Web_Page_Design_Tools

When using images and mulitmedia (video, audio, etc.) with web pages, web page designers frequently encounter situations in which file formats become problematic. Frequently web design applications (particularly freeware) limit the use of multimedia file formats with the application. In such situations the web designer is faced with the need to convert the file format from the existing format to one which is compatible with the web design application. A free software package designed to accomplish this file format conversion is Format Factory. Format Factory is a cross-platform application which may be downloaded from: @http://format-factory.en.softonic.com/
 * Tools for Web Page Design and Use:**
 * Format Factory:**

View the video tutorial below to learn to use Format Factory to convert file formats for video, audio and images.

Format Factory File Converter

As educators we are sometimes faced with the problem of lack of internet access in a classroom. A free tool available to counteract this situation is HTTrack. This freeware software program allows the user to copy a website to the user's computer maintaining all the interactivity of the web site. In other words, with HTTrack a user is able to copy a website to his or her own computer and run the website with complete interactivity from the computer. HTTrack is only compatable with PCs, an alternative to HTTrack for MACs is WebCopier. However, Webcopier is neither as robust or easy to use as HTTrack. HTTrack may be downloaded from:
 * HTTrack:**

@http://www.httrack.com/

View the video tutorials below to learn to use HTTrack. Download HTTrack

Using HTTrack