Useful products

From Dokeos

This is a list of Free Software / Open Source that can be useful in combination with Dokeos. See also http://www.dokeos.com/authoring.php .

Contents 1 Dokeos Requirements 2 Web Server 3 Software that combines Apache, PHP and MySQL 3.1 EasyPHP 3.2 Wamp 3.3 XAMPP 3.4 Vertrigo 3.5 WebServerX 3.6 PHP Triad 3.7 WinLAMP 3.8 Uniform Server 3.9 Appserv 3.10 More 4 Portable software 5 Authoring tools 6 Basic web authoring 7 Forums 8 Multimedia 9 Peer assessment 10 Tutorials and Tips 11 Database 12 Translation tools

Dokeos Requirements

• PHP: http://www.php.net
• MySQL database server: http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql/

Web Server

• Apache HTTP server: http://httpd.apache.org/

Software that combines Apache, PHP and MySQL

These Windows applications combine an installation of Apache, MySQL and PHP together, this means less hassle. This can be useful for users that want to experiment a little or simply use Dokeos locally. It is not advised to use this for production servers on the internet, as security may be somewhat less with this combined approach.

EasyPHP

Download at the EasyPhp website.

Wamp

Download at the WAMP5 website. For Dokeos, you also need the PHP4 add-on.

XAMPP

There are versions of this for multiple platforms. http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html Xampp can use php 4.x and 5.x (we need to execute a batch file for swap the version)

Vertrigo

VertrigoServ is a complete PHP development and server environment for Windows. It installs PHP 5.x.x, Apache 1.3.x, MySQL 4.x.x, and PhpMyAdmin, both installing and setting up the environment. An uninstaller allows you to remove Vertrigo from hard disc. It also installs aditional usefull software: MySQL Console, MySQL Manager, MySQLAdmin, Zend Optimiser. It also has a nice feature to easily control some of the basic PHP and MySQL settings (asp_tags, register_globals, magic_quotes_gpc, ...). It has a small icon in the windows taskbar from where you can configure Vertrigo http://sourceforge.net/projects/vertrigo

WebServerX

The WebServerX Kit installer package provides an easy way to install all the last versions of Apache, PHP, and MySQL on Mac OS X Client http://wserverxkit.sourceforge.net/

PHP Triad

http://sourceforge.net/projects/phptriad/

WinLAMP

http://sourceforge.net/projects/winlamp

WinLAMP is an installer for Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Runs on Windows NT, 2000, XP. The installer is a single executable file. WinLAMP also optionally installs phpMyAdmin, eSKUeL, SQLyog, and an ActivePerl installer.

Uniform Server

http://sourceforge.net/projects/miniserver/

Appserv

http://sourceforge.net/projects/appserv/

More

a very big list: http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=250 (not all WAMP packages though)

Portable software

• Portable Apps, http://portableapps.com/ - a list of portable software

Authoring tools

• eXe, http://exelearning.org/ - an off-line authoring environment to assist teachers and academics in the publishing of web content without the need to become proficient in HTML or XML markup
• RELOAD, http://www.reload.ac.uk/ - a SCORM player and editor.
• PDFCreator, http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ - an open source alternative for creating files in the Portable Document Format from any Windows application

Basic web authoring

• Nvu, http://www.nvu.com/ - a good basic WYSIWYG web page (html) authoring tool. You can use Nvu instead of the non-free software Dreamweaver.
• Kompozer, http://kompozer.net/ - a Nvu fork
• Inside Dokeos, there is also an online WYSIWYG html editor (based on FCKeditor http://ckeditor.com/ ).

Forums

• phpBB, http://www.phpbb.com - the current standard web forum. Dokeos has an older version of this built-in.
• phorum, http://www.phorum.org/ - an alternative web forum
• PunBB, http://www.punbb.org/ - a simple and lightweight web forum

Multimedia

• JOrbis, http://www.jcraft.com/jorbis/ - play ogg vorbis music files online through a Java applet
• Audacity, http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - the best audio manipulation software
• LAME.DLL http://lame.buanzo.com.ar - used in Audacity for mp3 manipulation
• The GIMP, http://www.gimp.org/ - great image manipulation software, there's also a tutorial. You can use the GIMP instead of the non-free software Photoshop.
• Aneesoft 3D Flash GalleryTurn your photos into a 'all-in-one' 3D flash gallery with full of interactivity and fun. No Flash skills needed.
• Xmind http://www.xmind.net create mindmaps
• Wink http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Screen capture (movie)
• iFunia video converter http://www.ifunia.com/ Video conversion tools for MAC OS X and Windows
• Format Factory, http://www.formatoz.com/ Movie/Image converter (for Windows)
• AVIdemux, http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ Movie editor
• VLC, http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ Video player, streming and recording

Peer assessment

Tutorials and Tips

• How to make cool 3D flash banners for your website?
• How to convert HD video for your portable video player?
• How to convert VOB to MP4 videos
• How to convert AVCHD video to portable files on Mac
• How to convert video for iPhone FREE?
• How to Convert video to iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS on Mac

Database

• MySQL database server: http://www.mysql.com/products/mysql/ (open source)
• MySQL Administrator: http://www.mysql.com/products/administrator/ (open source)
• MySQL Query Browser: http://www.mysql.com/products/query-browser/ (open source)
• phpMyAdmin: http://www.phpmyadmin.net

Translation tools

• NewsForge - open source translation tools