{"id":1174,"date":"2014-02-24T22:23:42","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T08:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/?page_id=1174"},"modified":"2023-11-06T10:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T20:09:37","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mymonkeydo.com\/tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"
All tools listed here are free and ready to use. \u00a0Last updated in 2021.<\/p>\n
Get only the icons you need and get them for various sources.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/icomoon.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get a single icon as a svg.<\/p>\n https:\/\/github.com\/FortAwesome\/Font-Awesome\/tree\/master\/svgs<\/a><\/p>\n An easy to setup and use solution for local wordpress hosting.\u00a0 Best benefit over MAMP is you can easily run multiple websites at the same time.<\/p>\n http:\/\/localwp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/andresgalante.com\/RGBAtoFeColorMatrix\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.whatsmydns.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n This requires a free account, but it’s free.\u00a0 A Pro version is available.<\/p>\n https:\/\/designer.gravit.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n Ever had a color for your theme, but needed a lighter or darker color?\u00a0 this one gives you all shades of the color.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.0to255.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Escape HTML, format JSON, or format SQL, this website can do it all. \u00a0On Free Formatter, click on the links on the left and find the formatter\u00a0you need.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.freeformatter.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Great for creating gradients, even in IE:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.colorzilla.com\/gradient-editor\/<\/a><\/p>\n DraGGradients is an insane radial generator:<\/p>\n http:\/\/elrumordelaluz.github.io\/draGGradients\/#<\/a><\/p>\n Great for an alternative to Photoshop or even Gimp if you don’t have anything installed:<\/p>\n http:\/\/pixlr.com\/editor\/<\/a><\/p>\n Great for trying out some code without the setup or the mess. \u00a0For PHP or Javascript.<\/p>\n http:\/\/3v4l.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/ajaxload.info\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/preloaders.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/cssload.net\/en\/spinners<\/a> – Pure CSS<\/p>\n Waiting on your designer or client to send you images? \u00a0Use these sites to put images of exact sizes or color into your site. \u00a0No need to create or download any images.<\/p>\n http:\/\/dummyimage.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/placehold.it<\/a><\/p>\n Fast way to convert an image to base64. \u00a0 Convenient way to include 1px images where you don’t want to include a image file. \u00a0Like a 1px transparent image: \u00a0<img http:\/\/base64.wutils.com\/encoding-online\/image-to-base64\/<\/a><\/p>\n Need to know if a website is built with WordPress? \u00a0or if it’s on a Apache vs IIS server? \u00a0hosting too?<\/p>\n http:\/\/builtwith.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Google’s Closure Compiler is the\u00a0safest and most effective.<\/p>\n http:\/\/closure-compiler.appspot.com\/home<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/tools.dynamicdrive.com\/favicon\/<\/a><\/p>\n Test if your server is compressing your web pages.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.gidnetwork.com\/tools\/gzip-test.php<\/a><\/p>\n Generate some common custom code and quickly get started with your new development.<\/p>\n http:\/\/generatewp.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/uptimerobot.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Download a whole bunch of CSS3 animations or make a custom build for just what you need.<\/p>\n https:\/\/daneden.me\/animate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Useful for migrating a database but you need to change some text which may\/may not be in serialized arrays.<\/p>\n http:\/\/interconnectit.com\/products\/search-and-replace-for-wordpress-databases\/<\/a><\/p>\n SPF is one of the ways your servers validate where your email came from.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.kitterman.com\/spf\/validate.html<\/a> https:\/\/www.mail-tester.com<\/a><\/p>\n There are TONS of image compression tools, but the one I’m currently using is fairly good at reducing PNG and GIF sizes, flexible and not shady at all (it’s Yahoo!):<\/p>\n Another one\u00a0that might be better than smushit in JPEGs, but more picky in what is accepted is:<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.punypng.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Another one that does both lossless and lossy with a 10MB limit:<\/p>\n https:\/\/compressor.io\/compress<\/a><\/p>\n For Mac OSX, a local app that\u00a0seems to use the exact same\u00a0compression technique as Google’s Page Speed:<\/p>\n https:\/\/imageoptim.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Optimize SVGs Converted more than 10 images and no signup notice!<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.grumpicon.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n Whoever uses google fonts always asks the question, “What’s the closest to …?” \u00a0This website answers that question as best it can.<\/p>\n http:\/\/joelcrawfordsmith.com\/closest-font\/<\/a><\/p>\n This life saving htaccess checker will let you check your htaccess rules before you put them on \u00a0your server. \u00a0Telling you what conditions are met.<\/p>\n http:\/\/htaccess.madewithlove.be\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Don’t trust any SEO tools unless it’s from the\u00a0creator of a popular search engine. \u00a0And there’s no\u00a0search engine more popular than Google. \u00a0This link can help you with page speed.<\/p>\n https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/<\/a><\/p>\n Recently (4\/21\/15) google announced it will put more significantly more weight on mobile-friendly websites. \u00a0use this to determine if your site is mobile friendly in Google’s eyes:<\/p>\nFont-Awesome SVGs<\/h2>\n
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Code Editor<\/h2>\n
SVG Filter Generator<\/h2>\n
Global DNS Propagation Checker<\/h2>\n
Open and edit a EPS vector file<\/h2>\n
Find a lighter or darker color of any color<\/h2>\n
Formatter and Other online tools<\/h2>\n
CSS Gradient Generator<\/h2>\n
Image Editor<\/h2>\n
Test Your Code<\/h2>\n
http:\/\/writecodeonline.com\/php\/<\/del><\/p>\nSpinning Ajax Loader<\/h2>\n
Placeholder Images<\/h2>\n
Convert Images to Base64<\/h2>\n
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src=”data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7″ \/><\/p>\nBuilt With<\/h2>\n
Compile and minimize your javascript<\/h2>\n
Favicon generator<\/h2>\n
Gzip Tester<\/h2>\n
WordPress Code Generator<\/h2>\n
Web Monitoring<\/h2>\n
Generate CSS3 Animations<\/h2>\n
Database Search and Replace<\/h2>\n
Check your SPF<\/h2>\n
http:\/\/emailstuff.org\/spf\/check\/<\/a><\/p>\nCheck how spammy your email is<\/h2>\n
Lossless Image Compression Tool<\/h2>\n
http:\/\/www.smushit.com\/ysmush.it\/\u00a0<\/del>– (Smushit is down and may have been discontinued!)<\/p>\n
https:\/\/jakearchibald.github.io\/svgomg\/<\/a><\/p>\nSVG to PNG<\/h2>\n
What’s the closest Google Font?<\/h2>\n
.htaccess Rules Checker<\/h2>\n
SEO Tools<\/h2>\n