Assuming a basic knowledge of PHP, XML, JavaScript and MySQL, this book will help you understand how the heart of AJAX beats and how the constituent technologies work together. After teaching the foundations, the book will walk you through numerous real-world case studies covering tasks you’ll be likely to need for your own applications: Server-enabled form-validation page Online chat collaboration tool Customized type-ahead text entry solution Real-time charting using SVG Database-enabled, editable and customizable data grid RSS aggregator application A server-managed sortable list with drag&drop support using the script.aculo.us JavaScript toolkit. This book is for web developers willing to build better web applications. A basic knowledge of PHP, XML, JavaScript and MySQL, or a strong will to learn-as-you-type, is assumed.

'A step-by-step guide to using this powerful Open Source application in your business.' -Assess your business's CRM requirements, and start using SugarCRM effectively straight away -Covers both the free and commercial versions of SugarCRM – get maximum benefit from the free version before paying for add ons -Your complete guide to SugarCRM implementation – assess your needs, install the software, start using it, train users, integrate with existing systems

This book is the guide for all users of powerful application, Typo 3. Written by experts and members of the core development team of TYPO3, this book is all you need to build, customize, and deploy TYPO3 websites. What you will learn from this book? -Install, configure, customize, administrate, and extend TYPO3 -Create, edit, and manage content -Set up users, permissions, and workflows to ensure that all of your users can contribute to the site quickly and easily -Create and manage statistics and logs so that you can see how visitors are using your site, and improve it accordingly -Use standard and create new templates, giving you the power to create a site that looks the way you want it to -Give your site unique abilities by writing TYPO3 extensions

This book is your guide to configuring, managing and maintaining a copy of Invision Power Board 2 on your own website to power an online discussion forum. Written for people who want to get their forums up and running as quickly as possible, this book will show you how to execute the full power of Invision Power Board. What you will learn from this book? -How to Install and configure IPB -Learn the basics of working with IPB forums -Find your way round the Administration Control Panel -Create and manage forums and permissions -Maintain users and user groups -Get to grips with IPB skins to customize your site -Discover under-explored features such as the IPB post office, subscriptions, and filters -Learn from other administrators the secrets of making a successful forum

This book gives you the power to use phpBB to set up and run your own online discussion forums with ease, and develop your own Internet community. It takes you through the whole process of setting up your phpBB site, and helps you create, customize and manage your own online community with phpBB. Written by experienced phpBB administrators and enthusiasts, the emphasis is on simple, and practical guidance for you to get the most from phpBB.

This book: --Is a step by step introduction to osCommerce --Helps install and configure osCommerce --Helps in building your first ecommerce website --Is a special Beginnner's edition of the complete Professional Title

The title helps the readers understand how they can earn their share of money from the growing field of e-commerce, by offering an indepth information on how to use, build and maintain a good e-commerce web site.The book contains a detailed information on: -Customizing the osCommerce code to make the site more robust, eliminate bugs, and increase flexibility, -Underastanding and developing the security and backup strategies, -Building your business by utilizing various advertising techniques, search engine optimization, affiliate and drop-shipping schemes, -The principles and methods used by professional programmers to empower you to continue creating and building your online business -Incorporating the RSS feed, -Hosting the banners on the web site, -Offering customer discounts and supporting the use of gift certificates, -Increasing your sales. More details about the title are available at: http://www.packtpub.com/professional_oscommerce/book

Mastering Mambo is a professional-level guide to Mambo's most powerful and useful features. You will develop powerful interactive sites that fit perfectly with your unique requirements. * Create attractive custom layouts for Mambo * Build multilingual, internationalised sites * Open an online store for your Mambo site, complete with support for gift coupons, automatic invoicing, and more * Turn your site into a community with discussion forums * Discover more of the available Mambo extensions and how to use them * Optimize your site for performance, search engines, security, and accessibility * Develop your own components, modules and Mambots * Master DOCMAN, the document manager for Mambo, to turn your Mambo site into a dynamic repository of shared documents and files Mastering Mambo is the book for anybody who has developed a Mambo web site, and wants to expand what their site can do and make the most of this powerful content management system.

This book is a fast paced tutorial to creating a website using Mambo. If you’ve never used Mambo, or even any web content management system before, then this book will walk you through each step in a friendly and accessible way. From installation, to initial set up and content entry and then on to customization for your own look and feel, this book will get you to a stable and working Mambo based web site fast. You don’t have to be an experienced web developer or designer to get a great looking site with a full set of functions using this book and Mambo. This book will guide you through every step. This book is suitable for web developers, designers, webmasters, content editors and marketing professionals who want develop a fully featured web presence in a simple and straightforward process. It does not require any detailed knowledge of programming or web development, and any IT confident individual will be able to use the book to produce an impressive web site.

The fusion of Eclipse, the leading open source development environment, and PHP is an exciting prospect for web developers. This book makes sure that you are up and running as quickly as possible, ready to take full advantage of PHPEclipse's tuned PHP development tools, without requiring any prior knowledge of Eclipse. You will begin with installing and configuring PHPEclipse, before moving onto a tour of the Eclipse environment, familiarizing you with its main components. As a plug-in to Eclipse, PHPEclipse is able to harness the platform to provide a rich and powerful development experience.