Nowadays, there are plenty of tools and software packages to cater for every part of web design.  These are the latest applications I use to design my clients’ websites:

Design Tools

• Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
• Adobe Photoshop CS4
• Adobe Illustrator CS4
• Adobe InDesign CS4
• Adobe Flash CS4

FTP

• Filezilla

Programming

• PHP

Search Engine Submission

• Google WebMaster Tools
• Yahoo Submission
• XML Sitemaps for Engines and GoogleNews
• DMOZ

Databases

• MySQL
• PHPMyAdmin
• SSH access
• Plesk

Debugging

• Notepad++
• IETester