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A4Desk 2.21
W98/Me/2000/NT/XP
Evaluation version
Location on CD: software/windows/building/a4desk/

A4Desk is a template-based WYSIWYG application for developing Flash menu headers and Flash Web sites. With no need for coding, you can build Flash menus and Web sites in minutes with only a few mouse clicks and keystrokes.

URL: www.a4desk.com

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Actinic Catalog 6.1.2
W98/ME/NT4/2000/XP
30-day trial û new version
Location on CD: software/windows/building/actinic_catalog/

Actinic Catalog includes everything you need to design, build and run an online store.

Please see the Actinic Web site for details of the many new features in version 6. Requires a minimum of 64Mb of RAM (128Mb preferred) and MS IE v5 or later.

With Actinic Catalog you can publish an illustrated online catalogue, update your site and download orders.

URL: www.actinic.co.uk

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Alleycode 1.1
W9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP
30-day evaluation
Location on CD: software/windows/building/alleycode/

Alleycode HTML editor let's you see your pages as they would look to others, while building it all with your bare hands. You get support for Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), font and table wizards, support for HTML3.2 to 4.1, PHP and CSS function libraries, and much more.

URL: www.alleycode.com

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BrowserSizer 1.5
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/browser_sizer/

Make sure your site looks its best on any browser or monitor.

URL: www.applythis.com

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Color to HTML 3
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/building/color_to_html/

Convert colours into HTML code.

URL: www.matthewhipkin.uklinux.net/colourtohtml.php

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EBooksWriter Lite 2.8
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/ebooks_writer/

EBooksWriter Lite can create 20-page ebooks (many more pages in the paid-for versions), which you can then redistribute on Web sites, by email or on CD. Your ebook can include all sorts of formatting as well as hyperlinks. There is a built-in browser as well as a full-text search function.

URL: www.ebookswriter.com

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MySQL 4.0.13
W9x/NT/2000/XP
Free – latest version
Location on CD: software/windows/building/mysql/

MySQL database server is a very popular open source database server. Its architecture makes it fast and easy to customise. Streamlined design means a database management system with great speed, compactness, stability and ease of deployment.

The separation of the core server from the table handler makes it possible to run with strict transaction control or with ultra-fast transactionless disk access, whichever is most appropriate for the situation.

MySQL is free to use in particular circumstances û see the documentation for details.

URL: www.mysql.com

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Peter's XML Editor 2
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/building/peters_xml/

Edit XML, XSL and XML schema. Microsoft's XML parser MSXML 4.0 is needed to run this software – you can download this from Microsoft at: Microsoft MSXML 4.0. MS Internet Explorer 5 or later is also required.

URL: http://www.iol.ie/~pxe/

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PHP 4.3.2
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Freeware
Location on CD: software/windows/building/php/

PHP is a server-side, cross-platform, HTML embedded scripting language, used to create dynamic Web pages. PHP-enabled Web pages are treated like normal HTML pages and you can create and edit them the same way you usually create HTML pages.

This latest update incorporates numerous bug fixes.

URL: www.php.net

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PHP-Nuke 6.5
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/php_nuke/

To install, extract the contents of the PHP_Nuke_65.tar Stuffit archive from the folder as above to your hard drive (using Aladdin Stuffit Expander), then see below for further setup instructions.

Use PHP-Nuke as a Web Portal System, storytelling software, News system, online community or similar. PHP-Nuke lets you set up an automated Web site to distribute news and articles. Users can make their own submissions to the system.

Main features include Web-based admin, surveys, access stats, themes manager for registered users and all sorts of system management options. There is also an integrated banner ads system and search engine. PHP-Nuke is written in PHP and requires Apache Web server, PHP 4 and an SQL (MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC, ODBC_Adabas, Sybase or Interbase) û Apache, MySQL and PHP are all available free online and we have included MySQL and PHP on this CD.

For more information and installation instructions, please read the readme and install documentation.

URL: http://phpnuke.org

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Rainbow 
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/rainbow/

Rainbow makes it easier to create original Websafe colour schemes for new sites. Developed by Sean McManus, a regular contributor to Internet Magazine.

URL: www.sean.co.uk/a/webdesign/rainbow.shtm

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RDFedt 1
W95+
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/rdfedt/

The RDFedt brings you fast and easy ways to build complex and structured RDF (Resource Description Framework) and RSS documents.

URL: www.jan-winkler.de/dev/e_rdfe.htm

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Snitz Forums 2000 3.4.03
W9x/Me/2000/NT4/XP
Donationware
Location on CD: software/windows/building/snitz_forums/

We at Internet Magazine use Snitz Forums on our Web site û it's arguably the best bulletin board for ASP users. To set it up, copy the folder as above to your hard drive, extract the archive file sf2k_v34_03.zip (with WinZip or similar), then take a look through the readme.htm file for installation instructions.

