Thursday, July 28, 2011

20 Extremely Useful Freeware Apps For Blogging

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Whether you use WordPress, Tumblr or Blogger in order to get the most out of your blog it helps to have some tools by your side.

Even just to manipulate images or upload files, some are downright essential to maintain a functioning blog.

I'd be willing to be bet you use a few of these already but I hope to show you some new FREE software that could potentially make your life easier and your blog even better.

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Graphics Programs

I use Photoshop for almost every post and anytime I'm working on a template design.

It's one of the most crucial aspects of my process. GIMP is one of the best free alternatives out there right now.

Features a lot of support and installs on many operating systems and languages.

Here's another worthy PS alternative.

Multi-language support. Windows.

Perhaps the most user-friendly graphics program out of the bunch.

Easy to use and has a host of useful and fun features, definitely worth checking out.

Great for simple tasks.

Great if you're an internet marketer and you're launching a product.

Sometimes getting a box to look right can be tricky even if you download a template.

This program seeks to help you create your fake box with ease.

Resizing images to the right size before putting them in your post is a great way to increase page loading times.

This simple application does just that along with a few other image manipulating/converting features.

Good if you're looking for a nice barebones image app.

PhotoPlus is another complete image editing solution that's completely free.

They also offer upgraded versions for a price.

UnFREEz is a high-speed Windows application that will take any number of images, saved as separate GIF files, and create a single animated GIF from those images.

This is great if you want to make an animated ad for your blog.

Web Editors

I've used Coffee Cup's products for over 10 years now and I'm using this very program to create the post you're viewing now.

Their products are pure quality and I couldn't recommend them more.

This HTML editor should be your go to HTML editor for working with code.

I mention it in my CSS For Bloggers series, it's a great way to learn in an offline environment with the Preview feature.

Great for quickly making sliding menus for your blog's navigation.

Compatible with Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari, Opera, and more.

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No coding knowledge needed!

KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.

Aptana Studio 2.0.5 is current, stable release of the Aptana Studio environment. It includes extensive capabilities to build web applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium.

Work on Amaya started at W3C in 1996 to showcase Web technologies in a fully featured Web client. The main motivation for developing Amaya was to provide a framework that can integrate as many W3C technologies as possible. It is used to demonstrate these technologies in action while taking advantage of their combination in a single, consistent environment.

Bluefish is another powerful web editor that is updated constantly.

File Upload

FileZilla not to be confused with Mozilla's products is a free FTP solution.

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Social Media

RockMelt is a new type of web browser that aims to connect you with social media like no other browser out there.

If you're on Twitter all the time, Tweet Deck can be a very helpful management tool.

Update Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Google Buzz and Foursquare.

And now you can send longer messages through our new Deck.ly service.

Seesmic is another social media management tool that helps you keep track of everything in real time.

SEO Applications

The AllWebMenus SEO CSS Menu Addin adds the following functionality to AllWebMenus for creating SEO-friendly menus, through either the "sitemap-based SEO" or the "on-page SEO" method.

Blog Writing

Windows Live Writer makes it easy for anyone to tell stories like a professional blogger. You can create beautiful blog posts, and see what they'll look like online before you publish them to your blog. Plus, you can publish your posts to any of your favorite blog service providers.

undefinedBesides having a cool name it's giving Windows Live Writer a run for its money.

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