Toolkit, Links and More: Graphics

Cool Text

Cool Text is a free graphics generator. Use this tool to design logos and buttons with ease. Simply choose what kind of image you would like, fill out a form and you'll have your own image rendered and ready for download. The site also offers font sets for download.

Comment: Completely free, easy to use, excellent.

Free RSS Graphic Tool

The FeedForAll RSS Graphic Tool allows you to customise the RSS or Atom feed graphic to suit your web site.

Comment: Completely free, easy to use, excellent.

FavIcon from Pics

FavIcon from Pics is a handy tool provided by the folks from chami.com. It generates a favicon.ico file from your logo or other selected image.

Upload the favicon.ico file to your website and insert the following HTML tag inside the <head> ... </head> section of your web page.
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

Comment: Free, excellent.

ButtonGenerator.com

Use ButtonGenerator.com to generate custom designed buttons and website menus. Menus are downloaded complete with graphics, JavaScript and Cascading Style Sheet files. Clear instructions for installation are given in a README file.

Comment: Many free designs but some are for members only, easy to use, excellent. If you use the buttons or menus provided, you must put a link back to ButtonGenerator.com somewhere on your web site.

Icons, Images and Graphics

The Social Science Data Lab at the University of Colorado provides a large collection of icons, images, buttons, arrows, symbols, bars, backgrounds, etc. Most of these graphics are in the public domain, but take care; some may be copyrighted.

Comment: Free, worth a look.

All Free Original Clipart

All Free Original Clipart has a vast collection of free graphics such as animated gifs, icons, backgrounds, bullets, clip art, and pictures, and provides links to other sites that provide free graphics for the web.

Comment: Free, worth a look.