LovdbyLess: Ruby on Rails Open Source Social Network

lovd-social-network-screenshot

LovdbyLess Open Source Social Network is developed with Ruby on Rails.

Current Features
- Follow a user, mutual following is friending.
- User-to-User Messaging
- Profile Comments
- User Blogs with Comments
- Photo Gallery with Captions
- Site Search for Friends
- Profile Bio and Information
- User Dashboard (Recent Activity of Friends)
- Emailed Activity
- Flickr Integration
- YouTube Integration

Stashboard: Open Source Status Dashboard Like Google Apps Status

Stashboard is an open source status dashboard for cloud service and APIs

Stashboard is an open source status dashboard for cloud service and APIs

Stashboard is an open source status dashboard for cloud service and APIs that enables you to inform the users about the status of your service. It’s similar to the Amazon AWS Status Page or the Google Apps Status Page.

The code can be downloaded, customized, and run on any Google App Engine account.

- Track multiple different API or SaaS services
- Set custom status messages and icons such as Up/Down
- Show historical status for each service
- Runs on Google App Engine so it’s independent of your infrastructure (unless your app is on GAE)
- Full REST API for both getting and setting status information
- CNAME to http://status.yourapp.com
- Stashboard is written in Python and hosted on Google App Engine.

The application can display the logs for each service and a REST API makes it possible to integrate easily with other tools.

Free SQL Editor : SQLGate 2010 For Oracle, SQL Server And MySQL

SQLGate 2010 for Oracle

SQLGate 2010 for Oracle

SQLGate 2010 for Oracle is a powerful database management tool which provides you with an easy development and management for Oracle database applications.
It helps lower software development time with its user-friendly interfaces and various functions and thus increases efficiency of your business.

You will experience much easier work for organizing and processing SQL by using SQLGate 2010’s unique features such as Organizing SQL and PL/SQL Code, Debugging, Tuning, and Query Builder. Moreover, Net Login allows you to connect to a server without installing any Oracle clients.

Supported Version : Oracle 8i/9i/10g/11g

SQLGate 2010 also available for SQL Server and MySQL

WebMatrix: Web development tool for Windows

WebMatrix is a Web development tool for Windows

WebMatrix is a Web development tool for Windows

WebMatrix is a Web development tool for Windows that elegantly integrates a Web server, a database, and programming frameworks into a single, integrated experience. And it’s only available through Web PI 3.

Web Platform Installer 3 (Web PI) is a free tool that makes getting the latest components of the Microsoft Web Platform easy. In addition to all the great features found in Web PI 2, Web PI 3 introduces a new streamlined user interface that helps you get up and running even faster.

The kit comes with:
- IIS Developer Express (a development Web server)
- ASP.NET (a Web framework)
- SQL Server Compact (an embedded database)
and with just a click, you can install open source applications like WordPress, Drupal, DotNetNuke, etc.

Wapache : Create Desktop Applications using Web Development

Wapache : Create Desktop Applications using Web Development

Wapache : Create Desktop Applications using Web Development

Wapache is a software that lets you to create desktop applications using web development technology. It combines a modified version of the Apache 2 HTTP server with an embedded Internet Explorer web browser. Requests to the “web server” are handled internally. Data does not travel through the networking layer, ensuring quick response and reliable operation. Wapache also lets you control various browser settings, such as window dimensions and Javascript availability, giving you a consistent runtime environment.

Wapache is distributed under the Apache License 2.0.

- No Internet Explorer menu, tool bar, or address bar No spinning globe
- Precise control over placement of windows
- Three types of windows: basic, tool windows, and dialog boxes (modal and modeless)
- Fully customizable drop-down and context menu
- System Tray integration
- Asynchronous data handling
- Works with standard Apache modules like mod_php and mod_perl

Develop PHP Script to EXE

Develop PHP Script to EXE

1. Bambalam
Bambalam PHP EXE Compiler / Embedder is a free command line tool to convert PHP applications to standalone Windows .exe applications. The exe files produced are totally standalone with no need for php dlls etc. The php code is encoded using the Turck MMCache Encode library. It’s a perfect solution if you want to distribute your application to Windows users while protecting your source code at the same time. The converter is also suitable for producing .exe files for windowed PHP applications (created using, for example, the WinBinder library). It’s also good for making stand-alone PHP Socket servers/clients (using the php_sockets.dll extension).

