I am a big fan of the open source movement. I try to use open source software whenever possible. Almost all parts of my website were created using open source software. I thank all those wonderful coders for writing great software and having the heart to share it with us. Here is a list of software, websites and blogs that were helpful to me for creating this website. I have listed them here for two reasons, viz., to show my gratitude and to serve as a list of tools for others.
Software
- html editor: Bluefish, Vim, Cream
- Image processing: Gimp
- Drawing tool: InkScape
- Coding: Python
- Operating System: Ubuntu
- Document Creation: LaTeX
- LaTeX to xhtml converter: plasTeX
- TeX editor: TeXMaker, TeXnicCenter
- Browser: Firefox
Websites & Blogs
- CSS Colors chart: http://www.somacon.com/p142.php
- CSS: templates 1, templates 2,templates 3, templates 4 lists, floating divs, learning css, css vs xslt
- XHTML Validation: Total Validator, W3C
- Visitor Tracking: Google Analytics, Motigo
- IE hack: css workaround 1, css workaround 2