http://oswz.com The open source software web magazine. daily 1 http://oswz.com/847701-Is-CMS-better.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:52 -0600 Over the past several years, a strong trend towards using content management system is seen in website design and ecommerce development. Increasingly, clients ask for the ability to manage their own website. A CMS is software that keeps track of every piece of content on your website much like a library. CMS stands for content management system. As the name suggests, it is a back end tool that allows you to update text, pictures, and links without any knowledge of HTML. Some CMSs even allows y... http://oswz.com/847701-Is-CMS-better.html http://oswz.com/839200-Creating-Dynamic-Website-Content-with-PHP-MySQL.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:52 -0600 Fresh website content for your visitors can be of real benefitwhen attempting to generate repeat traffic. Most webmasters,however, just dont have enough spare time to frequently updateor rebuild their pages manually. If your web site hostingcompany provides free access to PHP and MySQL, this article willshow you how to combine those two open source tools and replacea portion of your websites static content with frequentlychanging dynamic content.Why do you need dynamic content for your website?... http://oswz.com/839200-Creating-Dynamic-Website-Content-with-PHP-MySQL.html http://oswz.com/629812-osCommerce-and-osCommerceTemplates-explained.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:52 -0600 Shopping is an activity that we all have experienced. By either going to the grocery store to pick up eggs or to the mall to buy clothes. Today, with the development of the computers and of the Internet, some brilliant minds thought that it would be even better if people who do not have enough time to spend in shops, could buy stuff over the Internet. Revenues from ecommerce stores have increased consistently over the past few years. Logically, online shopping is strictly connected to the use of... http://oswz.com/629812-osCommerce-and-osCommerceTemplates-explained.html http://oswz.com/221177-SEO-Software-AbiWord.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:52 -0600 For anyone who starts down the open source path, whether it be on Windows or Linux, the first word processor they consider is OpenOffice Writer, which is part of the OpenOffice.org suite. While OpenOffice is certainly a marvelous suite for those with diverse office-like work, or as a replacement for Microsoft Office.For most people though, the word processor is the only part of the application that is used, and the rest merely goes to waste. Even in Writer, for most people advanced features such... http://oswz.com/221177-SEO-Software-AbiWord.html http://oswz.com/283929-Joomla-A-Booming-Open-Content-Management-System.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:51 -0600 Joomla is one of famous open source development platform due to its customizable capability, availability of variety of plugins and of course eCommerce solution acceptability. There are several reasons why Joomla development is given higher importance than any other software. Language support Joomla as an open source CMS many languages. In cases where you do not have English customers and readers, you need your site to be easily comprehensible to the target audience. Therefore if you have a CMS ... http://oswz.com/283929-Joomla-A-Booming-Open-Content-Management-System.html http://oswz.com/459457-Magento-The-Next-Generation-Of-E-Commerce-Platforms.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:51 -0600 When it comes to FREE open source e-commerce solutions, OS-Commerce and Zen-Cart are the first names that come to mind. They were and still are the standard for shopping carts and online stores. But like everything else, things change and evolve over time. And one software almost nobody ever mentions is rising up to become the new standard for the next generation of e-commerce platforms - Magento.At first glance there doesn't seem to be a big difference between Magento and Zen-Cart. They are bot... http://oswz.com/459457-Magento-The-Next-Generation-Of-E-Commerce-Platforms.html http://oswz.com/641586-Top-ten-php-uses.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:51 -0600 PHP is one of the most popular open-source scripting languages. Open-source means free, so you can use PHP as often as you like without having to pay for licenses or support. It is a full-featured programming language, capable of managing very large database-driven online environments. PHP works in conjunction with HTML. If you are already familiar with HTML, making the jump to PHP is simple, and the two languages are interchangeable on the page. PHP can add new features to your site, but the ap... http://oswz.com/641586-Top-ten-php-uses.html http://oswz.com/708538-What-is-a-Content-Management-System-CMS.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:51 -0600 A content management systems, or CMS, is a great way to manage the content of your website, especially if you have a larger website and different people who are responsible for different parts of the website.If you have a large website with many static website pages and you're tired of waiting for your IT staff or webmaster to make changes to the website, a content management system will put you in the driver's seat and make it easy for youAdvantages:- Administration system for updating content ... http://oswz.com/708538-What-is-a-Content-Management-System-CMS.html http://oswz.com/264705-Content-management-as-an-effective-maintenance-strategy.