Red Gear Productions

I would also like to note, that if you know of a great website, I will add it to the main guide and give you credit.


HTML Help/Websites


http://www.htmlgoodies.com/

Beginning at the beginning? That's the best place to start! If you know what the notion of a website is, but that's about it, then this non-technical introduction is for you!

Perhaps you know a little more than that, but are unsure of what to do next. The reason for providing this introduction is to give you a starting point for the entire process, not just for the technical aspects of the development.
This series of pages leads you through the preliminaries from your reasons to cosmetic design to content and functionality considerations. It concludes with some thoughts about maintainability -- something you should be thinking about as you start on the technical stuff, but something that is all too often neglected. We hope to start you off on the right foot.


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http://www.webmonkey.com

Webmonkey.com is created by the Lycos group. They provide java scripts, HTML stuff, and more!



Forums
Http://www.invisionfree.com
Http://www.proboards.com
http://www.runboard.com/
http://www.forumer.com/
http://www.aceboard.net/



Free Website Templates
http://www.freelayouts.com/ 93 pages of free templates!
http://www.steves-templates.com
http://www.templatesbox.com/
http://www.zymic.com

Free Graphics/Stock Photos
http://www.freegraphics.com/
http://www.free-graphics.com/
http://www.1clipart.com/
http://www.mourgefile.com/


Free RSS Newsfeeds
Http://www.freshcontent.net

hosting (no ads):
http://www.g2mods.tv (mysql5-4, php5-4, cgi,svn,rubyonrails) MOD Hosting only ModDB
http://www.freewebtown.com (php coming) (http://www.freewebtown.com/username)(has adds on addon pages)
http://www.freewebs.com (http://www.freebwebs.com/username)
http://www.freehostia.com (mysql,php,per) (http://username.freehostia.com)
http://www.byethost.com (mysql+php)
http://www.xoopiter.com (mysql, cgi, ssl, php)
http://pbwiki.com/ (Wiki only)

Content Management Systems (CMS)
PHP-Fusion | Demo --- ID: Admin,Pass:demo123)
PHPCommasy | Demo --- ID: admin,pass: demo)
ReloadCMS | Demo --- ID:admin,Pass:demo
E107
Xoops
Joomla

Groupware
PHP-Overlord (Demo with ID/Pass on site)(20$ purchase, no trial)

Forums
PHPBB
SMF
Phorum
Invision
XMB

Image Galleries
Coppermine
SPGM

Wikis
PMWiki
MediaWiki

Misc. CMS
EyeOS | Demo --- ID: root, Pass: demo)
Mantis bug tracking software

modelling progs:
Blender3D http://www.blender3d.org
GMAX http://www.turbosquid.com/gmax (needs free serial)
Milkshape3D http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ (trial, 30 days, $25 Registration Cost)
Wings3D http://www.wings3d.com/
3DS MAX www.autodesk.com/3dsmax (30 day trial avaiable - subscription form)
Maya Personal Learning Edition http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index...3112&id=6902573 (needs free key)
Cinema 4D http://www.maxon.net/ (Trial, allso bodypaint 3d(UVMapper))
Pilot 3D http://www.pilot3d.com/ (Trial)
Sketchup http://www.sketchup.com/ (allso a free verision called Google Sketchup: for use with google earth)
Rhino 3D http://www.rhino3d.com/ (Trial)
Zbrush http://pixologic.com/home/home.shtml (Trial)
MakeHuman http://www.dedalo-3d.com/index.php?filenam...n/download.html
Pixels3D www.pixels3d.com (MAC ONLY!)
SharpConstruct http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page
DeleD: http://www.delgine.com/index.php?filename=product_deled (free & pay)

Unwrappers/UVMappers:
Unwrap3D http://www.unwrap3d.com/ (Trial)(Export Disabled)
Lithunwrap http://files.seriouszone.com/download.php?fileid=198
Bodypaint 3D http://www.maxon.net (Trial)

2D Programs:
Adobe Photoshop CS2 http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/ (Trial)
GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
Ultimate Paint http://www.ultimatepaint.com/
Paint.Net http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
Image Forge http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_imw_d.html
Project Dogwaffle: http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/ (free & pay)

Shader Tools:
FXComposer http://developer.nvidia.com/object/fx_composer_home.html (Shader Creation)
Rendermonkey http://developer.nvidia.com/object/fx_composer_home.html (Shader Creation - Only for ATI Cards)
Shader Designer http://www.typhoonlabs.com/

Installers:
NSIS http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
WinZIP SFX http://www.winzip.com/ (21 day trial,$49.95)
Install Creator(Pro) http://www.clickteam.com/English/index.php (Trial, displays message after install, Standars:$59/Pro:$149)
Patchmaker http://www.clickteam.com/English/patch_maker.htm (trial)(displays message after patch)
Wise Install System http://www.wise.com/wis.asp (Trial)

Programming Tools/IDE
Bloodshed DEV (C++) http://www.bloodshed.net/
Developers IDE http://www.mystikdevelopment.homestead.com/home.html
MinGW Developer Studio http://parinyasoft.com/
Visual Studio 2005 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/ (Trial)
Mono 1.0 (C# http://www.mono-project.com
SharpDevelop (C#) http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/
Cream (Editor) http://cream.sourceforge.net/
Torsion: http://www.sickheadgames.com/torsion.php (Torque engine only)
Notepad++ (Source code editor(syntax highlighting))
Code::Blocks (C/C++ Compiler)
MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition

Webdesign
Kompozer

Audio Tools
Audacity audacity.sourceforge.net
Goldwave www.goldwave.com (Freeware?)
Adobe Audition http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/ (Trial)
Sound Forge 8: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/...uct.asp?PID=961 (trial)
Acid Pro: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/...uct.asp?PID=961 (trial)
Acid Free
Cakewalk: http://www.cakewalk.com/download/default.asp (trial)


Video Tools
Sony Vegas: http://www.sonymediasoftware.com/products/...uct.asp?PID=404 (trial)
VirtualDub: http://www.virtualdub.org/

(Shader)SDK's
DirectX SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/directx/
NVidia SDK http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nvsg_home.html
Radeon (ATI) SDK http://www.ati.com/developer/radeonSDK.html

Misc Tools:
PolyTrans http://www.3dcafestore.com/polytrans.html) (Model file converter)
MakeHair http://www.dedalo-3d.com/index.php?filenam...r/abstract.html (Hair Modeling)
MeLODy http://developer.nvidia.com/object/melody_home.html (Normal Map Generator)
DENormGen: http://epsylon.rptd.dnsalias.net/denormgen.php ModDB
Misc. ATI/AMD Dev Tools (including ATI Normalmapper)

Resource Sites
www.turbosquid.com (3D Marketplace)
www.renderosity.com (3D Tutorials)
http://developer.nvidia.com/object/opengl_...umentation.html (NVidia OpenGL Docs)
http://www.mayang.com/textures/ Free Textures
http://www.3dcafe.com/ Some free models