Cheap Web Hosting (below $5): A-to-Z Guide

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I receive readers’ emails asking for web host recommendations regularly – often, most of them href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/choose-the-right-web-hosting/" target="_blank">want the best web host. Hence in this article, we are going to learn all we can about *best cheap hosting service*. First thing first, as a smart shopper, you have to understand that…

There is no such thing as BEST CHEAP HOST!

(Huh? What the…)

I know this sounds like a joke but the truth is, we can never be 100% sure if a web host is the ‘best’ – especially when you are looking for ‘cheap’ and ‘best’ in the same time. And, even if we manage to get the *best* web host, we can never be sure that it will be the best for long.

What we can do, however, is to eliminate most of the bad cheap host and land on a cheap web host with good (or acceptable) quality of service.

Define “cheap” in today hosting world

Things change fast on the Internet. What seems cheap yesterday might not be a good bargain today. For example, this is how a cheap web hosting deal looks like 5 years ago:

Cheap Hosting Deal: .95/mo for 1.5GB disk space, 80GB data transfers

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Looks cheap to you now? Certainly not! Therefore, it is necessary for us to define what is ‘cheap’ in the hosting world at this time of writing.

How cheap is *cheap*?

When I talk about ‘cheap web hosting’, I mean web hosting services cost below /mo for a maximum 24 months subscription.

When I talk about ‘good cheap web hosting’, I expect cheap web hosting with characteristics below:

• Unlimited* disk space, bandwidth, addon domain capacity (so that you can host as much websites as you can in one account).
• Support one-click installation for at least 35 to 60 common web applications; including all the major blog, forum, and cart software.
• Sufficient level of CPU resources to sustain moderate site traffics (roughly 3 – 5% CPU resources) and sudden traffic spikes (at least 10% CPU resources for 120 seconds).

These are the must-have features when you are searching for a cheap web host.

*Note: However, you have to understand that href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/the-truth-about-unlimited-hosting/">unlimited hosting is not unlimited (sorry for the pun).

Unreal statements about cheap web hosting

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Unfortunately, the convenience of Internet also brings us noise and distractions. Some misunderstandings about cheap hosting must be corrected.

Myth 1: All cheap hosting services suck!

Truth is only a small minority cheap web hosts are blood suckers that tend to cheat your money with terrible service.

Most low cost hosting companies I knew often over-deliver and provide excellent service for long term. Many webmasters misunderstood that href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/ultimate-cheap-web-hosting-guide/">cheap hosting services are normally bad because: 1. Negative reviews are easier to be accepted (and passed along) in forums and blogsphere; 2. Webmasters made unrealistic expectation (for example, I received Hostgator complaints because the web host does not provide real time web analytics data); 3. Problems with users’ websites are out of the host provider’s control (buggy codes, hacked site).

Myth 2: My site get 5,000 visits per day, a cheap shared hosting plan certainly cannot handle my site.

Believe it or not, WebHostingSecretRevealed.com gets about 10,000 unique visits quite frequently and guess what, I am still hosting this site on a ‘cheap’ shared hosting package.

Many webmasters and bloggers simply opt for VPS or dedicated hosting because they think it is ‘cooler’. What you need and what you want are two different things. Fact is you can do a lot of things with a cheap hosting deal nowadays and you are always recommended to start small with an affordable shared hosting plan. The challenges are 1. Can you utilize the resources smart enough? And 2. Can you upgrade your web host later (if necessary)? VPS and dedicated hosting are vital for sites that need high CPU resources; but in case you are just running a high-traffic blog, it’d be better if you can save those hosting money and buy me some beer. ;)

How to find out if a cheap web host is good?

Sadly, as mentioned, you can never be 100% sure that a web host is good.

However, there are a few we can employ a few “check points” that will help eliminate most lousy hosts in the list.

Does the web host provide at least 30 days of trial period? The longer trial period the better – long trial period simply means that the web host is confident with their service quality.

Does the hosting deal come with a reasonable refund policy? Avoid those with outrages cancellation fees. Tips: Some fishy web hosts will charge their customers enormous setup fees upon refund so make sure you read the TOS clearly before purchase.

What is the average uptime record? Search for web host uptime reviews or use website uptime tracker tools (example: Pingdom, Uptime Auditor) to check your site’s uptime, anything below 99% is unacceptable.

Does the web host have clear and strict policy against spams? Serious hosting companies (yes, even for low cost hosting providers) will have very clear and strict policy against spammers.

