The focus of this guide is on webmaster resources, which may be a reference to various tools for webmasters.
In one sense, this might be considered a miscellaneous category for webmasters, as many of the resources required are covered in other categories, such as Web Editors, Web Design & Development, Web Hosting, Graphics, Site Management, and some other categories relating to marketing or software. In that sense, this category is for everything else that a webmaster might need.
A book that I have on establishing a website is divided into eight chapters. They include choosing your niche, choosing your domain name, buying your domain name, choosing your web hosting, setting up your website, monetizing your website, getting traffic to your website, and all of the other little things, this category is about the last chapter: all of the other little things.
For the sake of categorization, this may include bits and pieces that might fit into some of the other chapters as well.
Suitable topics for this category might include sites offering premade animations or graphics, royalty-free images, button builders, or banners, as well as scripts or widgets to perform various site features, such as chat systems, statistics, graphs, forms, in-site search, calendars, surveys, and so on.
HTML guides, tutorials, and webmaster forums may also be found here, along with other resources for webmasters that wouldn't be more appropriately placed elsewhere.
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Offering links to a wide variety of webmaster resources, 321Webmaster is a directory of sites that are sorted into topical categories, including those for affiliate programs, domain names, free services, design, online tools, promotion, scripts, software, tutorials, and web hosting, as well as subcategories. The site name, a description, and a link to each listed site are presented, and featured resources are shown on the index page. Additional sites may be submitted for consideration.
http://www.321webmaster.com/
The site offers a list of HTTP status codes, then focuses on the 404 Error Page status code, which indicates that although the client could communicate to the server, the server could not find the requested document or was configured not to fulfill the request. Included is information about the meaning of 404, the content of a 404 error page, soft 404’s, and 404 error percentages, as well as the tracking and prevention of 404 errors through log files, redirects, and robots file.
http://www.404errorpages.com/
Offering a variety of website and marketing tools, such as share buttons, follow buttons, related posts tools, list building tools, link promotion tools, social buttons, WordPress plugins, accelerated mobile pages, CMS plugins, and email integrations, some of which are free, while others require the payment of a fee, installation instructions are given, along with a library of informational resources on configuring and using AddThis tools on a website, or a WordPress site.
https://www.addthis.com/
Alexa offers a variety of tools for webmasters, some of which can be used for keyword research, competitive website analysis, SEO analysis, target audience analysis, and to check backlinks. Free tools include website traffic statistics, a tool to find similar sites, and top sites, while premium tools include those to check audience overlap, an SEO audit tool, competitor keyword matrix, site comparisons, keyword difficulty, on-page SEO checker, and a competitor backlink checker.
https://www.alexa.com/
Online since 1999, Animation Factory was originally part of the Eclipse Digital Graphics Network, and was acquired by Vital Imagery in 2014, offering three levels of annual subscriptions to its collections of royalty-free animated clipart, media elements, tiled backgrounds, PowerPoint backgrounds, and templates, video backgrounds, Flash, HD video backgrounds, sound effects and music, and video elements. Its membership policies and features are highlighted.
http://www.animationfactory.com/
Bagatto is a static site generator that can be used to help developers create websites that are fast, secure, and easy to maintain. Unlike dynamic sites, static sites are pre-built and served to the user as-is, without any server-side processing, which makes them faster and more secure than dynamic sites, which require server-side processing for every request. Bagatto is designed to be transparent and extensible. Its repository, manuals, guides, and source code are available online.
https://bagatto.co/
Online since 1998, Big Webmaster is a directory of webmaster resources, directing users to where they can find CGI scripts, programs, tutorials, books, and other tools for webmasters, developers, and programmers. Listed sites are sorted into several topical categories, including ASP, C, and C++, ColdFusion, Flash, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Unix Shell, Visual Basic, XML, remotely hosted, and general topics. Advertising opportunities are available.
https://www.bigwebmaster.com/
Cbox is an embedded live chat website application for online communities, groups, and live-streaming events. Various themes and customization options are available, allowing users to change colors and fonts, and to upload emoticons. A free option can store one hundred messages and will support filtering, emoticons, and custom themes, and three premium packages are also available, and add additional features for a monthly fee. A support database is included.
http://www.cbox.ws/
Clipart.com began as a directory of clipart sites in 1996 and began offering its own clipart collections by 2000 and was acquired by its current owner, Vital Imagery, in 2014. The company offers subscriptions to its collections at rates based on weekly, monthly, 3-monthly, 6-monthly, or yearly rates, under which subscribers may access its collections of clipart images, stock photos, photo objects, and fonts. Special educational pricing is also available, as well as an affiliate program.
http://www.clipart.com/
The canonical list of online color resources for designers includes links to several resources relating to the use of color in web design or other applications. These include such tools as color wheels, color wizards, color charts, palettes, and other color scheme tools, as well as downloadable software that can be used to determine the best color scheme for a project, color palette generators, color blenders, background color selectors, and informational articles.
https://www.avivadirectory.com/color/
The directory and archive of webmaster resources includes a variety of tools that may be useful in the creation and maintenance of websites, such as random web page builders, a caricature maker, name builder, and domain name generator, as well as several random text generators, a fake news article generator, random song lyrics, and online journal entry generator. Other resources include a directory of software, including freeware and shareware, and other tools.