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:51 -0600 The websites have to be maintained regularly in order to keep it up-to-date. A website is successful if it gives a reason or reasons for a viewer to revisit the site. The viewer may be attracted to a website if it has new contents, new information, different developments or an interactive element. Website maintenance includes text updates, graphic changes within its program. The content of the webpage which includes a headline, descriptive text, photo, audio clip or a video clip, also needs to b... http://oswz.com/264705-Content-management-as-an-effective-maintenance-strategy.html http://oswz.com/459346-Top-5-Benefits-of-Using-WordPress-For-Your-Website.html Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:03:25 -0600 If you have never built a website before, one of the quickest and easiest ways to get your first domain live and operational in only minutes is to install WordPress on your website.WordPress is a blogging platform that allows you to have a pre-built website for free that will allow you to focus on the more important items like content, and if you desire it, sales and profits.WordPress BenefitsIn more than a decade online, I have literally built dozens of websites, many from the ground up... But ... http://oswz.com/459346-Top-5-Benefits-of-Using-WordPress-For-Your-Website.html http://oswz.com/122089-Selecting-a-Content-Management-System.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:23 -0600 There's recently been a lot of discussion and considerableinterest in content management systems. Buyers are starting toask for these solutions from vendors with greater regularity andthe buyers are clearly better informed than in the past. Stillthe issue that comes up again and again is, how do you knowwhich content management system CMS is right for you?Begin with a needs analysis. Define your business goals,prioritise them, and then assess what features or tools areneeded to help you reach t... http://oswz.com/122089-Selecting-a-Content-Management-System.html http://oswz.com/917575-Custom-Content-Management-Systems-the-Basics-You-Should-Know-Before-Selecting-One.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:20 -0600 <!-- page size: .in in; margin: .in P margin-bottom: .in --> The theme of online business industry is changing at a fast pace. This change is necessitating the demand for building dynamic websites. A website is called dynamic if it has the capacity to suggest over database driven pages. In this regard, content management system or CMS helps a lot. CMS makes the complex process of building a dynamic website lucid. Search engines are critical regarding the clumsy websites. But a websit... http://oswz.com/917575-Custom-Content-Management-Systems-the-Basics-You-Should-Know-Before-Selecting-One.html http://oswz.com/647387-Web-Content-Management-Systems-Required-For-Best-Website-Management.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:20 -0600 Building and maintaining a web site is a lot of work; one of the tools that can make it significantly easier is a dedicated content management system.The server site utilities which are used to manage your sites cascading style sheets in an centralized interface is straightforwardly a content management system. There are various other abilities like upload content, allow visitor creation of contents, and even manage libraries of graphics, affiliate program links, etc., can be seen in sophisticat... http://oswz.com/647387-Web-Content-Management-Systems-Required-For-Best-Website-Management.html http://oswz.com/117395-Premium-WordPress-Themes-A-Superb-Choice.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 Open source blogging and representing a platform for publishing, premium WordPress has become the selection of numerous. Customization has raised as an result of this.There are plenty easy-to-use plug-ins, but most of them hold trim patterns for functionality. Premium WordPress themes nonetheless holds more functionality than the easy ideas. They are forthcoming in many price ranges. There are different sites which admit premium WordPress themes of good quality and wholeness. Some themes are cra... http://oswz.com/117395-Premium-WordPress-Themes-A-Superb-Choice.html http://oswz.com/330945-How-to-create-forums-in-Joomla.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 First you must know that you can't create any forum websitein joomla.Joomla is just a free, open source content management system for publishing content on the world wide web. If you want to get a forum online at your own domain you will need a web host providing one of the forum softwares; vBulletin, phpBB or SMF. Some of the web hosts offer an installing service called Fantastico. By using this service, you can create your forum without difficulty, even if you are not skilled in using any soft... http://oswz.com/330945-How-to-create-forums-in-Joomla.html http://oswz.com/499860-Drupal-SEO-URL-Modules-You-Need-To-Activate.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 At this point in your SEO life cycle, you just began using Drupal to manage your site and are looking to properly set up the correct, basic modules from its core package. Drupal Core comes with some useful modules that will enable your site to establish a healthy, ongoing relationship with all the search engines and their algorithmic spiders. Drupal comes very friendly out of the box, but it may take a few modules to get you the momentum you are looking for to climb up the SERPs. Here are three ... http://oswz.com/499860-Drupal-SEO-URL-Modules-You-Need-To-Activate.html http://oswz.com/706047-Succeed-With-the-Most-Comprehensive-Web-Development-Solutions.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 Everybody who wishes to realize their dream of making it big in online business should think and act out of the league. In order to attract targeted customers and succeed in a constantly changing, rapidly shrinking and faster interacting world, you can ask for a web design India company. To create a distinct image in the protean online medium, it is extremely important to understand the market behavior and corresponding needs so that you are able to devise and implement right business strategies... http://oswz.com/706047-Succeed-With-the-Most-Comprehensive-Web-Development-Solutions.html http://oswz.com/460676-Choosing-between-Open-Source-Development-Custom-development.