Website: http://www.bambalam.se/bamcompile/
Download: http://www.bambalam.se/bamcompile/download/bamcompile1.21.zip (win 32)
Src : http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/how-to-php-script-to-windows-exe-file-generation/

2. PHP Apollo
PHP Apollo is a free command-line tool that converts a PHP script into an executable, as a compiler can do (but this is not a PHP compiler). The executable may works on any computer without the need to install PHP. A part of the interpreter is already included into the executable to run your PHP code.

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CKFinder Open Source Web File Manager

Open Source Web File Manager

Open Source Web File Manager

KCFinder is an alternative to the CKFinder web file manager. It can be integrated into FCKeditor, CKEditor, and TinyMCE WYSIWYG web editors (or your custom web applications) to upload and manage images, flash movies, and other files that can be embedded in an editor’s generated HTML content.

Features
Fully integrated Ajax engine.
Clipboard for copying and moving multiple files.
Easy to integrate and configure in web applications.
Resize bigger uploaded images. Configurable maximum image resolution.
Configurable thumbnail resolution.
Visual themes.
Multilanguage system.

Website:http://kcfinder.sunhater.com/
Demo : http://kcfinder.sunhater.com/demo/custom
Download : http://sourceforge.net/projects/kcfinder/files/KCFinder/1.7/kcfinder-1.7.zip/download

8 HTML5 Video Player

8 HTML5 Video Player

This is the list of HTML5 Video Player that can use in your site:

1. jMediaelement is a jQuery HTML audio-video development kit with can fallback to Flash and VLC for incompatible browsers.

jmediaelement

http://protofunc.com/jme/

2. Video JS is a JavaScript-based HTML5 video player that falls back to Flowplayer for unsupported browsers .

Video JS

Video JS

http://videojs.com/

3. JW Player For HTML5 is a totally skinnable and configurable player based on the tag of HTML5.

JW Player For HTML5

JW Player For HTML5

http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-html5

4. CwVideo is a toolkit for using and controlling HTML5 video with MooTools.

CwVideo

CwVideo

http://www.chipwreck.de/blog/software/cwvideo/

5. Kaltura, an advanced video publishing platform, is sharing a free and open source HTML5 Video & Media JavaScript Library.

Kaltura

Kaltura

http://corp.kaltura.com/

6. OSM Player is a highly customizable and open source HTML5 media player that is built with jQuery.

OSM Player

OSM Player

http://www.mediafront.org/project/osmplayer

7. Projekktor is an open source HTML5 video player that is built with pure JavaScript but uses Flash when there is no native H.264 support.

Projekktor

Projekktor

http://www.filenew.org/projekktor/

8. Video For Everybody is a smartly created HTML code for embedding videos into websites using the HTML5 element.

Video For Everybody

Video For Everybody

http://camendesign.com/code/video_for_everybody

Five New Features in Safari 5

New Features in Safari 5

Apple has launched its latest their web browser, Safari 5. It includes of new features for web developers, including a faster JavaScript engine, better HTML5 support, extension support, and a great Web Inspector update.

New Features in Safari 5

New Features in Safari 5

To explore what these new features mean for web developers, you can read this article :
5 Excellent New Features in Safari 5 by net.tutsplus
And
Safari 5: What’s New in Apple’s Latest Browser?

AeroWindow – Plugin for jQuery – Windows Aero Style

AeroWindow is a pop-up window jQuery plugin

AeroWindow is a pop-up window jQuery plugin

AeroWindow is a pop-up window jQuery plugin, inspired by the style of Window7.

The pop-ups not only look like a native Windows element but also behave similarly as well with the minimize, zoom, maximize and close functions.

There can be multiple pop-ups in one page where the active one is highlighted visually.
All can be resized, drag’n dropped or maximized with double-clicks, all like Windows.

Compatibility tested in the following browsers :
- Internet Explorer 6
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 8
- Mozilla Firefox 3
- Google Chrome 4
- Apple Safari 4
- Opera 10