5 Scripts you should know about when starting a website
When starting a website, a little coding knowledge goes a long way. But it can also save you a lot of time and money to know if what you need in a website isn’t sitting out there waiting for you. Here are some scripts that have saved me loads of headaches whether it be coding one myself or hiring someone to do it.
WordPress - WordPress is arguably the best open-source blogging platform in existance. Written in php, it is a robust blog script with no shortage of features (or extensions) that can be skinned to your liking with ease. It can serve as your entire website in one script. A little CSS and XHTML knowledge are required when it comes to building your own theme. The admin area is very straight forward. Installation requires you to write your own config file, but cpanel can autoinstall WordPress for you.
Development Status: Production/Stable License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
If you are looking for something with more user input and is also more feature driven, there is another website-in-a-box solution below.
Plogger - Plogger is an open-source image gallery script written in php. They are still currently in beta but the last stable version was tops. It was easily integrated with your existing site’s theme and had plenty of bells and whistles (including a slideshow feature!).
Note: Plogger 3.0 has cause me some problems with integration. They have promised it to be easier to mod and create widgets, though
Development Status: Beta License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
e107 – This is probably one of the best open-source CMS solutions out there. e107 has an impressive set of plug ins that will do almost anything you can think of. You will find it has a very easy admin system and installation is a snap. PHP knowledge isn’t an absolute must but it will always help.
Development Status: Production/Stable License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
phpBB – Quite possibly the most popular open source forum script. It rivals its paid counterpart, Invision Powerboard, on many levels. A lot of the same features are present and, in some ways, are easier to use. Due to the popularity of the script, security can sometimes be an issue. As well can your vulnerability to spam. People who are really really serious about foruming should probably look at one of the paid solutions.
Development Status: Production/Stable License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
and finally… the content management system currently at the top of its’ game…
XOOPS XOOPS is a dynamic open source portal system written in PHP. IT is the ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, portals, weblogs and much more.
Development Status: Production/Stable
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
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I have a feeling that PHPBB’s place on the list might be usurped one day by BBPress.
Mathew: It certainly is coming up fast isn’t it? I’m suprised nobody complained about me even including phpBB in the list. Everybody hates it now.
P.S. Nice site.
wordpressand there plugins can almost fill all needs of site
WordPress is undoubtedly one of the best blogging platform. Its easy to use of features really makes it one of the best in the business.