Free web services

Webmaster tools, generators and scripts

Here is a list of free things for you to use on your web site. Some of them are by me and others are just tools that I have found and thought would be useful to someone. All tools and scripts featured here that are not made by myself are clearly marked with the original source.

Free PHP scripts

Free PHP form mailer script

Add an email form to your website within a minute with our PHP mailer script. The script is fully customisable by editing a simple configuration file. Even a chimp could install it.

Free SHOUTcast multiple server stats script

See how many listeners you have over all of your servers on one page. Includes bar charts of server load for each stream.

Free PHBB mods

PHPBB forum image size limiter (CSS)

When users are allowed to post images in a PHPBB forum, they often post large images that affect the layout of the forum. This simple mod will limit the size of images that can be posted.

Free web tools

META tag generator

If your web site does not have META tags, then your search engine rankings could benefit from effective META tags. META tags are not magic - they won't in most cases get you to the top of seach engines for your chosen keywords, or else everyone would do it. They simply give the search engines accurate information about your web page and helps with the display of your listing. In some cases, for example if your web site covers a unique subject, META tags can help to get you to the top of search engines. It is definately worth including them on your web pages anyway and this simple to use tool will help you to create tags quickly and easily with no need to know HTML.

Disable 'Click here to activate this control' message in Internet Explorer

This is a free tool to generate the code for you to put on your website to avoid the dreaded 'Click here to activate this control' message in IE when using Flash animations or menus. It will give you some HTML code and a Javascript file to upload to your website. Your menus will work properly again!