tutorials, and web sites.
• XML Resources - A directory of XML books, code, tutorials, and web sites.

Outsourcing & Jobs

This list comprises of websites that offer an area for freelancers and employers to meet up and exchange work for money.

• Big Freelancer - A marketplace bringing freelancers and jobs together.

Additional Template Sites

The sites below are other websites that also offer website design templates, flash templates, CMS templates, e-commerce templates, and many other template related resources too.

• Ozzu Template Designs - A collection of premade website template designs that you can use.
• Big Webmaster Templates - A large collection of web design templates ready for purchase.
• SWiSH Templates - A collection of high quality SwishMAX Templates at fair prices.

Online Graphic Tools

While most webmasters use programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel, or GIMP to create and edit images, the tools below allow you to do all of this online through websites.

• TransWeb - Allows you to specify the URL of a GIF image which you'd like to transparentize.

HTML & CSS Validation Tools

These tools are used to check the markup validity of different types of web documents that include HTML, XHTML, RSS, CSS, and many others. Tools in this area can also find broken links in your webpages.

• W3C Markup Validation Service - One of the most trusted tools to analyze your webpage for errors.
• Firefox HTML Validator - A Mozilla extension that adds HTML validation inside Firefox.
• WDG HTML Validator - Quickly validate a URL or HTML file located on your computer.