How well does the web host support department handle your questions? Get in touch with the web host supports via live chat and see how your questions are answered. Ask technical and sensitive questions (where most web hosts don’t want you to know) like CPU cycles, cancellation fees, inodes, MySQL limits, and so on. What we want to know is how well-prepared are the support staffs and how much honesty we can get when it comes to h such sensitive issues. (side note: I prefer the support staffs to be honest and tell me the ugly truth, for example, admit that users get very low CPU cycles, instead of giving me unclear answers.)

My list of good cheap web hosting

It is very time consuming to answer readers’ emails one-by-one – although I’d love to get in touch with my readers as often as I can; but there is no point to keep interacting on the same topic. So for the ease of reference, here are some cheap hosting providers that you might want to check out – href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">iPage, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ehost/">eHost, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/bluehost/">BlueHost, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/arvixe/">Arvixe, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/a-small-orange/">A Small Orange (these are all href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/blog/hosting-updates-news/the-who-what-when-of-endurance-international-group-eig/">EIG hosting brands); and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/host-metro/">HostMetro, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/webhostinghub/">WebHostingHub, href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/interserver/">Interserver, and href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/a2-hosting/">A2 Hosting.

I understand exactly how it feels to be stuck in an economy bad-turn and I know there are lots of countries have not crawl out from the mud of debt till now. It is absolutely important to save more and spend less in this difficult time. But let’s not sacrifice quality over cost in web hosting. I hope this post helps you in finding a reliable, honest, low cost hosting provider.

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Interview with Thomas Gorny of iPage

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iPage is an one-stop web solution provider that first established in year 1998.

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The company was pretty popular in the 2000s but went inactive for the past few years. Recently, the company went thru series of restructure and is making a strong come-back (href="http://www.google.com/insights/search/#content=1&cat=13&q=ipage&cmpt=q" target="_blank">See Google Insights chart).

Sure, iPage doesn’t have strong history background like Bluehost or Hostgator; however their hosting offer are simply too good to be ignored by budget hosting finders. At this time of writing, iPage’s pricing is one of the lowest – .50/mo and they are offering anytime money back guarantee. (href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.net/hosting-review/ipage/">More on iPage Review here.)

If this sounds good to you, make sure you read this interview with Thomas Gorny, founder and the current top man of iPage.

Q & A with Thomas Gorny, founder of iPage

Hello, Thomas. It’s great to have you here with us! Without wasting any more time, let’s get things started with some introduction. Can you tell us more about yourself and what your role is at iPage?

Sure. My involvement with the company goes back to its roots, when the company began in 1998. The company has evolved since then, and I’m committed to building upon our success as a leading web hosting provider.

Please enlighten us more about the technology behind iPage’s hosting services. What kind of servers and networking systems are you using at iPage?

Our hosting platform consists of a pooled server architecture, which ensures website requests are fulfilled by the first machine available. This type of network infrastructure allows our customers to benefit from faster page loads, reliable uptime, and rapid email service.

I see a huge chunk of tutorials available at iPage that look extremely helpful for newbies. What other help we can expect at iPage? Please tell us more about the Customer Support Team at iPage.

In addition to providing technical assistance, we’ve trained our staff to listen carefully to customers in order to provide effective solutions. Then, after we’ve been contacted about a particular issue, we use follow-up measures to learn how well we’ve addressed it. This helps us identify areas where we can improve training for our entire Support Team, as well as the products and services themselves.

We’ve also included a QuickStart feature in the control panel that helps customers get started by taking them through domain registration, mailbox setup and the web design process.

From the website, I learned that iPage provides eco-friendly web hosting. Can you tell us how iPage has gone green? 

Of course.  Since generating wind power onsite wasn’t a feasible option, we offset our energy use through the purchase of wind-generated Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).  In other words, for every KWH of electricity we consume, we purchase an REC that’s attributed to the supply of wind energy. As a result, we’ve prevented the annual release of 2,660 metric tons of carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere.

It’s good to see iPage is tailoring a custom hosting plan for bloggers. What choices do we have in blogging and photo gallery software?

The blogging plan provides everything customers need to create a successful blog. Blog and photo gallery options are available for free installation, including WordPress, Gallery2 and more. The plan also offers a free domain for the first year, 10 email accounts, and marketing services that help customers get their feet wet with search engine optimization.

iPage provides more than just web hosting services. How can business owners leverage your products and services to start an online business? And, will it cost a lot?

We’ve structured our e-commerce selection to cover the essentials for a successful online business – a website where visitors can shop and purchase easily, with convenient, secure payment options. Between ShopSite Starter and additional open-source shopping carts available for installation, customers can create an online store at little or no cost. And PayPal is also available to customers, along with SSL certificates, so business owners can provide convenient payment options their customers can trust.

