The web is full of some wonderful and free tools to help make you a better web publisher.

We have used the tools shown below but we must be cautious about their ongoing reliability. We have no control over the authors of the devices so things may change over time but you will at least know that in the first instance we have used them and found them to be useful.

If you have found some free tools that you would like to share, please email helpdesk@sponsor-ed.com.au

Free Tools

PDF creator

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

Animated GIF creator

An animated gif in this instance, is a series of photos that can be combined to produce a mini slide show. You can control the timing and the number of photos in the show. Note: make sure all your photos are of the same size otherwise you may end up with some black borders. A fun device nevertheless.

http://www.gifninja.com/CreateAGif.aspx

http://gickr.com/

Simple photo compression application

http://www.kstudio.net/re.html

http://www.shrinkpictures.com/

Tools for copying your website

http://personalweb.about.com/od/organizeyoursite/tp/sitecopyprogram.htm

Broadband Speed Checker

Most don't know the speed of their internet connection or the fact that the upload speed can be only one tenth of the download speed. This is important to understand if you're trying to upload large photo files into the CMS.

http://www.comparebroadband.com.au/SpeedTest.htm

Disclaimer: As sponsor-ed does not own the applications listed, it can not warrant the performance of any of the tools.