Free Software and Services From The Bontrager Team
It occurred to me that our free software and free services are scattered about various domains. A central list for reference would certainly be in order
The software category lists free software that may be downloaded. The services category lists free services that are used or initiated online
Category: Free Software
All of our free software is built specifically for Unix/Linux servers. Please note any other prerequisites on each product description page before downloading software
Master Feedback —
Want relatively simple form processing software designed to protect your email address from spam harvesting robots? This is it! Master Feedback also has anti-hijacking protection built in so spammers and crackers can't send spam to others from your server. (The protection is for "header injection" hijacking, a method employed to send hundreds and even thousands of spam from your server — sometimes every day or more often.
Master Pre-Installation Tester —
Test your server to see if it meets a script's requirements before you buy/download and try to install it
Master Recommend V3 —
Make it easy for your visitors to recommend your web site to their friends or associates. The software is coded to minimize intentional and unintentional misuse, including spamming/blasting and form hijacking
Master Search —
If you have hesitated to install your own site search engine because of the complicated setup, now is the time to grab a copy of Master Search
The Upload Pal —
Upload and edit files in any one directory through a web page control panel interface. Good for you for regularly updating certain pages. Good for your clients so they can update their own pages without having to call you every time. For a fee, this software can be branded with your logo and links
Category: Free Services
These free services are all used or initiated online. Many require your browser to have JavaScript turned on
Advanced Email Link Generator with Anti-Spam Encoder —
Generate email links with optional pre-filled, Cc, Bcc, Subject, and body content parameters. The link can optionally be HTML entity encoded. Caveat: HTML entity encoding is unlikely to prevent the email address from being harvested at all. For a real spam-harvest-proof email link, see http://flow—to.com/
Ask the Master Series CGI Q&A Forum —
Ask your CGI questions here. This is the primary support area for our free software. Yet, any CGI-related questions are permitted
Attention-Getting Inserts —
Use this generator for content inserts, the kind where the main text flows around it. The insert can be an ad, a famous quote, a quote pulled from the article itself, a testimonial, or a limited-time offer (as examples)
Color Code Converter —
Type either an RGB or Hex color code to convert to the other. Includes color swatch
Convert Plain Text File Line Endings To Unix/Linux —
This will convert the line endings of any popular operating system into Unix/Linux. If your script insists on spawning an Internal Server Error, no matter what you do, it might be a line ending issue. Try converting to Unix/Linux and see if that does the trick. The text files of DOS, Windows, and Mac OS9 can be converted. (Mac OSX is already Unix.
Convert Text to JavaScript —
Convert any ASCII text into JavaScript. The text can be plain text, HTML code, even other JavaScript code. While search engine spiders don't use JavaScript, text you do not want to be indexed can be converted into JavaScript for presentation to live visitors
Form Code Generator for Feedback (or Contact) Form —
This tool will generate copy 'n paste code for a feedback or contact form. The form can be processed by or Master Form V4 or other form processing software (although we can't guarantee anything about other software)
Fortune Cookie Java Code Generator —
The fortune cookie JavaScript generator can be used to deliver, as examples, a random fortune wish, discount amount, inspirational verse, coupon code, or link. An example fortune wish implementation is at /numerology/ (in left-hand navigation area
HTML Entities On the Fly
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Type any characters into one form field, click the button, and the other form field contains your typed characters converted into HTML entities
Information Center Generator (for Master Form V4) —
Use this page to generate an Information Center, which is a web page form where information can be selected to be sent to a specific email address. The information can be text files, compressed files, PDF documents, entire web pages, anything that can be sent as an email attachment. The generated form is for use with Master Form V4.
JavaScript Image Rollover Generator —
This may be the easiest JavaScript image rollover generator producing copy 'n paste code that really works. The generated code is designed to make it safe to put more than one rollover image on the same web page without function clash
JavaScript Random and Duplicate Content Generator —
The generated JavaScript can be used to insert pseudo-randomly content into your web pages — ads, images, syndicated copy — different content every time the page is viewed, the same content every time to the same person, and other alterations
Link Cloak Code Generator —
This generates code to cloak links by controlling what the browser's status bar displays. Affiliate URLs are a candidate for cloaking because some people won't click on an affiliate link if they know that's what it is
Multi-Action Form Submission JavaScript Generator —
Okay, what is that? Well, when you need to submit your form to more than one script, this page can be used to generate the JavaScript to do the job. (If JavaScript is not reliable enough for you, FormJobber or Master Form V4 can be used.
Password Generator —
When you need a relatively strong password, use this generator. The page also has information about password security, and a link to even more information. In addition, it provides the means for you to put a password generator on your own web site for your and/or your site visitors' use
ProLinkz™ Does Short URLs —
Long ProLinkz URLs can be shortened, really long ones shortened drastically, using this generator. If you publish click count URLs with ProLinkz, where URLs must either fit within a certain number of characters or prospects are expected to copy the URL, implementing the code generated here can save a lot of frustration
Server Snooper —
This will generate a short report of information about the web page header lines of the server where a domain is being hosted at. We use this a lot to see whether or not a domain is on a Unix/Linux server before answering tech support questions. Some of the information in the report may be things you never knew were available
Site Recommend Form Generator (for Master Form V4) —
The web page talks about ways to reduce various security risks related to site recommend/tell-a-friend forms. It then contains a form you can use to generate your own relatively secure form for use with Master Form V4.
Spam-Harvest-Proof Email Link —
Get clickable links that open the site visitor's email program. This email link can not be harvested. Not by robots. Not even by humans! Links can also be used elsewhere, like forums, blog posts, and even in off-line publications and ads
Special Character Code Generator —
One click will generate a list of HTML codes for sets of characters. List is presented in a popup window
What Search Engine Spiders See —
Find out what search engine spider robots see when they visit your page. Optionally, list headings, links, word counts, and other information
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