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Axiis is an open source data visualization framework & based on Degrafa, Flex & ActionScript 3.0.

It is a resource for both beginner & expert developers to create elegant charts.

Axiis comes with both ready-to-use visualization components & abstract layout patterns + rendering classes that makes it possible to create custom visualizations.

To view some beautiful examples of this framework, click here.

VFront is a dynamic front-end for MySQL & PostgreSQL databases written in PHP and Javascript.

It is not a database administration tool like phpMyAdmin and not replacing it: interface is for basic user working on data. Think about VFront as an interface tool for database, similar to MS access, but taking the lead with an easy access via web.

Using VFront, masks for managing your data in AJAX style, different rules and privileges for groups can be created.

It has reporting features in XML,HTML,PDF, statistics and much more.

To run this application, the database must be MySQL 5+ or PostgreSQL 7.4+.

In the past weeks I received some requests from my readers which asked to me to suggest a simple way to skin HTML form elements. There are a lot of ways to do that and a lot of posts with interesting resources about this topic. But if you want to save time and obtain a nice result I suggest you to use jqTransform or NiceForms.

Both scripts are very useful and simple to use. If you want to use a "native" script which doesn’t use an external JS framework (such as jQuery or MooTools) I think a good choice is NiceForms otwerwise, if you use jQuery, a good alternative is jqTransform. Take a look how they work.

1. jqTransform

jqTransform is a jQuery styling plugin wich allows you to skin quickly form elements in a very easy way. The only thing you have to do is to add a javascript inclusion to this plugin in the header section of your web page, create your form and add two lines of JS code to apply the transformation to your form.
Use this code to add a javascript inclusion to jqTransform:

…now create a form with class property equal to jqTransform:

…then add this JS code to apply the transformation:

2. NiceForms

Niceforms is a script that will replace the most commonly used form elements with custom designed ones. You can either use the default theme that is provided or you can even develop your own look with minimal effort.
To implement form style transformation you have to add a javascript inclusion to NiceForms in your web page using this code:

…then create a form with class property equal to niceform:

In the past days I received several requests from my readers to suggest some CAPTCHA scripts and services quickly to embed into a web page. This post proposes a list of ten interesting scripts and services you can use to provide protection from spam bots and ensure that only humans perform certain actions.

1. reCAPTCHA

reCAPTCHA is a free service which helps prevent automated abuse of your site (such as comment spam or bogus registrations) by using a CAPTCHA to ensure that only humans perform certain actions.
2. Securimage
 

Securimage is an open-source free PHP CAPTCHA script for generating complex images and CAPTCHA codes to protect forms from spam and abuse. It can be easily added into existing forms on your website to provide protection from spam bots. It can run on most any webserver as long as you have PHP installed, and GD support within PHP. Securimage does everything from generate complicated CAPTCHA images to making sure the code the user entered was correct.
3. WebSpamProtect

WebSpamProtect allows you to instantly add verification image (CAPTCHA) to your web site and protect your forms against spam robots. In order to protect your web form, this system requires that you install a small piece of code onto your web page. The code requires that your web site support PHP, Perl, ASP or ASP.NET. Basic plan is free but you can buy a Premium, Advanced or Professional paln with a little expense.
4. Cryptographp

Cryptographp is a PHP script for generate captchas. Cryptographp limit the robots bombarding spams and automating the forms: spaces members subscriptions, guestbooks, forums… This script is free and does not use any database. It is compatible with PHP >= 4.3.0. Cryptographp also exists into plugins for WordPress, wpMu for WordPress, Symfony and Guppy.
5. CAPTCHA-Service
captchas.net provides CAPTCHA images and audio files you can use in html-forms. To use this technology, your web pages have to be generated dynamically in any programming language PHP, ASP, Perl, Python, JSP, Ruby.
6. WP Captcha-Free
 

WP Captcha-Free blocks comment spam by using a combination of time-based hash (a.k.a. Time Based Tokens, TBT) and JavaScript (AJAX). When a comment is posted the plugin validates a hash based on time (and some other parameters). Comments posted via automated means will not have a hash or will have an expired hash and will be rejected. Unlike using a captcha, this does not place any burden on the commenter.
7. ProtectWebForm

ProtectWebForm is a service to add CAPTCHA images and audio files on your website. You have to create an account, generate your CAPTCHA type with all the desired parameters and include it on your web pages.You can also use it on your WordPress template with this plugin.
8. ProtectWebForm
OpenCaptcha is a simple web service which requires no special configurations or modules. Basic installation is cut-and-paste, and requires no ability to program image manipuation scripts. New fonts, image algorithms, and distortions applied weekly.
9. Form-to-email script protected by Captcha

This form-to-email script is intended to collect data from an HTML form and send it to a specified email address using a CAPTCHA script to stop spam. It works with any kind of HTML form and you can use it multiple times on your pages.
10. freeCap
freeCap is a GPL CAPTCHA script to stop spam. It has been used on any form on any kind of website. It does require some knowledge of PHP to install, though there are several captcha plugins for forum and blog software listed below.

