Basic Web Tools

Polls and votes are among the normal things we would stumble upon in most sites. They normally focus on a certain topic to which people are given the liberty of voting and seeing results that will stand out after a periodic poll. A great add-on that can serve as a sidelight for site owners who want something interactive in their site.

They do not have to be too technical. Simple polling and vote casting are enough to change the attention on your site in a jiffy. But make sure though that you have topics worth voting for. If not, no one will even bother to notice it.

When it comes to spicing up your forum or your site’s guestbook, smileys are sure to spice them up in a hurry. Normally when we type away comments or posts, they seem to be dull and lack expression. With smileys, you are sure to raise the level of conversation.

Normally they are placed at the beginning or the end of an entry. These smileys also help in making sure that there is not misunderstanding on the tone of the message. With the right words and the aid of these cute smileys, expect a more clearer transmission of messages between the poster and the readers.

If you are looking for a good an hassle free bookmarking tool, then you can perhaps check out Reddit. Unlike most bookmarking sites, you don’t have to put in the necessary description. All you need would be the site URL and the Title as well as the category you want to place it in.

Reddit is a good site to bookmark your site. While it may seem limited, it is a great one for people who focus on coming up with good headlines. That is the essence of attracting readers in the first place. Get good titles and you will surely get right traffic to your site via Reddit.

Web tools are aid in creating and building web pages. Creating web pages before requires inclination and training like programmers and designers but with the help of easy-to-use applications, creating and building web pages without having knowledge about HTML or serving web pages becomes possible.

Web tools have different use and there are web tools and collaboration of applications that can assist teachers and instructors in creating online learning activities and online lessons. Filamentality is a good example of the easy-to-use web tools application. It is a fill in the blank tools wherein users are guided in choosing topics, searching the internet, gathering good internet link and turning them into online activities. This web based activities can be shared to others.

Music-based social networking site Imeem on Monday morning announced the acquisition of digital rights and content management company, SNOCAP. The deal will provide Imeem with access to SNOCAP’s content identification technology and digital registry, while expanding the tools available to artists and music labels.

“The SNOCAP team built a great technology platform that will be useful to imeem as we continue to grow,” said Imeem founder and CEO, Dalton Caldwell of the acquisition. “Together we’ll build on that work in the coming months, and give labels and independent artists new ways to promote and sell their music through imeem, MySpace and anywhere on the Web.”

iFob, developed by Montana’s iCloseby and available for the iPhone, the iPod touch and laptop computers, attempts to bridge a gap between social networks and the real world. iFob sends out a “homing beacon” at wireless hotspots like coffee shops, alerting other users that you’re nearby and receptive to socializing.

Two Missoula, Mont., entrepreneurs have launched software for the iPhone, iPod touch and laptop computers that upends the conventional sense of social networking. Unlike online dating and friendship Web sites where connections are made in cyberspace, the software’s goal is moving people from virtual relationships into real ones.

The Thunderbird 2 e-mail program may not get as much love from its makers at the open-source Mozilla Project as their favored child, the Firefox Web browser, does. Nevertheless, Thunderbird 2.0.0.13 has a very strong feature set, and does its job well; plus, if you are looking for an e-mail client that works and looks exactly the same on most of the different operating systems you may have to deal with, then Thunderbird’s almost the only game in town.

Most Mac OS X users will prefer Apple’s Mail, if only because it’s prettier; unlike Thunderbird, Mail doesn’t have to make aesthetic compromises for the sake of compatibility with Windows and Linux. But if you care more about features than looks, Thunderbird is definitely worth a free download.

Over the last decade and a half, the Internet has evolved from a mere repository of information to an interactive medium for people to share views and work. This transformation was largely possible due to web 2.0 components like Wikis and blogs. But clues to the next phase of Internet’s development seem to lie in its ability to provide rich and compelling visual experience.

Called Rich Internet Applications or RIA, the realm of media-rich Internet has been spurred by tools that enable persons even with basic scripting knowledge to create highly interactive and truly appealing applications. Such applications may be useful to post party videos on YouTube or send animations and banners about products to potential customers.

Picnik, which has already begun to get some traction as the primary editing tool for Flickr has teamed up with Photobox, another large photo host in the United Kingdom.

Photobox is about a fifth of the size of Flickr in active users, and the two have very different services. Photobox provides 1,000MB of storage and gives users more space each time they order prints while Flickr operates on a paid premium membership that requires a yearly subscription of $25.

Also starting today Picnik users will be able to print their shots using QOOP which lets you print your photos on items such as coffee mugs, posters, and T-shirts.

MorSystems offers ready-to-go mortgage web sites. Now, the Gold & Silver series websites, plus the Sue Woodard / Mortgage Market Guide web site series allow clients to add PDFs to their mortgage web site for free.

Both company & individual websites can have PDFs easily added to web pages through the newly revamped administration area. Clients can upload their PDF and choose where in their mortgage web site they want it displayed for their visitors.

“So many options now exist for loan agents to add their newsletter, their latest postcard, articles, a Spanish application, or other form they may want clients to print & complete. Our clients can see the benefit from offering PDFs.” Stated Shelly Whitworth, VP of Business Development, MorSystems.