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URL Redirect Check Tool – 301 Redirect Checker

Author: Alan Hart 30 October 2012 0 Comments

I have made simple Redirect Check Tool.This tool can quickly and easily tell you if an URL redirects to another, the URL where it redirects to and the response headers returned by the server.

This is useful for SEO purposes and also if you have asked your web hosting company to make 301 redirect changes on your behlaf and you wish to check everything redirects OK

Enter an URL in the form below and you’ll be taken to the results page where you will see the URL header response code (type of redirect) and where the URL redirects to.

See more of my handy tools here: Tools

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Websites

.htaccess, 301 redirect, 302 redirect, checker, redirect, SEO, seo redirect tool, tool, tools, web tools

Compare CSS Stylesheet Tool – Update

Author: Alan Hart 12 October 2012 0 Comments

In December 2010 i made my compare stylesheet tool available on my site for everyone.

It had a few shortcomings (pointed out to me by a few of you) so I’ve made some nice additions! Hurrah!

What does it do?
For those who don’t already know, CSS is a standard used to define Web site presentation styles.
When a Web designer creates a CSS stylesheet for a site, he will evolve it through multiple versions with incremental changes.

This tool allows a web designer to clearly see the differences between two css stylesheet files (classes only, not values)

Compare CSS Stylesheets

Description
A webpage that takes two CSS files and compares the classes contained in both. Resulting differences are highlighted in red.

Updates:

Optional flag “(!)” can be added next to every difference for quick & easy text search.
Text boxes at bottom of page for easy copy and paste of CSS code (also with optional “(!)” flag for easy text search)

Usage:
Click the “Compare CSS Tool” link below and simply upload the css files you want to compare and click the compare button.

Compare CSS Tool

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Web Design, Websites

compare, comparison, css, tool, tools, web design, web tools

Date Plus Days Calculator

Author: Alan Hart 19 July 2012

I was playing around with HTML5 & javascript calendar date pickers and came up with this basic tool to add any number of days to any date.

View this tool on it’s own on my Tools Page

General, Web Design

Calculator, Date + days, Date plus days, html5, javascript, jQuery, tool, tools, web design

How To See Total Recycle Bin Size – Easily!

Author: Alan Hart 27 March 2012

I wanted to be able to see the total size of my recycle bin and was surprised to learn that this feature doesn’t exist in Windows 7!

I wanted to be able to instantly see if the recycle bin size was getting too big and to empty the recycle bin without having to minimize windows etc, saving a few clicks (Every second counts!).

I came across this useful tool called MiniBin…

MiniBin is a free (and small) recycle bin size viewing tool for your Windows system tray area (the area next to the clock in your taskbar).

Besides saving you a few clicks, Minibin may also come handy when you are hiding the recycle bin from your desktop or if you are using a replacement shell that provides a system tray but no usable or customizable recycle bin.

Whatever reason you have to use Minibin, It’s fast and easy as well as totally customisable. MiniBin even lets you use your own icons, use your own language… and it’s it’s 100% portable (you can choose to run at startup etc or just choose to install it to a folder (no registry entries or anything installed to system folders)

A few cool things about MiniBin:
– Tiny file size: only 312 KB when extracted!
– Sit’s in system tray – Mouse over icon to see recycle bin size info
– You can specify the recycle bin size at which the tray icon displays as full.
– Customisable icons – comes bundles with tons of icon themes!

I love MiniBin and i’ve only been using it for a few weeks!

Download it here… (MiniBin-3.8.3.0-Setup.zip) (100Kb)

Source: http://www.e-sushi.net/minibin/

General, Tech, Windows

recycle bin, recycle bin size, tool, tools, Windows, windows 7

Compare CSS Stylesheet Tool

Author: Alan Hart 15 December 2010 4 Comments

CSS is a standard used to define Web site presentation styles.
When a Web designer creates a CSS stylesheet for a site, he will evolve it through multiple versions with incremental changes.

This tool provides a solution that allows a web designer to clearly see the differences between two different css stylesheet files (classes only, not values)