4 Free Online Tools for Web Designers
There’s a trend in software towards expensive online subscriptions, but there are still a lot of great free services out there.
Every day, I relay on useful websites to get more work done. Here are 4 free online services that I use daily, whether I’m working with WordPress, Joomla, Drupal or something else.
Free Tool #1. Color Schemer Online
Website: Colorschemer.com/online.html
This is helpful for my design work. I can start with a single color and then find several matching color schemes based on that first choice.
This site is really easy to use:
- Type in your starting color
- Choose either RGB or HEX
- You can choose to darken or lighten the color scheme
You can then use the generated color codes from the right side of the screen.
Free Tool #2. Font Awesome
Website: Fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
Font Awesome allows you to use font icons instead of png images. They are really easy to use and also scale up and down far more effectively than traditional images.
- Download the files
- Decompress
- Copy the /fonts/ and /css/ folders into your website
- Load /css/font-awesome.min.css inside the head tag of your code
To render an icon use this HTML structure:
<i class="fa fa-icon-name"></i>To display the check icon, use:
<i class="fa fa-check"></i>The full list of icon classes is available at Fontawesome.io/icons/
Free Tool #3. Responsinator
Website: Responsinator.com
This is a really quick and easy way to test your responsive design work.
- Type the URL of your site
- Check the available screen sizes
Note: Responsinator is a useful tool, but isn’t a substitute for detailed testing in common browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer/Edge, Opera, Safari and Opera.
Free Tool #4. Jpeg Mini
Website: Jpegmini.com
This site make your jpg images lighter, but also allows them to keep the same quality.
- Go to http://www.jpegmini.com/main/shrink_photo
- Browse for your image
- Wait until the process is finished
- Download the compressed file
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