Virtual Advanced            |         No. 6: (1 November 2007)
    VA-PHP                  |
        Software Baseline   |
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VA, VA-PHP Software Baseline -- is a monthly listing of software and related
items devoted to saving Sys0p's valuble time researching solutions to common
VA/WEB related computing tasks. Free computing solutions will have priority
over
commercial product solutions unless there is no equal product available.  If
you have any additions, changes, or suggestions send an e-mail via VirtualNET
to
1@1334001 or galaxyman@1334001.  The most current Virtual Advanced Software
Baseline can be accessed using the link below:
http://www.asirta.com/links/text/text.php

Thanks,
Galaxyman,
Http://asirta.com

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**Hardware**

     Computer
          - IBM Used Computers (inexpensive and extremely reliable)
     Monitor
          - A 17' LCD is industry standard for a stand-alone server.
            A 21' is recommended if you can aquire one. You will thank
			yourself later.

**Operating Systems**
          - Windows 2000 Professional/Server SP 4 or above
          - Windows XP Professional SP 2 or above

**Virus/Firewall Protection**
          - Firewall: Comodo Firewall Professional (Freeware)
		    Very good free Firewall Software

 **Web/PHP/MYSQL Software**
         - WAMP - (Apache-Mysql-PHPmyadmin) bundle
         - UNISERVER - a fully powered webserver you can
           take with you on a USB Stick.

**Internet Services**
         - DYNDNS: Free Dynamic DNS service http://www.dyndns.com
         - No-IP:  Free Dynamic DNS service http://www.no-ip.com
         - Librarything: a site to create your own book library and
           get recommendations from people reading the same books.
           Allows you to display books on your web-site for purchase
           from Amazon using your Amazon associates account.
           http://librarything.com

**Web 2.0 Tools**
	Web 2.0" hints at an improved form of the World Wide Web.
	Technologies such as weblogs (blogs), social bookmarking,
        wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds (and other forms of many-to-any
        publishing), social software, web application programming interfaces
        APIs), and online web services such as eBay and Gmail provide a
        significant enhancement over read-only websites.

      RSS Utilities
	  - VRSS: An RSS utility created by Aspect Technologies to download
	    RSS news to a message area http://vadvbbs.com

      3rd Party Music Streaming
	  - http://www.last.fm - The Social Music Revolution: Stream Music from
	    your website in real-time produced by artists from around the world.
	    example: http://www.asirta.com/links/music/music.php

      E-Commerce
          - No Suggestion at this time


**Support Tools for Download**

      Streaming Music
          - No suggestion at this time

      Streaming Video
          - Riva FLV Encoder (To Encode to Flash) and Any FLV Player
            (for Streaming to Web)

      HTML/PHP Editor
          - Notepad ++ for WEB design and PHP coding

      Graphics Tools
          - GIMP:  A free, very good graphics program
          - Adobe Photoshop: Industry standard graphic program,
	    expensive
          - Paint Shop Pro: A good graphics program for the money

      Web Image Gallery
	  - No Suggestion at this time

      Web Statics Generator
	   - Webalizer: Free Web Statitics Generator, Reverse DNS Lookup not
             not supported in Windows.
	     web server.
           - 123LogAnalyzer: Commercial Product
           - Awstats: Free Web Statistics Generator. Has Reverse DNS lookup
             support.  Requires a Pearl language install. (also free)

      Fido FTN Mailers
	   - IREX:  Shareware. Known as Internet Rex. Can function in
             front door mode or filebox method. Setup turorial:
             http://www.nwebt.com/irex.php
	   - Argus:  Freeware. A filebox method mailer.  Liked for its ease of
	     setup.  No longer supported. Setup tutorial:
             http://www.nwebt.com/argus.php
	   - Taurus:  Freeware. An Argus clone with a few new features
	   - Radius:  Freeware.  Another Argus clone, still suported


**Popular Game Doors**

     Telnet
          - Barren Realms Elite - Requires small registation fee


	 WEB
          - Legend of the Green Dragon (free) PHP game Door for WEB
            Requries MySQL  http://www.dragonprime.net

**Library**
          - HTML:  Top 100 Simplified Tips & Tricks (Visual Read Less, Learn
            More) (Beginner level)
          - PHP: Your Visual Blueprint for Creating Open Source, Server-Side
            Content (Novice Level)
          - Web Standards Programmer's Reference : HTML, CSS, JavaScript,
            Perl, Python, and PHP (Paperback) (Novice to Advanced Level)

**VirtualNET Culture**
           - BBS: The Documentary by Jason Scott
           - Good Copy, Bad Copy - a documentary about the current state of
             copyright and culture (free to Download)
             http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/


**Research and Development hints and tips**
           - http://e107coders.org - For plugin development
           - http://themebot.com/ - Best Theme Site on the Internet.  Great for
             ideas on how to theme your site.

**Income/Site Traffic Generators**
            - Amazon associates account:  Very good way to make extra money on
              your website.  You can simply recommend books or even open an
              online store with little effort.

            - Http://www.librarything.com tool works with your amazon
              assiciates account to generate a good look while selling
              books.

            - Google AdSense - Delivers targeted content to your site.
              Customize the information to fit your site.


**Active Vnet type Networks**
           - VirtualNet:     Primary VA/VBBS Network
           - GatorNet
           - AspectNet
           - AllianceNet
           - MicroNet
           - SpiffNet
           - ACNet
           - PortalNet:      News and Information based Network

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