A Guide to Free PHP Scripts

If you are to be successful in todays competitive online market then you’ll need some handy tools to help get you there. You’ll be losing so much profit if you were to hire website designers to create you a bespoke site or script for every website you’re going to build. This is why people and groups have done the hard work for you – for free.

Below is a list of a few of the recommended free php scripts available to download and install within a few minutes, not only are they all very handy but they will save you lots of time and money.

1) One of the most popular scripts out there to date is WordPress, which I’m sure you’re already aware of. This blogging system has been around for years now and nearly every blogger out there has or will use this system at some point. Its high end coding even allows the user to create their own mods and themes to change the look of their blog.

2) Another great free php script would be Dolphin, a social networking script which allows you (the owner) to setup your own social network like Facebookc, Myspace, Bebo etc. Completely free of charge! This script can be edited easyily enough and you can change the way it looks with a few small edits. It’s a huge script so it may take a while to get used to, but this is a great script that should be downloaded even if you’re not interested in social networking.

3) Drupal is a leading content management system which is available for free. It’s more or less another WordPress system but unique in its own way and not specifically for bloggers. Drupal is aimed at giving webmasters a CMS (Content Management System) that makes life easier when managing content and members. Not only does Drupal offer a great open source CMS but it is built so programmers can produce some excellent mods and addons to the system which can make life easier for other webmasters.

These are just 3 of the most popular free php scripts on the market and definitely 3 of the best. There are many other php scripts out there that makes life easier for website developers & programmers but you’ll not find better scripts than these specifically for the niche they’re used for.

 

Social Websites can be Addicting

Social Sites can be great, but as their audience increases, most of the time they change with the audience. Digg is based on what the users choose to be on the homepage, for example, the breaking news, so they have no control over the change unless they change the rules.

Social sites can be hard to monetize, and most social sites do not require the creation of any defensible IP. With no defensible IP or sustainable business model, many recent social and media startups are finding it harder to stay afloat.

Social sites can be a great way to broadcast your web video free. This allows you to get your video out there and viewers to learn about your company. Social sites can standardize the size of an image, even if they can’t standardize the content. Here’s where some understanding of visual cognition and visual discrimination factors comes in handy.

Social sites can be a bit risky. Err on the side of safety, and use LinkedIn for networking and career purposes. Social sites can do more to reach out to school districts. One step is to provide schools with special authentication based on the school’s enrollment.

Social sites can be used for good or fun or bad or to counter bad. Don’t always brag about something like a busted boyfriend or you might find your email inbox overflowing. Social sites can work the same way, with members passing on half understood or incomplete information as facts.

Social websites are all the rage right now, and are not just hyped by the media (MySpace and YouTube in particular), but there are also large amounts of money involved (again, MySpace and YouTube). But does the social model make sense for data analysis and visualization? Social websites are getting better, more used, more open and more complete.

Why should you start a website or blog if you can also write on your Facebook. Social websites are funny places. What stories do you tell over drinks with friends? Social websites are the most popular sites today because they allow people to be interactive with the web pages they visit. Users can post their own comments and have a sense of ownership on sites that are considered social web pages.

Social websites are ideal for groups of people who are connected by a common interest such as a favorite pinup girl and need to collaborate. Instead of sending email back and forth, a social website can be used to centralize the knowledge of a group. Social websites are very large and you can never know who is behind a certain ID. And of course, hackers are exploiting this the best way they can, in pretending to be officials in need of data, when they’re just phishing.

Social websites are characterized by sharing ideas and experiences between users. So that forums, blogs, messages, rating, and searching are necessary. Social websites are the thing now, and since is is the major trend, why not make it for mobile users, and we’re not just talking iPhones here.