Are you tired of remembering every username and password you have? Don't you wish you could have a singular identity for every site that permits it? Then AROUNDme is for you.

AROUNDme Personal Identity is a web based personal identity service with a web site builder to hold your profile. It allows you to hold your identity details in one place. With AROUNDme, you can create an OpenID to use on other web sites that support it, like Blogger, Basecamp and Technorati. With AROUNDme, you can create and customize your very own web site. You can add a blog, guest book, a photo gallery, your favorite video and other widgets. You can also create your own social networking site if you want to.

Installing AROUNDme is easy but an understanding of FTP, changing directory privileges and web servers is required. First of all, you need to download and extract the files onto your local computer. Then you need to transfer the all the files into a single directory of your web server. After the transfer, follow the directions included in the download to complete the configuration of your AROUNDme OpenID. After the installation you can test if your OpenID is working. You will be asked to go to a web site to check if your OpenID is good to go. If you logged in successfully into the site, then you're OpenID is ready to be used.

AROUNDme Personal identity requires a web server running either Apache 1.3/2.x or IIS5/IIS6 with PHP5.x installed including Curl, BCMath and GD library.

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Placing high with Google is a big help for your site. It is every web master's dream to have a good ranking in the most popular search engine in the 'Net today. What if one day, while doing a search in Google, your web site can't be found in the results? Something must be wrong. It's either you used the wrong keywords or worse, Google banned you. If it's the latter you are worried about, then use the Google Banned Checker tool from Gscripts.

Google Banned Checker is a fairly decent SEO tool. It will analyze your domain from Google's database to detect if the domain is banned or not. It's so easy to use. All you have to do is to type in your domain name in the box provided then click check. Instantaneously you'll know if it's banned or not. If your domain is not banned, Google Banned Checker will tell you that it has found some results. This is nice feature yet the developers can improve on it. Instead of giving just the link of the Google search result, maybe in the future they can show it in the same page as well. This makes one less process for you. Google Banned Checker is a tool that does what it's suppose to. It's simple yet effective.

Google Banned Checker runs on most browsers. JavaScript must be turned on.

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Do you want to have an online photo gallery but don't have the time to do the setup work it requires? Firstly, you have to resize the photos into thumbnail size, upload the photos one by one and then you need to design the page itself. You can do these manually or you could use Folderblog.

Folderblog is a free PHP script that automatically generates gallery of images located in a single directory. Best of all, you don't need to have a database to use it. You can use the page made by Folderblog as a gallery, blog or anything you want with it. The PHP code can be easily integrated any PHP code in the template pages.

Folderblog is easy to install. Just upload the files to your web server and you're good to go. Upload your photos to a single folder and let Folderblog do the rest. It can automatically create thumbnails for your images. You have the option to square the thumbnails. You can also opt to have the photos loop. It features an RSS feed as well. What's also nice about this script is that it generates a current.jpg and random.jpg in the thumbnail directory. This is good for linking your Folderblog page from other pages in your web site.

Folderblog version 3 requires a server running PHP 4.3.1. If your server is running PHP version lower than 4.3 than you can use Folderblog version 2.02. Basic PHP knowledge is also required.

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We all know that keywords can make or break a website's ranking. So it is important to find the right ones. If you have a keyword in mind but can't seem to think of others, then Keyword Suggestion tool is for you. It will display the top ten popular keywords related to your initial keyword.

Keyword Suggestion is a web based SEO tool. It's free for everyone who needs it. Usage of this tool is quite easy. Just enter a keyword that you would like to find similar keywords for. Then click on the “Go” button, which triggers the keyword search process. After which the top ten keywords will be shown. It's straightforward and simple. It does the job it's made to do. Keywords are generated in an instant.

Keyword Suggestion utilizes the three most used search engines: Google, Yahoo and MSN. The keywords generated by this tool are popular ones, giving your web site a much needed edge in search engines. The keywords displayed are ranked by most searched in the three search engines. The topmost keyword is number one and the bottom keyword is number ten. You can click on a keyword to shown the next ten. So the next time you're stuck in your keyword research process, try Keyword Suggestion.

Keyword Suggestion runs on most web browsers.

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Do you want your members to share stuff specially images but you don't know how to implement it? Well stop fussing about it and try integrating TWG Flash Uploader to your site. TWG Flash Uploader lets your users upload files to your remote web server.

TWG Flash Uploader is a great component for your web site. It's based on Flash so you can easily incorporate it into your web page. All you need to do is to download the file from TWG's server. Then extract the file to a directory on your web server. After following the other instructions provided, the installation is complete. By default, the user is automatically logged in and you can use the TWG Flash Uploader instantly.

With TWG Flash Uploader, you can upload files by simply adding them to the upload queue and then press upload. It will let you browse the directories and files in the remote folder. You can add, delete and rename the folders and files in it as well. You can preview the images on the remote folder. If you want a larger view, click the image and a bigger sized preview will be shown. It has a build in language selector for your International users.

TWG Flash Uploader requires Flash 8 or higher plugin for your browser. As for your web server, it requires PHP 4 or higher and a GD lib 2.0 and higher if you want to use the resize and preview feature.

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Are you tired of spam bots conquering your forums or membership sites? One solution is to use a Captcha tool. There are lots of Captcha tools available in the Internet. Some are free while others come for a fee. If you're looking for a free one, then you might want to try Captcha ZDR.

