Technical Resources
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Most of the resources described on this page are either free or low cost.
Many of the programs are offered on the Freemium model whereby the free offering is often feature or usage limited and an unlimited full feature program is only obtained on purchasing a licence key.
Affilate programs
5 Best Affiliate Programs on Impact Radius
The Best Affiliate Programs on Impact Radius In 2024
AI Face Generator
Free Unique Random Face Generator
AI Image Generator
AI Video Generator
Audio
Online Audio Joiner (Free Merge Audios)
Back Links
Banking
Blogs
Tutorial on Using a WordPress to Create a Blog
How to create a WordPress blog from scratch
Broadband Speed Tests
Broken Links Checkers
Browsers (Alternative)
Brave P
Business
Free simple bookkeeping Excel spreadsheet
Button Makers
Call-to-Action Button Generator
Car History Check (UK)
Charity Regulators (UK)
OSCR Scottish Charity Regulator
Chat GPT
Talk AI - No registration required
Christian Bible Resources
Color Pickers
Color Tools
Company / Director Search
Company Searches Made Simple R
Computer Care
Smart Defrag (Defrag program) P
CCleaner P
Copyright and Copyright infringement
How copyright protects your work UK site
Can embedding, hotlinking, or inline linking constitute copyright infringement?
Answers to Questions About Copyright Law for Photographers
See also Stock photos
Currency Converter
Xe.com R
Desk Top Publishing
Free Desktop Publishing Software for Windows
Scribus P
Digital citizenship
Disposable E-Mail addresses
The following services can be used for receiving e-mails and also be used for sending e-mails:
DNS Tools / Whois
Reverse IP Domain Check
(find other sites on a web server)
Domains
Freenom - discontinued
Azote - French language site offering free .fr.nf, .asso.st, .ze.cx, .infos.st, .biz.st subdomains
Free .eu.org Domains - long delay for registration approval currently
Free .us.kg Domains - new 2024
Free .frii.site Domains - new 2024
Free DNS Afraid.org - Free subdomains and forwarding
Numeric .XYZ Domains - 99 cent domains
Namesilo (Paid) R
Just Host Me (Paid) R
E-Commerce
E-Commerce Guide to selling online (Free)
GMX P
Purelymail - low cost mail service
E-Mail (Europe)
Eclipso.eu (Europe)
.at (Austria), .bt (Belgium), .ch (Switzerland), .de (Germany), .it (Italy), .nl (Netherlands) and .eu (Europe) available
E-Mail (Encrypted)
E-Mail address Encryption
E-Mail Clients
E-Mail Marketing Service
E-Mail Reminders
E-Mail Tools
Employment (UK)
Find a Job (Gov site)
Fake News
File Compression (online)
File Converters (online)
Zamzar P
Free PDF Convert (Convert to/from PDF)
File Generators/Sample Files
File Hosting / Sharing
Catbox (Not specified - Free) P
Litterbox (Not specified - Free temporary storage)
Free Online Backup Services (Reviews Dec 2020)
See also "PDF Hosting"
File Hosting (Encrypted)
Ice Drive (10GB - Free, no client side encryption)
File Transfer
Forums/Messageboards
Frauds
Action Fraud (Frauds categories) UK Police website
See also: Scams
FTP Clients
FTP Online
Graphics Resources
Guestbooks
Hash / GUID Generators
Hosting
Useful guide on WordPress Hosting
Houses for Sale, Sold prices, Valuations (UK)
Zoopla P
.htaccess
Allowing/Disallowing Directory Listings
Password protecting Directories
HTML Character Codes
Character Entity Reference Chart
HTML Arrows HTML Character Codes
HTML Tutorials
Icons
ID Tools (Legal purposes only)
Fictitious Telephone numbers (Ofcom)
Fictitious Telephone numbers (Ofcom)
Fake Address Generator (UK and World)
Image Galleries
Image Hosting
Image Maps
Impress Templates
Internet Archive
Wayback Machine - Internet Archive P
Invoices
Javascripts
Landing Pages
Legal Agreements
Linux (alternative o/s)
8 Reasons Why Linux Mint is Better Than Ubuntu for Linux Beginners
Logo Makers
Logo Factory's Free Logo Maker
Lorem Ipsum
Maps
Marketing
Mindmaps
Name Generators
Name Lists
135 Most Popular English (British) Last Names Or Surnames
A Dictionary of British Place Names
Novanym - Name your Business - suitable for project /user names
Brandbucket - Business names - suitable for project /user names
1000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population
World Capital Cities with their country
Noises / Noise Generators
Galactic Star Cruiser White Noise (10 hours)
Starship Sleeping Quarters White Noise (10 hours)
USS Voyager Ambient Engine Noise (12 hours)
Airplane Cabin White Noise (10 hours)
