Resources
When developing your site, having a vast number of resources at your disposal is a must. We have begun to collect some resources below in an effort to create a central location for you to find what you need.
We gladly welcome the submission of more resources for any of the following categories below, whether they are applications, scripts, etc. We here at CSStux are Macintosh users, so we are in need of your Windows resources to help round out our list. Send all your resource links to us through our contact form. Whether they're Mac or PC.
RapidWeaver is an easy to use and very powerful website building application allowing anyone to create and publish professional looking websites in minutes. No knowledge of complex html is required. For both the beginner and the pro. CSStux uses RapidWeaver for its design.
Rapidweaver has a great third-party developer community. Below you will find a list of Rapidweaver theme and plug-in developers and resources.
Themes:
Bench Design
Blueball Design
Dave Cantu
elixir graphics
NewEnding Studios
Med-Designs
MultiThemes
Pioneer Themes
Rapid Ideas
seyDesign
Bonsai Studio
Theme Different
Plug-ins:
YourHead Software
Loghound
imacomino
Datalore
RapidCal
PageTOC
Other:
Rapid-Weaved
Charcoal on the Wall
Quite simply put, CSSEdit will save your sanity when editing style sheets. Its intuitive approach to style sheets and powerful editing features will make you deliver beautiful standards-based sites in no time! CSSEdit also features full-blown source editing.
A small web design/engineering agency that builds accessible and usable websites, design shirts or cd covers, and create custom web based applications. They have become most known for the 3kb moo.fx Java effects library. It's easy to use, fast, cross-browser, and standards compliant.
script.aculo.us provides you with easy-to-use, cross-browser user interface JavaScript libraries to make your web sites and web applications fly. What's inside? animation framework, drag and drop, Ajax controls DOM utilities, and unit testing. Digg, Apple, Basecamp, Shoipfy and more all use this great Javascript library.
It's the ultimate Mac FTP client, with more innovative features than anywhere else, and it makes FTP as simple, easy, and fun. This FTP/SFTP app has more features than you can shake a stick at. Some of which include: Super fast transfers, Synchronization, Tabs, .Mac support, Droplets, Automator support, and much more.
Cyberduck is an open source FTP and SFTP (SSH Secure File Transfer) browser licenced under the GPL with an easy to use interface, integration with external editors and support for many Mac OS X system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, the Keychain and AppleScript.
FileZilla is a fast and reliable Windows (NT4, 2000 and XP) FTP client and server, with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface. Offers support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.
skEdit is a text editor for Mac OS X (10.3 or later), with a focus on web design and development. skEdit includes a nicely balanced and integrated set of features in a great development environment. It includes the tools you need to get the job done without being overwhelming.
TextWrangler is a powerful general purpose text editor and Unix server administrator's tool. At its most basic, it is a tool for simply editing text. It can be used for a wide variety of tasks, from cleaning up data, to editing configuration files on your Mac or server, to writing HTML.
Taco HTML Edit is a free HTML editor for the Mac. It is designed to simplify the process of creating attractive web sites that render correctly in various browsers. Taco HTML Edit includes tag wizards, which generate HTML markup for you.
Image Tricks is a free application to edit and generate images. It uses Mac OS X Tiger Core Image filters that transform pictures to unimaginable extent and apply advanced visual effects. The program can create unique artwork you may use as business card background, for web design, print materials and more.
Squidfingers is an art blog, primarily, but it is also a great resource for patterns and background designs for your web design. These are of an extremely high quality and to boot, they are free. The site also offers various code snippets that are quite useful.
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