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Web Authoring Toolbox
Powerful software for Web site authoring and graphics production such as Microsoft FrontPage, Macromedia Dreamweaver, and Adobe Photoshop cost mucho dinero (from $180 to $500). Luckily, you don't need to spend a dime on Web development tools. All of the programs below are free, and some of them may already be on your PC.
Mozilla/Netscape Composer: Integrated with the Mozilla and Netscape browsers (the latter is a commercial version of the former with nearly identical features), Composer lets you create pages that include links, images, tables, and basic HTML effects without having to write any HTML code (though its <HTML> Source pane lets you do so if you wish). Given that the products are nearly identical, you may prefer the noncommercial Mozilla, which eschews unwanted add-ons.
Microsoft Paint: You wouldn't want to use this simple program for high-end (or even medium-end) image editing, but old Paint works fine for shrinking your Web image files. And it's already installed on your computer. Paint lacks a cropping tool, but you can get around this omission: Select the area you want to crop to, press Ctrl-C to copy it to the clipboard, and close the file (without saving it, to preserve the original image). Open a new file, press Ctrl-V to paste, and save the new file under a different name.
Blogger: Both a Web-hosted Web log generator and a blog-hosting site, Blogger is a highly customizable and easily accessible tool for publishing private, public, single-user, or multiuser online conversations.
