What FREE webmaster tool would you use DAILY/FREQUENTLY?

**leg4** · 07-18-2006, 01:25 AM

Just an easy and cool thumb generator.. to make quick thumbs from a directory of pictures.

**scottybuzz** · 07-18-2006, 01:25 AM

bookmarked - good thread

**potter** · 07-18-2006, 01:27 AM

I'm pretty sure any webmaster that has a daily task to accomplish already has a very nice paid for program for the job. Hell, I own 4 programs to watermark/thumb/resize alone. That's just for thumbnails!

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 01:28 AM

Keep the free tool ideas flowing

**3M TA3** · 07-18-2006, 01:30 AM

winscp
dreamweaver
puttyssh
screenprint
winrar
powerzip (for creating tar files in windows)

in fact i have 5 of them open right now

**GrouchyAdmin** · 07-18-2006, 01:31 AM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

Some ideas off the top of my head:
Bulk code detector, replacer, and editor
Bulk file renamer

The second is easy. I've done that several times. What would you want for a 'code editor and replacer'? There are several GPL/GNU tools (yeah, yeah) like FCKEditor, HTMLArea, and the like.

Personally, I've tried my own hand at most of them, and find that nothing works quite as well as a few shell scripts, crontab, and a textarea or two.

**TheJimmy** · 07-18-2006, 01:33 AM

Originally posted by 3M TA3

winscp
...

I was beginning to think I was the only one that actually liked winSCP...

Great free ftp tool

bump for Gene's thread

**WiredGuy** · 07-18-2006, 01:42 AM

Bulk file (multiple file) search and replace that supports regular expressions. I coded one up, but wouldn't give it away ;)
WG

**GrouchyAdmin** · 07-18-2006, 01:51 AM

Originally posted by WiredGuy

Bulk file (multiple file) search and replace that supports regular expressions. I coded one up, but wouldn't give it away ;)

Code:

while(<*.JPEG>) {
  $old = $_;
  s/\.JPEG$/\.jpg/;
  rename $old, $_; }

Because it's oh, so difficult.

**WiredGuy** · 07-18-2006, 01:54 AM

Originally posted by toonpornblog

Code:

while(<*.JPEG>) {
  $old = $_;
  s/\.JPEG$/\.jpg/;
  rename $old, $_; }

Because it's oh, so difficult.

In file search and replace, not file renaming. Batch renaming is a joke, just rename *.jpg to *.gif and you're done.
WG

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 01:55 AM

Remember....... tools that you'll use EVERYDAY

**GrouchyAdmin** · 07-18-2006, 01:56 AM

Originally posted by WiredGuy

In file search and replace, not file renaming. Batch renaming is a joke, just rename *.jpg to *.gif and you're done.
WG

Ah. That's a little different, but still, just globbing and regex, really. I take back my pissy little comment. ;)

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 01:59 AM

Bulk text-fed form for linkback checking

**WiredGuy** · 07-18-2006, 02:06 AM

Originally posted by toonpornblog

Ah. That's a little different, but still, just globbing and regex, really. I take back my pissy little comment. ;)

Yeah, its about 15-20 lines of perl code (to support multiple regexp's) but it's something that's really a critical tool for frequent updates.
WG

**martinsc** · 07-18-2006, 02:19 AM

SE optimizer, link checker, keyword research tools... stuff like that.

**More Booze** · 07-18-2006, 02:24 AM

Not really a 100% webmaster tool but it make me work a lot faster.

Launchy is a free windows utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.

Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

Example: Press ALT + SPACE and type "filez" and press ENTER.
And filezilla will start.

http://www.launchy.net/

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 02:25 AM

Originally posted by martinsc

SE optimizer, link checker, keyword research tools... stuff like that.

Keyword research like Overture's keyword selector tool?

**GrouchyAdmin** · 07-18-2006, 02:26 AM

Originally posted by More Booze

Example: Press ALT + SPACE and type "filez" and press ENTER.
And filezilla will start.

http://www.launchy.net/

Wow, a Windows version of QuickSilver.

I'd like to append (since it's free) Cygwin w/ BASH & ImageMagick for massive photo manip, wget/ncftpput, and XAMPP.

**More Booze** · 07-18-2006, 02:34 AM

This is a tool I would like to see, it does probably excist but I haven't found it.

I often use overture to get more keywords for example "amateur".
I copy all of the words and delete the number of searches infront of all keywords.

Lets say I have a list with Amateur, Blowjob, Hardcore and so on...

I would like to have a tool that can collect all the keywords from those words and filter out the search numbers infront of them. So I don't have to do it one by one..

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 02:35 AM

How about a free tool that lists AdSense PPC rates for keywords you enter into a text box?

**More Booze** · 07-18-2006, 07:32 AM

Gimme some nice free money-makin' tools =)

**Pimpin_J** · 07-18-2006, 07:38 AM

Notepad and UnifiedStats v1.127. The rest isnt free ware at all.. photoshop,flashfxp and so on..

**Chris** · 07-18-2006, 07:43 AM

A tool that would stop you from posting in a thread if you do not even know what the thread is about :-/

this thread is about what you WOULD WANt
not what you already USE

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 02:03 PM

How about a multi-forum keyword search dump? Basically which keywords or phrases are being discussed the most at forums... Possible uses: coming up with domain names, detecting topic trends, detecting subjects to write SE articles on......etc.