Airplane White Noise (10 hours)
Free Music, Sound Effects and Images
Online Graph Creation (Pie Charts etc)
Online Notes
Online Mapping
Online Programs (Misc)
Password Generators and Managers
1Password Free Password Generator
LastPass Free Password Generator
Perfect Passwords (GRC Ultra High Security)
Password Meter - How Secure is my Password? Free Online Tool
Password Protected Areas
PageCrypt - Password Protect HTML
Password Protect Website or Sub-directory
PDF Hosting
See also "File Hosting/Sharing"
PDF Software
Soda PDF Editing Online (Free)
Free PDF Convert (Convert to/from PDF)
Photo and Image Resources
Top Free Photo Editors for Windows
IMGonline.com.ua - Online Photo Manipulation
GIMP - Image manipulation program
Paint - Image and photo editing program P
Free Music, Sound Effects and Images R
Ezgif - Online animated GIF tools
Posters, Flyers Design (online)
Diagram Drawing application (online)
Invert Colours online (plus other tools)
DepositPhoto - Free Background Remover R
Adobe Express - Free Background Remover R
Lunapic - Transparent Background Creator
Lunapic - Drop Shadow Creator P
Lunapic - Rounded Border Creator
My Live Signature (Signature Creator)
Image to PDF - Convert and combine up to 20 images P
Policies, Specimen for Charities etc
Privacy Policies
QR Code Generators
Scan QR, Barcode and DataMatrix code on photo online
Random generators
Random Word Generator (Suite of Generators)
Random number/code generators
Ransomware
Reverse Image Search
Safety Online
Helping parents keep their children safe online
Social Media Addiction U.S. website
Scams
Tin Eye (reverse image search)
Top 5 Scams and How to Protect Yourself
How Can You Quickly Determine If The Email You Received Is A Scam?
Search Engines (Privacy based)
Search Engine Optimisation (Articles)
Seach Engine Optimisation (Michigan Tech)
What is Off-Page Optimization and Why Your Business Needs It?
Help search engines to better understand your website with an XML sitemap
On-page optimization tips for boosting your rankings and delighting your visitors
Why You Need to Optimize Your Content for Search Intent
How to use keyword research to attract the most qualified visitors.
How quality backlinks can dramatically improve your organic rankings.
Search Engine Optimisation (Tools)
Security
Beware Spam With HTML Attachments R
How to hide your IP address on the Web
How to Safeguard your Online Privacy
Sitemap Generators
Sitemap Generator (500 pages max)
Sitemap Generator (1000 pages max)
Spam
India based Web Design Company Spam emails
Statistics
Statistics-Population
1000 Largest Cities and Towns in the UK by Population
Stock Audio
Free Music, Sound Effects and Images
Stock Photos
Pikwizard - High Quality, Free Stock Photos (Free)
The 27+ Best Free Stock Photo Sites in 2023!
What does "Royalty Free" mean?
What are Royalty Free Images? Best Guide to use Royalty Free Photos!
3 Steps to Find & Use Copyright Free Images
Stock Videos
Street View
Subdomain Finders
Surveys and Polls
See also "Web Forms"
Teaching Tools
Text/HTML Hosting
See also "Web Publishing (Single Page)
Transmitting Large Files / Sharing
URL Shortener
Vectorization
Video Conferencing
Zoom Video (40mins - Free) P
Videos Online
Transcribe Video to Text - 3 min Free limit
Video Translator - 3 min Free limit
VPN Services
Web Capture
Web Forms
AidaForm P
See also "Surveys and Polls"
Webpage Creation
Helpful comparison of website builders
Overview of Popular
Website Builders
Website Builders
The Best Free Website Builders
WordPress.com Vs. WordPress.org (2024 Comparison)
Website Hosting
D9 Solutions (Paid) R
Krystal Hosting (Paid) R
Siteground (Paid) R
Just Host Me (Paid) P
Webpage Design
How to Make a Website (another site)
Fixed vs. Fluid vs. Elastic Layout: What’s The Right One For You?
Web Publishing (Single Page)
See also "Text/HTML Hosting"
Web Proxy Servers (Free)
Hide.me (3 servers)
ProxySite.com (22 EU & US)
KPROXY (10 servers)
VPNBook (US, UK, France, Canada
Whoer (France, 2 Netherlands, 3 Russia, Sweden, UK)
HidemyAss (2 USA, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Czech Republic)
Website Monitoring
Website Speed Tests
GTMetrix Website Speed & Performance
Website Validation
W3.org Markup Validation Service
Wifi - Public
Wordpress Themes (Free)
Top 40+ Best Free WordPress Themes 2018
20+ Free High Quality WordPress Themes (2017)
Word Processing / Office Suite
World Time
Zip Programs
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