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Web Sites

Create and manage web content with these tools.

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Calendars
Includes any type of shared, web-based calendaring applications or utilities, feeds or code that allow developers to enable calendaring features on web pages.
Web Feeds
Feeds of data in standardized formats, like RSS or XML, that allow users to share and syndicate content between sites. Includes tools that help to create web feeds as well as tools that aid in sharing web feed data.

Resources in this category:

Gigablast
http://gigablast.com/index.php?subPage=overview&page=busines...
Provides the code that allows you to implement site search engines or a custom topic search on your own website.
Google Custom Search Engine
http://www.google.com/coop/cse/
"Have a website or collection of sites you'd like to search over? With Custom Search Engine, you can harness the power of Google to create a search engine tailored to your needs." In addition, you can also see examples, review documentation and peruse the blog for more information.
Netvibes
http://www.netvibes.com/#General
Netvibes is a "personal news aggregator with RSS and Atom support." Customize your home page with news feeds, weather, email, etc.
Ning
http://www.ning.com/
Create and join social networks based on interests and passions. Easily integrate other social media utilities, communicate with others, post images, video and audio.
OpenSourceCMS
http://www.opensourcecms.com/
Allows you to "'try out' some of the best php/mysql based free and open source software systems in the world. You are welcome to be the administrator of any CMS system here, allowing you to decide which system best suits your needs."
Pageflakes
http://www.pageflakes.com/
Create a customized home page with your favorite daily blogs, RSS feeds, and news resources. Get your local weather, news, email, podcasts, movie showtimes, TV listings, to do list, calendar and more all in one location. Add photos and videos to personalize your page.
Privacy Policy Statement Generator
http://www.oecd.org/document/39/0,2340,en_2649_34255_2886327...
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has found that privacy policies help create trusting relationships online. "The Generator, which has been endorsed by the OECD's 30 member countries, aims to offer guidance on compliance with [OECD's] Privacy Guidelines and to help organisations develop privacy policies and statements for display on their Web sites."
Tumblr
http://www.tumblr.com/
Simple and easy way to "share anything and customize everything." More a tool for digital scrapbooking than for blogging, the things you share at Tumblr can be viewed from any type of web-enabled mobile device. Sign up for a free account and try a different but easy approach to sharing the images, text or web feeds that you love.
Yahoo! Search Builder
http://builder.search.yahoo.com/m/promo
"Bring the power of Yahoo! Search to your site, including: Easily add web search and site search to your site; tailor the look and feel of the search experience to match your site; enhance the search engine algorithm to focus on your site's topic." Requires free registration for use.

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