We have tweetdeck, twhirl and few more other out there to bring our favourite social network functionality to the desktop, but do you want to bring any of your favourite website into your desktop like gmail or youtube? if you do, this news is for you. Mozilla has released the version 1.0 of prism firefox extension. It is an extension for firefox which allow you to transform your favourite web application to the desktop ones.

    * Access web apps from system taskbar or dock, Prism apps run directly on your desktop and can be accessed just like any other application
    * Rock solid web app stability, Prism apps run separately from the browser, so they stay upeven if your browser doesn’t
    * System tray icon and dock badges, On Windows, the system tray icon can be changed to give information about application

There are two ways to use Prism, A Firefox extension or a standalone application. For Prism Firefox Extension, Once you have installed the extension and restarted the browser, you can turn any web site into a Prism application by choosing “Create Application for this Website” in the Tools menu. Standalone Prism Application, download and running the app, then simply fiill out the URL of the website you want to turn into an application, give it a name and select where you want the shortcut to be created, then click OK, and you done

TokenInput jQuery Plugin allows users to select multiple items from a predefined list, using autocompletion as they type to find each item. You may have seen something similar on Facebook or TextboxList by Devthought.

There is an intuitive UI for selecting multiple items from a large list, the layout is fully in controlled with CSS, and easily customisable. Also, the result caching reduces server load. Users can select items using the mouse or keyboard. TokenInput jQuery Plugin is released under GPL2.

Search engine optimization (SEO) is usually portrayed as technical and complex by most internet marketing gurus. There are many very simple SEO tricks that can help you get good ranking for a blog post.

Google gets a lot of daily searches and if that keyword has around 50+ searches daily that means traffic to your blog as long as your post has the ranking. You can get a lot of traffic to your blog if you use these tricks to rank a number of blog posts.

But before these trick starts working, you need to have at least 50 posts on your blog. Once your blog post reach more than 50, Google will start considering you a serious blogger.

Google loves blogs. Blogs means fresh content. Google usually indexing a blog post much faster than a webpage! In my case, my blog gets indexed in five minutes after I publish my post.

Whenever you post on a blog, choose a keyword that you want to get your blog post ranked. The title of the blog post should contain that keyword

The first sentence of the post should contain that keyword. Use that keyword in the post a number of times. But the keyword density should not be more than 4% in the content.

Use that keyword as anchor text for a link three or four times in the post. Bold the link. Use the keyword in the URL of that post like http:// www. Yourdomain.com/keyword, you can easily do this in both wordpress and blogger.

In Blogger, you should know that once you have published the post, you cannot change the URL. Blogger chooses the first few sentences from the title to include in the URL. So you should publish the post with only the keyword in the title. Afterwards you can always change the title again if you want but it should still contain the keyword.

This way you are telling Google; hey this is the keyword for this post. I have used these simple tricks for getting top ranking for keywords having 100,000 to 1000,000 competing webpages.

How effective is your website marketing strategy? If it doesn’t include all the essentials, you may need to rethink things. Otherwise, you risk leaving traffic on the table.

Make sure you’re incorporating the three important concepts outlined below into your website marketing plan. Each one has power on its own, but they’re much more powerful in combination.

1. Leverage — Leverage allows you to magnify the power of your efforts. You can use the power of article directories, for example, to rank higher in the search engines than you could otherwise. Article directories also build links without any additional effort on your part. Submit your article once, and it continues to work for you.

One of the best ways to use leverage is to spread your content around on various powerful sites. This allows you to increase your reach, get the attention of the search engines, and rank higher. Using article sites, Squidoo, and other user generated content Web properties help you reach new markets and create valuable backlinks to your site.

2. Diversification — The more keywords your site is found for, and the more traffic sources you have, the more stable your free traffic becomes. It’s pretty well established that if you can get your site to rank well for keywords with a lot of demand and competition, you’ll get more traffic. But, we often spend too much time trying to hit those hard to win for keywords.

