Web Site Management Tools

Web Site Management Tools

(This section includes products that contain: site version controltools, combined utilities/tools, server management andoptimization tools, and authoring/publishing/deploymenttools that include significant site management or testingcapabilities.)

Webmaster Toolkit - Collection of 35 free tools and utilities useful to webmasters; includeslink checker, page analyzer, ping, color tool, FrontPage and DreamWeaver code cleaner, link extractor, etc.

A1 Website Analyzer - Website analyzer and link checker from Microsys, also can check response times, html and CSS validation, track file sizes, check for page title duplication; optimize internal page link structure to maximize SE page rankings.

BrowserCMS -Web content management system from BrowserMedia LLC for creating, managing, and publishing dynamic, information driven websites. Handles traditional text, images, or files, as well as such searchable, dynamic 'content objects' as press releases, job postings, a member locator/business directory, and an events calendar.100% browser-based content management system is installed on the same web server that hosts website - no software installed on individual desktop machines. Geared to associations, non-profits, government agencies, and corporate websites. Compatible with multiple server OS's and web servers.

Errorlytics -Site management service/plugin from Errorlytics/Accession Media, LLC helps site managers minimize errors for their users. Keeps track of errors that site visitors come across. Can see what errors have come up, and then set up 'rules' as to where site visitors should be redirected to. For any website developed with Java, PHP, Rails, Drupal or Wordpress.

UXinsight -End user experience and website performance monitoring tool from UXtechnology BV.Captures all online transactions, and replays bottlenecks that customers experienced. Provides insights into performanceand avalability, from end to end response times and conversionrates to diagnostics and business impacts of poor performance.

eValid Site Analysis -Site analysis, mapping, and page tuning tool from Software Research Inc.Checks for broken links and characterisitics such as page age, size, existence of specified strings, download times of elements, pinpointing bottlenecks.Reports are generated onscreen, including 3D-SiteMap showing site structure; can be rotated, expanded, zoomed-in, etc.

SortSite -Tool from Electrum Solutions that checks pages against W3C and IETF standards, checks for compliance with accessibility standards; link checker, browser compatibility checker; checks for regulatory compliance, checks site against Google/Yahoo/MSN search guidelines, more.

DeepTrawl -Site management tool from Deep Cognition Ltd. finds dead/slow/invalid links, finds common html flaws, has integrated HTML editor with problem highlighting, finds stale content. Finds slow content based on configurable settings, checks for undesirable user postings, exports to CSV / HTML, more.

Atomic Watch -Site monitoring software from Info-Pack.com;runs as background process on Win machine;no software to install on server. Can check webpage or form for certain strings and report back if not present. Configurable monitoring intervals; various notification options including email notifications, sound alarm, or load a URL. No monthly fees like the server monitoring services.

TruWex -Site management tool from Erigami Ltd. checks accessibility, privacy,quality, web page performance. Utilizes a web interface; available as a managed service and as a redistributable product installedon Windows based servers.

CMS400.net -Web site content management tool from Ektron Inc. Enables non-technical users to add/update web content, create and managedocuments. Workflow and user management tools. Support for ASP.NET, ColdFusion, PHP, and JSP development.

WSOP - Website load time testing and optimization tool from SoftLogica LLC; other capabilities include checking for errors and broken links, highlighting of problem elements with a built-in HTML viewer, and support for custom testing scenarios for regular tests. Provides a set of reports, statistics and suggestions to improve website load time and performance.

TrueView - Web management suite from Symphoniq Corp. that can monitor Web application performance from browser to back-end by instrumenting both client and server side of web applications. Can measure page load times and errors directly from users' browsers and automatically detect and diagnose problems inside or outside the datacenter. Trace slowdowns to specific IP addresses, servers, method calls, and SQL queries.

WebWatchBot - Web site monitoring, notification, and analysis tool for web sites and IP Devices, from ExclamationSoft Inc. Capabilities include real-time charting of response times for multiple items, reporting of historical data, comprehensive dashboard view of all monitoring. Monitor web page transactions - execute any monitored item in sequence,handle login and web form posting, run as a windows service or application.Requires Windows, MSIE, SQLServer.

