 Web Building Information  I decided to add information here for webmasters (people who build web pages). This will include links to useful sites for html, search engines, backgrounds and graphics. I have no specific links in mind except for adding links to sites I come across that I have found useful, educational and understandable. If you visited this page before & is looking for the inspirational sayings Click here Computer Virus Info Spybot-Search & Destroy A coworker of mine told me about this site and I just installed the program & removed a bunch of those trojans & other computer type bugs that caused those pop up ads to constantly pop up. The program is free! Just scroll to the bottom of the site & click on download. The site mentions about donations. If you want to give you can if you don't that's ok too. We can't give to every cause. McAfee FreeScan Check your computer to see if you have any viruses. It takes a long time to do so if you have an hour to kill go for it. It's a good idea to check your computer for viruses from time to time especially if you are having a lot of problems with it. MSN® Toolbar Are you sick & tired of those @#%@#% pop up ads?"you can block unwanted pop-up ads. Plus, you’ll get one-click access to MSN Hotmail®, MSN Messenger and My MSN, and you’ll be able to use the new Keyword Highlight and Highlight Viewer features to help you find things faster. You’ll also be able to search the Web from any Web page – straight from the MSN Toolbar. And best of all – it’s FREE!" Zone Alarm A free firewall you can download. The ZoneAlarm Pro & ZoneAlarm Pro and PestPatrol Special are available with more features but they aren't free. Symantec Security Check "a free service designed to help you understand your computer's exposure to online security intrusions and virus threats." HTML HTML Editor Extensive site on html. CNET builder.com A wide variety of tips, tricks and advice from CNet. Web Monkey Excellent source of html & cgi tutorials. It's a little advanced and technical information but as your knowledge increases then you will understand more of what they are talking about. Javascript.com Site contains information using javascript on webpage. Webopedia Site gives information on webpage building technicalities. PC World graphic tools Help with converting graphics to gif & jpg. Downloads. Bravenet Sites gives a lot of web page building tools and downloads. Response O Matic site will automatically send form results to you but it doesn't work with pre-existing forms (at least it didn't for me) but if you don't want to mess with cgi or you are having problems with getting forms to submit, this may be of interest to you. FTP Planet You can get free download program that enables you to get multiple files from your computer to your web page. It's a little complicated but a great tool for the serious web page builder. ABS Great source for free web page analysis, web page building & submission tips and web page submission. Also has a lot on cgi. They do have a service they offer for a small amount a year (for those who want to pay to improve your web page) but there is a lot you can get for free. Useit.com Advice from web design professionals. A lot of do's and don'ts. Tripod Handcrafted Newsletter CGI If you want to learn more about cgi here is a good source to get some basic understanding. Search Engines & Submissions Search Engine Watch great site for understanding search engines and how to better your site listings. Submit ServicesWeb site promotion and web site analysis. Also includes other services such as submissions to directories and adds (warning this submission is good for sites selling things but not for informational sites because after submitting you will get what it seems like every sales adds coming back to you but if you're into that you can then join the adds & send them out to other salespeople. Counters Web Site counter They send you statistics weekly of the traffic on your site. Counter.net Another counter service. If you want to keep track of your site without a counter displayed on your site. They send the statistics but don't display a counter on your site. Backgrounds & graphics Moon & Back Graphics Very artistic and pretty backgrounds Anfy Home Page Want some of those water reflection effects graphics? You can get them here. Wendys Backgrounds Excellent source of large variety of high quality and wholesome background graphics. Heaven Site has backgrounds & globes with heavenly themes. Northern-Dreams.com Site contains backgrounds including angle backgrounds. Celtic Heart Creations Unique graphic designs. I really like this site. Background by Melanie Small graphic pictures which are more subtle & softer colors. Pat's Web Graphics Pat has a lot really great graphics of a large variety including pets. She has really done a lot of graphics. Gran Gran's Graphics graphics and backgrounds created by a grandmother Backgrounds by Marie A variety of backgrounds and graphics Kreations by Kricket A very good site for backgrounds. Creations by Dawn A variety of backgrounds to choose from. Cottage Row Graphics Red Rose Graphics Still under construction but does have some good graphics. I actually got some of my graphics from here until I lost the url when I had some technical problems with my web page & Candi had some with her page Jonathon Bowser Graphics & paintings. You can get some good graphics but have to overlook the undesirable ones. 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