Stable free traffic, however, is more often achieved by being found for many more lesser known keywords. The more keywords your site is found for, the more stable the traffic. Keyword diversification, therefore, should be a primary objective for any website marketing strategy.

Building more Web pages is one way to diversify. Having additional pages will result in an increase in internal links, more PageRank, and your site being found for more keywords. Another way to diversify is to create more links on other websites, especially in conjunction with substantial content. This will expand your free traffic sources.

3. Automation — Automation creates leverage, helps you diversify, and frees up your time. One way to take advantage of automation is to use software. You can use software to make directory submissions, facilitate link exchanges, republish RSS feeds, and do keyword research.

If your current website marketing strategy is feeling a little ill, try reviving it with automation, leverage, and diversification. Use leverage by creating unique content on other more powerful sites (such as article directories). If inpointing links are a weakness, seek out linking opportunities. If your site is being found for very few keywords, create more Web pages on your site. If automation is not part of your arsenal, add it now. More free traffic can be yours by implementing a few small changes.

Commercial enterprises are operated from shops. Even on the net, you need the space to work. It is called URL and is provide to you by servers. Web Hosting service is its term in entirety. Through the process, your site gets visible on the World Wide Web.

Wherever money is involved, you should make sure of the purchases and web hosting services are no exception. There are numerous web hosts present worldwide and you can take your pick. Your picking should however be based on certain essential conditions.

The first criterion is the attached price tag. Services you get should outweigh the money you put in gaining them. If you want to be a commercial success online, it is advisable to take help from the best of web hosts even if you have to shell some extra bucks. There is nothing better than getting a dependable host to serve you.

Control panels handed to you for making alterations and handling the site should be easy for use. Webmasters plan it all out through their infinite web knowledge and present your site with back-end scripts and codes. The end-product should be very smooth for the clients utility. Otherwise their number may billow down.

There should be an uptime of more than 99%. If you are holding business sites, they should be accessible at all times. You should have assistance from MySQL and other efficient databases. Your web host should work in tandem with search engine techniques to assure you of better page ranks. If you make a visit to web hosting reviews, you may get aware of quality web hosting services.

If your site has more images than texts, you are in need of a faster bandwidth and huge disk space. Your web host should be in position to ensure that. Otherwise that shows up as videos take great time to open. You are not pleasing any client that way.

A great invention has been made to customize business options. It is termed e-commerce. There are markets online and you can make your own buys after comparing features. Your web host should serve you with SSL certificates and cart spaces to go through purchases.

Your web host will come in the range of affordable to expensive. It should however fill all criteria you need to be successful in your business. There should be ample security. Some best rated web hosting are HostGator, Godaddy and Blue Host.

If you have a web site you know that one thing you must do is find a good web host provider. A web host is a company that you use to post your website online. Web host providers are plentiful with more and more starting up all the time. There are many providers to pick from so it can be difficult to know how to choose. There are various ideas to assist you when you choose a web host.

The beginning step is to look for a web hosting provider that fits your budget. There are plenty of web hosting choices so you are certain to be able to find one that fits your needs and your wallet. The best thing to do is to review your choices and compare what they have to offer. It is important to compare like features to like features. This can prove to be difficult when products are in special bundles.

Remember sometimes sites won’t have to have lots of extras. You will be able to get similar services from most web host providers. The thing to keep in mind is that you want to be able to get just the things you can use rather than paying extra for features that you aren’t going to need. In many cases extra offerings equate to higher costs. If you want to trim the costs off your web host budget look for a provider that offers easy ways to get started cheaply.

One of the most important considerations when looking for a web hosting service is how reliable they are. The Internet is a large marketplace that is open virtually 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. This means that you may get customers at any time of the day or night to your site. You need a provider that will ensure as little down time as possible so that you can have your website online for customers all the time.

A good way to know how dependable a web hosting company is would be to review their site. Also read reviews that have been given about the company from others who have already been using the service for their web sites. Not only do you want a dependable provider but if and when problems do occur you need a provider that will be able to quickly correct the situation. This will make sure that you have the lowest down time possible. Keep from using companies that have a bad service record. There are plenty of very reliable companies to pick from so it’s best to stay away from those that are questionable.

If cost is a big factor when choosing a web hosting company opt for the best plan you can find. Many times you will find discounted rates if you sign up and pay in advance for their web hosting services. This can be a great way to save money if you are sure that the service will be good. Generally speaking you may be able to save up to a third of the costs by picking extended service plans when you sign up with a web hosting company. Of course the easiest way to choose a good web hosting provider is to get a recommendation by someone