Captcha ZDR is an open source PHP script made to eliminate spam attacks. It is a simple yet powerful tool that will help protect your web forms from spammers. If you use this script, you can weed out the spammers from the legitimate users. Captcha ZDR offers several methods of captcha protection namely string protection, calculation protection (sum and deduction), noise in image and string symbols that spam machines will find hard to read. There are 8 backgrounds that you can choose from.

Installing Captcha ZDR is easy. Just download the file. Then follow the instructions inside the compressed file and like magic, your web form will include a captcha tool in it. This will deter spammers from flooding your site with spam. You can easily tweak the result message by adding a line or two to the PHP codes. Other Captcha tools show images that are hard to understand even by legitimate users. This is very frustrating. With Captcha ZDR, legitimate users can easily answer the captcha query.

It is GPL licensed, Captcha ZDR is free to use. Basic PHP knowledge is required.

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Every business owner knows how hard it is to keep track of invoices. Some result into hiring accountants to do the job. Well now you can have your own personal accountant, BambooInvoice can organize your invoices and best of all its free.

BambooInvoice is free open source software for your invoicing needs. It's user friendly and navigation is a piece of cake. Its layout is easy to the eyes. It can run in a web server or in a local computer as well. This makes BambooInvoice safe from prying eyes. It's well coded using XHTML and is WAI conformant. Once you inputted the data into your database, BambooInvoice sorts the invoices and can give you a list by company. You can also easily edit invoices once they're in the system. So looking for a particular invoice will be a breeze. You can also generate PDF files of the invoices.

Installing BambooInvoice should not be a problem, but knowledge of PHP and databases is required. First you got to download the BambooInvoice files from its site. Then modify the configuration files. Afterwards you are to create the database. Then upload your files to the server. Run the installation script. Login and then delete the installation and update scripts. A more detailed guide is provided with the downloaded files.

BambooInvoice uses PHP 5 and requires a database. If you want to create PDF then you need to enable the DOM extension.

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Starting an online photo gallery can be tiresome. With coding and uploading of photos involved, don't you wish there is a shortcut for this? Well, presenting the next generation of open source PHP photo gallery script. Gallery 2 – Photo Gallery is all you need when starting an online gallery.

With Gallery 2 – Photo Gallery, you can easily create and maintain photo albums in your web site. It will automatically create thumbnails, resize and rotate images, change the photos order, add captions and more. Albums and photos can have view, edit, delete and other commands according to the permission per individual user levels. It is great for communities. Users can upload and manage their own photos in your web site.

Installing Gallery 2 – Photo Gallery is a breeze. You need to download the files and transfer the files to your server. After that, you'll open your web browser and browse to the “install directory”. Gallery 2 will walk you through the configuration process. It's that easy.

You can customize your gallery according to your needs. You can download modules to add more features. You can customize the way it looks as well. You can download existing themes or better yet, you can design your own theme.

Gallery 2 – Photo Gallery requires a web server that can run PHP version 4.X or later. PHP_safe mode must be disabled. It also requires a database (MySQL 3.x, 4.x or 5.x, PostgreSQL 7.x or 8.x, Oracle 9i or 10g, IBM DB2 9.x, Microsoft SQL Server 2005.) and a graphics toolkit (NetPBM 9.x or newer, ImageMagick 5.x or newer, GD 2.x or newer, GraphicsMagick 1.x or newer) installed or else you'll not get any thumbnails.

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Are you tired of that bland, static logo of yours? Wish you had something that moves? Apart from hiring a professional designer to create a stunning image for you which would cost you money, why not try Pivot Stick Figure Animator first? It's lightweight, easy, and fun to use. And the best news: it's free.

Pivot allows you to create animations using stick figures. These animations can then be saved as an animated GIF file or even bitmap sequences if you want. No artistic expertise whatsoever is required to use Pivot. Just download the installer, set it up and you're ready to create stick figure animations. You may add more stick figures as you need them, or if you need another element other than the default, you may create them using the Create Figure Type option. One downside of the program is that the animation is created frame by frame, which can take some time specially when doing complex movements. Also, the frames/sec value is not changeable, so there is no way to create slow motion effects. But if you are looking for a cheap and easy way to perk up your site, Pivot is more than enough to do the job.

Pivot is compatible with Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista.

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Almost everyone has a MySpace account. It is the largest online social networking web site today. Do you want to create a web site similar to MySpace? Then this script is for you. MyOwnSpace is an open source PHP based script that can help you create a MySpace clone.

MyOwnSpace clones the design and structure of MySpace. It is 100% homemade, written in PHP and MySQL. The web site created by this script looks and functions like MySpace. Best of all it's free. Installation of MyOwnSpace is easy. Download the compressed folder then upload the contents of the "www" folder into your server. After that, just follow the instructions included in the downloaded folder and your web site will be set. You can easily edit the ads, recommends section and the banners by simple PHP manipulation. And because it is open sourced, you can also customize the look and feel of your MyOwnSpace web site by further manipulating the PHP codes.

So if you want to start a social networking web site, MyOwnSpace script is a great starting point for your web site. Your MyOwnSpace web site contains all the features of the original and more. You can add components and do extra customization by tweaking the PHP codes. You have total control of its contents.

MyOwnSpace is free to use under the GPL license. A web server is required. Knowledge of PHP is required.

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