Customers can also take advantage of a free 14-day trial with Doba to expand their product offering. Doba provides access to over 1.5 million brand-name products. Customers decide which products they’d like to sell, and Doba’s suppliers manage the inventory and shipping, requiring payment only after the end customer pays.

iPage considers the Carbonite Online Backup service, free for the first year, as one of its strong selling points. Can you tell us how site backup is done at iPage with the help of Carbonite?

We can’t stress enough how important it is to back up your files, so we offer 2GB of free storage space with Carbonite, for a year. By installing the free application, customers receive an automated file backup service for their website. Carbonite searches for new and updated files, saves encrypted copies, and maintains the files so their ready to be restored should you run into trouble with your computer.

Shared hosting plans are like dedicated web hosting plans back in the year 2000. In fact, there are more and more companies offering unlimited hosting services, including iPage. Should your customers be concerned with overselling?

Our customers should not be concerned. Since our hosting and blogging plans are designed for individuals and small- to medium-sized businesses, the unlimited plans are appropriate for the intended type of use.

As we speak about shared hosting services, can you provide some shopping guidance to our readers? In your opinion, what are the important factors to look for when searching for a shared web host?

From my perspective, the most important things are my website, email and online security, so I’d look for quality website building tools, rapid email service and access to security software. When we created the iPage hosting plan, we focused on meeting customers’ needs in these key areas, offering flexible website building options, email perfected by vigorous throughput testing and an extensive security suite at no extra cost.

Where will iPage hosting be in the next five years? Is VPS or dedicated hosting in any part of the plan?

We’re constantly working on evolving our products and services, but adding VPS is not a specific focus at this time. However, based on iPage’s history, we certainly wouldn’t rule anything out.

Thank you for your time with us. Is there anything you wish to add for this interview?

Thank you. We certainly appreciate what you do for the web hosting community, and it was a pleasure to be here.

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Best WordPress 3.0 Cheat Sheet

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In case you are looking for the best WP 3.0 cheat sheet, well you’ve found it. I don’t know about you but this will be stuck on my wall for a very, very long time. ;)

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Source: href="http://www.hpvorlagen24.de/2010/06/25/freebie-hpv24-wordpress-30-cheat-sheet-%E2%80%93-teil-1-templates-tags/">Freebie: hpv24 WordPress 3.0 Cheat Sheet – Teil 1 Templates & Tags.

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Blogger Tutorial (5/6): How to Install a Custom Blogger Template

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Hi once again. Remember not long ago we explored href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/blog-hosting/blogger-tutorial-46-must-have-addons-for-your-blogger-blog/">some nice gadgets and addons to enhance your blog? Now we are going to go one step further – customizing your blog template!

In href="http://www.webhostingsecretrevealed.com/blog-hosting/blogger-tutorial-26-setup-your-first-blogspot-blog/">Tutorial 2/6, we used the Blogger.com’s standard template “Minima” and our blog looks like this now:

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Yes yes, I can hear everyone complaining how dull it is already! But fear not, we are going to transform this blog into something much more interesting and wonderful at the end of this post. Before that, let’s look at how other people tend to customize their website/blog template. How about we begin with this site – WebHostingSecretRevealed.com?

Design of Web Hosting Secret Revealed

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1. Blog Title with Logo (should be easily interchangeable)
2. Home button to let reader return to the main page
3. Other useful links to be put at the top

Actually, this is a much adopted approach for the web nowadays. This layout gives the reader a totally neat and “user-friendly” feeling. You could see many more examples around:

Design of EnGadget

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Site link: href="http://www.engadget.com/">http://www.engadget.com/

Design of CNN

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Site link: href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/">http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Getting into action: Installing K2

We are going to use this approach to customize our blog. To begin, let’s head over href="http://www.eblogtemplates.com/k2/">here to have a look at a very popular blog template called href="http://www.eblogtemplates.com/k2/">K2. This is what we want! Customizable title and background picture with tabs underneath it, awesome. Now download the template:

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The file downloaded is “k2-blogger.xml”.

Now, from your Dashboard, you’ll need to get to Layout>Edit HTML. Before we begin any modification to your blog, let’s be on the safe side and backup your current template, haha! Just in case any “unfortunate” events occur, at least we could revert back to the old one.

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1. Backup a copy of your current template (the file would be “template-somenumbers.xml”)
2. Choose the file “k2-blogger.xml” that you’ve downloaded just now
3. Upload the new template to the system

OMG!!! Your blog just magically transformed into a beauty!

