This is a question we get everyday from people creating social networking websites using iScripts Socialware. You have a great idea and created a wonderful social networking website. What next? We tried to explain the stages of creating and growing the social networking sites in a free white paper called – How to start and grow your social networking website. I just came across an article on Mashable on the same subject and found some interesting concepts and examples. Take a look at the Mashable article for examples of how successful social networks like Facebook, Foursquare, Tumblr, and Twitter were when they started out.
December 30, 2010
December 29, 2010
iScripts is developing a new PHP framework
iScripts is developing a new PHP framework
When you develop an application in PHP you have the option of developing it Core PHP or a PHP framework. Core PHP is the language in its framework. It gives you maximum control, but you have to create everything from scratch. PHP frameworks on the other hand, make application development faster by providing a basic structure for which to build the web applications. These PHP frameworks help to rapid application development, which saves developers time by providing building blocks, and roadmaps to follow. Frameworks can also help developers to build more stable web applications as most of the bugs in the structure would be addressed already. The basic idea behind a PHP framework is called MVC ( Model View Controller). MVC isolates the business logic from database layer and presentation layer. This is similar to tier architecture in other technologies like .net.
Historically, iScripts applications are developed in core PHP. Even though we use similar components, the development time for each application is significant. A big issue with core PHP application is when a third party designer tries to modify an application. Without basic understanding of PHP, it was difficult to make modification. In early 2010, we completely separated designs and code in most of the application. This helped third party design integrations to an extent. Anything you did in the design area was limited to the design area only. Design changes wouldn’t mess up the functionality or security of the application. We started this with iScripts Multicart, iScripts Socialware and then implemented it for other applications.
In early 2010, we started using frameworks. We decided to use CakePHP as the framework of choice after a long and exhaustive study. We designed a couple of products using CakePHP. Both iScripts VistaCart and iScripts Gostores uses CakePHP framework. However, in the months after the release, it was apparent that there were many short falls to the frameworks. Another issue was that we had to train our growing development team in the CakePHP framework.
For the last few months, we have been working on a few MVC frameworks. Our goal is to port all the new applications and existing applications to the new iScripts framework. We hope this will make customizations and improvements easier in terms of using the framework. Like most of our new applications, this framework will support multiple languages natively. As of now, we have 2 new products being developed in the new framework. We have a separate application also being developed in the framework. We expect to port the first existing iScripts product for a new version starting January 2011.
Current plan is to release iScripts framework to market April 2011. With this framework, we hope to create an ecosystem of developers and designers who can work with us on modifying iScripts products to meet customer demands.
December 22, 2010
Jipaban Clone Software
Jipaban.com is a social selling platform with multiple retailers and multiple shopping malls in the back end. In the front end, users can create their own ecommerce shopping malls using Jipaban. It is an interesting concept. You can create a store similar to Jipaman using iScripts Multicart Enterprise version. You can actually create something with completely branded storefronts with iScripts Multicart. If you are looking for a Jipaban clone script let us know.
December 15, 2010
How To Print Your Own Money
Everyone on the internet who is serious about a business plan is trying to find their own way to make a mint with the next best idea. This includes everyone who is retailing goods made in their basement to serious entrepreneurs who are searching for start-up money, hoping for a giant IPO or sale to Google. What they don’t know is; they can create their own currency with a platform from iScripts.
With the newest release of iScripts eSwap 2.2, we have implemented a feature to trade specifically with points-enabled transactions. These points can be custom-tailored to any hard-currency value, from $.01 to $1000 or more. The interesting part is comes in when someone wants to obtain points for a transaction. They only way users can get points is to buy them from the administrator. This about this for a second: If someone wants to swap for an item that someone put on your site, they give you the money and the person who owns the product gets the points. How much better can it get?
Since its release, we’ve seen some very interesting niches utilize iScripts eSwap with this exact business model. Some are trading “junk” in a garage-sale fashion, some are trading high-end art. We even have a single site devoted to the homestead community, trading goods dedicated to self-sufficient living. The internet continues to evolve, connecting people with all sorts of affiliations together and many times these people are willing to trade with each other for hobby goods, important needs, or even just for collecting.
