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A4Desk 2.5 | |
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W98/Me/2000/NT/XP |
New 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. This new version offers many additional features and enhancements.
URL: www.a4desk.com
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Actinic Catalog 6.1.2 | |
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W98/ME/NT4/2000/XP |
30-day trial û recently updated | |
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 | |
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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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handX weblog 1 | |
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Palm 4 |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/palm_weblog/ |
handX weblog allows you to create Web logs on your handheld device. Update your Web site with the generated logs using the included conduit. The conduit can use FTP or SCP to copy the files to your site. You can even retrieve deleted items. Some scripting is needed for your site to use your entries. You can vist the Web site for installation instructions and for a PHP, ASP, or Perl sample.
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IE2PDB Explorer Bar 1.2 | |
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Palm OS 3 / W9x/NT |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/ie2pdb/ |
IE2PDB converts your selected text within Internet Explorer 5 to a DOC format PDB file. If Palm Installer is detected, it will automatically install the converted file into your Palm. The PDB file will have a unique filename based on system time. All converted files are stored in the PDB Install Path. Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 and a DOC reader.
URL: www.camelot.net
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Lightspeed Website Optimiser 1.2 | |
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W9x/ME/NT/2000/XP |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/lightspeed/ |
Lightspeed can help speed up access to your Web pages by stripping out unnecessary spaces and characters from your HTML. This is a recently updated and improved version.
Does not require installation – simply copy the folder as above to your hard drive, open it there and run the application file lightspeed.exe.
URL: http://bladefist.moo3.at/
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Macromedia Contribute 2 | |
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W98SE/Me/2000/XP |
30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/contribute/ |
With Macromedia Contribute, nontechnical users can easily update and maintain content on existing Web sites without knowing HTML. For Web professionals, this means less time spent updating Web content while retaining control over site design, code and permissions. Easy to set up and use, Contribute works with any HTML Web site and is great for individuals and teams.
Build professional Web sites with Dreamweaver. Maintain them with Contribute. Requires MS Internet Explorer 5 or later and 64Mb of available RAM.
URL: www.macromedia.com
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 6.1 | |
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W98/Me/NT/2000/XP |
30-day trial – updated | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/dreamweaver_mx/ |
Macromedia's latest version of its industry standard Web development package, Dreamweaver MX, should provide you with just about all the tools you need to develop sophisticated Web sites. New features include a more intuitive workspace with customisation options; more powerful template features; new support for ASP.NET and PHP; imporved CSS2 support; high powered coding features and loads more. See the Macromedia Web site for more details.
URL: www.macromedia.com
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MySQL 4.0.14 | |
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W9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 |
Free û 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.
this latest update incorporates numerous enhancements and fixes – please see the Web site for details. MySQL is free to use in particular circumstances û see the documentation for details.
URL: www.mysql.com
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PDFmoto 1.4 | |
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Win NT4/2000/XP/2003 |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/pdfmoto/ |
What a great program. PDFmoto works by monitoring a local folder on your network every few minutes, and picking up anything you – or your colleagues – dump into it. It will PDF anything it finds there and apply an XML template of your choice before putting them online. It also detects documents that have been added, deleted or amended recently, and reflects these changes by automatically updating your site.
URL: www.pdfmoto.com
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PHP 4.3.2 | |
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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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TextPad 4.7 | |
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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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Torpedo HTML Editor 2.5.1 | |
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Palm OS 3+ |
Demo | |
Location on CD: software/windows/building/torpedo/ |
Torpedo is an easy uploading wireless transfer HTML editor with frames support and wizards that you can use as a guide when coding HTML. You can incorporate applets, images and more. Torpedo is fully HTML 3.2 compatible and comes with an FTP client, a DOC reader, and loads more.
For installation, copy the folder as above to your computer and see the readme.txt for instructions.
URL: http://www.pinetreesoftware.net/
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xmlspy 5 Release 4 | |
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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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All Thumbs 1.2 | |
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OS X 10.2+ |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/all_thumbs/ |
All Thumbs can create thumbnails by reducing image size or by using a user-defined portion of an image. It creates thumbnail index pages as well as pages for each image, if desired, handling JPEG, PICT and PNG formats.
URL: www.likelysoft.com
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Macromedia Contribute 2 | |
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OS X 10.1.5+ |
30-day trial | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/contribute/ |
With Macromedia Contribute, nontechnical users can easily update and maintain content on existing Web sites without knowing HTML. For Web professionals, this means less time spent updating Web content while retaining control over site design, code and permissions. Easy to set up and use, Contribute works with any HTML Web site and is great for individuals and teams.
Build professional Web sites with Dreamweaver. Maintain them with Contribute. Requires 128Mb of available RAM.
URL: www.macromedia.com
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Macromedia Dreamweaver MX 6.1 | |
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OS 9.1+/OS X 10.1 |
30-day trial – updated | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/dreamweaver_mx/ |
Macromedia's latest version of its industry standard Web development package, Dreamweaver MX, should provide you with just about all the tools you need to develop sophisticated Web sites. New features include a more intuitive workspace with customisation options; more powerful template features; new support for ASP.NET and PHP; imporved CSS2 support; high powered coding features and loads more. See the Macromedia Web site for more details.
URL: www.macromedia.com
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oXygen XML Editor 2.0.2 | |
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OS X |
30-day trial û recently updated | |
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 4.5.1 | |
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OS 9.1+ with Carbonlib 1.5/OS X 10.2 |
21-day trial û latest update | |
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.
This new version adds support for Quartz Text Smoothing and Tool tips, and a command line tool for the OS X terminal.
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Taco HTML Edit 1.5 | |
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OS X 10.1 |
Free | |
Location on CD: software/mac/building/taco/ |
Taco HTML Edit is designed exclusively for Mac OS X and uses many of its core technologies, including image transparency (in the image map wizard), toolbars, multithreading (for quick tag colouring), and much more. Features include: customisable tag colouring; Code Clips to keep track of frequently used HTML code; a menu for quick previewing in Internet Explorer, Netscape, OmniWeb, or Opera. You also get tools to check the syntax of documents and support for Unicode.
URL: http://tacosw.com