# Free Toys for Homepages

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 7, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122 "2002-12-07T12:01:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122/1 "2002-12-07T12:01:32Z")

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Since I launched the [teemingmillions homepages thingie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=148256) I have been thinking about cool toys that people can put on their sites. Seemed that a thread about it could probably collect quite a nifty list of toys, so I’z startin’ one.

One of the best collections of niftiness is

[www.bravenet.com](http://www.bravenet.com) (counters, guestbooks, guestmaps, etc)

What are some of your favorites?

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122/2 "2002-12-07T12:14:35Z")

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Add polls to your site:

[http://freepolls.com/](http://freepolls.com/)

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**Author:** ![Tir\_Tinuviel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tir\_Tinuviel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tir_Tinuviel)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122/3 "2002-12-07T19:33:12Z")

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Whooo…

Agreed, Bravenet has some really good stuff.

Here’s my “little” list…

[Getty Images](http://www.gettyimages.com/)

[Corbis Images](http://pro.corbis.com/)

[Microsoft free clip art, photo’s, etc](http://dgl.microsoft.com/)

[Mediabuilder](http://www.mediabuilder.com/) - free backgrounds, clip art, web elements, animation facory, etc.

[HTML Gear](http://htmlgear.lycos.com/) - loads of website stuff, similar to Bravenet.

[Macromedia Exchange](http://www.macromedia.com/exchange/) - loads of extensions that do funky things with Macromedia products (eg, DreamWeaver, Flash, Fireworks, etc)

[Builder.com](http://builder.com.com/) - tonnes of HTML, Javascript, etc resources.

[FlashKit](http://www.flashkit.com/) - yep, you guessed it, loads of stuff for Flash. This site also has some fantastic music loops.

That’s all I can think of off the top of my head… might remember some more later.  
Enjoy.  
🙂

[sub]Note, not all the stuff on some sites is royalty free, please check before using anything![/sub]

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122/4 "2002-12-07T23:57:55Z")

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Bear in mind the image links above are _not_ free images.  
Do with that information what you wish.

I would advise skipping the various “service providors” unless you really can’t do it any other way. Most of the providers will want some sort of linkage/bannering/pop-ups etc.

[www.hotscripts.com](http://www.hotscripts.com) has HUGE amounts of javascript, html, dhtml, php, c, asp, perl, etc, etc, etc. Large amounts of the stuff are free for non-commercial use, some are even free for commercial use.

The only limitations are your own knowlege and what your host provides, for example you can’t use PHP scripts if you don’t have PHP on your server. Anyone at all can use javascript tho, and most of them are relativly plug-n-play.

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-toys-for-homepages/141122/5 "2002-12-10T18:26:15Z")

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[http://sitegadgets.com/](http://sitegadgets.com/)

free stuff:  
Tell-A-Friend  
Postcards  
Maillist Builder  
Random Link  
Search Engine  
Counter  
Countdown  
Random Image  
“Top Sites”  
Headline News  
FunLibs  
Interactive Story  
Download Tracker  
Message Board  
Guestbook  
Compliments  
Password Protection  
What’s New?!  
Voting Booth  
Free Links Page  
Jump Around Jump Box  
Spam Fighter