About FreediveCanada
This web site is created, hosted and managed using only free, open source software. The following pieces of software have contributed a great deal to the success of this site and have made it a pleasure to manage.
Free Software for Freediving!
Site Creation | |
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A very powerful text editor with syntax highlighting |
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Used to create all web graphics and process all photographs |
Site Hosting | |
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The most popular web server in the world |
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Holds the Competition Database and the 'Pic of the Week' archive |
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Scripts written in Perl format data from the MySQL database into web pages containing competition results, rankings and personal statistics. Other Perl scripts drive the 'Pic of the Week' feature and the site's search engine. |
Site Management | |
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Tracks changes to each file on this site |
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A free online service to validate web pages. |