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Eenox: Create Interactive HTML5 Websites Quickly

Hammad — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:01:30 +0000

As most of you will already know, Adobe announced a few days back that Flash would no longer be working for mobile devices and tablets – thus ending the reign of mobile flash and starting the age of HTML5. If you are one of those people who need to convert their websites to HTML5 format quickly and effectively, then you might want to give Eenox a try.

Eenox is a web tool that allows users to create websites into HTML5 without any advance coding knowledge – everything is achieved through an interactive method.

Using the service is very easy. All a user has to do is follow the on-screen instructions. First, the user has to decide for what platform the website is being created, whether it is for a tablet or smartphone. Once that is accomplished, you can start creating your website. You can insert text, images and other multimedia elements. You can even download your websites or upload them to your webhost in one click.

You do not need to write any code. You just need to insert things as you wish them to be, and once done you can preview the page. However, if you want to convert the website to HTML5, and if you want to create more pages, you will need to upgrade your account.

The paid plans start from $8 per month.

Features

User-friendly service.
Allows users to create HTML5 websites without writing a code.
Free and premium (from $8 per month) plans supported.
Similar tool: Swiffy.

Check out Eenox @ http://eenox.net/home

VidCaster: Quickly Create A Website For Your Youtube Videos

Umar — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:01:07 +0000

If you have a bunch of videos uploaded on YouTube, you probably want others to check them out. But getting friends to visit your YouTube channel is not that easy. Perhaps if your videos were through a dedicated website, more friends would check them out. Such a site can be quickly set up using a service called VidCaster.

VidCaster is a web service that lets you create a webpage for your videos. The site was originally made to let video makers easily share their videos with friends under a dedicated domain. Although those features are still available under the site’s premium accounts, the free account now supports creating a website out of your YouTube videos.

All you have to do is sign up for the free account on the site, connect your Google and YouTube accounts, and share your website URL with friends. The URL is a subdomain of VidCaster; you can get a dedicated URL by opting for a premium account. The site also lets you choose your page template, view video stats, and it visitors leave comments on videos.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create a webpage out of your YouTube videos.
Lets visitors leave comments on videos.
Offers premium accounts for uploading videos and dedicated URL.

Check out VidCaster @ www.vidcaster.com (By Umar from AllthatIsApple)

PageORama: Create Simple Webpages Within Seconds

TehseenBaweja — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:01:30 +0000

Sometimes all you want to publish is a simple webpage but the hassle you need to go through including coding, hosting, domain, etc is too discouraging. PageORama fixes that by letting you create simple webpages without writing any code. Simply start by selecting your URL, then give your page a title and start typing the text you want to publish.

Like any good editor, PageORama lets you insert links, images, lines, tables and a lot of other stuff by simply clicking a button. You can also copy paste large chunks of text from other sources. Once done, enter an email address so you can come back to edit the page later, and click publish. The tool is dead simple to use but provides a much needed functionality.

Features:

Create and publish a webpage in seconds.
Insert text, images, tables and links.
Edit the page later.
Choose your own URL.
Similar tools: PenCamp, Qipli, Axess, DinkyPage, GoHoster and Ibrii.
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Visit PageORama @ www.pageorama.com

IMCreator: Create Webpages Without Any Coding Know-How

MOin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:01:13 +0000

A visually appealing website is often a result of a developer’s creative talent. But creating a website requires coding as well – a skill not all designers have. IM Creator is a web service to solve this problem by letting you create websites without any coding requirements.

IM Creator is a web service that helps you easily create websites without any coding know-how. You can start creating your websites after you pick out a theme from the many that are available on the site. When you pick out your theme you click on any webpage element to start modifying it.

New elements can be easily added to your webpage. Available elements include images, text, photo galleries, slideshows, etc. If you are familiar with HTML you can access the page’s code and modify it or embed new widgets into your page.

When your webpage is finished, it is published as a subdomain of IM Creator. You can get your own domain through the site with a yearly payment.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you create webpages without coding know-how.
Offers various webpage templates.
Lets you modify webpage elements and add new ones.
Lets you optionally edit the HTML code of the page.
Similar tools: QipLi, Axess and Papyrs.
Also read related article: Top 4 Web Tools to Create Free Websites Instantly.

Check out IM Creator @ www.imcreator.com (via Venture Beat) (by MOin from Urban Savior)

Lifeyo: Easily Create Beautiful Websites

abhijeet — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:01:41 +0000

As the world wide web has grown in the past few years, making a website, be it for personal or business use, has become much easier. But still, creating websites that look awesome isn’t that easy, not for the average user at least. Lifeyo hopes to change that by offering a drag and drop website builder with a lot of great features at the user’s disposal. A user can quickly add beautiful themes, photo galleries, slideshows, maps, social stuff and much more. You also get 500MB free storage through Amazon Web Services.

The service comes in both free and paid plans. The free basic account lets you create a single website, while the paid plan for $8 per month lets you create up to 10 sites and you will get more features.

Features

Drag and drop website builder.
Number of features like themes, blogging tools, photo galleries, etc.
Hosted using Amazon Web Services
Similar tools: Easy Site Creator.
For similar web services see ‘Top 4 Web Tools to Create Free Websites Instantly‘.

Check out Lifeyo @ www.lifeyo.com (By Abhijeet from GT Mobiles)

PenCamp: Quickly Create Webpages To Put Up Text & Embed Objects

Umar — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 03:01:28 +0000

A unique webpage can be a wonderful way to display a piece of writing or share a joke with the world. There are currently many web services that let you build webpages for free. But the quickest of them is undoubtedly PenCamp.

