About Drupal This is a useful compilation of information taken from Drupal’s site at http://www.drupal.org. Drupal is software that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a great variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal to set up scores [...]

About e107 A compilation of information from e107′s Site at http://www.e107.org 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 and totally customisable, and in constant development. Quick FAQ Q. So why is it called e107? A. It just is. [...]

About Joomla A summary of information gleaned from http://www.joomla.org. Joomla turned 1 year old on 1 Sep 2006. The story behind Joomla! is long and rich in detail. There are many different perspectives. The story below is the author’s on Joomla. Since it describes what Joomla is about as no other I thought I would [...]

About Mambo More information can be found at http://www.mamboserver.com. You can read the Joomla! article for more information. Both sites are diplomatic about the rift but there is some definite tension here. Choice of any 5 of the top CMS’s boils down to a “religious” decision in the end. What is Mambo? This article will [...]

About Plone Learn more about Plone by visiting http://www.plone.org which is where the information below is collated from. Why is it all of these Content Management Systems have weird names? What is Plone? Plone is a ready-to-run content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope application server. Plone is easy to [...]

About Xoops Visit http://www.xoops.com for more information. I collated information from that site. XOOPS is a program that allows administrators to easily create dynamic websites with great content and many outstanding features. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It [...]

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is part of the suite of applications provided by the TCP/IP standard. A protocol is a rule, and, as its name indicates, FTP is a set of rules that govern how files are transferred across the Internet using the protocol. Just as HTTP is used to give browsers and servers [...]

Getting a site online can seem difficult, conceptually, if you’ve never attempted it before. The following list is provided as a general step-by-step guide for getting a site online. a. Determine your website needs. Is this a personal website, a business website, will you be streaming media, etc. Capture your requirements before you proceed with [...]

For a business that wants to attract customers to their shop, the most important factor is location. Location can make or break a business and the better locations come at a premium. Business is increased based on the number of passers-by or foot traffic that see the business and take advantage of the convenience of [...]

The internet has many opportunities to make money by advertising other companies’ products and services. With over 16 million web pages on the Internet, it’s nearly impossible to “stumble upon” a company’s site. Companies figured out if they pay commissions to “average Joes” they could drive customers to their site at very little cost. Why [...]