http://www.domainwalrus.com/
Featuring a collection of professionally designed website template files and other web content solutions, including CSS templates, Flash templates, PhotoShop designs, company form designs, newsletter templates, and abstract images. Its focus is to offer access to all of its resources in return for the one-time payment of a membership fee. New templates are highlighted, and other templates are sorted into subject categories. Its subscription plan is defined.
http://www.dreamtemplate.com/
In operation since 1998, FreeFind provides site search engines to webmasters using a code that can be added to a site in minutes. Offering on-demand and scheduled reindexing, protected content support, on-page results, a detailed indexing log, complete customization, and a site search API, the product is free, although a professional version is also available, with prices based on the number of pages and searches per year.
https://www.freefind.com/
One of the earliest still operating sites on the Internet, the roots of HTML Goodies goes back to 1992, around the time that Netscape 1.0 was released. The site features instructional articles, guides, and resources for people of all levels of expertise in HTML coding and other topics related to website construction, including HTML 5, XML, graphics, and other languages used in website creation, such as ASP, CSS, CGI, JavaScript, CMS, and PHP.
https://www.htmlgoodies.com/
The HTML instructional site begins with an introduction to HTML, along with a browser and software review, a history of the Internet, and information about spyware, passwords, and useful programs. Lessons on text, images, tables, frames, forms, and stylesheets are included, along with accessibility, promotion, optimization, and site management helps, JavaScript and CGI scripting, and web hosting reviews.
https://www.yourhtmlsource.com/
Launched in 1999, Localendar can be added to a webpage to form a community calendar of events, or each part of a family or a team can maintain a calendar and merge them into a master view. It can also be used to keep track of private meetings and functions. Localendar includes a Publish Wizard to add a free web calendar on a site. Included is a free option as well as three premium options, with annual pricing. The features of each are displayed side-by-side.
https://localendar.com/
Offering four packages, including a free plan that is limited in the number of pages indexed and queries per month, Site Search 360 allows a webmaster to easily add a site search field to his website, using JavaScript, API, or a plugin and allows for cross domain searches. The installed search provides for a smart semantic search, instant results with autocompleted suggestions, and analytics to help webmasters get more from their search. Customization can be done online.
https://www.sitesearch360.com/
Offering guestbooks for websites, the Smart Guestbook is a free service to webmasters, with no popups or flash banners. Promising easy registration and setup, webmasters will receive an email or RSS notifier when a new message is posted. Other features include a built-in filter to prevent spam, a customizable design, with more than a hundred predefined themes to choose from, and the ability for webmasters to delete or edit posted messages. A demo is available.
https://www.smartgb.com/
Pay-per-click networks control the information regarding PPC advertising dollars, so VeriClix was created to provide PPC advertisers with information on their PPC ad campaigns, including that not shared by the PPC networks. Sponsored by industry advertisers, VeriClix is a free product that works with Google Ads, Yahoo! Internet Marketing, Kanoodle, Findwhat, and others, providing easy to use, custom reporting, which can be exported into several file formats.
http://vericlix.com/
A selection of free webmaster tools are offered here, including keyword analysis and research tools, search position checkers, link popularity checker, search engine simulator, meta tag generator, web page analyzer, top PPC bids checker, generators for domain names and domain typos, an expired domain checker, HTML entity chart, web-safe color tool, CSS menu generator, and web utilities for ping, DNS queries, NS lookups, HTTP headers, and Mime types.
https://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/
Offering free and premium memberships, Webmaster World is a discussion forum for webmasters and other interested persons, where most aspects of creating, maintaining, monetizing, and promoting a website can be discussed. In addition to its free public forums, a private supporters forum is part of its Pro Membership package, with six-month or yearly memberships. SEO, social, and webmaster tools are also available at all levels. Online since 1996, Webmaster World also offers advertising options.
https://www.webmasterworld.com/
White label sportsbook platform with support for US markets, worldwide soccer and many other sporting events around the world, with integrated casino and live casino games, multiplayer poker and binary options, along with all required adjacent products and features such as affiliate marketing and agents program, reporting, sports data feeds, risk management, payment processing, all in a tightly integrated, comprehensive white label sportsbook platform that is affordable and easy to use.
https://www.white-label-sportsbook.com
The online tool allows webmasters to create an XML sitemap that can be submitted to Google, Bing, or one of the other search engines, to help them crawl your site more fully, to generate an HTML site map for site visitors, or to create a text sitemap of your site. A site map of a website with up to five hundred pages can be created for free, with no registration required. A premium account allows for larger sites, automatically updated sitemaps, and a server-side script is also available.
https://www.xml-sitemaps.com/
Without expertise in scripting or complicated database setup procedures, the Zoom Search Engine can be installed on a website, intranet, or on DVD, providing a fast, powerful, full-text search by indexing the website in advance, using a desktop application for Windows or Mac computers. For a one-time fee, the software can be self-hosted or cloud-based and is available for Mac or Windows, and either can be used to create a search engine for a Linux web server.
https://www.zoomsearchengine.com/
