40-Plus New Tools & Gadgets for Library Webmasters Frank Cervone Vice-Chancellor for Information...

40-Plus New Tools & Gadgets for Library Webmasters

Frank CervoneVice-Chancellor

for Information Services Purdue University Calumet

Darlene Fichter

Data Librarian

University of SaskatchewanLibraries

March 30, 2009

Webmaster stuff

Layout Gala

http://blog.html.it/layoutgala/

HTML Table Generator

• Why?– Time consuming to design table layout– Style conflicts that yield results– Visual feedback– Free

http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_table_generator.asp

ColorPicker

www.colorpicker.com

FancyZoom

http://www.dfc-e.com/metiers/multimedia/opensource/jquery-fancyzoom/

GPL License

Uni-Form

• DIY - build a form• Well structured,

semantic, accessible and usable form

http://sprawsm.com/uni-form/

phplist.com

• phplist is an open-source newsletter manager

RSS to email Integrates with Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla ..

Time Savers

“How I Can Code Twice as Fast as You”

Video Tutorial via Net Tuts+

Texter

• Runs in the Windows system tray

• Works in any application you're typing in

• Why:– Snippets of email messages– Code snippets – jquery– Add begin, end paragraph tags– Signatures, addresses, and commonly used

abbreviationsGPL License http://lifehacker.com/software/texter/lifehacker-code-texter-

windows-238306.php

textexpander

http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander/

Top Posts Widget

http://www.postrank.com/

Lonely Hearts Club for Web Sites?

http://www.google.com/friendconnect/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N94s7ix0JPo

FileJuicer

• Squeeze out those images PDFs and slides

• Plus much more …• File Juicer for €12.95.

http://echoone.com/filejuicer/

Visual?

Mind Mapping

http://bubbl.us

Personal Fonts

More Pie

http://www.lovelycharts.com/

script.aculo.us

“JavaScript library providing dynamic visual effects and user interface element”

Puzzle Demo made with Sortables

http://wiki.github.com/madrobby/scriptaculous/puzzle-demo

Avoiding “oh crap” Moments

Photo by trancemist

Google Unsend

• Default 5 seconds, make 10 seconds

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-in-labs-undo-send.html

Photo by bewarenerd

Automatically Open Search Results in New Tab

1. Type about:config in address bar

2. Type in filter box: browser.search.openintab

3. Double-click the value to change it to true

http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox/firefox-tip-open-search-results-in-a-new-tab-255171.php

Bonus Tip: Ctrl K to move to the Google search box

Playing It Safe

Virus Total

http://www.virustotal.com/

Do I Really Want to Know You?

http://letscallme.com/

More tools?

• Net Tuts+– http://net.tutsplus.com/

• 25 free Mac Apps for freelancers– http://www.designer-daily.com/m

ac-apps-1915

• Noupe.com – tutorials designers and

developers

Thanks

• Darlene.Fichter@usask.ca

• FCervone@calumet.purdue.edu