Everyone loves free stuff, especially web designers. Here is my list of the top 10 freebies I’ve used, or do use regularly. Why pay when there’s so much people are giving away?
1. stock.xchng
Sometimes you just need a quick picture of a palm tree and dont want to spend $10 at istockphoto.com . It’s free to join, easy to navigate, and with a little searching you can find some excellent photographs; free!
2. morgueFile
Yes, more free stock photography. Although the layout and navigation take a bit to get used to the photos on here are some of the best.
3. DaFont
Has a bunch of very different fonts. The thing I love most about DaFont is their dingbat collection. There you’ll find the dingbat font I used for all my icons.
4. Texture King
Free textures of anything from rocks, sand, marble or wood. They’re really just big photographs of things that evoke texture, but if you ever find yourself staring at a design thinking that it needed something, this is the place to go.
5. StatCounter
A free, yet surprisingly powerful site stat tool (try saying that three times fast). Breaks down returning users, unique users, pageviews, content preformance, and much more.
6. Blinksale
If you do any kind of freelance web work, “Blinksale” is a godsend. It’s an invoice/billing app that automatically sends your clients invoices, late notices and such. It’s completely customizable and terribly easy to set-up.
7. ColorBlender
There are countless web-based color apps out there, but this is the only i’ve found to be usefull. I use it by putting in the main color I’m working with, and messing with the variations. Simple, and free.
8. Squidfingers
The classic free pattern gallery. They recently redesigned their site and have a few new patterns. Definitely bookmark worthy.
9. ezrewards
If you’re not afraid of a few online surveys (and a ton of junk email) you can earn yourself a free domain.
10. FreeTXP
Absolutely free hosting, as long as you use textpattern. Ike Bowen is the genius behind this project, and has helped me (among many others) realize our full textpattern potential. Thanks Ike!
Comments
Antonio
Hey, Thanks a lot! These things really helped me.
free icons
Can you add my free icons site to your list
http://www.freeiconsdownload.com
Thanks
peter
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