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Commando
03-18-2008, 02:37 AM
I didn't know where to put this but I had to share.

I just found the greatest free web development tool ever.

It's call the Web Developer's Toolbar for Firefox.

It's amazing. It tells you everything about a webpage your on. You can put the cursor on anything and it will tell you exactly everything that's affecting it. Like which CSS stylesheet, which lines on the stylesheet, what other files like language or whatever, it's all there.

This is where it gets wicked. Then you can edit it right there to see how it looks.

Pretty amazing.

Also there is another plugin called ColorZilla that tells you exact what color the cursor is over. This is also tremendously helpful.

I just though if there were any other aspiring web dev guys here like myself they would like this.

Tony D.
jdbnsn
03-18-2008, 02:58 AM
Yeah SgtM showed me web developer and I agree that it's awesome, I've been using it ever since. I'll have to check that colorzilla out though, sounds cool.
Eclecticos
03-18-2008, 03:41 AM
The link to the Colorzilla Download. (http://www.iosart.com/firefox/colorzilla/)<=-
SgtM
03-18-2008, 03:43 AM
Dude, I thought you knew about those 2. Excellent tools indeed!
Commando
03-18-2008, 04:30 AM
Dude, I thought you knew about those 2. Excellent tools indeed!

I've had plenty of late nights. Trying a color for the 100,656th time, then uploading, then refreshing.

I don't think you ever get much better at web dev just more efficient. :)
SgtM
03-18-2008, 05:48 AM
There's another one I've used also, can't remember the name right now though. Basically, it let's you put together a color scheme and you can compare things before actually implementing it.


*EDIT*
It's kuler from adobe. http://kuler.adobe.com/#
.Maleficus.
03-18-2008, 06:16 AM
Web Developer Toolbar is especially useful for working with poorly coded Joomla templates. SgtM posted a video of a guy using it to work with Fireboard and Joomla, and it's pretty awesome.
SgtM
03-18-2008, 07:28 PM
See.. I thought I posted that here. Now, if only I can find it.....

*EDIT*
Found it. It deals specifically with fireboard skinning, but easily adaptable to anything using CSS.
http://www.archive.org/details/Fireboard_Template_Tutorials
tinker
03-18-2008, 11:17 PM
I use colorzilla all the time! It is very handy.
I may have to try that other one out too.

Thanks for the tip.
Helix666
03-22-2008, 11:42 AM
Thanks for that Commando, those will be really handy for me while I'm developing my website.
+rep for the usefulness.