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Some of this, I have mentioned on the SBI forums. But there is other stuff as well, that I haven't been able to.

HTML Tutorial

This really is one of the best ones around. I have used this for many years, and still refer to it often. Even if you are reasonably familiar with HTML, it serves as a great reference guide. You get this with the web-site and e-book package, but no need to get that if you don't need/want it. The tutorial is free.
Download HTML Tutorial

HTML Editors

There are many HTML editors out there - it can be hard to know which one to choose. You can use anything from a simple text editor such as "notepad", through to a complex programme like "Dreamweaver". If you are new to building websites, then I would suggest a simple but effective editor such as Arachnophilia. This will do almost anything a more advanced wysiwyg system will do, but without the steep learning curve. It is a free download, and used with the HTML tutorial above, you will be creating great looking pages very quickly. (all my sites, including this one are built with this programme).
Download Arachnophilia here

We have been trialing an alternative to Arachnophilia, and so far Im extrememly impressed. That says a lot, as most HTML editors get thrown away after a few hours, once I discover their limitations and/or bugs.

Here is the download page, located on the Evrsoft website....sorry mac owners, but Im working on finding something better for you as well! But this is for Windows users only. This is a free editor, but you can upgrade to a paid version which has extra features.

Check out the Evrsoft homepage to see what else they have.

New!

I have put together an 8 page quickstart guide for this editor. Just the basics are discussed (such as opening and saving files, using the most common functions etc) but it should be more than enough to get you started in the right direction. 8 page PDF file, 163kb.

Grab the quick guide

Article Submitter

I gave the link to this in the SBI forums as soon as this software was released. This really does make it so easy to submit your articles to as many article sites as you like. A little bit of work for a start, setting up your details with the different sites, but after that it's all plain sailing. There is a free version, as well as a more comprehensive paid one. But I think you will probably find this free one will be quite enough.

Directory Submitter

I have also mentioned this on the forums....it's one of my favorite bits of (free) software. You know how important one way links are for your site. Well, this makes it so much easier and quicker to get them! The free version is available for download here.
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