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 An Open source development system would mean using the existing pattern, design and layout offered by a websites like Joomla and Wordpress and customizing it according to your needs. At the same time there are companies that need to build a custom CMS altogether for the requirement of their business. An open source development system is the kind that works best for most companies for they provide the basic structure to editadddelete the contentgraphics of the website. The framework for applicati... http://oswz.com/460676-Choosing-between-Open-Source-Development-Custom-development.html http://oswz.com/306674-Wordpress-Autopost-Plugins-Must-in-a-Network-Marketing-Blog.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:18 -0600 The first appearance of WordPress did happen in and it has become very popular by now and is being used on thousands of websites hence. What is WordPress then? Well, it happens to be a simple open source blogging tool which is offered in two ways, either the hosted option or the free software download option. However, apart from this, WordPress brings to the fore many additional features as well and these are known as WordPress plugins. With these plugins, any individual can customize his blog ... http://oswz.com/306674-Wordpress-Autopost-Plugins-Must-in-a-Network-Marketing-Blog.html http://oswz.com/234704-Ruby-On-Rails-Give-visibility-to-Your-Applications.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:17 -0600 Ruby On Rails is considered to be one of the fastest growing technologies in the web that is ideally suited for highly interactive database backed web applications. This technology in the IT industry has proportionately increased the performance and has helped to develop dynamic websites using model view controller methodology. Ruby On Rails or Rails was originally created out of Basecamp by David Heinemeier Hansson and was released in July as an Open Source. It is often used by web developers ... http://oswz.com/234704-Ruby-On-Rails-Give-visibility-to-Your-Applications.html http://oswz.com/951067-Social-Networking-Software-Why-have-it.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:36:14 -0600 Charles Babbage could never have imagined his discovery of computers would make the world such a tiny place. Computers have revolutionized the way we interact and thanks to further advancement in internet technology the world as of now has certainly restricted to a tiny place. The newest phenomenon in the internet space is undoubtedly the social networking websites which have redefined the way we interact and connect to people. Social networking provides an ideal platform for information sharing... http://oswz.com/951067-Social-Networking-Software-Why-have-it.html http://oswz.com/113788-Social-networking-script-Solutions-for-a-winning-social-media-campaign.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:35:59 -0600 As the year draws to a close, I must say it was quite an eventful year for a lot of companies who re-modeled their marketing campaigns and drew extensive benefits out of the power of internet. Internet marketing was the buzzword throughout the year and social networking campaigns were adopted by many organizations as a successful strategy to market their productsservices across the globe effectively. So, how do organizations benefit from social media campaigns such as social networking websit... http://oswz.com/113788-Social-networking-script-Solutions-for-a-winning-social-media-campaign.html http://oswz.com/603879-Creating-Social-Networking-Site.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:35:12 -0600 Social Networking- Social Networking - Social Networking It is all overt the place and I would be amazed if any of you computer-savvy folks havent yet heard about social networking sites. Either we are fed up of it or we are still in awe of the phenomenon called social networking website which lets us connect to people across the globe. Whatever the case the popularity of it will not diminish in the near future unless something dramatic happens e.g. a doomsday scenario. Social networking has ca... http://oswz.com/603879-Creating-Social-Networking-Site.html http://oswz.com/430308-Advanced-404-Pages.html Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:45:46 -0500 In a previous article, I discussed the advantages of using acustomized error page on your site and gave instructions onhow to create one. As I explained back then, these pages arehighly useful because they enable you to benefit from trafficthat would otherwise be lost. They however do have one dark sidethat can make maintaining your site significantly more difficultthan what it has been before.What is this problem I'm talking about? Well, it is quitesimple. Usually when a server encounters a e... http://oswz.com/430308-Advanced-404-Pages.html http://oswz.com/880437-Free-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-tips-step-by-step.html Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:33:35 -0500 There are so many websites all over the internet so it'sessential to promote and optimize your website. A new websiteneeds to be visible to search engines. Before submitting yoursite to search engines it is very important to optimize yourwebsite. If you can not afford a search engine optimizationservice, make sure to follow our few search engine optimizationtips to have your web site well optimized for the top placementin search engines. Step . - Analyze your competition The best way to startop... http://oswz.com/880437-Free-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-tips-step-by-step.html