Online Tools

All tools listed here are free and ready to use.

CSS Gradient Generator

Great for creating gradients, even in IE:

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

Image Editor

Great for an alternative to Photoshop or even Gimp if you don’t have anything installed:

http://pixlr.com/editor/

Test Your Code

Great for trying out some code without the setup or the mess.  For PHP or Javascript.

http://writecodeonline.com/php/

Spinning Ajax Loader

http://ajaxload.info/

http://preloaders.net/

CSS Semi-Transparent Background Generator

Need a semi transparent background and don’t want to use an  image as a background?  what?   And you want it to work in IE?

http://kimili.com/journal/rgba-hsla-css-generator-for-internet-explorer/

Placeholder Images

http://dummyimage.com/

Convert Images to Base64

Fast way to convert an image to base64.   Convenient way to include 1px images where you don’t want to include a image file.  Like a 1px transparent image:  <img
alt=”One pixel transparent GIF”
src=”data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7″ />

http://base64.wutils.com/encoding-online/image-to-base64/

Built With

Need to know if a website is built with WordPress?  or if it’s on a Apache vs IIS server?  hosting too?

http://builtwith.com/

Compile and minimize your javascript

Google’s Closure Compiler is the safest and most effective.

http://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home

Favicon generator

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Gzip Tester

Test if your server is compressing your web pages.

http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php

WordPress Code Generator

Generate some common custom code and quickly get started with your new development.

http://generatewp.com/