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Piwik

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:00 +0000

Piwik is a open source web analytics software program. It provides you with detailed real time reports on your website visitors: the search engines and keywords they used, the language they speak, your popular pages and so much more. Piwik aims to be an open source alternative to Google Analytics.

Here are a few of the great features that Piwik has to offer:

A clean and user-friendly interface to present data and to aid in data analysis.
Clear and concise graphics presenting important information in an easy-to-understand format.
Free: phpMyVisites is completely free. A logo may be added if desired.
Security: Because security is a critical software element, phpMyVisites has maximum protection against intrusions and external attacks.
Multiple Web Sites: Multiple web sites may be added. Each site will have precise and distinct statistics.
Multi Users: Add an infinite number of users and manage permissions for each user (viewing and/or administration rights for certain sites).
International: phpMyVisites is available in more than 30 languages.
Open source, Free: The source code is readily available and you are welcome to participate in the project (create new modules, personalize the interface, etc.).
Precise visitor statistics over a period of time (day/week/month/year).
Visitor Frequency: new visitors, regular (known) visitors, and how often visitors view the web site.
And much more

Want to learn more? I would highly suggest you go check out piwik.org. This script is one of the best web analytics suits I’ve seen outside of Google Analytics. It is definitely worth trying out if you want to know more about what people are doing with or on your website.

LimeSurvey

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:17:40 +0000

LimeSurvey (formerly PHPSurveyor) is an open source online survey application written in PHP based on a MySQL, PostgreSQL or MSSQL database. It enables users without coding knowledge to develop, publish and collect responses to surveys. Surveys can include branching, custom preferred layout and design (using a web template system), and can provide basic statistical analysis of survey results. Surveys can be either publicly accessible or be strictly controlled through the use of “once-only” tokens for each survey participant. Additionally results can be anonymous be separation of participants data and result data, even for controlled surveys.

Here are some of the features that LimeSurvey has to offer:

Assessment surveys
Anonymous and Not-Anonymous survey
Open and closed group of participant surveys
Optional public registration for surveys
Sending of invitations, reminders and tokens by email
Option for participants to buffer answers to continue survey at a later time
Cookie or session based surveys
Template editor for creating your own page layout
Extended and user-friendly administration interface
Back-office data entry possibility
Survey expiry dates for automation
Enhanced import and export functions
Basic statistical and graphical analysis with export facility
Screen Reader Accessibility
W3C compliance

Want to try LimeSurvey out yourself? You can pick it up at limesurvey.org. This survey script will let you set up an unlimited number of surveys, number of questions per survey and number of participants per survey. LimeSurvey is one of the best survey scripts out there today.

phpList

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:42:09 +0000

If you are looking for a good mailing list manager, you can do no better than phpList. This script has been around as far back as I can remember, and is really good for managing both small and large lists. It contains tools to help you increase your engagements and responses too.

Here are a few more features that phpList has to offer:

double opt-in subscription mechanism
scheduling
RSS
list segmentation
click-tracking
attachments
bounce management

phpList is an open-source newsletter manager. phpList is free to download, install and use, and is easy to integrate with any website. Want to learn more? You can check it out on phpList.com.

Phpicalendar

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:32 +0000

Phpicalendar is an open source php application to parse and display shared icalendar-compatible calendars on a website. If you need to get your hands on a calendar that is easy to install and is packed full of features, you can do no better than this fantastic script.

Here are the features of phpicalendar:

View calendars by day, week, month, or year as a graphical output or a list
View different calendars (including remote web calendars) individually or in combinations
Display web calendars in many different languages
Display Google calendars
Provide links to subscribe to or download calendars
Search for events containing keywords
Generate a variety of rss feeds to provide events to other websites
Customize the appearance of your calendars
Host different calendar sets from a single installation

Another thing you should remember is the fact that many web hosts allow you to install this script in a single click too. Want to give it a shot? You can download it from phpicalendar.net.

phpScheduleIt

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:34:57 +0000

phpScheduleIt is an Open Source web-based reservation and scheduling system, allowing users to register and then place reservations on any kind of resources, such as conference rooms, machines, computers, etc. The administrative side allows complete control over user permissions, resource data, reservation data, and is has many configurable settings.

Here are some of the features of phpScheduleIt:

OS and database independent.
Supports multiple languages.
User database can be self-contained or authenticated through LDAP.
Multiple schedules are supported with unique resources.
Blackout times are easy to add and manage to restrict reservations.
User permissions
Reservation minimum and maximum time limits
Mass email feature

This is a very unique script that is perfect for scheduling things. Want to try it out? You can download it to install on your own web hosting account at php.brickhost.com.

