Wouldn’t it be nice if the internet did everything for you? Well, not EVERYTHING, but…most things? I perused my massive list of bookmarks and found 18 useful web 2.oh-ish-esque something or other generator/automators that are useful to designers/internet addicts.
Enjoy!
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
THSRS
Make long words shorter! - great for twitter
Bitly
URL shortening and then some: click/referral tracking, automatic page mirroring, an API, and thumbnails
Coded Preview
Coded Preview is a handy little app for web designers and coders. It allows you to create simple HTML preview pages, showing what a template should look like when coded. Coded Preview can also be used to create splash pages.
List-o-Matic
Online generator that will make lists for you, chose from several styles flavored and cured with css!
Wufoo
The best online form service out there, hands down.
Rounded Cornr
Generate HTML/CSS code and images for rounded corners.
Write Maps
Cool online site mapping tool - easy to use and easy to share with clients. I’ve used this with clients before and they seem to like it. You can also export XML sitemaps!
Cushy CMS
Super simple CMS - just add tags with the class=”cushycms” and ftp info and BAM! You can edit pages. I set up http://northstarrcommunications.com this way 
Watch the video on their homepage.
Net Renderer
Too lazy to buy a windoze computer and test websites in IE (5.5-8)? Let Net Renderer do it!
Type Tester
Ever wonder what Trebuchet MS looks like at 1em with 1.6em leading and 2px letterspace? Type Tester lets you see!
Tabs Generator
Tabbing navigation made easy.
Reflection Maker
Web 2.OH made easy.
CSS Layout Creator
Wordpress Theme Generator
Self explanatory
Lorem Ipscream
Lorem Ipsum….web 2.OH style!
The Rasterbator
Old Photo Generator
Check me out in my red flannel running suit!
Polaroid Generator
Kuhler
Color pallete generator/community
Twit Refresh
To lazy to refresh your twitter page (if you use the web interface) ? Twit refresh refreshes every minute!
Flaming Text!
Last but not least….a graphic header generating website. I TOTALLY used this back in 1997 to make graphics. haha. oh man!
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laurel says:
Woooow I know what I’m going to spend today looking through instead of working!
July 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am
Condredge says:
Wow, that’s a freakin’ awesome roundup! There are a few services I’ve got to check out.
Thanks Niki.
July 21st, 2008 at 6:49 am
adelle says:
Great post! Something to do on a Monday instead of working
Been looking for something to preview IE in since I don’t have a PC. Nice!
July 21st, 2008 at 7:37 am