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RESOURCES: Various Resources

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RESOURCES: Various Resources
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RESOURCES: Various Resources

Scot Ranney • February 18, 2024


Web Utilities

Complete list of HTML Meta Tags

https://gist.github.com/lancejpollard/1978404

Htaccess Tester: Test htaccess directives before bricking your site.

http://htaccess.madewithlove.be/

Redirect Checker: Gives you low level information on the kinds of redirects a site page is going through.

https://www.redirect-checker.org/index.php

W3 Markup Validator: Great tool to make sure your pages all have legal HTML.

https://validator.w3.org/

HTML Formatter: Takes messy HTML and fixes it.

https://www.freeformatter.com/html-formatter.html

HTML Tidy: Similar to HTML Formatter. Sometimes you need another tool to do the same job.

https://htmltidy.net/

Online JSON Parser: Is that an error I see in your json? Json errors can kill javascript and other web apps.

http://json.parser.online.fr/

Javascript Beautifier: This also gives you hints about javascript coding errors.

https://beautifier.io/

XML Validator

https://codebeautify.org/xmlvalidator

ISO Lists: All the lists you need. Countries, states, timezones, whatever.

https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search

Calculators: Sometimes you just need one. Many different kinds of calculators here.

https://planetcalc.com/

Find Unclosed DIV and other tags:

https://www.aliciaramirez.com/closing-tags-checker/

REG-EX Tester: Useful for htaccess and other situations that need complex regular expressions.

https://www.regexpal.com/

Graphics, Galleries, Design

BX Slider: https://bxslider.com/ The easiest, fastest dev time, lowest overhead pro carousel/slider plugin there is. It just doesn't get easier than this. Supported by The Gallery module.

Unite Gallery: http://unitegallery.net/ Beautiful, full featured, many different galleries, and easy to use. Supported by The Gallery module. 

Favicon Generator: I've never had a client who wasn't thrilled with their new favicon (browser tab graphic)

https://realfavicongenerator.net/

https://www.favicon.cc/

Gradient Editor by Color Zilla - create css gradients (like the top header background here.)

https://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/

Color Scheme Generator: Sometimes inspiration needs a kick.

https://paletton.com/

Convert PNG to Base64: Useful for embedding icons in a module.

https://onlinepngtools.com/convert-png-to-base64

Placeholder.com: Easy to use URLs for placeholder graphics.

https://placeholder.com/ - image below: via.placeholder.com/250x65

Windows/OS Utiltiies

Greenshot: My go-to screenshot generator. I like this because it's super easy to use and has an editor that I can use for arrows, text, circles, etc... 

https://getgreenshot.org/

SEO

Google Rich Results Test: Make sure your pages have the data they need.

https://search.google.com/test/rich-results

SEO One Click: The absolute best browser extension for quickly checking a web page meta and microdata.

http://www.seo-extension.com/

Schema.org is the definitive guide to microdata and includes json/ld examples for almost all situations.

https://www.schema.org

Resources

W3 Schools is where we learn how to code. HTML, CSS, JS, and everything else. 

https://www.w3schools.com/

Stack Overflow: Any coding related question answered. Most questions have already been answered.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions

PHP Sandbox: Just in case you need to get some PHP working

https://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/

Dummy Text (lorem ipsum) generator. Great for filler text when creating a mockup.

https://www.blindtextgenerator.com/lorem-ipsum

Security

Project Honeypot: Find out if an IP is a spammer or worse.

https://www.projecthoneypot.org/

Miva Merchant

Check out Miva Merchant if you are looking for a flexible, powerful, top shelf ecommerce platform.

The best resource for Mivascript functions and related information:

http://www.mivascript.com/

Shadows Style Guide and other documentation:

https://docs.miva.com/readytheme-shadows/#overview-style-guide

Miva Merchant API Functions: Use these in store pages and modules. Page Template code functions. Not all functions are here, sometimes you need to look in the LSK.

https://docs.miva.com/api-functions

Module API reference guide: Want to make miva modules or need info a particular feature? Here's the file. Note that it hasn't been updated for Miva 10 as of Jan 2021.

https://www.miva.com/pdf/MM_Module_API_Ref_Guide_v45.pdf

Miva Merchat Limited Source Kit (LSK) contains source code to about 80% of Miva Merchant. Invaluable if you are learning module and miva script coding in general.

https://apps.miva.com/miva-merchant-limited-source-kit.html


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