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New PagesThis MonthFree Antivirus Rescue CDs and DVDs6 Things Every Webmaster Should Know About Google ChromeFree ASP Blog Scripts and Blogging SoftwareHow to Change the Default Web Page that is Shown When Someone Goes to Your Domain NameLast MonthHow to Remove the Underlining from Your Links in Nvu/KompoZerFree SSL Certificates for Websites/Web ServersHow to Write Dates that Can Be Correctly Understood by an International AudienceFree Autorun/Autoplay DVD and CD Menu Creation SoftwareHow to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with .htaccessFree Wiki ASP Scripts3 Things to Be Aware of When Writing English Content for an International AudienceFree Network Attached Storage (NAS) File Server Operating System DistributionsWhich Software Do You Use for Web Development?Free ARM EmulatorsHow to Add Google AdSense Advertisements to Your Website with KompoZerA While Ago...How to Centre a DIV Block Using CSSFree PHP Encoders, Accelerators and ObfuscatorsWhat is HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP and Perl? 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The free antivirus rescue CDs onthis new page exist precisely for this purpose. Boot from them and let the antivirus programs on those CDs disinfect and clean your systemwithout viruses and spyware interfering.7 September 2008Remember the famous games Hexen and Heretic that you used to play when you were younger? The copyright owners, Activision and Raven,have released the source code for those games under an open source (GNU GPL) licence. Rush now to theFree Games Programming Libraries and Source Codepage to get it. Use the engines for your games, modify them, or even just compile them so that you can play those golden oldies.5 September 20086 Things Every Webmaster Should Know About Google Chrome.It's the hottest new gadget on the Internet. But everybody is talking about Google's new web browser from the point of view ofan end-user. As a webmaster, Google Chrome presents both new problems and opportunities. This article discusses 6 things about thebrowser that every web developer should know.4 September 2008Free ASP Blog Scripts and Blogging Software.Fancy starting your own blog? This newest page on thefreecountry.com listsfree ASP blogging software that you can use for your blog.Just download, install, customize to your heart's content, and start posting!3 September 2008Are you looking for a content management system for your website, one that allows you easily set up and manage your website from your web browser,and that allows users to join in as members, participate and contribute? Check out the newest addition to theFree Content Management Systems (CMS) PHP Scripts page. Thisone is open source and supports the creation of multiple websites from a single installation.2 September 2008New page:How to Change the Default Web Page that is Shown When Someone Goes to Your Domain Name.Do you need a different file (other than index.html) to be displayed when someone types your domain name in a web browser? Perhaps you want a specialscript to be invoked, or a file with some other name? This tutorial shows you how you can accomplish this by adding a single line to your .htaccess file.26 August 2008New page:How to Remove the Underlining from Your Links in Nvu/KompoZer.Is the blue underlining underneath your links spoiling your website's beautiful design? This tutorial shows you how you can remove itusing Nvu and KompoZer.25 August 2008New page:Free SSL Certificates for Websites/Web Servers.Fancy setting up an ecommerce store on your site? Or perhaps you just want a secure section of your website where you and your members can access through anencrypted HTTPS connection. The free services on this page provide your site with free SSL certificates that allow you to do just that.24 August 2008A new survey service has been added to theFree Online Polls/Surveys Script Hosting page.This service provides reports that are tabulated, filtered and have customizable charts, making it easier for you to get the information youreally want. Check it out or read more about it.21 August 2008New page:How to Write Dates that Can Be Correctly Understood by an International Audience.Find out how to write dates in your blog or website in a format that can be understood correctly by your visitors no matter which country of theworld they come from. This article delves into the tricky problem of the ambiguous date formats found on a number of websites today.20 August 2008New page:Free Autorun/Autoplay DVD and CD Menu Creation Software.Fancy creating a professional looking CD/DVD menu that automatically loads when the media is placed into the DVD drive?Your menu can give your users the option to install software, or view videos or listen to music or whatever you want. Use it to create your own music or videocollection, or to make your