Links to Helpful Sites

Web Essentials:

• osCommerce tutorials (this is an online shopping cart program)
• FTP Programs: FileZilla or FTP Commander (both are free). These programs are useful when you need to upload files to your site.
• Find out if a domain name is available. Warning: at one point there was a scam out there where people would see which domains others looked up and buy them before they could, so if your domain is available, you may want to buy it quickly.

Spyware/Adware/Virus Scan

FREE Online Scan: http://housecall.trendmicro.com

• Click "Scan Now. It's Free!"
• You may be asked for your country.
• Click "Start Free Scan Now".
Click "Complete Scan" (Security and Virus).
• Select the drive(s) you want scanned (usually just your C drive unless you have other hard drives).
• Wait for the program to download and scan your computer.

Software

• AVG Free: a free anti-virus program.
• SpySweeper: affordable (and very good) anti-spyware program

Scripts

- dhtml goodies - free scripts for websites

Hotscripts - tons of free and commercial scripts for websites.

SPAM Filtering

Mailwasher is one of the best programs - it helps to get rid of SPAM (junk email).

Great (and free) Stock Photos:

• Stock.Xchng
• Pixel Perfect Digital
• FreePhotosBank
• morgueFile

Fonts and Dingbats

• Freeware fonts and dingbats by Jeff Levine - make sure to read the terms of use section. Jeff is not only an incredibly talented artist, he's very nice and knowledgeable!