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Firefly - an easy Chat for your Website

I found a new toy :-) It’s called Firefly and it is a chat tool for your webpage. Really easy to integrate: All you have to to is to add a line of code and thats it.

I installed it for you, so you can see it in action right here. Just have a look in the sidebar. There you see a “Sharebrain Chat” Button. Klick it and a layer will open on top of this page. Then all you have to do is to type.
So try it out and have fun. If you want to grab one for your own website go to http://firef.ly

08.02.08 | 2 Comments |
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CSS Type Set - Letter Press for the Digital Age

CSS Type Set is a simple web tool to help you with CSS type customization. In order to use this web tool, you must enable JavaScript. Copy and paste or type in your desired text in the left box, then you can use the control tools (below the box) to instantly changes the style of your copy.
After entering text in the box to the left and adjusting the style controls, you can copy the generated CSS to use on your own website.
This CSS Type Set is pretty handy because every type style customization can be checked instantly together with the CSS codes. CSS Type Set also performs very well for a paragraph text.
Beside the regular type formatting controls, you can see three sliders with different functions to set the style of types and paragraph. They are: letter spacing slider, word spacing slider and line height sliders.

Give a try of this cool CSS Type Set and let us know what you think! ;)

07.25.08 | 1 Comment |
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LimeSurvey - open source survey application

Need to do a survey and don´t know how? Here is the solution: LimeSurvey basically contains everything you need for doing nearly every survey with grace. And it is FREE. The feature list is way too long to write it all down here. So just some Highlights: Unlimited number of surveys at the same time, Unlimited number of questions in a survey, Unlimited number of participants to a survey, Multi-Lingual Surveys, User-Management, 20 different question types, Quotas Management and much much more. So if you are looking for a great free tool that help you managing your surveys you have to check this one out now!

07.20.08 | Comment? |
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Feed Compare - Compare Your FeedBurner Subscribers with others

Wonder of how many subscribers that your competitor’s website gets? Feed Compare has the answer. Feed Compare is an amazing web tool that will give you accurate data of your feed subscribers and others websites at once in a simple graphic chart.

You just need to type in the FeedBurner Feed Name or its full URL and click the “Compare” button to get this chart loaded at your web browser. If you want to share this chart, you can just copy the url provided by Feed Compare and embed it to every spot you like!

Feed Compare is now available in v1.0 and only served for FeedBurner feed comparison chart. Try this cool web tool now!

07.04.08 | Comment? |
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Convert HTM to PDF

With www.htm2pdf.co.uk you can convert your webpage into a PDF file with a single click. Really quick and easy. They even offer a Bookmarklet which allows you to convert webpages direct from your browser.

06.26.08 | Comment? |
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The best free Screenshot Services


If you have a website with many screenshots of external websites on it, you can make your life easier when you use a free screenshot service. A screenshot service helps you to let your visitors to instantly visualize any web page before clicking. Increase site traffic, click-through rate and site stickiness. Here are some free screenshot services for you:

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06.16.08 | 2 Comments |
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Cream: an open-source CRM

Visit www.campware.org/en/camp/cream_news Cream is a multilingual customer relationship management (CRM) system for media organizations that features powerful modules for sales automation, customer service, subscription management, incoming and outgoing email, template-based HTML newsletters, and a WYSIWYG editor.

05.23.08 | Comment? |
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CKFinder - The Advanced File Browser

Visit www.ckfinder.comCKFinder is a powerful and easy to use Ajax file manager for web browsers. Its simple interface makes it intuitive and quick to learn for all kinds of users, from advanced professionals to Internet beginners. Features of this file manager are: Folders tree navigation: intuitive for all users | Quality image thumbnails, making it quick to find things | Multi-language support with automatic user language detection | Sensitive context menus for files and folders | Full user control: create, rename and delete folders and files | Full developer control: all features can be precisely configured with a powerful ACL and user roles system | Lightweight interface | No page refreshes: quick responses | Secure file uploads: all uploaded files are checked according to the rules set by the developer.

05.08.08 | Comment? |
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