Savvy Content Manager -Content management tool from Savvy Software Inc. Simplified editing process - click on an area of your web site in Savvy's browser-based interface, update the information and then publish to the Web with another click. No coding, no file transfers, no additional software.

Introscope -Web performance monitoring tool from Wily Technology; presents data in easy-to-use customizable dashboards which enable deep, intuitive views of interrelation between system components and application infrastructure. Monitors applications as soon as installed; no coding needed. Included 'LeakHunter'identifies potential memory leaks. 'Transaction Tracer' can provide detailed tracing of execution paths and component response times for individual transactions in production systems.

WebCEO -Tool from WebCEO.com includes a site maintenance module. Includes link checker, WYSIWYG editor, FPT/publishing, traffic analysis, and site monitoring capabilities.

ManageEngine Applications Manager -Site management tool from AdventNet; works with a variety of web servers, database servers, service types, and OS's. Free and professional versions available.

RealiTea -Web application management solution from TeaLeaf Technology Inc.that provides detailed visibility into availability and functionality issues to enable efficient problem identification, isolation, and repair.Captures and monitors real user sessions, providing context and correlation data for application failure analysis. Add-on capabilities include a 'Dashboard' to provide real-time, customizable views of success/failure rates for key online business processes and other critical metrics, and 'Real Scripts'automatically generated from recorded user sessionsfor use in specified other load testing tools.

PROGNOSIS -Comprehensive tool from Integrated Research Ltd. for performance and availability monitoring, network management, and diagnostics; suited to large systems.

RedDot CMS -Web content managment system from RedDot Solutions includes modules such as SmartEdit; Asset Manager to securely centralize images; Site Manager to create and manage your web site; Web Compliance Manager to manage integrity and accessibility, and more.

Cuevision Network Monitor -Monitoring tool from Cuevision for monitoring website, server, services, applications, and network; capabilities include notifications via email, net send, and popup, restart apps and services, etc.For Windows.

GFI Network Server Monitor -Server management tool from GFI Software Ltd. checks network and servers for failures and fixes them automatically. Alerts via email, pagers, SMS; automatically reboot servers, restart services, run scripts, etc.Freeware version of GFI Network Server Monitor is also available; includes modules to check HTTP and ICMP/ping for checking availability of HTTP and HTTPS sites.

Web Site Monitoring - Performance Monitoring -Free open-source website performance monitoring and uptime notification application in PERL, from AllScoop; sends email notification if site is slow or down.

ContentStudio -E-catalog management tool from TechniCon Systems with Win Explorer-type interface with drag and drop functionality; eliminates need for programmers and special production staff to maintain catalogs.Legacy-to-Web Tools can "bulk-load" online catalog from legacy product data. Capabilities include defining intra-configuration rules, such as option compatibilities on a single product; spatial relationships between products, etc.

SpinPike -Flexible and scalable content management system from SavvyBox Systems, based on database-driven, template-based dynamically-created content. Installer easily installs system on your server, high-level functions save template coding time; WYSIWYG editor.

Constructioner -Website development software with integrated content management system from Artware Multimedia GmbH. Design/administrate databaseconnected PHP web applications in combination with individual webdesign. Includes: Ready-to-use Backoffice, Content and Table Management (WYSIWYG-Editor), User Administration, Multilingualism, Dynamic Menu, Message Board, PHP-Code Insertion, Statistical Reports, Database Backup, Search. All can be integrated without writing code. Constructioner Light Edition available as Freeware.

CrownPeak CMS -Content management service from CrownPeak Technology, which hosts the management system application and the client's administrative interfaces and pushes the final assembled pages toclient Web servers. Provides complete software developers environment, comprehensive Communications Gateway for inbound and outbound data, and a robust API.

WebLight -HTML validator and link checking tool from Illumit LLC. Free for use on small sites, low cost for large sites. Works on multiple platforms.

Trellian InternetStudio -Suite of web site management utilities from Trellian including site upload/publishing tools, text editor, HTML editor, link checker, site mapper, spell checker, site spider, image handling, HTML encryptor/optimizer, HTML validator, image mapper, e-commerce site designer/generator. For Windows.

