Color Palette By Image »

Wow, could I have used this tool in the past. Trying to map the colors of a specific image so that you can duplicate them on the client’s website… what a pain.

Now, that will never happen again. Bruno at css4design.com posted about this great tool that will tell you the exact color palette of an image and all you have to do is provide the URL. Score! I am hooked!

DeGraeve.com has it on a page of their website – The Color Palette Generator. Very nice. I think it is a “must-have” for every web design toolbox.

While you are there, check out some of the other great tools Steve has. Kudos to Bruno for posting about this

Free Web Development Software »

“If its free, its for me.” If that is you mantra, rejoice for you are a moocher. But, the Internet makes it sooo easy these days that it is hard NOT to be a moocher. I proudly mooch with the best of them; I would rather chug an Ex-Lax milkshake than pay $500-$1000 for some software (despite the fact that I have to sometimes – pay the money I mean – not chug an Ex-Lax milkshake). So, it is in that spirit that I notify you of more free goodies.

In fact, we have created some new categories, all starting with “Toolbox”. So, fellow bottom-feeders, stay alert to posts that populate those and you may find a sweet little program for FREE.

First up – an awesome post from Pixel Acres. Jonathan grouped several nice programs to lighten your web development load without lightening your wallet:

• Write a ton of PHP code? Check out PHP Designer. As Jonathan says,
  

  [It] includes a code debugger, syntax highlighting, code tips, and a number of shortcuts for adding common PHP statements and HTML tags to your documents. Think of it as a text editor on speed.

• Need an FTP program? Check out SmartFTP. We use it – very nice…

There are plenty more listed on his blog so check it out. Make sure to check back with us as we have more goodies to post about and they are all free.

HTML Editor in Real-time »

We found a cool little tool from squarefree.com. It is a real-time HTML code editor. Now, this would have been REAL handy about 5 years ago, before HTML became so…1990′s. However, it is pretty cool if one is trying to learn the HTML basics because they can see instant results in a split-screen format.

So, if you are a noob (PS. You are a noob if you do not know what a noob is) and you want to wet your feet with a little HTML coding, check it out.