own software install CD the way commercial software vendors do. The free software on this page provide a friendly visualinterface for you to create your own AutoRun menu, the easy way.19 August 2008New page:How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with .htaccess.Tired of all the bots traversing your website, stealing email address, probing for security vulnerabilities and otherwise draining your bandwidth?This article shows you how you can block unwanted bots from your site through a bit of .htaccess magic.18 August 2008New page:Free Wiki ASP Scripts.Are you looking for an easy way to set up a website where you and others can easily add and update web pages simply from a web browser. Thisnew page lists free ASP scripts that allow you to set up a Wiki on your site. (Note: if you don't like ASP scripts, you may prefer to check outthe Free and Open Source PHP Wiki Scripts page instead.)14 August 2008Are you looking for a free hard disk backup software to make an image of your current system (even while you're working on it)? The latestsoftware to be added to the Free Hard Disk Backup and Restore, Hard Disk Image and Cloning Utilitiespage does just that. Besides imaging your system, it also allows you to make 2 different kinds of bootable rescue CD/DVD (one is Linux-based and the otherWindows-based) so that when your system really crashes, you can easily pop in your rescue CD and recover it. This software can back up to hard disks,network drives, DVDs, etc. Check it out.13 August 2008Another Mac emulator (or more accurately, a virtual machine) has been added to theFree 68k and PowerPC Macintosh Emulators page.This one can run Mac OS and Mac OS X guest operating systems on a Linux PowerPC machine. It also allows the use of AltiVec in theguest OS if the host CPU supports it.12 August 2008New page:3 Things to Be Aware of When Writing English Content for an International Audience.Do you know that "football" does not mean the same game in different countries? Or that "brackets" refer to different symbols depending onwhere you are? This article discusses the differences in the English that can hurt your site if you are not careful.11 August 2008New page:Free Network Attached Storage (NAS) File Server Operating System Distributions.Do you have an old computer that you don't know what to do with? The free NAS file server distributions listed on this page will let you convert thatcomputer to a file server for your network in an easy and convenient way, so that you can store and share files with others on your network. Read more aboutit.A new CD/DVD/Blu-Ray/HD-DVD mastering and writing software has been added to theFree CD and DVD Burners and Copying Software page. Thisone can not only create the usual CD, DVD, Blu-Ray, HD-DVD discs, audio and video discs, bootable media, but it can also copy a DVD9 (8.5 GB DVD)into 2 DVD+/-R DVDs so that you can back up those DVDs even if you don't have a dual layer DVD+/-R DL lying around. Check it out or read more aboutit.7 August 2008New page:Which Software Do You Use for Web Development?I'm often asked which programs I use in the course of creating and maintaining my websites. This article reviews some of the tools I use.6 August 2008Fancy doing some 3D animations? The latest addition to theFree 3D Content Creation Tools pageis a cross-platform program that works on Windows, Linux, and other systems. It targets professional artists and generates"motion-picture quality" animation using RenderMan-compliant render engines (as defined by Pixar). There are lots of features. Read moreabout it or check it out.5 August 2008New page:Free ARM Emulators.Are you writing software for PDAs or embedded systems using an ARM processor? Check out this new page listing free ARM emulators that let you develop and testyour programs in the comfort, convenience and efficiency of your own desktop. There's even a free ARM device emulator from Microsoft that comes withWindows Mobile 5/6/6.1.4 August 2008New page:How to Add Google AdSense Advertisements to Your Website with KompoZer.Are you thinking of adding Google AdSense advertisements to your website but don't know how? This tutorial shows you how you can do it using the freeweb editor KompoZer, in 6 easy steps. Copyright © 1996-2008 by Christopher Heng. All rights reserved.thesitewizard™, thefreecountry™ and HowToHaven™ are trademarks of Christopher Heng.Last Updated: 9 September 2008. Search This SiteMain SiteHomeFeedbackLink To UsNo Spam PolicyPrivacySite MapProgrammingFree CompilersSource Code / LibrariesProgramming ToolsDocumentationFree EmulatorsFor WebmastersWeb HostingPerl ScriptsPHP ScriptsASP ScriptsJavaScriptsScript HostingOther ResourcesTutorials / ScriptsWizardsSecuritySecurityMiscellaneousFree UtilitiesOperating SystemsInternetTofrodosNetSyndicNews   If you find this site useful, pleaselink to us. |
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