WebDev3000 » CMS http://www.webdev3000.com web design, freebies and more Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:17:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ThinkTank http://www.webdev3000.com/thinktank/ http://www.webdev3000.com/thinktank/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:46:58 +0000 Codrut Nistor http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=550 A friend of mine asked me about some project he should work on. To be more accurate, he wanted to start working on something to sell, but didn’t have a clue on the topic. “Some Twitter tool,” I said, and it seems I was right. No, he didn’t become a millionaire yet, but since I see so many Twitter-related tools showing up these days, some of them selling for pretty high prices, I think he has a chance. Anyway, today [...]]]> A friend of mine asked me about some project he should work on. To be more accurate, he wanted to start working on something to sell, but didn’t have a clue on the topic. “Some Twitter tool,” I said, and it seems I was right. No, he didn’t become a millionaire yet, but since I see so many Twitter-related tools showing up these days, some of them selling for pretty high prices, I think he has a chance. Anyway, today we’re going to talk about an open source piece of code that includes Twitter support, but still… I think good Twitter apps can earn you some serious dough, if you do things right!
ThinkTank

Today’s topic, ThinkTank, comes with Twitter and Facebook support for now, but more are expected to join them in the near future. According to the company behind it, Expert Labs, “ThinkTank is a new, free installable web application that lets you capture the insights and expertise of your social network by collecting and organizing replies to your conversations on Twitter, Facebook and (soon!) other networks.”

While the above may sound just like one of thousand software descriptions wrote every day, one fact is certain: if the White House decided to adopt ThinkTank in the near future, this project is surely one to keep an eye on and, if you got what it takes and could find it a good use, install it on your own server and play with it for a while!

Compatibility: all major browsers, as long as you got PHP and MySQL running properly on your server

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/thinktank/feed/ 0 TomatoCart http://www.webdev3000.com/tomatocart/ http://www.webdev3000.com/tomatocart/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 09:25:50 +0000 Codrut Nistor http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=540 Despite the global economic problems, the Internet continues to grow with each day, and this opens doors to people who are willing to spend some time and money to try starting an online store. Some will succeed, some may fail, but if you do things right, your chances are higher than in the “real world,” at least that’s how I see it. While I won’t say anything about the market niche to choose, today I will point you to a [...]]]> Despite the global economic problems, the Internet continues to grow with each day, and this opens doors to people who are willing to spend some time and money to try starting an online store. Some will succeed, some may fail, but if you do things right, your chances are higher than in the “real world,” at least that’s how I see it. While I won’t say anything about the market niche to choose, today I will point you to a free shopping cart script that will surely help you keep your budget as low as possible…
TomatoCart

… but without going for some dark e-commerce script nobody heard of, because TomatoCart is based on the popular osCommerce package and, despite of that, it took over a year of development and testing until the first public release came out. When compared to its “parent,” this application has completely new front and back-end, with the last one using a desktop-style ExtJS-based interface.

Obviously, there’s no restriction on the type of goods you can sell using TomatoCart (there are laws to do that…), and the long list of features includes wishlists, gift certificates, quantity-based discounts, and so on. For the full list, please take a look at this page.

TomatoCart is available in multiple languages, and if yours is not available, you can help out by translating it. To run this on your server, you’ll need at least PHP 5.1.6 and MySQL 4.1.13/5.0.7. Oh, yeah, one more thing – ready for a demo? Go here and use “admin” as user and password (or take a look here for the front-end). That’s all, folks!

