What is PHP Programming and Why Should you Care?

So you want to develop a website where that you can track phone calls, emails and follow ups, as well as manage billing , inventory/ and the status of team projects. Or perhaps you want to create your own online community or social media website. No Problem! Thanks to the versatility of the open source programming language PHP, you can do that and more! Designed by Rasmus Lerdorf in order to pass his resume online and then collect data, PHP has continued to be used by web developers for a variety of needs and web-based applications.  PHP is lauded by programmers for many reasons, but these factors are best summed up as follows:

• PHP can be used to create exceptional web pages and interact with info on the web
• It can be used as a go between with users and databases (Such as MySQL)
• Compatibility with almost any Internet server
• PHP/MySQL-based open source solutions are free to use and can be found easily online, such as ImpressCMS or Wordpress
• The syntax is simple and has many similarities to C or Java. In addition, it can be used easily on Windows, Macs, UNIX and other programming platforms.
• PHP, though free, is also secure, when used properly

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Privacy Policies = Higher Page Rank?

It has been suspected by many web knowledgeable individuals in the SEM realm that having a privacy policy can improve your site's page ranking, although there is no hard proof of this fact. However, one thing is certain; if you do have a privacy policy, it is mandatory that you follow it.  In fact, if you are selling a product or services, it is true that people are more willing to give you their information if they feel you are trustworthy, so a privacy statement along with a RatePoint seal is a great way to garner trust.

 

 

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4 Ways RatePoint Can Work for You Newsletters, Reputation Management, Surveys & More

RatePoint, founded in 2006, was designed by the developers of GeoTrust, the world's 2nd largest provider of Security Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates, in order to make public relations between companies and consumers even better. It is used to assist businesses to build stronger customer relationships, manage their online reputation, build their business and increase customer confidence. After spending time working on GeoTrust, the developers realized that while they could assure consumers of a site's safety, they could not answer for the quality and accountability of a site. Now, RatePoint is being used by businesses around the globe to learn more about their customers through an assortment of online tools.

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ImpressCMS: A CMS to Keep Your Eye On

ImpressCMS is a "fork" from the XOOPS CMS. Consequently, many XOOPS (eXtensible Object Oriented Portal System) modules will also run on ImpressCMS because of that. It is designed to work as a web framework for websites.  It offers a long list of features, some of which are its community, relational databases, personalization, management usability, modules administration, themed based skinnable interface, some SEO add-ons and personalization.

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