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Still, this is not perfect yet. The downloaded template consists of some tabs and links that we will not require for our blog. Hence, some minor modifications are still needed. We could even change the title background to something we fancy. Just follow the below tips to make everything go your way. :)

In Edit HTML page, tick the Expand Widget Templates checkbox, and be in the Edit Template column to do this:

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Change the highlighted link to the link of the title background image you would like to use.

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Edit these codes to change the tabs to the links that you’d like to display.

Tada! Have a look at the href="http://equantravels.blogspot.com/">customized blog now and compare it to the previous layout. Wonderful isn’t it?

To experiment with a variety of different templates, give these links a try:

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href="http://www.eblogtemplates.com/templates/blogger-templates/">Eblog Templates

href="http://www.chethstudios.net/2009/01/roundup-of-best-blogger-templates.html">Cheth Studios

href="http://www.mintblogger.com/2009/01/25-best-magazine-style-blogger.html">Mint Blogger

In the next and final installment of this Blogger Tutorial, we’ll be learning how to use some analytical tools/statistic counters to analyze and understand where our blog readers come from, what they are interested in, and how all these data could help you improve your blog contents and increase your readers. Till then, adios!

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30 Must See Web Generator for Lazy Webmasters

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Smart webmasters do not work everything out from scratch; instead, we make good use of the free tools available online. There are tons of brilliant web tools available online – it’s a waste not to leverage these tools and save some working time (or, to have more time for beer). In this article, I’m going to share my must-have list of 30 web design tools, I hope you’ll find them useful. On the other hand, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the developers who had done some much and made our world better.

1. QuickRibbon

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QuickRibbon helps generate custom site ribbon. Input your link details and styles selections; and the tool will take care of the necessary Javascript coding. This great tool is best for lazy webmasters who wish to attract users attention to some important update/message.

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2. TabsGenerator

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Need some cool tabs in seconds? Well, then you need TabsGenerator. TabsGenerator is a convenient design tool that allows users to create highly-customizable tabs (tweak size, colors, corners and borders) in CSS.

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href="http://www.tabsgenerator.com/">Generate some cool tabs now!

3. Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator

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Okay, I admit Bullshit Generator is not that useful; but, I am sure we have time for some web 2.0 humor. Let’s “integrate undefined synergies”, anyone? :)

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4. UNIQUE

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Gender, face features, wearings, skin colors… UNIQUE is a free web tool that allows users to create highly-customizable, human-like, avatars. Mind you, this web tool is kinda addictive – I spent more than 30 minutes playing non-stop with the features while writing this post.

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5. Stripe Generator 2.0

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Stripe Generator 2.0 is a free design tool supported by Pop Minds Web & New Techs Studio (long name huh?). It helps generate (almost) any kinds of stripe you want for web background.

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6. Web 2.0 Badges

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Web 2.0 Badges is a very popular badge generator (mainly because of their beautiful pre-designed badges, I guess). Any webmaster who is too lazy to design their own badges should check them out.

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7. FreshGenerator

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FreshGenerator is a pretty cool web design tool which helps to create small design elements like boxes or tabbed menus of different sizes, styles and colors.

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8. Loader Generator

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Equipped with a set of pre-designed loading icons, Loader Generator allows you to customize and generate your own loading ‘spinner’ in a fraction of second.

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9. FavIcon Generator

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DynamicDrive’s FavIcon Generator is perhaps the most popular favicon maker. This tool allows you to create various sizes of favicon (as well as icon) based on the your own image.

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10. Button Maker

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Button Maker is a free tool provided by Adam Kalsey that creates simple square-shaped site sticker. The sticker designs is pretty fixed; however the tool does allow users to tweak several design parameters (such as text margin, border color and background).

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11. AjaxLoad

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Like Loader Generator, AjaxLoad is another free tool that generates cool loading icons. What’s good about AjaxLoad is that the tool comes with a huge set of indicators in different shapes and designs.

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12. RoundedCornr

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RoundedCornr is another web design tool that auto-generates CSS codes for a box with rounded corners and a color gradient.

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13. 3D Pack

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3D Package is a great tool for e-book and web templates sellers. It lets you instantly create 3d-box images online for free. Simply upload pictures (JPG, GIF, orPNG) for cover andyou’ll get a 3d-box in your favorite image format.

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14. LogoCreator

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Not good with logo designs? Try LogoCreator for some quick logo design works. This free web tool comes with 7 preset logo designs and allow users to customize various design parameters.