Documentum -Enterprise content management product from EMC Corp. - capabilites/support include scalability, security, business process automation, globalization, XML-content-based multi-channel delivery, support for more than 50 document formats, integration with a variety of servers, authoring tools, etc.

Serena Collage -Content management tool from Serena; browser-based, scalable content management platform for content contributors distributed across an organization. Works with content from any platform or application. Enables collaboration, version control, activity tracking, administration, templates, styles, approval workflow, multi-lingual support, more. Runs with a variety of platforms, web servers, and DB servers.

FlexWindow -Tool from Digital Architects B.V., enables users to update their web site via e-mail. Update news flashes, notifications, advertisements, product info, stories, prices, and more. Use any e-mail client capable of producing HTML to format your content or use HTML tags in a plain text e-mail. Easy to install, simply create an account and paste one line of javascript into your pages. Basic accounts are free.

Alchemy Eye -System management tool from Alchemy Lab continuously monitors server availability and performance. Alerts by cell phone, pager, e-mail, etc. Can automatically run external programs, and log events.

Web500 CMS -Web content management and site maintenancesolution from Web500. Add-on modules allow capabilities such as WAP, e-commerce, paymentprocessing, customer relationship management,and more.

HTML Rename -Site Migration/Batch processing tool from Expandable Language that enforces file naming conventions (case, length, invalid chars), renaming the files to match the convention, then correcting the links to those files automatically. Eliminates problems encountered when moving files between Windows, Mac, and UNIX systems and publishing to CD-ROM. For Mac or Windows.

IPCheck Server Monitor -Server monitoring tool from Paessler AG.Alerts webmasters if a webserver is not working correctly via sensor types PING, PORT, HTTP, HTTPS, HTTP Transaction, DNS, SMTP,POP3, SNMP, and custom sensors. Notifications can be triggered by downtimes, uptimes, or slow responses. For Win platforms; has a web-based user interface.

Oracle Universal Content Management System -Content management tool formerly from Stellent, now Oracle.Content Server uses a web-based repository, where all content and content types are stored for management, reuse and access. Enables services such as library services, security, conversion services, workflow, personalization, index/search, replication and administration. Other modules provide additionalservices such as: services for creating, managing and publishing Web content and supporting from one to thousands of Web sites; services for capturing, securing and sharing digital and paper-based documents and reports; and services for collaborative environments and for digital asset and records management.

Rhythmyx Content Manager -Web content management product from Percussion Software; based on native XML and XSL technologies; content development, publishing, version control, and customizable workflow. Manages Web content, documents, digital assets, portals and scanned images.

Content Management Server - Windows based content mgmt tool from Microsoft (formerly 'nResolution' from nCompass Labs).Enterprise web content management system that enables quickly and efficiently building, deploying, and maintaining highly dynamic web sites. Enables scheduling of content refreshes, management of workflow, tracking of revisions, and indexingcontent by means of a browser window or via MS Word.

Broadvision -Suite of content and publishing management tools from BroadvisionInc.; allows a distributed team of non-technical content experts to manage every aspect of site content, including creation, editing, staging, production, and archiving.

HP OpenView Internet Services -Internet services monitoring/management tool from HP; integrates with other OpenView products to provide a variety of management and monitoring services and capabilities. Enables end-user emulation of major business-critical applications as well as a single integrated view of the complete Internet infrastructure. Designed to help IT staff efficiently predict, isolate, diagnose and troubleshoot problem occurrences, anticipate capacity shortfalls, and manage and report on service level agreements.

HTML-Kit -Free, full-featured editor from Chami.com designed to help HTML, XHTML and XML authors to edit, format, lookup help, validate, preview and publish web pages. Uses a highly customizable and extensible integrated development environment while maintaining full control over multiple file types including HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, and much more. Finds errors and provides suggestions on how to create standards compliant pages. Includes internal, external, server-side and live preview modes; FTP Workspace for uploading, downloading and online editing of files; and the ability to use hundreds of optional free add-ins through its open plugins interface. GUI support of W3C's HTML Tidy; seamless integration with the CSE HTML Validator. Validate XML documents using its DTD and/or check for well-formedness. Over 400 free plugins available for extending and customizing HTML-Kit. Pro plugins availableto paid registered users.

