Tools for the Job
Synopsis
The following are suggestions for software you might need to configure EC:
(no endorsements are made in respect of any of the software listed here – use them at your own risk)
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PHP Editors
Notepad++ - a free and excellent source code editor
Emeditor – Commercial text editor
Ultraedit – Commercial text editor
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FTP
Filezilla – Open source FTP program – very simple, small footprint compared to ws-ftp
Winscp – WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client and FTP client for Windows. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer
Ws-ftp – Commercial FTP program by Ipswitch
Graphics
Irfanview – (free but rules exist for commercial use – see the site) program that allows you to view many types of graphics (images) and convert/resize them to other formats
GIMP – GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages.
Swish - a cheaper alternative to Macromedia’s Flash program – now also has a ‘light’ version
Programming Tools
Regexbuddy – Useful tool for sorting out regular expression headaches (fee-based software)
Site Monitor
Precise-ITC – Website and web server monitoring from worldwide locations. Receive downtime alerts via SMS & Email
Sitemaps
XML_Sitemaps.com – Create an XML sitemap that can be submitted to Google, Yahoo and other search engines to help them crawl your website better. Create a Text sitemap to have a plain list of all your pages. Create a ROR sitemap, which is an independant XML format for any search engine. Generate an HTML site map to allow human visitors to easily navigate on your site
SSH
PuTTY – PuTTY is a free implementation of Telnet and SSH for Win32 and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator
Text Search/Replacement/File Comparison
Wingrep – Unix-style text search and replace utility
Winmerge – Open Source – allows you to compare differences in files