ExtCalendar

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:55:01 +0000

ExtCalendar is an open-source calendar application, with an integrated event management system. ExtCalendar is a powerful multi-user web-based calendar application. Because ExtCalendar is created in PHP and MySQL it can be used on many types of servers, including Apache running on Linux, BSD or MacOS X, Apache running on Windows, and Microsoft IIS. The only requirements are that PHP and MySQL are installed on your webserver.

Here are the features of ExtCalendar:

Multi-Languages
Themes
Recurrent Events
Categories
Users and Groups management
Environment and General Settings
Template Configuration
Product Updates

Want to learn more? You can learn more about the script or download it to use on your own hosting account at extcalendar.com.

GPixPixel

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Fri, 10 May 2013 10:42:40 +0000

Want to set up one of those ad pages that have all the tiny banner ad space for purchase? The concept for pages like this, marketing-wise, started with the popular milliondollarhomepage.com. Now, you can quickly set up your own pixel by pixel advertising page with GPixPixel.

Here are the features that GPixPixel has to offer:

Advanced “lasso” feature for pixel selection.
Pixel List feature provides a quick view of all purchased regions.
Advanced settings manager to maintain database-stored site settings.
All pages are fully XHTML transitional compliant, checked against W3C standards.
Multi-language e-mail template editor allows quick and convenient editing of confirmation e-mails.
Payment History manager shows you a list of received payments, and any payment errors.
Language editor permits you to easily add new languages to your million pixel ad site.
Manage multiple grids, set the price per grid, set the grid background and line colors, delete grids, etc.
Blog feature, with optional commenting. Security measures have been added to the blog comments section to help ward off script daemons that may try to spam your site.
Image library is available (with more images being added all the time) for users who may not have a pre-defined image to use with your million pixel ad website.
Newsletter templates, fully editable using the FCKEditor, are available in the admin panel. Send your users announcements of updates and new features in your system.
Quickly e-mail all pixel owners with a single click (the “Pixel Owners” link at the right), using the newsletter feature.
Pixel zoom feature allows your site visitors to more easily view small pixel regions.

Also worth mentioning is the fact that multiple payment modules available for pixel purchasing, including Authorize.Net, PayPal, NOCHEX, PSiGates, and others. More are being added all the time. PayPal IPN is fully supported, too!

Want to learn more? You can grab this script at the GPixPixel official website.

Noah’s Classifieds

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Thu, 09 May 2013 10:39:06 +0000

Noah’s Classifieds is one of the leading classifieds software on the web. Since 2003 Noah has helped thousands of customers, businesses and web developers transact online through our simple classified listing software.

Here are some of the features Noah’s Classifieds has to offer:

Defining categories and subcategories, Categories where only admin can submit ads,

Defining custom fields for the advertisements per categories,

Cloning categories with all their properties and custom fields,

Accept and reject ads, or let them appear immediately

Unlimited number of custom fields per category,

Flexible display formatting for number fields

HTML notifications, notification templates

Possibility to use an SMTP server

Notifications can be CCd or disabled,

Notify ad owners when their ad is approved, about to expire, or deleted,

Submit, modify and delete ads,

Upload multiple images per ads

The latest version is now ecommerce enabled combining the power of sites like craigslist and e-bay into one easy to use tool for you. Entrepreneurs, Directories, Portals, Small Businesses, Event and Ticket Sales, Business Listings, Auto Listings, Classifieds Ads, Newspapers, Magazines…and many more use Noah!

You can download Noah’s Classifieds from noahsclassifieds.org.

OSClass

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:23:49 +0000

Want to get your hands on one of the most delightful classified ad scripts out there? OSClass is a great open source script that lets you manage thousands of ads with ease. Osclass is an open source project that allows you to easily create a classifieds site without any technical knowledge. This project began in Barcelona in early 2011 and since then hundreds of people have generously collaborated.

Here are some important features that OSClass has to offer:

Plugins
Themes
Multi-language
Captcha
Dashboard
SEO Friendly

Want to learn more? You can download it yourself and set up your own ads in minutes at osclass.org. You can build your own Osclass installation and start advertising real estate, jobs or whatever else you want today!

Jcow

mitch@mitchkeeler.com (Mitch Keeler) — Tue, 07 May 2013 10:27:00 +0000

This script makes it super easy to make your own social network or social media community website. Jcow is 100% open source and is really easy to install too. If you need to get your own little Facebook-like website set up, this script will do the job.

Here are a few features of Jcow:

Handle more traffic
Make your site more interactive
Customize and Extend your Network
Make money from your Network
Add questions to the Registration Form
Give permissions the way you want
The power of “Following”
Multiple auth levels (read-only, user, admin)
Members know what’s happening to
Every profile could be Unique
Easily share stuff

That is really only scratching the surface. Want to learn more? You can download Jcow from Jcow.net.