Resources
In line with our philosophy of Voluntary Simplicity & affordable web site design, we strive to use tools and services that are open source, low-cost, shareware or free.
Here are some of the tools/services we can recommend and customize for implementation on your website.
Affiliates
By
linking to Amazon products and services you can add compelling content for
your site visitors enjoyment and receive up to 8.5% in referral fees for
doing so.
Blogs
In simple terms, a blog is a web site, where you write stuff on an ongoing
basis. New stuff shows up at the top, so your visitors can read what's new.
Then they comment on it or link to it or email you. Or not. Since Blogger
was launched in 1999, blogs have reshaped the web, impacted politics, shaken
up journalism, and enabled millions of people to have a voice and connect
with others.
Bulletin Boards
phpBB
is a high powered, fully scalable, and highly customizable Open Source bulletin
board package. phpBB has a user-friendly interface, simple and straightforward
administration panel, and helpful FAQ.
Based on the powerful PHP server language and your choice of MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database servers, phpBB is the ideal free community solution for all web sites.
Calendar
The
Easy PHP Calendar is a powerful PHP calendar script that is easily integrated
into web sites and is simple to customize. This attractive, full-featured
calendar is suitable for display on a calendar of events page, home page,
or any other page that needs a calendar.
Content Manager
e107
is a content management system written in PHP and using the popular open
source MySQL database system for content storage. It's completely free,
totally customisable and in constant development.
CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
CSS allows complete and total control over the style of a hypertext document. See what can be done by clicking the link above.
E-Commerce
osCommerce
is an Open Source based online shop e-commerce solution that is available
for free under the GNU General Public License.
It features a rich set of out-of-the-box online shopping cart functionality that allows store owners to setup, run, and maintain their online stores with minimum effort and with no costs, fees, or limitations involved.
E-mail Faxing
MyFax
is an award-winning Internet fax service that lets you send and receive
faxes using email, the web or handheld device.
E-mail Encryption
This program can't stop you from getting spam ever again. It can only help you avoid spam, and only if you use it correctly.
My script can stop the SpamBots at this critical step, keeping your email
address off of their bulk-email lists. Think of it as having the equivalent
of an unlisted phone number so that telemarkers can't call you. It works
by using a combination of encryption and Javascript to hide your email address
from SpamBots, while still allowing human users to "click to email
me" without knowing the difference.
Paypal Online Payment System
PayPal
has quickly become a global leader in online payment solutions with 100
million account members worldwide. Available in 103 countries, buyers and
sellers on eBay, online retailers, online businesses, and traditional offline
businesses are using PayPal.
Petitions
Anyone can create a petition. Once you have published your petition, people
will be able to sign it right away. Popular petitions will be automatically
promoted in their categories, and even on the PetitionSite.com home page!
Photo Albums
iWebAlbum
is a free program which allows you to create great-looking web photo albums
with just a couple of clicks.
Podcasts
http://radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm
SEO Services
* If you have a website you want to promote, you should check out SelfPromotion.com. It's a resource for do-it-yourselfers where you can learn to prepare your pages for the search engines, then use a sophisticated url submission robot to submit your webpages to all the important search engines and directories. You'll also find tutorials about website promotion, submitting to yahoo, and much more. Best of all, you can use the site for free -- if you like it, pay what YOU think it's worth! The guy who runs it has reinvented tipping!
Surveys
Intelligent survey software for serious primates of all species. SurveyMonkey
has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys
quickly and easily.
