Free Web Tools

Site Templates & Graphics:
Freewebtemplates.com has tons of free web templates, graphics, and enhancement tools for you to download and use on your site. A lot of the free stuff on this site is better than ones offered for sale by other sites.

Ad Rotatorss
If you're planning to sell advertising space on your website, you'll probably want some type of ad rotator. An ad rotator displays a different ad every time a page is loaded. This allows you to build an inventory of ads (banners, text boxes, etc.) and display all of them (in succession) on a page without having to manually edit the html codes. Rotating ads also enhances their click-through rates since visitors don't have to stare at the same ad over and over again every time they visit a certain page on your site.
phpAdsNew - Our favorite is phpAdsNew, a free open-source ad server, with an integrated banner management interface and tracking system for gathering statistics. With phpAdsNew you can easily rotate paid banners as well as your own banners. You can even integrate banners from third-party advertising companies. phpAdsNew can handle regular banners and buttons, pop-ups, text ads, DHTML banners, flash banners, and much more. Even though, phpAdsNew is free, we strongly recommend that you donate to the phpAdsNew team to reward their effort and support their continuing work on the project.

Message Boards
Message boards (a.k.a. bulletin boards or forums) like the one on this site add interactivity to a website and are a great way to generate traffic. Visitors contribute to the content of your site every time they post on the board. Depending on well you design, promote, and maintain your board, it may become the most lively and highest traffic section on your site, allowing you to generate income by placing ads on it.
1. phpBB Bulletin Board
This site uses phpBB, a high powered, fully scalable, and customizable open-source bulletin board package. Featuring a user-friendly interface, simple administration panel, and extensive documentation, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites. You'll need a server or hosting plan that supports PHP and one of the following databases: MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC.
2. vBulletin Forum Software
If you going with a free bulletin board system like phpBB, you're pretty much on your own when it comes to installing the software and making sure it runs properly. If you're not a techie type and think you might need customer support, you might want to consider a commercial product like vBulletin, a powerful, scalable and fully customizable bulletin board package for your web site. Based on the PHP and MySQL, vBulletin is the ideal community solution for all medium-to-large sites.


3. ProBoards - If your hosting account does not come with PHP and database support, you can get a remotely-hosted board. ProBoards offers free customizable boards with many features, including your own domain (http://YOUR-NAME.proboards.com), unlimited forums, unlimited postings, and 24/7 support. So what's the catch? Your board will contain an advertising banner near the top of the page, which isn't bad considering all the features that they give you.