Web design tools – build your webpage faster and at no cost!

There are plenty of tools out there that will help you build webpages easily and at no cost. The list below is the result of many years of bookmarking over the internet.

Free Page Builders:

Synthasite
It is very easy to get started with Synthasite. Create a new site, add pages, select a theme and drag & drop elements into your new pages. You can create a basic website in less than 30 minutes if you have already got the content at hand.

SiteKreator.com
SiteKreator lets you easily create and update your own personal or business web site. Choose from a variety of web page templates to build your site, change the look, add content, photos, videos… Free hosting (up to 10MB for the free plan).

Yahoo! GeoCities
Create pages within minutes with a simple drag & drop editor. No HTML knowledge required.

Some more Web based editors…

Five Across Bubbler Instant Publisher
Edit me
ColorMaker
WYMeditor

Add a map to your website:

Map Maker
Create a map, copy and paste the Javascript or iframe into your webpage.

Google Maps
Google Maps has a “link to this page” option that lets you create an iframe to embed a map into your website.

Communitywalk
Select your city, add a marker/path  and finally show the map on your blog or website.

Free Contact Form Generators:

JotForm
Web Based WYSIWYG Form Builder. Create and publish web forms using your browser.

FormLogix
Alike Jotform, just drag & drop elements into the design area and place them as you want. Then copy and paste the script or url into your webpage.

Wufoo
Wufoo hosts everything on their servers so all you need is a browser to buid forms (Contact Form, Mailing List, Survey, Job Application, Account Management, Customer Management…). Cons: the free plan is limited to 3 forms only.

FormAssembly
Another web form builder. Cons: The free plan has ads.

Menus:

CSS Tab Designer
CSS Tab Designer is a great freeware that lets you visually make css-based menus or tabs without any programming.

CSS Menu Generator
Create simple CSS menus from your own images.

Sub-menu Generator
Make Vertical and Horizontal Menus with sub menus (Javascript).

Advanced Menu Generator
Advanced menus with rollover effect.

Buttons Generators:

MyCoolButton
Cool Web2.0 button maker.

FlashButtons
Animated flash buttons.

Buttanor
Drag & drop button editor.

Blogflux
Create simple buttons for your blog.

Brilliant Maker
Another blog button maker.

Logo Generators:

Web2.0 Logo Creator by Alex P
Make Web2.0 logos.

Creatr
Another great way to generate Web2.0 logos. Enter a text and chose colors to generate the logo.

More…
Web2.0 Stylr

color matching and palette design:

ColorBlender
An advanced color palette.

Web Color picker
Create your own palette to download.

Color Schemer
Matching color schemes at the click of your mouse.

Colour codes for your webpages
RGB Color Codes and their related names.

Favicon Generators:

The favicon is a small 16×16 image that is shown in the address bar of your browser when the site is called up.

Dynamic Drive – Favicon Generator

Favicon Editor

HTMLkit – Favicon

Favicon.cc

Email Encoder:

The Enkoder Form
Protects your email addresses from email-harvesting robots.

Web Page Speed Analysis tools:

By now, you’ve created your website and it is time to test how fast your webpages load. Here is a tool to help you to do so:

Pingdom Tools
Enter your URL and test your page. Pingdom will give you a detail report of your page loading time.
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