>>**[GET] M0NSTER'S M0NSTER resource list: graphics, programs, useful sites and more!**<<

[m0nster]

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for my 300th post!

below you will find a list of useful sites and programs that may help you with your site design, content, and other such things on-site, as well as programs and resources for general activities you perform throughout your IM workday.

>>>Hoping this will become a sticky<<<

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things to note:

• there are programs on some sites. download at your own risk. i have downloaded some but not all of these programs so please take caution. I don't have time to do virus total for 30+ programs

• some of these things you already have seen. someone else hasn't though. please don't complain if i shared something known to most. never know who needs it

• some are on first page of google, but i've searched for hours before finding what i needed because even one letter off on google won't get you what you want at times. so please don't bash for stuff on first page of google.

• I got a bunch of these from a similar post on wicked fire, so not going to take credit for all links. just made the ones from there a bit more compact and tried to organize it as well.

• i tried to add {code}{/code} to every link, if i missed one mods sorry!

tried to break them up into categories. here they are:

1. Programs
2. Project managers
3. Tracking
4. MISC
5. footers
6. website layouts/graphics/social media buttons/patterns
7. vector graphics
8. firefox plugins
9. Content Mangement Systems
10. iphone
11. text editors

And here we go, enjoy:

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programs:

http://stereopsis.com/flux/

- dims your screen at night makes things easier on your eyes, its awesome. NOTE: if your doing some graphics or anything at night might want to remember to disable this, as it won't be a accurate representation of what others will see.

http://www.xmind.net/

- project management

http://gyazo.com/en

- cross platform. GET THIS! Quickest screen shots ever. Open program, select area, 3 seconds later you have a hosted screenshot.

http://vue.tufts.edu/

- LOVE this. Mind map tool. Simple, easy. Use it to keep track of all your ideas

http://www.videolan.org/

- best video player

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

apparently even better than VLC (above) if you have a file that can't be plaid try this

http://www.evernote.com/

- if you don't use it, start. Its awesome.

https://www.dropbox.com/

- just check it out. Cloud file sharing system. I LOVE IT.

http://www.gimp.org/

- GIMP. Can't pay for Photoshop but need to do photo editing and basic graphics? Here you go.

http://www.openoffice.org/

- Open Office (or Google Docs) for spreadsheet software and light data analysis.

http://www.picnik.com/

- free photo editing software with some cool features not in PS. Also has batch image rewriter build in

http://www.boozet.org/dd.htm

- if you plan on doing a fresh install of windows or something use this tool to backup all of your drivers so you can easily reinstall them after your OS

http://www.httrack.com/page/2/en/index.html

download any site. i use this to rip HTML sites from templateforest etc when i can't find them free elsewhere.

http://www.imkazu.com/how-i-can-type-faster-than-anyone-with-texter/

- have not tried yet want to use it soon. Automation for text. Looks useful

http://www.peerblock.com/

- blocks computers -from site - you can block communication with advertising or spyware oriented servers, computers monitoring your p2p activities, computers which have been "hacked", even entire countries!

Messengers:

http://www.trillian.im/

- what I use - and love. Supports facebook, twitter, skype, yahoo, msn, gtalk, aim, icq, mail, etc. in one program.

http://www.digsby.com/

- haven't used yet, but heard its good

http://www.tweetdeck.com/

- social media thingy check it out.

Project managers:

http://web2project.net/

https://projectbubble.com/

http://www.screenr.com/

- just found this. Looks freekin AWESOME for doing screencasting. Check out the vid on homepage for how it works


Tracking:

http://prosper.tracking202.com/apps/

- Prosper202. The standard for tracking clicks in affiliate marketing. Powerful tools, self hosted, and free.

http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.html

- Clickheat. Lets you see where people are clicking on your sites with heat maps. I use it on all of my LPs so I can improve CTRs.

http://smt.speedzinemedia.com/smt/

http://www.niftystats.com/index.html

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/visitor-movies/

http://piwik.org/

- might be something google has that's like this (analytics) but anyway, cool tool. Checkout demo


MISC:

Cool sites you might get some ideas on for making $$

http://faceprizes.com/

http://appstorm.net/

- app news and things.

