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For those of you who eat up my RSS feed (thank you), you may not know that I have some pretty helpful tools on my website.

Alexa Rank Fetcher

Your Alexa rank can come into play when you try to sell advertising on your website.

https://davidwalsh.name/alexa-rank-fetcher/

CSS Compressor

Don't make your website visitors download your bloated CSS file! Use my CSS compressor to clear extra whitespace!

https://davidwalsh.name/css-compressor/

Domain Availability Checker

Need to know if that domain is available? Use my domain checker. I wont auto-reserve it like Network Solutions -- I promise!

https://davidwalsh.name/whois-domain-availability-checker/

Google Result Grabber

Need to know how many pages your customer has indexed in Google since you gave them a great SEO run? Find out!

https://davidwalsh.name/google-domain-results-number/

.htaccess Username / Password Generator

I use this all the time. If your client needs a directory protected, you're gonna need to generate the password somewhere.

https://davidwalsh.name/htaccess-username-password-generator/

Javascript Compressor

Javascript files can get bloated in a hurry -- save some bandwidth!

https://davidwalsh.name/javascript-compressor-packer/

XHTML Compressor

Have some text you know doesn't need to be updated again? Pack it for good!

https://davidwalsh.name/xhtml-html-compressor/

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Recent Features

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    CSS Gradients

    With CSS border-radius, I showed you how CSS can bridge the gap between design and development by adding rounded corners to elements.  CSS gradients are another step in that direction.  Now that CSS gradients are supported in Internet Explorer 8+, Firefox, Safari, and Chrome...

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    Being a Dev Dad

    I get asked loads of questions every day but I'm always surprised that they're rarely questions about code or even tech -- many of the questions I get are more about non-dev stuff like what my office is like, what software I use, and oftentimes...

Incredible Demos

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    AJAX For Evil: Spyjax with jQuery

    Last year I wrote a popular post titled AJAX For Evil: Spyjax when I described a technique called "Spyjax": Spyjax, as I know it, is taking information from the user's computer for your own use — specifically their browsing habits. By using CSS and JavaScript, I...

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    MooTools Window Object Dumping

    Ever want to see all of the information stored within the window property of your browser? Here's your chance. The XHTML We need a wrapper DIV that we'll consider a console. The CSS I like making this look like a command-line console. The MooTools JavaScript Depending on what you have loaded...

Discussion

  1. Jade Robbins

    The link to the css compressor gives me a “not found” :(

  2. david

    @Jade: All of these tools have been moved to:

    http://davidwalsh.name/web-development-tools

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