**chase** · 07-18-2006, 02:52 PM

There may already be something like this, but I really wish I had a way to crop easier. I shoot my own pics with a remote, so they are usually framed very wide (pun intended, lol) and I have to crop them down so I fill the shot. I do my pics at 1024x768, so I have to figure out my frame, crop it down to the width or height I want, resize it (keeping the proportions the same) down to the proper size, then since the other side is still too wide I have to crop it down little by little until I get to within ten px or so and then just resize it, not keeping propertions. That explination sucked, but that's life, I guess.

If I had a program that I could input the dimensions I want my final pics to be, and it would give me a floating window with the right proportions that I could position over the original photo to frame it right, and then click a button to crop the excess.....I'd be in heaven.

**Snake Doctor** · 07-18-2006, 02:56 PM

Originally posted by chase

There may already be something like this, but I really wish I had a way to crop easier. I shoot my own pics with a remote, so they are usually framed very wide (pun intended, lol) and I have to crop them down so I fill the shot. I do my pics at 1024x768, so I have to figure out my frame, crop it down to the width or height I want, resize it (keeping the proportions the same) down to the proper size, then since the other side is still too wide I have to crop it down little by little until I get to within ten px or so and then just resize it, not keeping propertions. That explination sucked, but that's life, I guess.

If I had a program that I could input the dimensions I want my final pics to be, and it would give me a floating window with the right proportions that I could position over the original photo to frame it right, and then click a button to crop the excess.....I'd be in heaven.

You can do that in photoshop sweetie.
When you're cropping just put the width and height you want in the boxes in the top toolbar and when you drag the cursor to select your area it automatically stays at the correct aspect ratio.
Click crop----save for web---done.

**Snake Doctor** · 07-18-2006, 03:02 PM

As for webmaster tools....a stats remote type program that worked on blackberry or palmOS or windows mobile would be SUPER SUHWEET!

**chase** · 07-18-2006, 03:09 PM

Originally posted by Lenny2

You can do that in photoshop sweetie.
When you're cropping just put the width and height you want in the boxes in the top toolbar and when you drag the cursor to select your area it automatically stays at the correct aspect ratio.
Click crop----save for web---done.

Sweetness, babycakes, thanks so much. There is so much about PS I don't even know about, lol. I'm editing sets right now, so I'm off to try it out.

**nofx** · 07-18-2006, 03:19 PM

why give it away for free? you just encourage and invite more newbie tards and people to oversaturate something and possibily ruin a good thing for some people.

i understand you live in a 3rd world shit hole(at least I think so), but come on.

you can under cut everyone because you can get shit done for cheap via outsourcing. you ruin tons of shit.

**Snake Doctor** · 07-18-2006, 03:19 PM

Originally posted by chase

Sweetness, babycakes, thanks so much. There is so much about PS I don't even know about, lol. I'm editing sets right now, so I'm off to try it out.

NP.
If you have any trouble with it give me a shout later tonight and I can walk you through it. That should save you alot of time, I can't even imagine cropping without using that, bleh.

**NoWhErE** · 07-18-2006, 03:22 PM

Something along the lines of a Juicy post bot...

**chase** · 07-18-2006, 03:23 PM

Originally posted by Lenny2

NP.
If you have any trouble with it give me a shout later tonight and I can walk you through it. That should save you alot of time, I can't even imagine cropping without using that, bleh.

Worked like a charm, and I can already see what a difference it's making in how long it takes to edit! *kiss*

**alan-l** · 07-18-2006, 03:27 PM

Netscape

**silver** · 07-18-2006, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by nofx

why give it away for free? you just encourage and invite more newbie tards and people to oversaturate something and possibily ruin a good thing for some people.

i understand you live in a 3rd world shit hole(at least I think so), but come on.

you can under cut everyone because you can get shit done for cheap via outsourcing. you ruin tons of shit.

Isnt this the guy who hires children and is a big spammer ?

Heard he has alot of underage kids spamming shit for him, news groups ect.

Is this the same guy ?

**nofx** · 07-18-2006, 05:08 PM

Originally posted by silver

Isnt this the guy who hires children and is a big spammer ?

Heard he has alot of underage kids spamming shit for him, news groups ect.

Is this the same guy ?

i'm not sure, but maybe since he is outsourcing stuff.

**micker** · 07-18-2006, 05:37 PM

Originally posted by $5 submissions

Some ideas off the top of my head:

Bulk code detector, replacer, and editor

Isnt that just grep and sed?

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 05:58 PM

Originally posted by silver

Isnt this the guy who hires children and is a big spammer ?

Heard he has alot of underage kids spamming shit for him, news groups ect.

Is this the same guy ?

All my employees are college graduates. Thanks for the bump though.

**$5 submissions** · 07-18-2006, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by nofx

why give it away for free? you just encourage and invite more newbie tards and people to oversaturate something and possibily ruin a good thing for some people.

i understand you live in a 3rd world shit hole(at least I think so), but come on.

you can under cut everyone because you can get shit done for cheap via outsourcing. you ruin tons of shit.

I don't get what you're saying, I'm asking people what daily tasks they'd like developed for a free online script that they'd use daily. Following your logic, those cool free webmaster tools like SERP checkers and other tools are 'ruining' things for webmasters since they're available to other webmasters.

**3M TA3** · 07-18-2006, 06:28 PM

$5 - good thread - I'd like to know which free programs actually run on USB drives and which ones need to be installed.

I have Pass2go, winscp, and putty on my drive.

**fris** · 07-18-2006, 06:31 PM

i normally use flashfxp, outlook, jmb software products, smart thumbs, arylia, and a few custom coded applications

What FREE webmaster tool would you use DAILY/FREQUENTLY?

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