The major contrast between Savant and other templating engines such as Smarty is how it runs. It does not need to compile your php code first in order to build the page. It sees PHP as a template builder already. (This is the same logic that powers Wordpress templates.) What this allows for is the fastest script execution time.

A downside to Savant is its implementation. Since it does not compile first, you will be using PHP tags placed in your template to display data. For example, Smarty’s syntax would allow for “{$variable}” while Savant would allow only “<?php echo $this->variable ?>”. Although, if you have PHP shorthand enabled (short_open_tag=On in the ini file) you can simply use “<?= $this->variable ?>”.

Savant’s syntax is clean, incredibly simple to understand and explained thoroughly through the Quickstart guide and API documentation, and very easy to install.

It uses the following rules to strip the extra stuff from your code:

• Attributes are removed for all elements except <a>s
• <span>s and <div>s are removed
• Empty elements are removed
• Consecutive line breaks are reduced to two

WordOff web app comes especially in handy when clients (like mine) give you a ten page Word document they want to be posted. I’ve seen more style=”MsoNormal”’s than I can count. WordOff fixes all this for me.

Change font properties, colors, borders, hover variations, etc all very easily. It will show you a preview of what your settings would like like when applied to jQuery’s accordion, tabs, slider, date picker, and dialog box.

ThemeRoller is a sure bookmark for any jQuery fan, and perhaps that slight push for many who were considering getting their hands dirty with jQuery.

You type in the cell phone you wish to receive the text message, the day and time you want to send it, and finally the message. Hit “Submit” and you’re good to go. It’s that easy and it’s 100% free.

There’s not much else to say about it. It has great features though. If you want it to send in two days, simply type “in two days”. If you want to receive the message multiple times, go ahead and place a coma between each time you wish to receive the messages.

The texts are sent from remind@ohdontforget.com and received by any major mobile carrier.

Oh, Don’t Forget is a terrific way to remind yourself or someone else via the web. Enjoy!

Cli.gs allows you to create multiple short URLs linking to the same page. Pretty handy, right? But when you combine this feature with the ability to track hits coming from those links, then you have a great way of tracking your own online campaign.

For example, you can create three short URLs for your article and place one link on Digg, another on Delicious, and another on DesignFloat. After which, log into your Cli.gs account and view the graphs and track hits coming from each individual site.

Cli.gs is probably going to boom within the next three weeks. It’s a lesson to us all that you don’t need to invent the next new thing. You simple have to improve upon what already exists.

WebsiteGrader.com allows you to enter your website, along with other similar websites, to compare each to the other. It takes into account things like Google page rank, Alexa rank, number of Diggs your articles have, delicious bookmarks, and more social and blog stats.

If you have a website that you want to optimize for the social web, WebsiteGrader.com is your first-stop tool.

CodeIgniter was built for PHP coders who wanted a clear and thorough documentation, where you can build web applications and blogs in as little as twenty minutes. Very lightweight and very simple to get up and running. Simply unzip the folder to a directory and modify the database configuration and you’re all set.

I plan on using CodeIgniter for a few personal projects, and what little progress I have made has been seamless and enjoyable.

I strongly recommend helping youself to a dose of powerful coding by using CodeIgniter if you plan on developing a web application – or even if you dont.

Type in the name of each of your rows for your table, then specify your datatype for each row, (there are 15 choices including Auto-Increment, Phone Number, Address, Email and Date). After that, you can output the results as XML, CSV, Excel, HTML and SQL (MySql or Oracle) to be inserted directly into your database.

Outputting as SQL can save a load of time that would normally have been spent using the simple “insert” command on phpMyAdmin. Generate Data also generates unique data. What this means is that no two names, addresses, or phone numbers will be the same and all emails will be unique and valid.

Generate Data is a great, free, database field generator that is extremely useful if you want to see how it would work in the real world using dummy entries.

Whether you are starting from scratch or just want to refresh your memory on how to move a file URL permanently, .htaccessEditor generator can be a quick one-stop solution to help you create your .htaccess file easily.

Download Adobe Air, then head back on over to Kuler and download their own Desktop Kuler application. This allows you to view the most recent, most popular, newest, and random color themes directly on your desktop. After running the application, choose your favorite color scheme and you’ll be able to import it into Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign.

Kuler is a must for any web designer who may be unsure what colors to choose or which color may work best with their website theme.

That’s about it. Neat little guy. Enjoy!

Just give BrowserShots a couple minutes to gather your screenshots you requested, and the link with your screenshots will be all ready for you. Feel free to view each one individually, or download them all in a zip.

This is a standard checkup for any web designer.