Saturday, May 7, 2011

Free and Best Open Source Softwares

When we start a business or run a small business our priority is to save money. But we are living in the world where we are using automated software and we spent major part of our business to purchase these software. What we can do it is the demand of business.

 We can find free software available and can replace with those costly software.  These software can replace any that we use for our business. Here i have tried to gather some useful software.

  Ubuntu : Ubuntu is an open-source and free operating system which is very light and loads quickly than windows platform. It has all the features which a OS has, like chat and email, office apps, Firefox for browsing etc.

  OpenOffice : OpenOffice is an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and other similar software suites. This software is free to download and use. It contains programs like word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and more. It is available in many languages and works on all common operating systems.

  OpenProj : OpenProj is a open source project management desktop software by Serena Software. It is replacement of Microsoft Project . Speaking of Microsoft Project, OpenProj does everything that Project does. It also adds a few tricks Project hasn’t learned: it works on Windows, Mac, Unix and Linux. And it’s completely free.

  GNUCash : GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. It is designed to be easy to use and allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports. The main features includes double-entry accounting, stock/bond/mutual fund accounts.

  GIMP : GIMP is a free and open source alternative of Adobe Photoshop. GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image renderer, an image format converter, etc.

  OrangeHRM : OrangeHRM is a free and open source human resource management software with rich features and easy to use interface. OrangeHRM has users worldwide enjoying a free, stable and highly usable HRM solution. The system is backed by professional support and services as well as a fast growing, receptive and knowledgeable worldwide open source community.





Tuesday, March 8, 2011

osCOMMERCE


osCommerce is a free, open source online shop software available under GNU General Public License. It can be used on any web server that has PHP and MySQL installed. OsCommerce is feature rich online shopping cart that allow easy setup and maintenance with less effort and no limitations.

Advantage of osCommerce :

There are many advantages/features available for osCommerce. I will list few of them.

The MySQL database-based catalog allows of unlimited number of items

Unlimited number of categories


Multiple Languages

Custom Currencies

Custom taxes and shipping modules

Built-in product and manufacturer search engine

Administrator-specified product details and characteristics

Stock Management

Tools for easily editing any part of customer orders

Credit Card Validation

Multiple payment gateways to choose

CSS Style Sheets allow you to determine page appearance

Order Tracking tools

Customer Registration & Login System

Many more........




Except all above written features osCommerce is


well known and widely used that means trusted

cost effective as available under GNU

flexible as suitable for wide range of stores

customer and merchant focused and

Secure.


How to install osCommerce :-

osCommerce can be easily installed via Fantastico with Hostgater. First of all install Fantastico application and then continue with following steps-

#1. From the heading E-commerce select osCommerce link which will take you to osCommerce installation screen.

#2. Scroll down the page and click on new installation. It will show you a form and you have to fill it with proper value.

#3. In installation directory give the path of the location you want to install or leave it blank if you want to install it at root.

#4. In admin access data you can enter admin user name and password.

#5. In base configuration enter shop name, owner name, Email sender address ans rest others are optional so no need to fill those.

#6. Now click the finish button and you are done.

#7. click on the link above to login to your new installation. Now login using the admin username and password you assigned during  installation.

#8. Here you can find your new installation under current installation. From here you can visit your store.