1. WordPress.org Blogging Software
This Open source blogging software is rated #1 by every blogger due to its features and usability. This software was developed by Matt Mullenweg together Mike Little in the year 2003 from b2 codebase. Michel Valdrighi (original b2 developer) had joined them soon. At present there are lots of other developers such as Robin Adrianse, Dougal Campbell, Donncha O Caoimh, Mike Little, Owen Winkler and David House. Due to effort and hard-work of them today WordPress is most download blogging software and around 8% web pages are powered by this free blogging tool.
WordPress is suited for every type of blog as well as for eCommerce sites. You can run every type of website or blog over its framework. Sites like Mashable, Labnol, are also powered by WordPress.
[WordPress]
2. FileZilla FTP Solution
Another open source and free software to fulfill your blogging needs. FileZilla FTP is one of the best FTP solutions to transfer files directly between your server and your desk. It also supports Secure File Transfer Protocol [SFTP]. It offers lots of features, along with resume support and can be use for uploading or downloading any type of file.
3. Google Adsense Publisher Program
Adsense Ads are the best solution to monetize any blog or website and earn revenues from your site. It owns by Google and anyone who fulfills their requirement can join this program. But getting approved by adsense is not a easy task, they will approve your publisher request only if they found your site valuable and worth reading. Now they have two step approval process first they partially approve your publisher account and test ads performance on your site for 15 days and then after gives final approval.
But if you got approval for its publisher program than sky if the limit for earnings, they have thousands of advertisers and serves ads globally. And pay you up to 70% of leads.
4. MorgueFile for Free Image
MorgueFile is the alternate of Stock.xchng and Photo Bucket to fulfill your needs of graphics for your articles. They offer free photos for your creative work and they have thousands of images at their directory.
5. Google Chrome Web Browser
Chrome is the fastest web browser in the world, fast loading, free, inbuilt support for java and flash. In their gallery you will find lots of extensions and tools. The foremost reason for loving Google Chrome is Developers Tools, it offers you directly source codes of any web page and you can also use this tool to test live changes on your web page layout, object dimensions, and offsets.
6. FastStone Capture
Though if you are Windows 7 user you can use Snipping Tool for capturing screens but I like to use FastStone Capture software, cause of its simplicity and features such as Screen Magnifier, Screen Ruler, Color Picker, along with various option to capture screens. Its paid software but you can download and test it free for 30 days.
[FastStone Capture]
7. Adobe PhotoShop
PhotoShop is the best tool for generating or modifying images for both developers as well as beginners. Its simplicity and bunch of options makes it a must having software. Since the first day I never thought about replacing it.
[Adobe Photoshop]
8. Google Alerts Service
It’s a really valuable and free service by Google, its allow you to keep abreast of what is happening in your niche topic and interest areas from Google search. For example if you are looking for a article on any topic and didn't find any suitable article you may set Google Alerts for the same, after that whenever Google bot will index any new page with the subjected topic they will notify you via email and other selected modes.
[Google Alerts]
9. Google Reader
Its offers you to follow all your favorite sites to check their updates without having to visit them, must using tool for busy bloggers. No need to visit every site and check for updates all could be done from its single window.
[Google Reader]
10. Notepad++
Although Dreamweaver is the first choice of coders and I also love that but for doing small works I prefer to use Notepad++ its and open source software and supports over 57 languages including JavaScript, CSS, HTML, XML, Perl, Python, C++, JSP, LISP, Postscript, Ruby, Shell etc. It also supports ANSI and UTF-8 Encoding.
[Notepad ++]
11. HTML Color Codes
HTML-Color-Codes.info is the best tool to get supported HTML Codes for Colors to use in CSS and HTML. They offers to option to choose colors either you can choose from HTML Color Chart or HTML Color Picker.
[HTML Color Codes]
12. WordWeb Dictionary for Windows
If you are a non English guy like me, they I am sure you would be use any dictionary and thesaurus service [software] to enhance your understandings and word power. If it’s true then you should give a try to WordWeb software. It’s available in both pro and free versions. The best thing about this software is it runs offline [could be run online, too] and has over 150k root words and 220k word senses. Another likable thing about it is, each set of synonyms is linked to other related sets. Just over the cursor on any text press CTRL and right click [mouse] together and it will show you the meaning of desired word along with its synonyms and other details.
[WordWeb]
13. RSS Graffiti
With the boost in social media sector every blogger and webmaster is looking to increase their social media exposes. Facebook and Twitter are the first choice of everyone that's the reason you could find every blog or website at facebook as well as twitter. There are plenty of tools available for updating your fan pages and twitter account automatically using RSS Feed of your Blog/ Website. RSS Graffiti is one of the best tools for updating your blog's fan page automatically. Just Install and configure it on facebook and twitter and leave rest of on it.
[RSS Graffiti]
14. Paint.Net
If due to any reason you could not use Photoshop then you must try paint software. This is an alternative of Photoshop and Irfan View for image and photo editing tool for Windows based operating systems. It is powerful and simple to use – great to edit. It’s lite weighted software but good for beginners.
[Paint.net]
15. Xampp
Another Open Source but excellent tool to run WordPress framework on your local desktop. It supports FTP, PHP, MySQL, etc. By using this you can install WordPress on your windows PC and can run WordPress site locally on your computer. It’s very handy tool for those you wish to understand WordPress working and WordPress plugin and theme designers. Before uploading and installing any theme or plugin on my WordPress blog I test those at my local pc via using this service, and this ensure me more security for my blog.
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