Acknowledgements
(Below are some products and services that I have used; I am not affiliated with any of the companies or organizations mentioned below, just a satisfied customer or user)
This is an excellent, easy-to-use, and cost competitive web hosting service. It was extremely easy to establish service and get our web page up and running. The maintenance interface is comprehensive and intuitive. Our experience with the performance (speed, up-time, etc.) of the service has been very good. It offers everything we need and a lot more.
Initially a “blog” platform, WordPress is now a full-featured web site content management system. This free tool makes web site creation and maintenance extremely easy. We were able to figure it out quickly. We installed a copy on a computer on an internal network without any problem. Blue Host includes mechanisms for easy installation on their system. Creating pages and web logs is quick and easy. The management of categories, users, and list of web links is also straightforward and feature rich. The look of the web site can be changed via “themes” which are readily available from numerous internet sources. WordPress’ features can be extended by means of “plugins”. Some of the plugins used on this web site are named below.
WordPress Plugins:
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. By Arne Brachhold.
This theme is described on their web site as follows:
“A very fast loading and search engine optimized Adsense Ready Wordpress Theme, BlueSense is specifically designed for all types of niche websites and will suit a wide variety of content and user preferences.”
“Built for heavy monetization with Adsense, the entire theme’s colors are perfectly blended with Adsense units on both homepage and single post pages for a maximum click through rate.”
This service provides free telephone conference calling services. The numbers are not necessarily local – a long distance charge may apply. However, conferences can be scheduled in advance, and other features enabled. They have recently released a Microsoft Outlook Add-In which allows scheduling conference calls quickly and easily.
A free program that not only makes it easy for anyone to open, view, and print PDF files but also to annotate or “mark up” those PDF files with comments or corrections without expensive software from ADOBE.
The pdf995 suite of products – Pdf995, PdfEdit995, and Signature995 – is a complete solution for your document publishing needs. It provides ease of use, flexibility in format, and industry-standard security- and all at no cost to you. The free version launches your web browser to display an advertisement for thier products. This is eliminated if the nominal registration fee is paid. The security features of Signature995 are very good and somewhat unique among software packages like this.
PDFCreator is a free tool to create PDF files from nearly any Windows application.
OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the product is free to download, use, and distribute.
A powerful database management system, providing a quick and flexible way to put a web based front end to any database. DBMan is distributed as Shareware. It is free to download and evaluate the program at no cost for 30 days. After that it is US$100 for commercial use; however non-profit and individual users may continue to use it for free if they register the program and keep the “DBMan Powered By” line on bottom of the all DBMan pages. Users who purchase the license do not have to keep the link.
This is a very flexible, customizable program. It can be adapted easily to meet a variety of needs. Be sure to also check out JPDeni’s DBManual and the DBMan Unofficial FAQ.
This is a full-featured CAD program based on Intellicad 6.5 technology. You can download and use this program for free if you use it for private use only. They are very clear that progeCAD 2009 Smart! is for private, non-commercial use only.