PenCamp is a simple and free to use web service that lets you create webpages. You start by setting a URL for your webpage; the final URL of the webpage will be in the form of http://YOUR-SET-NAME.pencamp.com. You can also set a password which will be used for editing privileges.

Your page has a blue background and a modifiable title and body of text. You can add as much text to your webpage as you want. Additionally you can paste the HTML code of an embeddable element in the text area to embed objects such as videos into your webpage.

Features:

A user-friendly web service.
Lets you quickly create webpages.
Lets you set a password for page content modification.
Supports embedding of objects.
similar tools: Qipli, Axess, DinkyPage, GoHoster and Ibrii.
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Check out PenCamp @ www.pencamp.com (By Umar from TechCityInc)

Zapd: Create Instant Websites From Your Phone [iPhone]

Israel Nicolas — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:01:42 +0000

The speed and ease of creating websites has evolved from knowing how to code HTML or any other web language, to using simple blog platforms such as Tumblr. Now we have Zapd, a cool service that takes another leap forward by letting people create websites with the flick of a finger. This iPhone app lets you customize beautiful, seamless, and mobile-friendly websites from your phone.

Zapd takes a cue from other web services that focus on micro-blogging and takes it a step further by allowing users to create websites in 60 seconds. All you need to do is upload photos, select a theme, and then customize content on specific elements of your website. Once published, your website is given a unique URL that you can share online.

While the app seems silly for professional designers, it is a boon for people who just want to create a website they can share and market online – think real estate agents who want to quickly create a website for a house they are trying to sell. Future Zapd versions will also provide video uploading, premium themes, and custom URLs.

Features:

Create websites from your iPhone for free.
More than a dozen themes available.
Reorder elements within themes.
Edit from anywhere.
Share to Facebook, Twitter and email.
Similar tools:

Check out Zapd @ www.zapd.com

Easy Site Creator: Create A Website In Three Steps

Israel Nicolas — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 03:06:38 +0000

Although website creation has become much easier today than a decade ago, a majority of businesses still do not have a website. A reason for this is they do not know where to start, but most of the time, they just think it is too difficult and costly. Easy Site Creator from LocalBookmarkIt is a new service that makes it ridiculously simple to create a business website. With a subdomain, a relevant business theme, and some basic information, you are on your way to creating a website in minutes.

Easy Site Creator handles all the initial steps of creating a website brilliantly. Once you enter a subdomain, you can choose a theme that is specific to your business type – the list is so detailed that they even have templates for antique shops, barbers, and cheese stores. Then just enter your business name, your logo, address, and contact information to complete your website.

Themes within Easy Site Creator work especially well for smartphones. You also get to have media galleries, maps and directions, website statistics, and SEO. The tool is also integrated with LocalBookMarkIt to help promote your website. This service is available in different paid packages, with a 30-day free trial to try it out.

Between the inclusion of touch-optimized themes to WordPress, and Zapd, there is a shift toward design considerations that caters to smartphones and the touch experience. Easy Site Creator is a great tool that helps push this trend.

Demo video:

Features:

Create business websites in three steps
Choose themes most relevant to your business
Contact page
Add media galleries
Maps and directions
Website optimized for search
Get web statistics
Paid options only with a 30-day free trial
Get themes optimized for mobile

Check out Easy Site Creator @ www.easysite.localbookmark.it

Qrnote: Create Mini Websites & Their QR Codes

MOin — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 23:01:12 +0000

If you are looking for a tool that will help you quickly setup a webpage and create its QR code for easy smartphone sharing , then you should pay a visit to QRnote. It is a free to use website that lets you create QR codes for notes. You add text with special formatting, images, contacts, calendars, and even HTML coding. Support for all these things makes it possible to transform your note into a mini-website.

Your completed note is published on the web and has a unique URL. The shortened version of the URL and its QR code is provided to you. The image for the QR code can be saved and used wherever you want. People who scan the code will obtain the abovementioned shortened URL. Upon visiting the URL, they will view your mini-website exactly how you designed it.

Features:

A user friendly web service.
Lets you create QR codes for notes.
Your notes can contain text, images, URLs, contacts, and calendars.
Special formatting and HTML formatting for text is supported.
Notes are published online.
Similar tools: Likify, BeQRious, Zxing Decoder Online and QRcore.
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Check out QRnote @ www.qrnote.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

ForwardOn: Convert Favorite Emails To HTML Pages

aainsberg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:24:57 +0000

ForwardOn is a web service that provides an alternative way to share your favorite emails with others. Instead of forwarding them to your friends individually ForwardOn lets you send them to share@forwardon.com and convert email to html entities by publishing it on your personal www.forwardon.com<> page for your friends and family to see.

Your emails will presented on clean format along with attached files, videos, pictures, audio. Using the website is very easy and requires sign up.

You can also browse emails shared by other users, check out most popular shared items, rate them and leave comments.

Moreover, ForwardOn has a reward system where depending on the popularity of your posts you get points which can be redeemed as various prizes or donations to several organizations.

Features:

Easily share and convert your favorite emails to webpages.
Receive a link to access your page directly.
You can edit/delete your emails at any time.
Browse and check out emails shared by others and your friends.
Comment, rate and share any posts you find throughout the website.
Free and easy to sign up.
Similar site: Moomeo.

Check out ForwardOn @ www.forwardon.com