URL: www.snitz.net

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TextPad 4.7
W95 (SP1)/98/ME/NT4 (SP6)/2000/XP
Shareware – new version
Location on CD: software/windows/building/textpad/

If you use plain Notepad to code your Web sites or for other text work, you might like to go one step further and use TextPad, which includes many more editing tools. This update includes loads of enhancements and fixes.

URL: www.textpad.com

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WinSurvey 2003 
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
30-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/building/winsurvey/

WinSurvey helps you create, publish and analyse Web-based surveys and questionnaires with four easy modules. The Survey Designer lets you create, change and format your survey and preview its look in a browser or (for emails) as unformatted text, while the Results Management module whacks the results into a database with very flexible filtering and customisation options. The Charts and Analysis module then helps you produce a static or live graphical presentation of the results, while the Survey Publisher loads the lot up onto the Web with a publishing wizard.

URL: www.winsurvey.com

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Xenu Link Sleuth 1.2d
W9x/Me/2000/NT/XP
Free
Location on CD: software/windows/building/xenu_link_sleuth/

Finds dead links on your Web sites. No installation required û simply copy the folder as above to your hard drive, open it and run the application xenu.exe.


URL: http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

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xmlspy 5 Release 4
W98/ME/2000/NT/XP
New 30-day trial
Location on CD: software/windows/building/xmlspy/

Note: once you have installed and registered your free evaluation copy, you will receive an email message with your personalised evaluation key-code that unlocks the software. All features are fully enabled for a period of 30 days. You can obtain your key at www.xmlspy.com/support_getkey.html.

xmlspy« 5 isáan industry standard XML developement environment for designing, editing and debugging enterprise-class applications involving XML, XML Schema, XSL/XSLT, SOAP, WSDL and Web Service technologies. It is a great productivity enhancer for J2EE, .NET and database developers.

New features in this version include:áDelta-V support (versioning and configuration management with WebDAV Repositories); Conditional Templates (create dynamic forms and stylesheets); improved Global Templates (modularise your Stylesheets with direct-calling of global templates). There are also numerous bug fixes and some additional minor improvements.

Please visit the xmlspy Web site for more information.

URL: www.xmlspy.com

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BBEdit Lite 6.1.2
PPC
Free
Location on CD: software/mac/building/bbedit_lite/

This is the cut-down free version of BBEdit, the popular text and HTML editor. BBEdit Lite doesn't offer fancy word processor formatting capabilities, but focuses on helping you manipulate text in ways that word processors generally can't. Some of the powerful features you can use in BBEdit Lite include regular expression ('grep') search and replace, multi-file search, and sophisticated text transformations.

Some of the extras you get if you upgrade to the full BBEdit are: editing of multi-byte text and Unicode files; a complete set of HTML tools for fast, easy and correct markup; floating HTML Tools palette; GoLive and PageMill cleaner tools; Syntax Checker; integrated HTML-aware spelling checker; and more.

URL: www.barebones.com

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oXygen XML Editor 2.0.2
OS X
30-day trial û latest update
Location on CD: software/mac/building/oxygen/

Note: you will need to register for a free trial licence before installing - http://www.oxygenxml.com/register.html

oXygen is an XML editor written entirely in Java that creates XML, XSL, TXT, XSD and DTD documents. Being a Java application, it is available for most major platforms. The slick looking interface has all the tools you'd want in a modern Integrated Development Environment (IDE) including XML, XSL, DTD validation, tag auto completion, syntax highlighting and Code Insight which helps you write valid code. Code Insight also allows the program to generate DTDs from a sample XML document, cutting down development time. It has Unicode support and the interface messages are translated in English, French, German, Italian and Romanian.

This latest update brings numerous enhancements and fixes û please see the Web site for more details.

You must have Java Virtual Machine 1.3 or later installed.


URL: www.oxygenxml.com

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PageSpinner 4.5
OS 9.1+ with Carbonlib 1.5/OS X 10.2
21-day trial û new version
Location on CD: software/mac/building/pagespinner/

PageSpinner is powerful enough to allow professional designers to take advantage of the latest Web technologies, yet it still lets novices create great looking Web pages. HTML code can be entered manually, or PageSpinner's built-in tools can be used to build the page automatically.

It also features an updated Database Publishing Kit with support for AppleWorks 6 databases, QuickTime tags compatibility with Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 for Windows, improved linking of Microsoft Office files, and a floating Preferences palette.

Version 4.5 is a major upgrade, with loads of great new features and welcome enhancements. Additions include text zoom; support for viewing local files served by a Web server (useful when working with PHP, SSI and CGIs); a new PHP menu that can insert basic PHP functions and control structures; 'repeat last command' added in the Edit menu; better Preferences, Script and Plug-Ins management; enhanced OS X support and integration; and loads more.


URL: www.optima-system.com