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/tomatocart/feed/ 1 CS-Cart http://www.webdev3000.com/cs-cart/ http://www.webdev3000.com/cs-cart/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:00:52 +0000 Codrut Nistor http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=504 One of the most interesting things I’ve read about the near and not-so-near future is the forecast regarding evolution of commerce. What about it? Well, online shopping becomes more and more popular, especially in emerging countries, and the same happens with ecommerce shopping cart solutions. Today’s choice is called CS-Cart, and if you were thinking about starting your own online shop… this will surely come in handy! While it’s not free, CS-Cart is “an “out of the box” ecommerce software solution [...]]]> One of the most interesting things I’ve read about the near and not-so-near future is the forecast regarding evolution of commerce. What about it? Well, online shopping becomes more and more popular, especially in emerging countries, and the same happens with ecommerce shopping cart solutions. Today’s choice is called CS-Cart, and if you were thinking about starting your own online shop… this will surely come in handy!
CS-Cart Shopping Cart Script

While it’s not free, CS-Cart is “an “out of the box” ecommerce software solution with easy-to-use functionality that allows to start selling online immediately,” packing a features set that includes support for a majority of popular payment systems and shipping providers such as Google Checkout, PayPal, Authorize.Net, FedEx, USPS and many others, as well as some of the latest ecommerce innovations, such as one-page checkout, AJAX-based web interface, or block manager.

The price of a license is $285, payable through PayPal, credit card or wire transfer. For additional information, don’t hesitate to visit the official page mentioned in the previous paragraph. If you’re going to setup a new store with this solution… or another, there’s only one thing remaining to be added: good luck & many happy customers! :)

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/cs-cart/feed/ 1 Storytlr http://www.webdev3000.com/storytlr/ http://www.webdev3000.com/storytlr/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:49:13 +0000 Codrut Nistor http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=502 For me, WordPress is pretty easy to use, but I must be a fool to admit that using it and harnessing its power is something as easy as it gets for someone facing its first blogging script. Sometimes, people simply need to share things online without knowing anything about the script allowing them to do it, and Storytlr may be the right tool to choose… According to the official page, “Storytlr is an open source lifestreaming and micro blogging platform,” allowing [...]]]> For me, WordPress is pretty easy to use, but I must be a fool to admit that using it and harnessing its power is something as easy as it gets for someone facing its first blogging script. Sometimes, people simply need to share things online without knowing anything about the script allowing them to do it, and Storytlr may be the right tool to choose…
Storytlr

According to the official page, “Storytlr is an open source lifestreaming and micro blogging platform,” allowing you to import data from various Web 2.0 sources straight to your website. These sources will appear on your page as a lifestream, and there’s quite a lot to see in such a site belonging to someone who’s active on social networking sites, since Storytlr supports most popular services you can think of, such as Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and many others.

As you probably imagined already, Storytlr comes with some built-in themes, while new ones can easily be created using HTML/CSS. Built using PHP and MySQL, Storytlr is open source and completely free to use, being covered by the terms of the CC License. Do you feel like giving it a try? I surely do! ;)

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/storytlr/feed/ 0 Win a WordPress Theme or Cash! http://www.webdev3000.com/win-a-wordpress-theme-or-cash/ http://www.webdev3000.com/win-a-wordpress-theme-or-cash/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:26:41 +0000 Codrut Nistor http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=495 Developing WordPress themes can be a real pain in the back, especially if you want to do this for a project of your own and you come up with new ideas on a daily basis. In times like these, you realize how easy can be to feel like killing some of your clients who have only one fault: no accurate idea on what they want, so new things appear during the entire development process. Today, you may get lucky – [...]]]> Developing WordPress themes can be a real pain in the back, especially if you want to do this for a project of your own and you come up with new ideas on a daily basis. In times like these, you realize how easy can be to feel like killing some of your clients who have only one fault: no accurate idea on what they want, so new things appear during the entire development process. Today, you may get lucky – it’s one premium WordPress theme or its value as PayPal cash. Which one do you choose?
Win a WordPress Theme or Cash

No, no, they don’t come from us, unfortunately. The story goes like this – you go to this page, read the instructions, write your entry, and may the best one win! Oh, yeah, if you also mention WebDev3000 as your referrer, we may get a new theme, too. OK, if you don’t want to click the link above, let’s keep it short and simple: you have to write less than 200 words about things you’d change at WPWebHost, and a Thesis Theme worth $87 or its price could be yours, that’s it!

Even more, these guys from WPWebHost also offer $100 to people who can write a good tutorial on WordPress, so there’s even more to get from there! These being said, I’ll get back to my daily software goodies, keeping my fingers crossed. Your luck may be our luck, and our luck will always be yours!