Check out the fastest way for your iScripts eSwap site to get up and running, now!
Better, Faster, Stronger eCommerce
No longer does someone need to manage a storefront in some strip mall in order to eke out a sliver of profit from retail sales, grinding away hours stocking shelves and making bank runs. Welcome to the new age of commercial transactions. Have you seen the guy in the local coffee shop sitting in the corner with his laptop? He could very well be organizing his digital storefront, checking on the day’s sales from customers all over the world who have deposited their payments into his account, waiting to be collected. It’s a cliché to say that the internet has been revolutionary. At this point there is very little that the internet hasn’t revolutionized. More importantly when it comes to being self sufficient, this “revolution” has affected many people’s lives as it could yours. Find out How to Sell Anything Online for yourself, direct from the ecommerce experts at iScripts.
iScripts.com is a “business model in a script” type of organization. We don’t create or retail a piece of software unless it makes sense from a business point of view. Our pride and joy is the MultiCart line of software solutions and they make perfect sense for any online-centralized sales plan. We’ve created a solution for all sizes and scope of business available. More importantly, we’ve created a new, easy-to-read graphic to find out which model works best for you. Check out our iScripts eCommerce Solutions and tell us what you think!
December 14, 2010
Free Traffic! Claim Your Spot on the iScripts.com Customer Showcase
We’re remodeling iScripts.com! As a token of our gratitude to all of our clients who have been loyal customers of iScripts products, we are opening the customer showcase to new clients’ sites. No longer will the lengthy confirmation process stand in the way of a high-quality back link. Previously, customers were required to submit their site for consideration to the customer showcase. During the reconfiguration of the page, we are welcoming everyone in the iScripts family to join.
Why become part of the customer showcase? Two Reasons:
First, the best perk of becoming part of the showcase is the free traffic, hands down. Customers come to iScripts.com, view our software demos, read the descriptions, and eventually make their way over to the page full of live examples of our software running full steam ahead (that’s you). This traffic is a great, free way to get in front of quite a few people. In fact, iScripts.com scored more than 520,000 visitors last year. This year we’re on track for even more. How can you say no to a free link what that much potential?
Secondly, the link from our site to yours makes you look like a hero in Google’s eyes. The name of the game in SEO is back-links; the more you get, the more traffic they push your way in the shape of a higher ranking on the search page. Currently, iScripts.com is a PR5 for you techies. For the layman, that a five out of ten as far as the Big “G” is concerned. Considering the whole internet, we’re pretty happy with being up there with some major sites. Regardless, linking to you helps you seem more important and therefore more worthy of traffic and more customers for your specific keywords.
Before you consider paying someone for traffic, sign-up to be part of the iScripts Customer Showcase on the homepage. We’d be happy to have you and you’ll be happy to meet your new customers.
WikiLeaks and How Your Site Will Never End Up There
If you were to turn on the news on any channel for the past two weeks, it’s be a safe bet that Julian Assange or his site, WikiLeaks, would be a feature. WikiLeaks, a mysterious procurer of hidden information, is just a depository for general “dirty laundry” or things people would rather not promote. In the most recent case, it was correspondence from the US about other nations and their leaders.
The idea can be applied to almost anything, however, including your website and your customers. iScripts stands behind its products 100% and we are happy to say that we employ individuals specifically to seek out flaws in our code that would otherwise leave your site at risk. We are on the lookout for anything and everything that could create a potentially troublesome situation for your brand including:
- SQL injections
- Cross-site scripting
- Additional database vulnerabilities
Even though it may seem a bit odd, we pay people to try to break into our software! These folks are in charge of making sure that we can proudly say that we are keeping your information safe. Of course, no software is 100% safe. It’s just a fact of software life. Once even the smallest issue is found, the software is updated and our patch notes are notated, case closed.
The bottom line is; we make software that moves money, whether it’s a small shopping cart, a tool to create your own hosting company, a great solution for booking a hotel online, or a giant ecommerce platform. If we didn’t take every step possible to ensure we were doing our best to make sure your data was safe, it would be an expensive mistake for everyone.