The abbreviation "MAMP" stands for: Macintosh, Apache, Mysql and PHP and with just a few clicks on your Mac, you can install Apache, PHP and MySQL for Mac OSX! MAMP installs a local server environment in seconds on any Macintosh computer. The Microsoft Windows equivalent (WAMP) is completely free of charge whether you use it for a local development server or if you use it for production websites.

WAMP Server is a complete webserver bundle that installs in just a few clicks. Once you install WAMP your Windows PC will automatically be equipped with the latest version Apache, MySQL, PHP, and PhpMyAdmin (web-based MySQL administration tool). With WAMP you can easily develop your web applications locally on your PC and once you are satisfied with the site, publish it to your domain.

Google has recently released a handy SEO Starter Guide that provides Webmasters with valuable information on how to best obtain search engine visibility. This guide is a must read for all webmasters and SEO specialists which is why we are offering it as a free download right from our site. Just click the image below to download this great SEO tool!

The DHTMLX team has just released version 2.1 of DHTML xScheduler! DHTML xScheduler is a Web-based JavaScript events calendar that provides a rich and intuitive scheduling solution similar to Microsoft Outlook Calendar, Apple's iCal or the Google Calendar. The events can be displayed by Day, Week, Month or Year. New advanced drag-n-drop functionality allows users to change events dates and time by easily moving or resizing event boxes. The script is very lightweight (only 214kb for the WordPress plugin), it performs fast and uses AJAX to smoothly update and display your events schedule.

The Thesis Theme for WordPress has raised the bar for WordPress theme developers and has taken the WordPress blogging platform to new heights of CMS and SEO functionality. There is slowly becoming several groups of WordPress theme developers creating themes and plugins for WordPress that make it much more than just a blog and capable of being a full-blown CMS.

Notepad 2 is a favored text editor among PHP developers and programmers alike. This editor is actively being developed and new features are being introduced all the time. The current list of features as of version 4.0.23 include: Syntax highlighting: HTML, XML, PHP, ASP (JS, VBS), CSS, JavaScript, VBScript, C/C++, C#, Resource Script, Makefiles, Java, Visual Basic, Pascal, Assembly, SQL, Perl, Python, Configuration Files, Apache Config Files, PowerShell, Batch Files, Diff Files and more!

This PHP directory index script has been used successfully with Apache and the Abyss Web Server running PHP 5.3. I have not yet tested it on IIS but plan on doing so in the near future and will update this post then with the result. Included in the download are two files (index.php and icon.php) these files are to be placed in the root of the web server and/or the directory you wish to have styled.