WebSlide is a free & JavaScript-based application for displaying/presenting images easily.

Mostly, it is built for viewing website design mockups which is very handy for freelancers & web agencies.

Slides can be switched with the help of a navigation bar or by keyboard. The navigation bar can also display any other information about the content displayed.

Images can be zoomed in/out & moved by drag’n drops. Optionally, presentations can be protected with passwords.

WebSlide does not have any server-side requirements & can be installed in minutes.

Although MS Excel & Powerpoint seems a little bit out of the scope for web designers/developers, many web applications are built with reporting options that can be exported, so, they can be easily used as templates.

Juice Analytics is sharing 15+ free Excel & Powerpoint charts that can beautify any report.

There are simple-to-advanced examples of various chart  types like bar, line or pie charts which comes with sample data that makes customizing faster by editing the values used.

VanadiumJS is an intuitive-yet-powerful jQuery plugin for easy client-side validation.

It supports Ajax & regular server-side response results. The rules to be applied can be defined in 2 ways:

• JSON structure
• inline markup

Some of the default rules include:

• presence
• a special format
• numbers (integer, float)
• length
• acceptance (checkboxes)
• & much more..

VanadiumJS offers various customization settings like, ability to validate-as-you-type or validation-on-submit, waiting x seconds before validating as-you-type, etc.

FCKeditor, one of the most popular free WYSIWYG editors around now has a new version with more features & a lighter name: CKEditor.

WYSIWYG editors generally load slow due to the highly-used JavaScript. One of the best things CKEditor offers is the seriously improved perfomance to eliminate this problem.

Also, it is now an accessible script in compliance with the W3C WCAG & the US Section 508.

CKEditor offers a rich & powerful integration and interaction API. The editor is also totally plugin based & can be extended/modified in all senses to fit every need.

With a new user interface based on a fresh skin which is colorful like a chameleon, you can change its color to match your needs.

Plogger is an open source image gallery application, built with PHP-MySQL, that offers a simple usage with powerful features.

The application comes with an attractive admin interface for managing the galleries & can be integrated into any website by adding three lines of PHP code.

Using Plogger, it is possible to create unlimited albums that can include unlimited images. And, uploading the images is a breeze as they can be sent one at a time or as a .zip file in bulk.

Thumbnails are created automatically & there is caching support for faster loading.

Some other features of Plogger:

• commenting on images (optional)
• RSS feed on every level (single album, gallery..)
• an integrated JavaScript slideshow
• template based theme system
• valid XHTML output

Also, each gallery has a full XML generator built-in that enables anyone to create widgets in any language.

jQTouch is a jQuery plugin for creating mobile applications with just HTML, CSS & JavaScript.

It comes with native animations, automatic navigation, and themes for mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre.

It can be setup in a few minutes & totally customized with the selector options.

It has 2 ready-to-use themes:

• default Apple theme
• jQTouch theme

and new ones can be created with less effort.

The plugin offers page history management and CSS3 page transitions including 3d flip. Also, it easily allows applications to run in fullscreen mode with custom icons and startup screens.

XML Banner Rotator is a free Flash component to display rotating images with style.

It is highly customizable via a XML file & comes with 35+ options including the masking size and speed.

The position of the elements on the screen, number of images & colors can all be controlled.

Besides any HTML page, XML Banner Rotator can be inserted into any FLA file too.

P.S. Download requires free membership.

Webyog, a company who creates innovative database tools, is giving away $1300 worth of products to WebResourcesDepot readers:

• 3 SQLyog Enterprise – MySQL GUI ($99/each)
• 1 MONyog Unlimited Servers – MySQL Monitoring Tool ($999/value)

Details on "how to win the free licenses" can be found at the bottom of the post, but before that:

What is SQLyog?

It is a powerful MySQL manager and admin tool that makes controlling multiple databases so easy with features like:

• query profiler
• visual query & schema designer
• scheduled backups
• data synchronization
• HTTP(s) & SSH tunneling

besides the standard database management functions the application offers.

SQLyog MySQL GUI uses the native MySQL C API for the fastest communication with servers & offers a 100% keyboard-friendly usage.

What is MONyog?

It is a very well-thought software to help MySQL DBAs manage more MySQL servers, tune MySQL servers and fix problems with their MySQL database applications before they can become serious problems.

It is installed on any computer & monitors MySQL servers remotely.

With amazing features like:

• history/trend analysis
• quick performance tuning & optimization
• analysing slow query logs
• MySQL hacking attempts detection

MONyog is a time-saver & must-have for every database administrator.

How to win the free licenses?

Commenting to this post is enough to join the giveaway & winners will be selected randomly via the query below on 25 August 2009 (1 week later).

SELECT * FROM wp_comments WHERE comment_post_id=1111 AND comment_approved=1 AND comment_type='' GROUP BY comment_author_email ORDER BY RAND() LIMIT 4

Good luck to all : ).

P.S. Both applications offer free trials which you can see how functional they are before purchasing.

AnythingSlider is a jQuery slider plugin which can present any HTML content.

It can display any number of slides where navigation tabs are generated automatically.

The interface has next/previous buttons, can optionally start on initial load & display all slides infinitely.

Another great feature is the hashtags for all content which makes it possible to link directly to a specific slide.

The animation & delay between each slide can also be set with ease.

Adminer is a phpMyAdmin-like MySQL management application which is only 1 file (PHP) that makes it so easy to install.

It is multilanguage with 11 ready-to-use language files & supports most PHP & MySQL versions (PHP 4.3+, MySQL 4.1+).

Adminer can connect to local/remote MySQL databases, create new ones & complete almost every other database transactions like:

• Create, alter, drop indexes/foreign keys/views/stored procedures & functions
• List data in tables with search, aggregate, sort and limit results
• Insert new records, update and delete the existing ones
• Supports all data types, blobs through file transfer
• Execute any SQL command from a text field or a file
• Export table structure, data, views, routines, databases to SQL or CSV
• Print database schema connected by foreign keys
• Show processes and kill them
• Display users and rights and change them
• Display variables with links to documentation
• Manage events and table partitions (MySQL 5.1)