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Open Source Scripts
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By Sanjib Ahmad
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Commercial web application systems used to be expensive at onetime. With the advent of open source solutions such applicationsare not only available for free but in many cases they aresuperior to commercial systems.
Now anyone can have access to advanced systems and scripts suchas content management systems, forums, auction scripts,ecommerce systems, shopping carts, photgallery applications andmore. Some example scripts are provided below.
Content Management Systems * Drupal * Mambo Open Source *PHPNuke * PostNuke * XOOPS
E-Commerce Systems * OsCommerce
Image Gallery Scripts * Image Gallery
Message Forums * phpBB2
Blogs * Wordpress
You can install the scripts yourself on your webserver. You willneed to download the script from the original source site. Unzipthe source files and follow the installation steps. Theinstallation steps are usually easy as long as the basicrequirements are working currectly in your system. Basicrequirements can include database (for example: MySQL), webserver (for example: Apache) and programming language parser(for example: PHP).
If you find the installation difficult or too time consuming,you can hire a professional script installation service providersuch as Script Jockeys. They can installs scripts such as theones listed above.
Their services include: * Script installation and customization* Script debugging / troubleshooting * CGI, Perl and PHP scripts* Scripts utilizing MySQL databases
Though I haven't tried their services, you can find more aboutthem athttp://computer-internet.marc8.com/ebook-info.php/name/script_jockeys/toc_id/6-0-8-15/
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