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/win-a-wordpress-theme-or-cash/feed/ 0 WPtouch http://www.webdev3000.com/wptouch/ http://www.webdev3000.com/wptouch/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:14:49 +0000 Adrian http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=472 If you encountered difficulties reading your WordPress based website or blog on your mobile device, WPtouch is the solution. WPtouch is a lightweight, fast-loading, feature-rich and highly-customized “theme application” which includes an admin interface to let you customize many aspects of your site’s presentation. Also included on the admin panel is a compatibility suite which will help with setting up pages automatically display supported WordPress archive and links functions, as well as help with detecting supported or conflicting plugins.

With WPtouch [...]]]> If you encountered difficulties reading your WordPress based website or blog on your mobile device, WPtouch is the solution. WPtouch is a lightweight, fast-loading, feature-rich and highly-customized “theme application” which includes an admin interface to let you customize many aspects of your site’s presentation. Also included on the admin panel is a compatibility suite which will help with setting up pages automatically display supported WordPress archive and links functions, as well as help with detecting supported or conflicting plugins.

wptouch-admin_screenshot-4With WPtouch you will get all the standard WordPress blog features: search, login, categories, tags, archives, photos & more. WPtouch redesigned the WordPress admin panel offering many customization features. This way your WordPress website or blog will be rendered fast and the loading time of pages will be decreased. WPtouch offers support for FlickrRSS plugin and Blip.it video plugin. Also the Ajax comments are posted in real time.

If your users don’t like the WPtouch theme they can choose your site’s regular appearance. This can be done using an option in the footer. WPtouch offers a little snippet of code for the switch link into your current theme which will be shown only to mobile visitors, giving them control to choose between the two site views easily. Also WPtouch give you the ability to turn advanced javascript effects & ajax on/off

Before you install this plugin, make sure you have FTP access to install the theme plugin folder. The installlation is very easy: search for ‘WPtouch’ in the add new section of WordPress under Plugins. Simply install, activate and you’re done!

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/wptouch/feed/ 0 Registration Validator http://www.webdev3000.com/registration-validator/ http://www.webdev3000.com/registration-validator/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:25:19 +0000 Adrian http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=448 Registration Validator is a plugin that helps you to fight against spammers. With Registration Validator you can block not only usernames or IP addresses but also you can block domains and subdomains.

Blocking an entire domain (including subdomains) is very easy. Just put before the domain a full stop (e.g. “.webdev3000.com”). Any entries without a leading full stop (period) are treated as specific (i.e. only that domain and none of its subdomains are blocked) .

To block an IP or [...]]]> Registration Validator is a plugin that helps you to fight against spammers. With Registration Validator you can block not only usernames or IP addresses but also you can block domains and subdomains.

Blocking an entire domain (including subdomains) is very easy. Just put before the domain a full stop (e.g. “.webdev3000.com”). Any entries without a leading full stop (period) are treated as specific (i.e. only that domain and none of its subdomains are blocked) .

registration_validator

To block an IP or IP ranges replace part of the IP with * to match any similar IP (e.g. 192.168.*.* will match 192.168.1.1, 192.168.3.4, and any others beginning 192.168).

Another feature of Registry Validator is the ability to check email addresses for valid DNS entry.

Registration Validator offers Botscout integration. Botscout prevents bots from registering on forums, polluting databases, spreading spam, and abusing forms on web sites. This is done tracking tracking the names, IPs, and email addresses that bots use and logging them for future comparison. Using Botscout the IP and email address will be checked and blocked if the IP and email are in Bouscout database.

With Registry Validator you can check email credibility against disposable hosts and fake accounts using http://undisposable.net/. This way you can prevent userbase contamination by fake accounts.

Compatibility: Joomla, Community Builder( version 1.2), AjaxRegistration and Virtuemart .

