PAD Links and 3rd Party Tools

Notice: The links below reference articles, tools and services offered by 3rd party vendors. The ASP does not verify these for PAD Specification compliance and therefore does not explicitly recommend any of them.

Free Resources

PAD Editors (Windows):

• PADGen (Windows PAD Editor)
• DeuPAD (Windows PAD Editor, German)
• PADManager (Windows PAD Editor, auto-updates to latest spec)

PAD Editors (Mac):

• PAD Fab (Mac OS X PAD Editor based on PADGen)
• Apimac PAD Editor (Mac OS X PAD Editor)
• PAD Maker (Mac OS X PAD Editor)
• EdPAD (Mac OS X PAD Editor)
• MacPADEdit (Mac OS X PAD Editor)

Other Free Tools:

• DynamicPAD (PHP Scripts for Dynamic PAD Generation)
• PAD-Publisher (Windows Submission Utility)
• Trialware Submit (Submission Utility - TPA membership required for full use.)
• WordPress xmlPad Plugin (Blog system enhancement)

Articles:

• PAD Usage Guidelines (by SharewarePromotions)
• Dynamic PAD for Site Tracking (by D. Reinhardt, ASPects 06/2005 p. 6) ASP MEMBERS ONLY!

Free Services:

• PAD Validator (by ASP)
• PAD Validator (by SharewarePromotions)

Graphics:

• PAD Enabled Button, small (for webmasters to let authors know that PAD files are accepted)
• PAD Enabled Button, medium (for webmasters to let authors know that PAD files are accepted)
• PADGen Banner (for webmasters to link to PADGen)

Other Links:

• PADKit Modifications Forum (by Brian Gillingham)
• Categorized list of PAD supporting archives (by Adrian Nelson)

Commercial Resources

Commercial Tools:

• GSA Auto SoftSubmit (Submission Utility)
• PromoSoft (Submission Utility)
• PADexpress (Submission Utility)
• Advanced PAD Submitter (Submission Utility)
• Shareware Tracker (Submission Utility)
• RoboSoft (Submission Utility)

Commercial Services:

• Downloads Site PHP Scripts (PADKit based set of download site scripts)
• PAD Database (PAD Repository)
• PadDb (PAD Hosting and PAD Repository)