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With so much interest in online ventures as well as personal website creation, businesses like Wix, Volusion, and Shopify are widespread. Even though these companies have a lot of money to back them up, you too can create a similar website by using an online website builder software.

Online website building software makes developing your own online business a pleasant, rewarding and cost-effective opportunity.  Clear steps guide your users while a powerful administrative control panel gives you a consolidated area to control every aspect of your site while keeping up with your business.

By simply installing an opensource PHP script on your own personal server or through your hosting account, you can start your own website building business.  Already equipped with impressive functionality, iScripts EasyCreate includes a built-in image editor, user management API, easy HTML WYSIWYG editing and site promotional tools so you can effectively operate and control your own online business.

After installing the script on your server, you can brand your site to fit your business image.  The software allows you to easily add your own logos, pictures, banners and website content.  Add your own Joomla templates to give users a wide selection of crisp and modern site designs to choose from.

Your customers will have the ability to create standalone websites. The step-by-step processes paired with the drag and drop functionality makes website building ideal for users. No HTML or coding experience is required.  A wide array of tools are provided.  This includes guest books and custom forms.

Ensure the success of your site, as well as the success of your customers, by using a professional online website builder software equipped with all the necessary tools and extras required for you to grow and sustain your online business.

There are many that wish they could have an at-home business and many situations in which it would help immensely.  But how can you get started? While you may encounter plenty of scams and computer viruses trying to find a good “work from home” solution, you will quickly find out that most are not promising and even if it sounds reasonable, there is usually a catch somewhere in the process.

Instead of relying on someone else’s word, a reputable solution will allow you to try it out before making a full commitment.  While it may sound intimidating to start your own online business, it can also be easier than you think. Most of the time, sites can cost thousands of dollars to start and create. While there are quick and inexpensive solutions available, those have the disadvantage of not incorporating enough features or functionality to take off.

iScripts.com has been helping entrepreneurs and small businesses launch and expand online businesses since 2003. Choose your software, install it on your server, and immediately start an online business.  This could be a dating site, e-commerce marketplace, social network or more.  There are over 15 business types and models to choose from.  Already equipped with payment gateways, ad space and nearly all site requirements you could need, the scripts feature the built-in functionality you need to operate a successful business. Here are some proven business ideas from home.

Anyone can have an idea but the ability to start it is the most difficult to achieve.  Besides needing a platform, you also need to have proper site functionality and options that will allow you to generate revenue.  That’s why iScripts comes premade with the best and most professional options at a great, affordable price.  Sites that would take someone else weeks and thousands of dollars to achieve, can be started within 20 minutes and cost less than a new iPhone.

By choosing iScripts, you also have complete control over your website since all scripts are open source. This means you can hire your own programmer or edit the code yourself at any time.

Even better, you have 30 days to test the software yourself.  If the script does not meet your needs, simply request a refund.

These scripts paired with such flexible options, allow you to make the most of your at-home business and start the site you’ve dreamed of.

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 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 the 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 the core PHP application is when a third party designer tries to modify an application. Without a basic understanding of PHP, it was difficult to make a 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 the CakePHP framework. However, in the months after the release, it was apparent that there were many shortfalls 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 customization 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.

The 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.