So many people are astounded as to how we make some of the things we do in the amount of time they give us. This is our little secret. It has hundreds of stock Flash files for purchase that you can use with only a little customization. The authors aren't required to but more times than not provide wonderful and prompt support for the Flash files they write. Whenever we need to add that special something to a web site, this is the source we turn to first.

TweakPNG is a low-level PNG image editing utility. It basically lets you tweak the backside properties of a PNG image. We use this to remove the gAMA property from our PNG files as they appear slightly discolored in older browsers. It is extremely useful for web designers who use transparency in their design aesthetics. About 95% of the image files we use are in the .PNG image format. With out this utility, we wouldn't be able to make our web sites as beautiful as they are.

This is a PHP-based script that's being used on this site as we speak. The "portfolio at a glance" section uses this to reload a new site from my web design portfolio every time the page loads. This seems like a simple enough script but surprisingly this type of script exists in two forms from what we can find and this is the only one that is PHP-based. It works beautifully and was very easy to implement.

Forms are ubiquitous now and an easy, spam free, secure method of retrieving form data has been hard to come by but Tectite.com's Form Mail php script is a godsend. They use clever php coding to leave spambots stumped when they try to attack the form resulting in no erroneous data submissions or having email addresses end up on spam lists. Their site is really easy to use and the script even comes with a configuration wizard that sets up all the retrieval variables ahead of time so implementation is quick and easy.