If you are new to the world of creating your own site and find yourself asking, “How do I upload my website?” then the FTP program is your answer.

An FTP program assists you in transferring files from your local computer to the server containing your website files. If you have files, images, videos or documents that you would like to put on a website, then you will need an FTP program to put them there. Plenty of FTP programs are available on the internet, some costing quite a bit. We, however, don’t feel that you should have to pay anything when there are so many great ones available for free! Here are four that make our list:

1. FileZilla – FileZilla runs cross-platforms (Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and more) and supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP. It features an easy to read comparison screen of both the local files and server folders with drag and drop support, remote file editing, and readability in many other languages. There is even an FTP Server version available.

2. Core FTP – Core FTP offers most of the same features as FileZilla. Visually, it also appears much like FileZilla and boasts drag and drop support, file editing and viewing and command line transfers to name a few.
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There is plenty of ‘free’ stuff available for web designers online, and it is great for building personal web sites, and really handy for increasing your skill-set however most of the stuff that is available comes with a proviso. The proviso is “For Non Commercial Use”.

So you can find everything you could possibly desire from Photoshop Brushes and Vectors to icon sets, graphics, images and backgrounds. However after hours of searching for that perfect resource you find that it is for “Personal Use Only”. This can be extremely frustrating, however there are plenty of artists, designers and creatives who make their stuff completely and freely available for commercial use.

So if your looking to complete a project on a very tight budget then you should take a look at some of these resources. The sites listed offer more than a single freebie for webmasters so they will be useful for future projects too, so well worth bookmarking.
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As the web becomes a more interactive medium, many bloggers are making the transition to include more multimedia elements into their blog, such as photos and videos. While the majority of bloggers still use text as their primary communication medium and simply supplement it with the other multimedia elements, there is a small but growing percentage of bloggers who are making the complete transition to video.

Whether you call them videobloggers, vloggers or simply bloggers, these people are using a different method to connect with their audiences. Therefore, it seems logical that they would want a theme with different features than a standard blog. Whether you are just getting into the world of video blogging or have been doing it for some time, I’ve gathered the five best free themes for any blogger focused on video. You can use one of these themes to launch a new video blog, or to give your existing vlog a fresh look.

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As anyone who has spent time playing with the WordPress platform knows, it is extremely flexible and can be used to achieve a lot of different purposes. One use of WordPress that has continued to gain popularity is creating a photoblog. Whether you are a professional photographer or just a photography enthusiast, WordPress makes it easy to publish and organize your photographs.

Although photographs can be added to a blog with any theme, I’ve tracked down the best free themes for individuals who want to use WordPress to create a true photoblog.

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