Check this out

http://mac.appstorm.net/roundups/iphone-roundups/50-iphone-apps-for-web-designers-developers/

http://border-radius.com/

- Make 3d buttons easy cross browser compatable

http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/

- css gradient generator

http://www.filestube.com/

- search hotfile, mediafile, megaupload, rapidshare etc for files

http://www.sugarcrm.com/crm/community/sugarcrm-community.html

- SugarCRM Open Source edition. Free customer relations management software.

http://www.stuckincustoms.com/

- the most amazing photos ever, better than real life

http://www.geo-tag.de/generator/en.html

- create a geotag

http://www.xtranormal.com/index

- type and you make characters talk

http://www.forumotion.com/

- if you want to host a free forum

http://www.techsmith.com/products.asp

- screen casting tools and such

http://www.wordcounttool.com/

- word count for when you don't want to open word

www.majorgeeks.com

- TONS of utilities and such for any OS, a must visit

http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/flash/

- has some good source code for some different things you might not find elsewhere

http://www.linkedtube.com/

- read the description towards the end of page, if you still don't understand post here

http://www.emailmeform.com/

- FREE Optin form - if you have a really low budget, here you can get up to 500 optins I think a month, for free


footers:

http://www.zopim.com/

http://www.olark.com/

http://www.meebo.com/

http://www.wibiya.com/

http://www.skysa.com/home.htm

http://www.addthis.com/labs

http://www.addthis.com/

- there may be a difference not sure

website layouts/graphics/social media buttons/patterns

http://webtreats.mysitemyway.com/

- my favorite texture icons

[FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.allfreebrush.com/"]www.allfreebrush.com[/URL][/FONT]

- all the above

http://visionwidget.com/

- checkout showcase for free website layouts and such

http://10steps.sg/ - real life photos too.

[FONT=Arial][URL="http://www.psdgraphics.com"]www.psdgraphics.com[/URL][/FONT]

jquery stuff:

http://visionwidget.com/tuts/webtuts/588-free-jquery-photo-gallery-

albums-with-tutorials.html

http://blogupstairs.com/framework/javascript-framework/jquery/jstickynote-sticky-notes-jquery-plugin/

- useful for sales page maybe?

http://nestdev.com/

- some useful links in this RSS feed

http://designmoo.com/

- checkout resources

http://envato.com/

sure you know about graphicriver/themeforest etc. see what else envato does might be useful to you.

http://www.embracinghome.com/blog/social-media-buttons/

- social media only

http://lostandtaken.com/

- texture only

http://icondock.com/

- icons of all sorts CHECK OUT THEIR SHOPPING CART ITS AWESOME

http://www.freeiconsdownload.com/index.html/

- icons

cooltext.com

- buttons. Mostly crap. Might find 1 that's good tho.

http://picasion.com/

- create a gif easy


FREE vector graphics

http://www.vectorstock.com/free-vectors/

http://vector4free.com/

http://123freevectors.com/

http://www.resourcesgraphics.com/

Photoshop

http://www.psdvault.com/

- PS techniques checkout the brushes

http://photoshop-free-brushes.com/

- brushes

pay someone for logo design:

http://99designs.com/

http://www.hatchwise.com/

All web safe fonts

http://www.webdesigndev.com/web-development/16-gorgeous-web-safe-fonts-to-use-with-css

firefox plugins:

http://www.colorzilla.com/firefox/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/measureit/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/imacros-for-firefox/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/firebug/

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/web-developer/

- install, hit shift-ctrl-f, then click on an element to see what it is (like click on a title to see i.e. if its really a h1 or if the wp template you are using is fucking up your seo efforts)

some others:
firebug plus pagespeed - checks your website for speed breaks and tells you what to do.

xmarks - bookmark synchronizer, nice for research too (smarter search feature)

ghostery - deactivates google analytics and other trackers - so your own visits dont show up in analytics

betterprivacy - takes care of flash cookies

pencil - scatching software for creating wireframes

scrapbook - really cool bookmark addon that saves the site you've bookmarked locally, you can edit it with comments, mark text, etc

