osCommerce is the leading Open Source online shop e-commerce solution that enables online store owners to create, run and maintain their online store with minimal endeavor and no involvement of cost or fees.

Its powerful shipping settings inclusive of weight, price and destination based pricing, real-time quotes from FedEx, UPS etc. offer you the flexibility to provide your customers with customized pricing. Originally created by Harald Ponce de Leon, this software supports multilingual, multicurrency, offline payments along with support for shippable and downloadable products.

To create your osCommerce website on LimeDomains, all you have to do is register yourself with us. As soon as you register, our single click applications will enable you to set up your osCommerce website is just a few minutes.

The steps to setup your website on LimeDomains using osCommerce are listed as below:

Step 1: In the ‘Hosting Management’ section, click on ‘Install an Application’. Following screen will be displayed:

Step 2: Select osCommerce from the menu and then click on ‘Install Now’. Enter the exact URL in the ‘Installation Path’ at which you want to access your application. Under ‘Show Advanced Details, you get a list of pre filled fields which you can customize as per your requirements.

Step 3: Once you click on ‘Finish’, it is recommended to save your account details and change your admin password to maintain privacy of your account. As soon as you click on the “Installation URL” provided on the application management page, your osCommerce login page will appear. Enter your user name and password and Click on ‘Log in’. The following screen will be displayed.

Your osCommerce is successfully installed. You can get started now…

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Bugzilla, a top-rated open source bug tracking system, enables you to keep a track of bugs in your product. This extensively used open source application is compatible with most systems including CVS, Bonsai or Perforce SCM, and offers a rich collection of features to people worldwide. Bugzilla is used to track bugs for proprietary products as well as free & open source software.

Bugzilla provides a documented & streamlined work flow together with predicting product versions for integration, helping users take critical business decisions.

To install Bugzilla, all you have to do is register yourself with Lime Domains. The steps to setup your website on our platform using Bugzilla are listed as below:

Step 1: In the ‘Hosting Management’ section, click on ‘Install an Application’. Following screen will be displayed:

Step 2: Select Bugzilla from the menu and then click on ‘Install Now’. Enter the exact URL in the ‘Installation Path’ at which you want to access your application. Under ‘Show Advanced Details, you get a list of pre filled fields which you can customize as per your requirements.

Step 3: Once you click on ‘Finish’, it is recommended to save your account details and change your admin password to maintain privacy of your account.

Step 4: Click on ‘Installation URL’ to login to your Bugzilla account. Note down the password and then click on “Log In “.
You will be taken to the following page. Enter the username as admin and the generated password.

Your Bugzilla is successfully installed. You can get started now…

Joomla, a powerful open source content management system is extremely useful for managing simple Web sites and complex corporate applications. However, Joomla does not include any social media integration other than RSS feeds. Integrating your Joomla! Site with social media applications helps you interact with your audience and shows that you value them and their suggestions.

Here are 6 best social media extensions for Joomla:

Joomla! AddThis

Joomla AddThis inserts an ‘AddThis’ button wherever you want. With this, you can edit the parameters of the button like your account information. AddThis buttion is a single method of including all the major social media bookmarking and sharing applications like Twitter, Facebook, Stumbleupon, Digg, and Delicious, making your site look uncluttered.

DiggIt Plugin

This is one of the most popular social bookmarking options. This button helps you emphasize on major services like Digg, StumbleUpon and Delicious.

Ultimate Social Bookmarking Plugin

Ultimate Social Bookmarking Plug-in is a full featured plugin that helps you add small, uniform links below your article. It incorporates all the major social media bookmarking and sharing applications to your website. There are 60 different applications and styles available to choose from in this plug-in.

Sociable Plugin

Sociable Plug-in is for those who are looking for fast, easy, out-of-the-box functionality. This plug-in automatically inserts small social media bookmarking and sharing links at the bottom of the article. All the major social media sites are also available. You can easily pick the ones you want to show up.

Twitter Plug-in

Twitter Plug-in sends a preformatted tweet to your Twitter account with each new article. This plug-in is extremely useful for keeping your followers updated.

Article Footer Plugin

Article Footer plug-in helps you create your own social media plug-in! All you have to do is insert any code in the footer of every article and then you can choose your favorite social media sites, select your own images and build your own links.

Hope that these plug-ins will help you in making your Joomla website social media friendly. If you are looking to set up a Joomla website, LimeDomains will help you install Joomla with just a single click.

Build your own community on the web enabling discussions on multiple topics. A web based  forum is like a virtual round-table conference, where people can participate and interact with each other.

Sharing here 12 open source forum applications, which will help you launch your own forum in an easy and hassle free manner.

phpBB

It is the most popular open source PHP forum application. Its modular design and easy to use administration panel makes it very easy for people to create their forums. phpBB also offers support for unlimited levels of sub-forums. In addition to this, phpBB also supports multiple database management systems, including MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Firebird, OpenLink Virtuoso, and other ODBC-accessible DBMS.

Vanilla

Vanilla is a lightweight Content Management System that focuses on speed, portability and reliability, making it an ideal CMS solution. Its WYSIWYG editor lets you create sidebars on the fly and its smart tagging allows for custom metadata and easy data insertion. Vanilla’s media gallery offers you with bulk upload option, drag and drop sorting of content and a built-in file management interface.

bbPress

bbPress features complete documentation, plugins directory and an active community. Easy to customize, bbPress has a good URL structure that is beneficial for SEO.

SMF: Simple Machines Forum

It is a powerful forum script that lets you integrate and connect your forum with various CMS such as, e107, Mambo, Xoops and iGamingCMS. The SSI( Server Side Includes) lets you interact your website and forum easily. Also, SMF supports multiple languages and has an advanced permission and user management.

SEO-Board

SEO-Board is search engine friendly forum that offers features like anti-spam protection, multi-language, bsic BBCode, RSS/Atom and many others. It comes with simple interfaces and doesn’t have fancy features. It is free for both personal and commercial use.

PunBB

It is a lightweight PHP-powered discussion board that offers an extensions repository from where you can download, install and add extra functionality to your forum.

Phorum

This pure HTML template system is easy to understand and designers can create templates that meet the client requirements. It possesses a very flexible hook and module system that allows developers to easily create modules for customization.

IceBB

Offering a powerful admin control center and the PHP skinning system, IceBB lets you customize the look and feel of your forum easily. It offers private messages system, search, inline moderation and multi-quote in your forum. Also, you can have unlimited subforums with IceBB.

UseBB

It is a ligh open source PHP4 and MySQL based forum application that is ideal for small to medium sized websites which need a clear and efficient forum package.

XMB: eXtreme Message Board

Its easy to use Member Management system, theming interface and anti-spam image verification system helps you get your message board up and running in minutes.

LimeDomains helps you install discussion forum applications like phpBB and Vanilla in just a single click.