Links

Here are some of my favourite and most useful sites.

This page uses the Link Library plug-in. My notes on using it.

Applications

	LibreOffice What is LibreOffice? \| LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Based on OpenOffice - Compatible with Microsoft
	Open Office Apache OpenOffice - Official Site - The Free and Open Productivity Suite
	Putty, Terminal App PuTTY is an SSH and telnet client, developed originally by Simon Tatham for the Windows platform. PuTTY is open source software that is available with source code and is developed and supported by a group of volunteers.
	Thunderbird Email Client Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

Coding and Web Design

Free Code Camp

Learn to code for free

Law Depot

Legal Documents, Forms, and Contracts

WebmasterWorld Forums Index

Web designers forum.

Marketing

	Answer the Public Get instant, raw search insights, direct from the minds of your customers
	Calendly Free Online Appointment Scheduling Software
	George Orwell’s 5 Rules for Effective Writing By following Orwell’s 5 rules for effective writing, you’ll distinguish yourself from competitors and clearly communicate your ideas.
	Later.com The world’s favorite Instagram marketing platform (and much more).
	Namelix Business Name Generator - free AI-powered naming tool -

PHP Frameworks

Some PHP frameworks that are worth trying out.

Cake PHP

CakePHP makes building web applications simpler, faster, while requiring less code.

Code Igniter

CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for developers who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.

Zend Framework

Zend Framework (ZF) is an open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 7 and licensed under the New BSD License.

Web Design Tools

Some favourite web design tools.

	Atom Editor Great things happen when developers work together—from teaching and sharing knowledge to building better software.
	DaFont – Download fonts Free downloadable fonts
	Oiko CSS Editor Oiko CSS editor is a visual CSS editor with easy-to-use interface and graphic tree-type view of attachment files and the CSS structure.
	PageSpeed Insights Make your web pages fast on all devices
	Search Console Help

WSL

	doc/filePanels/hotkeys – Midnight Commander Collection of hot keys when using Midnight Commander.
	How to Access Your Linux (WSL) Files in Windows 10 Windows 10’s May 2019 Update introduced an easy, safe, and officially supported way to access and work with your Linux files from within File Explorer and other applications. Here’s how to get at your Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) files.
	How to create symbolic links in Ubuntu A symbolic link is a shortcut file for any directory or file. The symlink or soft link are the other names of the symbolic link. In Ubuntu, symbolic links work like a string that generates paths between various files and directories.
	How To Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04 \| DigitalOcean
	How to Install phpMyAdmin on Windows WSL with Apache – Website for Students
	Importing & Exporting WSL Import any Linux distribution to use with WSL \| Microsoft Docs
	Rebooting WSL How to Reboot WSL (Windows subsystem Linux) in Windows 10 or 11 - H2S Media
	Tutorials \| DigitalOcean Useful tutorials for working with computer systems.
	WSL News What’s new for WSL in Windows 10 version 1903? - Windows Command Line

Content Management Systems

Content management systems to make building and maintaining websites easier.

	Concrete 5 Concrete5 makes running a website easy.
	Drupal The leading open-source CMS for ambitious digital experiences that reach your audience across multiple channels.
	Joomla! Main Joomla! site
	WordPress.Org The home of WordPress and the official download website.

Joomla!

The first CMS I started with but I have now moved onto WordPress. Here are some great sites to get started with Joomla! There are also heaps of modules and plug-ins to choose from as well.

	Joomla! Main Joomla! site
	Joomla! Developers Documentation about Joomla for developers.
	Joomlapolis The complete solution for your membership and social networking site.
	JoomlaShack A great source of professionally built templates and modules.
	Joomsocial A networking module for Joomla. Very similar in appearance to Facebook.
	Virtuemart An excellent e-commerce solution for Joomla.

WordPress

Some WordPress sites to help you get started. Also worth checking out for WordPress is jQuery; a Javascript library which WordPress uses extensively.

	Woo Commerce The eCommerce platform for WordPress.
	WordPress.com The home of Jetpack for WordPress, plus free basic WordPress hosting.
	WordPress.Org The home of WordPress and the official download website.
	WP eCommerce The WP eCommerce Plugin is everything you need to sell anywhere!

eCommerce

	Magento A powerful ecommerce platform with a difficult learning curve.
	Open Cart The best FREE and open-source eCommerce platform Everything you need to create, scale and run your business.
	OsCommerce Oscommerce provides the tools to set up your own online store and website for free.
	Virtuemart An excellent e-commerce solution for Joomla.
	Woo Commerce The eCommerce platform for WordPress.
	WP eCommerce The WP eCommerce Plugin is everything you need to sell anywhere!

