Social bookmarking buttons like Digg, Delicious or StumbleUpon on any website is very familiar. They help spreading the content.

Twitter, getting bigger & better, is also another powerful network where content can reach to thousands easily in minutes.

To help the readers of a website share/tweet a content at Twitter easily, here is a simple way of integration:

You can send a querystring to Twitter like:

http://twitter.com/home?status=Your Tweet. For example, a tweet link for this post can be:

http://twitter.com/home?status=How To Add Tweeting With Short URL Functionality To A Website (With PHP): http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/how-to-add-tweeting-with-short-url-functionality-to-a-website-with-php/

The problem & the solution:

There is a 140 character limit in Twitter & the length of the URL is a headache. So, auto-shortening the URL with a short URL service will be handy.

Read the rest of this entry »

AjaXplorer is a free Ajax file manager with powerful features & an user-friendly interface.

It is built with PHP (4 & 5) & does not require any database to run. Just an upload & use solution.

Some great features of AjaXplorer:

• File/folder actions: rename/copy/move/delete/download
• Multiple file upload with progress bar
• Edit text files (syntax highlighting for js, php, html, java, sql & perl)
• Images can be previewed & viewed as a slideshow
• Mp3 files can be listened without downloading them
• Flash videos can be viewed
• ZIP files can be browsed & extracted
• Bookmark system for reaching to the desired files easier
• Multilanguage
• Recursive search & more

AjaXplorer has a multi-user environment. The admin can create new users & assign the permitted directories/rights to those users.

The application also offers a high-level of usability with drag’n drop support, keyboard shortcuts, list / thumbnails views & ability to select multiple file / folders.

HelpDesk Pilot is a professional support ticket & helpdesk software for managing support requests sent via e-mail or the web interface easier and better.

The application runs on your server (PHP & MySQL / MSSQL) for a better customization & integration.

HelpDesk Pilot strives to offer a good customer service experience. Here are some nice features provided:

E-mail Parser

Users can submit new tickets via e-mail. The application auto-parses the e-mail & creates a new ticket with it.

If the user responds to a ticket with e-mail, that works too. With the unique IDs in the e-mail subjects, the application adds those e-mails as an update to the ticket.

Online Support Portal

Users can create a new membership to the support system, send new tickets & view the status/details of the old ones.

With the help of the knowledgebase plugin, a category-based FAQ system can be created for minimizing support requests.

Flexible Ticket Management

With a clean & slick admin interface, admins can see the priorities with an instant look.

There are several features for answering requests faster, like:

• Canned replies (one-click replies to popular questions)
• Mass reply (reply multiple tickets with one answer)
• Similar tickets (see similar tickets answered in the past)

Besides these, tickets can be assigned between departments & admins, private notes can be added, custom fields can be created & more.

Also, admins can see the other admins that are online for a better collaboration. The RSS support offers a wider usability, literally on any internet enabled device.

And, HelpDesk Pilot is multilingual which makes it possible to be used in any language.

The application comes with several editions offering different limits in department/admin staff & number of domains it can be installed. You can check the pricing for the detailed info.

Limited-Time Special: $100 Discount

HelpDesk Pilot is offering a $100 discount for any purchase completed between 10 March 2009 - 17 March 2009 with the coupon code: WRD100.

To see more, check this powerful help desk software.

P.S. This post is a sponsored-review.

This is a free Ajax newsletter script that is built with PHP & jQuery.

With a very simple interface, it enables you to:

• Create categories (lists)
• Add e-mails to categories
• Send e-mails to any category and/or e-mail
• View the previously sent e-mails

It uses 1 PHP file & comes with a .SQL file for creating the necessary tables in MySQL.

To mention, the script is only the admin interface. If needed, you can create a front-end for users who want to subscribe to a newsletter by inserting their e-mails to the related categories.

6zap is an open source communication platform with e-mail, calendar, file management and contacts management.

The application comes in 3 flavors:

• Hosted version
• Downloadable version for installing it to any server
• Hosting it in the cloud with the pre-configued Amazon-AMI

The e-mail module is similar to Outlook, a slick three-pane interface (that can also work offline) with auto-save, drag’n drop & spelling features.

Calendar module offers both shared & private usage that supports recurring events, multiple views (day, week, month..).

The application has a file management module that offers a desktop-like experience. Files & folders can be added, renamed, deleted easily.

Contacts module is again very similar to Outlook & yoıu can reach it from the other parts of the application like the calendar or e-mail.

There is also a feature named Zcount, that makes subscribing & logging to the other websites/applications easier. It auto-creates an e-mail alias for subscription to offer a better spam protection.

To sum up, 6zap is a promising product that can be handy for:

• service providers for offering it to their customers
• individuals for almost instantly installing & using such a communication platform

Hastymail is a free IMAP webmail software (open source) built with PHP.

The application is lightweight, has a clean interface & compatible with all major browsers including mobile ones.

With its plugin support, new features can be added. Some available plugins are: calendar, filtering, RSS/Atom.

Hastymail can be customized via CSS & has a PHP based template system.

It has Vcard based contact list with multiple import/export ability & many other features.

This is a jQuery plugin for creating a file-upload functionality quickly & easily.

It inserts a Flash browse button (that can be customized) in to the webpage where users can select a single file or multiple files and view the upload progress.

The plugin comes with a PHP file for uploading the files. But that can be converted to any language of your preference.

There are various customization options provided like:

• Paths of the files used & the folder where files will be uploaded
• Enable/disable multiple uploads
• Browse & cancel buttons used
• Extensions & size limit allowed
• Enable/disable auto-upload after selection
• Callback functions at every step

It comes with the FLA file too & a demo can be found here.

Chevereto is an open source image hosting script that can be used to create such a service with ease.

With a very chic interface, the script offers uploading of both local & remote files. And you can choose to resize the image too.

Chevereto is integrated with TinyURL too & an user can optionally shorten the URL of the hosted image while uploading it.

The script also comes with the documentation which covers creating a bookmarklet or a Firefox extension & more.

It is built with PHP & requires no database to run.

Support ticket systems are very handy applications for managing the whole support process better.

osTicket is an open source support ticket system, built with PHP & uses MySQL for storing data.

It provides a web-based interface where users can create new support requests, view the status of them & reply back.

osTicket, with the e-mail piping support, can also create new requests sent via e-mails.

The multi-user admin pages make managing support requests easier. Some administrator features are:

• Canned messages for faster answers
• Writing internal messages about tickets
• Ability to transfer a ticket to another department
• Assigning a ticket to a specific user & more..

Compared to professional alternatives, this open source ticket system is less-featured & not a complex one. But sometimes, that’s what is needed.

Imagin is a feature-rich & free Flash gallery which can be customized easily.

It supports multiple galleries with sub- galleries, can display jpg, png, gif, swf, flv, mp4 files & can present them as a slideshow.

This gallery application uses PHP at the backstage for loading images & automatic thumbnail generation.

Galleries & sub-galleries are folders and files are loaded via FTP. Imagin does the rest for scanning the related folders & shoing them accordingly.

Some features of Imagin

• Few images are loaded in advance for faster navigation
• Images can have a small description
• Full screen mode
• Basic html view of images
• Full browser resizable interface
• Right click menu. Link to an image or a gallery can be sent directly
• Keyboard navigation (space, arrows, enter, escape)
• Images scales down automaticaly to fit the browser size, or not if you don’t want

To see its power, check the demos.