IBM Workplace Web Content Management -IBM's web content management product for Internet, intranet, extranet and portal sites; runs on both Lotus Domino and IBM WebSphere.

WebCheck -Windows application from Peregrine Software that runs in background and periodically checks a site for availability and correctness; searches for keywords; provides notification by displaying a messageor sending an e-mail.

WS_FTP Pro -FTP/web publishing tool from Ipswitch; manage, upload, and update websites; automatically resume interrupted transfers; support more than 50 host file systems; drag-and-drop files; for Windows.

A1Monitor - Utility from A1Tech for monitoring availability ofweb servers. Capabilities include notification by email and automatic reboot of web server. For Windows.

AgentWebRanking - Freeware tool from AADSoft to monitor site's search engine position, improve search engine ranks, submit URL's. Searches top engines for keywords; can specify search depth. Also has keyword count for pages vs competitor's pages; auto or manual submit of URL's to search engines, meta tag creator. Requires MSIE and Windows.

WebSite Director -Web-content workflow management system from CyberTeams Inc. with browser-based interface includes configurable workflow management, e-mail submission of web content, and e-mail notifications; allows defining and applying existing workflow and approval rules to web content management process. For Windows, UNIX.

Equalizer -Load balancing server appliance and site management tool from Coyote Point Systems. Web based interface for load balancing administration, server failure detection, real-time server monitoring of server response time, number of pending requests, etc.

WebTrends -Web site management tool from NetIQ includes log analysis, link analysis and quality control, content management and site visualization, alerting, monitoring and recovery, proxy server traffic analysis and reporting. For Windows.

XMetal -XML development tool from Justsystems, Inc. for XML-based web site authoring and validation. Includes a 'Database Import Wizard', and can automaticallyconvert output to CALS or HTML table models or to XML;For Windows.

Interwoven Team Site -Web development, version control, access control,and publishing control tool; works with manyservers, OS's, and platforms. Also see their LiveSite content delivery engine.

Macromedia Contribute -Adobe's (formerly Macromedia's) web content management solutionContent created in Contribute matches the look and feel of a site via Dreamweaver templates and advanced CSS support. Ensures design standards are met, functionality is maintained, and code is protected.

Site/C -'Set-and-forget' utility from Robomagic Software;for periodic server monitoring forweb server connection problems, link problems.E-mail/pager notifications, logging capabilities.For Windows.

PowerMapper - From Electrum Multimedia; for customizableautomated site mapping, accessibility and usability checking,HTML validation, link checking, CSS validation, browser compatibility, and more. Requires Windows and MSIE.

SiteScope -HP's (formerly Mercury's) product for agentless site monitoring and maintenance. Runs on servers and monitors server performance,links, connections, logs, etc.; scheduled and on-demandreporting; provides notifications of problems. Includes published API for creating custom monitors. Monitors mimic users' end-to-end actions. For Windows or Unix.

HTML PowerTools -HTML validator, global search-and-replace. Date stamper,spell checker, Meta manager, image tag checker, HTML-to-Textconverter, customizable reports. Link checker. Validatesagainst various HTML versions, browser extensions;has updateable rulebase. From Talicom. For Windows.

OpenDeploy -Interwoven's configurable control system for deployingfrom development to production environments. Includesautomated deployment, security, and encryption capabilities.For Windows and Unix.

Vignette Content Management -Vignette Corporation's product for web site collaborative content,publishing, management, and maintenance. Support for managing content stored in databases, XML repositories, and static files. Supports a wide variety of web attributes, databases, API's, and servers.

Microsoft FrontPage - Microsoft's web site authoring and site management tool; includes site management capabilities, link checking, etc.

HomeSite -A lean, code-only editor for web development from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). Advanced coding features enable instant creation and modification of HTML, CFML, JSP, and XHTML tags, while enhanced productivity tools allow validation, reuse, navigation, and formatting of code more easily.

NetObjects Fusion - Site authoring/management tool from WebSite Pros Inc. Visual site structure editor, layout editor, graphics management, staging/publishing control. For Windows.