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/registration-validator/feed/ 0 Kish Multi http://www.webdev3000.com/kish-multi/ http://www.webdev3000.com/kish-multi/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:30:00 +0000 Adrian http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=447 If you have multiple blogs, you need a simple tool to maintain all of them very simple and easy. Kish Multi is a perfect tool for you. It helps you to maintain multiple blogs from a single blog. Kish Multi uses Ajax, this way there is only one page to load.

With Kish Multi you can write new posts for all your blogs. This means you can write text with TinyMCE editor, assign categories, upload images, add videos, add tags, schedule [...]]]> If you have multiple blogs, you need a simple tool to maintain all of them very simple and easy. Kish Multi is a perfect tool for you. It helps you to maintain multiple blogs from a single blog. Kish Multi uses Ajax, this way there is only one page to load.

With Kish Multi you can write new posts for all your blogs. This means you can write text with TinyMCE editor, assign categories, upload images, add videos, add tags, schedule posts and assign categories.

You can also moderate comments on all blogs managed by this plugin. You can reply to a comment, mark a comment as spam and pending. An additional feature which is not available with the default wordpress installation is reply via email. All the comment reply sends and email to the author of the parent comment.. With Kish Multi you can also cross post a post from one blog to other blogs.

If you are using All in one seo plugin, you can add the custom title, description and keywords into the fields provided.

The installation is very simple. Download the plugin, unzip the files and upload them to the plugins directory. Don’t forget to make the upload directory inside the uploadify folder. The images are temporarily uploaded to this folder

Scripts Used – JQuery, Uploadify

Compatibility: Requires WordPress Version: 2.8 or higher

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/kish-multi/feed/ 0 TweetPress http://www.webdev3000.com/tweetpress/ http://www.webdev3000.com/tweetpress/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:44:23 +0000 Adrian http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=436 Everybody knows what is Tweeter. Some people use it to stay in contact with their friends and others use it to post their thoughts. Today I recommend a plugin for Wordpress which gives you total control and ownership of the photos you post to Twitter.

TweetPress not only helps you to post your photos from your Wordpress blog, but also sends traffic back to your own blog instead of a third party site. Until now you could post your photos to [...]]]> Everybody knows what is Tweeter. Some people use it to stay in contact with their friends and others use it to post their thoughts. Today I recommend a plugin for Wordpress which gives you total control and ownership of the photos you post to Twitter.

TweetPress not only helps you to post your photos from your Wordpress blog, but also sends traffic back to your own blog instead of a third party site. Until now you could post your photos to Tweeter only using a 3rdparty service. First you had to post them on Mobypicture or Twitpic and then post the URL from that service to your Tweeter page.

Using TweetPress you won’t send traffic to other sites, all the traffic will come to your blog or your website. With TweetPress you will also have total control over your online gallery.

TweetPress features a full API for developers, this way anyone can integrate any Tweeter client with Wordpress.

To install and configure it only takes a few minutes. Download it from here, unzip it and upload it to wp-content/plugins folder. Don’t forget to activate the plugin from admin page. After that go to TweetPress settings page and select which page you would like the gallery to appear on. Then set your image hosting service inside the Twitter client you are using to TweetPress.You will need to enter the URL of your website/blog, username and password.

That’s it. Tweet in peace.

Compatibility: WordPress Version: 2.3 or higher

]]> http://www.webdev3000.com/tweetpress/feed/ 0 D3000 Box widget for WP released http://www.webdev3000.com/d3000-box-widget-for-wp-released/ http://www.webdev3000.com/d3000-box-widget-for-wp-released/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:36:09 +0000 Csaba http://www.webdev3000.com/?p=433 Today I finished development of initial version of D3000 Box widget for WP. What does it do ? Well… it displays latest software releases from Download3000.com in your sidebar. Nothing less nothing more You can download it from here . Demo is available here in sidebar, so just take a look.

Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post on Google Buzz Share this on Mixx Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Tweet This! ]]> Today I finished development of initial version of D3000 Box widget for WP.
What does it do ? Well… it displays latest software releases from Download3000.com in your sidebar. Nothing less nothing more ;)
You can download it from here . Demo is available here in sidebar, so just take a look.

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