Electronics

TinyCAD

Tiny Cad, computer aided design for the electronics hobbyist.

Graphics and Fonts

Envato Elements

Envato Elements opens up a world of creative possibilities for all your design projects.

Ezvid for Windows Official Download Page

Ezvid For Windows: The Easiest Screen Recorder And Video Editor

Stock Images

Free Images

Find and download free stock photos - all free for personal and commercial use

Free stock photos · Pexels

Excellent source of free stock images.

rgbstock.com – free stock photos

Source of free stock images.

Miscellaneous

	Applying Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate in Namecheap Applying Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate in Namecheap in 2020 with AutoRenewal – Verified & working – Using ACME.sh
	Citation Sy Create citations, reference lists, and bibliographies.
	Core The world’s largest collection of direct access research papers.
	Internet Archive (Wayback Machine) Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
	Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate in Namecheap NameCheap doesn't support Let's Encrypt natively, But provides option so you can setup LetEncrypt SSL certificates using different utilities like getSSL or ACME.sh
	NameCheap, How to access a hosting account via SSH If you wish to access a hosting account via SSH, first of all, follow the steps specified in this guide in order to enable SSH access for your account.
	Newspaper Archive ELEPHIND.COM search the world's historical newspaper archives
	PDF Drive PDF Drive is your search engine for PDF files.

My Websites

Websites I have built for businesses, clubs and churches; and some for myself.

	Eltham Web Design Eltham Web Design
	First personal website First personal website, this was my first home site which is now replaced with this one built with WordPress.
	First Portfolio Website My first online portfolio to showcase my work. This new one has replaced it using WordPress.
	Glenn Eaton – Folio A website to showcase Web and VB.net achievements for Glenn Eaton.

Clubs and Non Profit Organisations

	AEFA AEFA, An Australian Organisation Fostering And Promoting Aeromodelling Using Electric Power.
	Harry’s Hut The Wonnangatta Valley Station and Harry Smith stories
	Research Tennis Club Research Tennis Club is set in a beautiful, picturesque setting amongst the trees in Research Park.
	Ten for Tamils Judy Doubas formed the idea for Ten for Tamils when she first visited Jaffna, Sri Lanka in October 2014.
	Theatre 451 Founded in 2013, Theatre 451 produces both new and known works of Australian and International theatre in the northeast Melbourne region and on tour.
	Whittlesea Presbyterian Church Welcome to Whittlesea Presbyterian Church.

Commercial Websites

Websites I have built for businesses and other organisations.

	Courtney Prince Motor Sport Courtney has been mad for motorsport right from when she could walk, always wanting a faster mode of transport.
	Dolphin Distributors Established in 1985, Dolphin Distributors is a wholesaler of a range of Healthy Breads and products.
	Eltham Web Design Eltham Web Design, using a custom made WordPress theme.
	Lomilomi Massage Pottsville Qualified Lomi massage practitioner.
	Obesity Surgery, Ballarat An information site for Central Highlands surgery in Ballarat.
	Old Soul An artist who specialises in creating art from old industrial parts.
	Rinet IT My own business specialising in Web and Application development.
	Stephen Malkin Stephen is a qualified Clinical Psychologist (MA Clin Psychol, MAPS)
	Tait Stainless Taint Stainless are stainless steel fabricators from the design to the completed product.

Decommissioned

Moved On

Websites that have moved on.

	Bulk Buy Minerals Private Label Loose Mineral Makeup
	Complete Workwear Laundry Services A large commercial laundry who provide services from private customers to large corporations.
	Cook and Co Pianist, Concert Curator, Educator and Creative Director
	Country Road RV Country Road RV
	Sydney Home Education Network Support for home educators in the greater Sydney area.
	Topline Tennis Topline Tennis website, we have been the No.1 tennis coaching in the north eastern suburbs.
	Viewbank Tennis Club Viewbank Tennis Club has 23 adult teams playing in the NENTG and HDTA competitions and 16 junior teams playing in the NEJTA competition.

Search Engines

	Bing
	DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.
	Mojeek
	Private Search Engine – Brave Search Brave Search, from the makers of Brave Browser.
	Qwant – The search engine that respects your privacy
	Searx Documentation (Searx-1.0.0.tex) Searx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.
	Startpage – Private Search Engine. No Tracking. No Search History. Start Page, search engine.