I use Abduction add-on for Firefox to take screenshot of websites. It does the job pretty well. If I were to create a thumbnail, first I will take the screenshot of the web page and then resize it using IrfanView. It is a pretty straightforward process, but the problem arises in the image quality. When you are resizing the 900px screenshot into 150px or 100px thumbnail, won’t it effect the overall quality? Obviously, it will.
Web Page Thumbnail is a free tool for Windows that let’s you take high quality thumbnails of any web page. Just enter the website URL using the build-in browser and it will load up the site instantly, you can then browse to any page who’s thumbnail you want to create.
Read MoreThere are various methods to take screenshot of a website, among them include add-ons for Firefox. But not everyone uses Firefox browser, or do they? What if you want to take screenshot of the website every hour, or every 5 minutes? Or what if you want to take the screenshot without the main scrollbar, javascript, or flash?
SiteShoter is a free standalone portable tool for Windows that can take screenshot of any website instantly and save it to an image file. All you have to do is enter the website URL, select the output destination, set some web browser options, and select the image size and quality.
When you are done setting up your website, the next most important step is to set up MX Records. For those who don’t know what MX Records is, according to Wikipedia,
An MX record or Mail exchanger record is a type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) specifying how Internet e-mail should be routed using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). Each MX record contains a preference and a host name, so that the collection of MX records for a given domain name point to the servers that should receive e-mail for that domain, and their priority relative to each other.
Once MX Records are set up, how will you know if these records have been implemented properly according to their respective priorities? Most people waste their time in forums asking whether their MX Records have been set up properly. The best way to check it is to use this MX Lookup Tool. All you have to do is to enter your domain, and it will look up MX Records for you within seconds and list them according to their priorities.
Read MoreDid you come across an interesting article and said ‘Oh I will read it later’ or ‘I don’t have time now’ and after a few days forgot about it? It happens with everyone, that’s why all browsers have build-in Bookmarks feature.
I Need To Read This is a new online service that lets you add all important articles to your to-read list, in this way you can keep track of all articles on the go. Another useful feature is that you can enable the feed and let your friends know which articles you are reading.
Read MoreWant to create simple banners for your website, forum, or MySpace profile without using any desktop tools? BannerFans is a free online tool to create and download banners in either JPEG, PNG, or GIF format. Also you can grab different HTML codes for your banner, such as code for putting it on Myspace profile, Forum, or any Website/Blog.
Creating the banner is a piece of cake. Customize the banner by going to the respective Layout, Text & Fonts, Shadows & Effects, Border, and the Format tabs. Once you have customized the banner, click Update My Banner to see the changes in the preview window.
Read MoreSuppose you visit any website and want to contact the webmaster, but cannot find any contact information on the website, what will you do? Instead of searching the who.is information and going further deep to track down the owner, you can simply use ContactThatOwner.
It is a free online service that lets you find the owner of any website and allows you to contact him/her instantly. This is how it works, you enter the website name, it will query the domain provider for a contact email. Once the email has been received, you will be shown a simple-to-use contact form from where you can send the message to the webmaster directly.
Read MoreDid you come across an awesome website and wondered which combination of colors they are using? I Like Your Colors is a free online tool by Owen Winkler that extracts the colors of any website or blog. It actually reads the website’s stylesheet(style.css file) to find the colors and the end results are surprisingly accurate.
Read MoreI visit multiple websites, multiple times daily. Typing the names of these websites over and over again becomes too time consuming and obviously, boring. I figured out a way to create a desktop shortcut for it through which you can open unlimited number of websites in multiple browser tabs.
Basically we have to create a batch file to open multiple websites. If you have read the post in the link above you will learn to make batch file for opening multiple applications, but for the sake of convenience I am going to teach you to make a batch file to open multiple websites at once. The method is almost same, but instead of application target, we will enter website URL.
Read MoreIf you visit a website frequently, you can create a desktop shortcut for the website so that it can be accessed easily without having to open the browser and type the address over and over again. If you are a doing a business and send frequent emails to your clients, you can create a desktop shortcut for sending an email quickly.
Read MoreDo you want to download some web 2.0 logos for your website or blog? One website I recently came across is called LogoInstant. They add one free professional web 2.0 logo which you can edit and use it in your own website or blog. These logos are 100% free and no registration is required.
Read MoreDo you want to share a large file with your friend without downloading any software or without uploading it to some website/server? Worry not, now you can send large files directly to your friend over peer-to-peer technology using your web browser.
Read MoreDo you want to upload multiple videos to YouTube quickly in the most easiest way? You can put up to 100 videos to be uploaded to YouTube with a single click. YouTube does not allow this, and only allows you to upload up to 10 videos only, and for most people it is difficult task.
Read MoreDo you think someone is spying on the websites you’ve been browsing even though you have been clearing up your internet history and cache? If you are using a computer at office or public computer then your privacy maybe at stake because of spying software installed on the computer. Many Google Chrome users may think incognito mode is enough for stealth browsing but browsing with Vanished is much more than that. With Vanished you can browse any website privately and it allows you to hide the pages you want to surf.
Read MoreHas this ever happened with you that while registering for some website you found that the username has already been taken? This is where UsernameCheck comes in, it is a website that lets you check for your username across almost all famous websites and services. Sadly it misses few great websites, but their support is coming soon.
Read MoreFor the past 2 months, I have received many emails asking me about my web hosting company because they found the response time of this blog to be quite fast. This is what prompted me to write a post today. You can check my blog’s hosting company without the need to contact me. Whoishostingthis is a website that makes it possible and I found it to be the most reliable out there.
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