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15. CoolText

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CoolText is another logo design tool that transforms texts to graphics. A point worth noting is that CoolText had been running online for a very long time – the free tool is online since year 1998 and it has rendered over 300 million of free images.

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16. FreeFooter

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FreeFooter is an easy and fast tool that simplifies how you personalize your web site / blog page footer – definitely a great tool for lazy blog designers. ;)

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href="http://freefooter.com/free-footer.php">Visit FreeFooter.com.

17. ThemeRoller

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Want some cool jQuery features on your site but not good with programming? Check out ThemeRoller – a free jQuery generator that allows you to create custom themes for jQuery components. Change font properties, colors, borders, hover variations, etc all very easily. It will show you a preview of what your settings would like like when applied to jQuery’s accordion, tabs, slider, date picker, and dialog box.

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href="http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/">Find out how ThemeRoller works here.

18. jQuery Function Builder

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jQuery Function Builder is a handy tool to quickly build up a collection of jQuery functions. While using this tool might need some basic knowledge in jQuery; it is, nevertheless, a great way to reduce programmers’ work time.

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href="http://accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/developer-tools/jquery-builder/default.php">Build jQuery functions on the fly here!

19. TartanMaker

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Fancy some Tartan-stripes background? Check out TartanMaker – a free design tool that helps create Tartan designs instantly.

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href="http://www.tartanmaker.com/#Zm9yZT03MDU1NTEsNyxGN0U3QkEsNCw4OUI3RDksMjtsPTE7dD0xOw==">Visit www.TartanMaker.com, click here.

20. ColorWizard – ver 3.0

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Lack of good color? Use color wizard to do color-matching for you. The color wizard lets you submit your own base color, and it automatically returns matching colors for the one you selected. It returns a set of hue, saturation and tint/shade variations of your color, as well as suggests color schemets to you, based on your color’s complementary color, split complementary colors, analogous colors and other variations.

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href="http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp#wizard">Check out ColorWizard.

21. Color Scheme Designer

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The Color Scheme Designer is a brilliant color-matching tool for those who are selecting colors for their designs.

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href="http://colorschemedesigner.com/">Try this design tool at ColorSchemeDesigner.com.

22. Post-It Note Generator

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Fans of sticky note? Embbed it into your web design using Post-It Note Generator. Post-It Note Generator helps create eye-catching Post-It Note with customizable text designs, message color, and paper styles.

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href="http://notes.mastervb.net/">Make some Post-It note right away!

23. Genfavicon

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Genfavicon is another favicon maker that helps generate favorite icon on the fly.

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href="http://www.genfavicon.com/">Visit www.GenFavIcon.com/

24. Gradient Texture Maker

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Gradient Texture Maker is a free web tool that allows you to generate a graphics with gradient colors. This design tool is highly recommended for those who need to create website background with gradient color.

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href="http://www.grsites.com/generate/generator/5000/">Check out Gradient Texture Maker.

25. Favicon CC

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Favicon CC is not exactly a web generator tool. However, it enables you to draw and create favicon easily online – which I think most of y’all would be interested to look at.

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href="http://www.favicon.cc/">Let’s draw some favicon at Favicon.cc.

26. SimWebSol Logo Generator

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SimWebSol Logo Generator is another simple logo generator.

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href="http://www.simwebsol.com/ImageTool/">Visit online: www.SimWebSol.com/ImageTool/

27. Textorizer

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Textorizer is a nice piece of web application that allows you to create cool graphics using text of your choice. The tool takes jpeg, png, gif, or xpm file less than 128K in length and produces an SVG file which reconstructs the original image using parts of the text scattered around.

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href="http://textorizer.whatfettle.com/">Check out Textorizer.WhatFettle.com/

28. Buttonator

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I used to spend hours working on Flash and Fireworks for web buttons. Well I wouldn’t do the same if I heard about Buttonator back then. Buttonator is a great button generator that helps create stylish buttons instantly – a great tool for lazy web designers and webmasters.

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href="http://www.buttonator.com/">Make some buttons with Buttonator now.

29. Idee’s Multicolr Search Lab

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Searching for the right images on Flickr to match your web design or blogpost? Try Multicolr Search Lab, a free web tool that helps you to sort out Flickr creative common images based on color.

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href="http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr/">Try out Multicolr Search Lab now!

30. BgPatterns

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BgPatterns helps create classy background (see image). There are dozens of cool patterns to choose from and it’s a must see tool for all web designers.

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href="http://bgpatterns.com/">Visit BgPatterns.com.

Well that’s all for the list. If there is a web generator or tool that you think should be listed here, feel free to shout in the comment box.

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