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Useful Web Development Sites

Installer Software - Gives you the ability to quickly install dozens of the leading open source content management systems into your web space. You can generally buy these programs directly or many hosting services offer installer software free when you use their hosting service.

Some of the types of programs installer software will install: Blogs, Classifieds, Shopping Carts, Portals/CMS, Customer Support, Discussion Boards/Forums, E-Commerce, FAQ, Hosting Billing, Image Galleries, Mailing List, Polls and Surveys, Project Management, Site Builders, Wiki.

If you know HTML, but not other programming such as php, installer software can be a huge help, it will easily install the various programs in their list, but you may still need to go into the files and/or HTML to change things such as page titles and backgrounds.

Softaculous - http://www.softaculous.com
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Simple Scripts - http://www.simplescripts.com/
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QuickInstall - http://support.hostgator.com/articles/cpanel/quickinstall?id=findhosting
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Web Site Add-On Shopping Cart

Shopping Cart Software - Allows your web site to process a customer's order automatically. When you set up your web site with a shopping cart, you simply price items and shipping costs and then when a customer selects items to buy, the shopping cart software calculates the order and processes the customer's payment with the payment service you are using, such as PayPal or other merchant payment service.

There are various shopping cart options.

  1. Shopping Cart Software - Can be purchased and added to your web site and will usually have detailed instructions and support.
  2. Free Shopping Cart Software - Open Source software that is free and can be installed on your web site. Some open source software can be installed easily with programs such as Softaculous, Simple Scripts and QuickInstall; however, it may require some progamming knowledge to make alterations and handle the files on your hosting server.
  3. Web Site Hosting Service - Some web hosting services have robust shopping cart programs as part of their hosting service.
  4. Merchant Services - Some, such as PayPal, have free shopping carts which may work well, but might be bit cumbersome to use.
  5. CMS software, such as WordPress and Joomla, have many free and for cost, ecommerce shopping cart plugins and extensions.

When selecting shopping cart software be sure to compare for compatibility with you web hosting service. Today most software is probably compatible, but check the operating system requirements (for the hosting service) and the hosting system requirements (php, MySQL, etc.)

Here are some ecommerce software programs that can be installed with some Quick Install programs.
PrestaShop - Magento - ShopSite - CubeCart - OSCommerce - Zen Cart - AgoraCart - OpenCart - TomatoCart.

BigCommerce - Get your own store up and running in no time.
eCommercebytes - 03-04-2014 - Bigcommerce Next Grabs Google Trusted Stores Integration.

LightCMS - Anyone can build an incredible website with amazing design, fantastic features, and even an online store.

SBI Quick Tour - Build it your way.

SaleHoo - SaleHoo Stores helps customers create a beautiful-looking online store without any technical knowledge. In addition, Standard and Premium members get access to our SaleHoo directory.

Shopify - Use Shopify to create your online store. Everything you need to start selling online – today.
Internet Retailer - 08-28-2013 - E-commerce software provider Shopify introduces an iPad selling app.
Website Magazine - 03-14-2014 - Shopify Welcomes M-Commerce Apps.

Yahoo - For Business, create an online store.

eCommerceBytes - 08-10-14 - Sellers Choice Awards: Online Shopping Carts 2014.

eCommerceBytes - Storefront Solutions and Shopping Carts. List of over 20 services and ratings.




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More Web Site Add-Ons

Whois - Lists the owners and registrars of domain names.

WebMonkey - They have been around a long time, great web developer's resource.

Browser Shots - Free online service that allows you to view your web design in different browsers.

WWC - World Wide Web Consortium - Advance resource, develops and promotes technologies for the Web.

Free Icons - Download hundreds of FREE, 2,400 beautifully designed icons from FatCow Web Hosting!

Free Web Hosting: At this site, Web Site Hosting Site Prices bottom of the page, but for a list of thousands of Free Web Hosting Sites check out 000Webhost.com and click on "Web Hosting Reviews" at list on the right.

Ping-o-Matic - Just one "ping" from you, will let many other services know that you've updated.

AddThis.com - Social network sharing tools for your web site, spread your content, and drive social traffic.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO a the struggle by webmasters to figure how browsers, such as Google, Bing, etc. are ranking pages, because the browser companies are not giving away their secrets. The browser's search engine decides what web pages come up first when someone puts in search words, and since everyone wants to be first, there are webmaster, and page ranking service companies, all trying to get one-up on the competition.

Alexa Site Audit - (Under: Site Tools) Is a service for small to medium businesses who want to improve their website traffic. The product leverages Alexa's experience to crawl and analyze a customer's website to provide prioritized, actionable recommendations on how to improve the site's SEO, usability, and more.

Google - Check the ranking of a web page in Google™. A free search engine optimization tool.

WebSiteGrader - Free, see how your web site ranks on the web. High dollar service, but the web site grader is free.

Magazines & Blogs For Reading

Website Magazine - Top notch magazine for web developers with attention to SEO and all things important to webmasters. (Free Issues)

Wired - Delivers a glimpse into the future of business, culture, innovation, and science. Articles on Google, WebMonkey and related subjects.




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