CMS (content management systems):

http://mojomotor.com/

http://stackoverflow.com/

- ask your programming questions here


Iphone:

http://www.phonegap.com/

- use this with jquery mobile (I think) and you can create native app looking apps super easy. When I tried it a few months ago, I had trouble cause it didn't have very good documentation. May be better now

http://testiphone.com/

- test what a website would look like on a iphone. Keep in mind, auto detecting websites won't pick up that it's a iphone. For example, I have a site that redirects to a mobile version when you goto it on a mobile device, in this case, it will not redirect. So goto the url directly

http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/

http://www.flavorstudios.com/iphone-icon-generator/

- create a iphone icon



text editors:

http://www.wordcounttool.com/

- online word count tool so you don't have to open word

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

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http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/

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http://www.goodkeywords.com/keyword-pad/

looks like a useful keyword tool

http://textmechanic.com/

- all types of tools, remove duplicates great for SB lists (I think)





will add more as i get them, and feel free to add your own too!

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[syngenetic]

Great list, but I think this should be under Web Design and not White Hat SEO.

 

[mike2000]

Much appreciated the effort you have put in to compiling the list....

 

[m0nster]

Great list, but I think this should be under Web Design and not White Hat SEO.

where even is web design? you mean templates? lol. i just don't want it to get buried. about half of this stuff isn't web design

Much appreciated the effort you have put in to compiling the list....

thanks, yep took me probably over 4 hrs.

 

[kboxer7]

Great compilation of resources. Def was looking for some of this stuff in one place. Copy-n-Pasted this into a doc for this upcomming weekend. Thanks!

 

[haridada]

Brilliant compilation of resources. Thanks given.

 

[Choronzon]

Thanks mate, the Adobe stuff is especially appreciated.

... and congrats on reaching 300...

Oh and don't forget to edit your signature

 

[m0nster]

Thanks mate, the Adobe stuff is especially appreciated.

... and congrats on reaching 300...

Oh and don't forget to edit your signature

cool thanks. yea i was changing it last night when bhw went down lol. got it fixed now thanks

 

[cyberzilla]

Wow! this is cool! That's a nice list...May be this can be stickied in Longue as it is not about SEO stuff

Rep given for taking the time to compile this useful list.

 

[TheVigilante]

thanks got some good stuff out of here keep it up,OP always comes up with some good stuff.LMAO that's information bundled at it's best

 

[OnlineGodfather]

Awesome job man, i think you saved alot of time for people with this list

defineatly worth as a sticky thread.

 

[m0nster]

added: Iphone -

http://www.sencha.com/products/touch/

 

[chrum]

Good job; more templated would be appreciated tough

 

[foxy1]

This must have taken you hours - both online and to compile. Great effort and thank you for all the time you will save me!

 

[m0nster]

Good job; more templated would be appreciated tough

True, I just felt that was already covered pretty well in template section and such, and most of my links if I were to add then would be like to sites that are on first page of google for "wordpress templates" and other generic stuff you can think of yourself. I will mention

 www.dreamtemplate.com

- I plan to buy a membership there soon if they don't have everything in templatep2p which I heard if you donate to ($15) you get in usually, I know they have a lot of m0nster Templates which is nice

This must have taken you hours - both online and to compile. Great effort and thank you for all the time you will save me!

Haha ya. I also did it cause if I just bookmark stuff i don't remember to go back to it or why I book marked it. This takes more time but is worth it in the long run. Your welcome!

 

[hateandbreak]

NICE. gyazo is the sickest screen shot program ever. Thanks dan

 

[m0nster]

NICE. gyazo is the sickest screen shot program ever. Thanks dan

Hit the thank button punk
btw I'll be on tonight around 11, visiting family and getting speeding tickets =.=

 

[goodtimes]

Amazing list! Here's one to add

http://www.goodkeywords.com/keyword-pad/

The best software to edit lists of keywords in bulk. It's free too.

 

[InternetMarketingPro]

Loved the share especially for mouse tracking and visitor information. Had come across a paid version but the open source one seems equally good.

Cheers.

 

[H4RB1NG3R]

I'll lurk no more! Thanks most especially for the graphic related sites.