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Packt announce Finalists for 2011 Open Source Awards
Yesterday, Packt Publishing announced the finalists for their 2011 Open Source Award. This announcement signals the start of the next stage where the finalists are now open to public vote, which lasts until October 31.
Not all the categories in the award are content management related, but if you have an interest in open source I think you'll find each one of the finalists have a great story to tell. The finalists, listed in alphabetical order across all the categories, are as follows:
Open Source CMS Award
- Drupal
- Joomla!
- mojoPortal
- Plone
- SilverStripe
Open Source Business Applications
- Magento
- NopCommerce
- OpenCart
- PrestaShop
- SugarCRM
Most Promising Open Source Project
- Chamilo
- FLOW3
- ImpressPages
- Nette Framework
- Seo Panel
Open Source Mobile Toolkits and Libraries
- FoneMonkey
- jQuery Mobile
- Min3D
- PhoneGap
- Sencha Touch
Open Source JavaScript Libraries
- Dojo Toolkit
- jQuery
- Raphael JS
- Sencha- ExtJS
- YUI Library
Open Source Graphics Software
- Airtime
- Blender
- GIMP
- Inkscape
- Krita
Users are invited to vote for their favorite open source projects across all the applicable categories and maximize their chances of winning their share of $24,000. Public votes will be combined with ratings from a panel of Judges with the winners announced on November 7.
In other Awards news, Packt has introduced subcategories to the 2011 Open Source Awards finals for the CMS and JavaScript Library categories. To read more, click here.
eBay Agrees to Acquire Magento
Magento: "The past several years have been an amazing journey for Magento, as we've grown from a new open source platform into an eCommerce leader. Along the way, we've built not only a platform, but a company and a worldwide community. Together, we've identified opportunities, taken risks, innovated, struggled, succeeded, and changed the face of eCommerce. Today marks a milestone on this journey as we announce the most exciting news in our company's history.
Finalists in Packt's 2010 Open Source Awards announced
Packt Publishing recently announced the finalists in each of the categories for their 2010 Open Awards. While award categories for content management systems are still included, this year Packt is also adding additional flavors of open source projects to be judged. The new award categories include awards for most promising open source project, e-commerce applications, graphics software, and JavaScript libraries.
The Voting for the winners in each of the categories ends on November 5, 2010. This "public vote" will then be combined with votes by a panel of judges in each category to be announced on November 15, 2010.
This year, I will once again be participating as a judge for the Open Source CMS Award. I'll be in good company on this panel and have been a long time admirer of the work done by OpenSourceCMS's Scott Goodwin and CMS Wire's Dee-Ann LeBlanc. Karen Koombs, librarywebchic.net, is a new name to me and I'm looking forward to getting to know her better via this panel. There is always some controversy in these type awards on whether those projects awarded are really "the best" in their category. I plan to give my perspective on these awards in a separate blog post.
The following projects make up the finalist of the 2010 Open Source Awards:
Every Content Management System (CMS) that is based on one of the Open Source licenses is eligible to participate for this category. Vote for your favorite Open Source CMS here.
Finalists:
This category is reserved for those CMSes that have won the Overall Open Source CMS Award at least once in the past. Vote for your favorite Hall of Fame CMS here.
Finalists
Most Promising Open Source Project
This category is for all Open Source projects, whose first release date is less than two years from 9 August, 2010. Vote for your favorite Most Promising Open Source Project here.
Finalists
- BuddyPress
- LiveStreet CMS
- Pimcore
- Tomato CMS
- WolfCMS
Solving Magento sales problems with new book
Packt is pleased to announce Magento 1.3 Sales Tactics Cookbook, a new book that helps Magento developers solve real-world Magento sales problems with the help of simple and effective recipes. Written by William Rice, this book is part of Packt's Cookbook series containing recipes with a carefully organized sequence of instructions that helps completing tasks efficiently.
Magento is an Open Source, e-commerce web application that was created by Varien, and built on components of the Zend Framework. Magento is the hottest and most powerful e-commerce software and has gained popularity in a short period of time. Users can control the look, content and functionality of their e-commerce web site with the help of Magento’s powerful theming engine.
Magento 1.3 Sales Tactics Cookbook will help developers increase revenue on their Magento websites by implementing proven sales tactics. It includes straightforward instructions for implementation and customization of the default Magento storefront. Readers will also learn about Magento's directory structure which will help their store grow in scope and sophistication.
Book for developing and deploying a Magento online store
Packt is pleased to announce Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide, a new book that helps PHP developers build applications that interface with the customer, product, and order data using Magento's Core API. Written by Jamie Huskisson, this book is packed with examples for effective Magento development.
Magento is an Open Source, e-commerce web application that was created by Varien, and built on components of the Zend Framework. Magento is the hottest and most powerful e-commerce software and has gained popularity in a short period of time. Users can control the look, content and functionality of their e-commerce web site with the help of Magento’s powerful theming engine.
Magento 1.3: PHP Developer's Guide will help developers extend and customize the Magento e-commerce system using PHP code. They will get familiar with the architecture and internal structure of Magento and learn about the best modules available. Developers can then build a shipping module for their Magento store to give users options for receiving their items once they have paid for them.
Video on Magento Enterprise Edition 1.6
There are very few shopping carts or ecommerce platforms that I'm willing to talk about on a blog for content management systems. For whatever reason, I have always had interest in the Magento Ecommerce platform. The following is a video on the features included in the Magento Enterprise Edition 1.6.
Book for Magento's Powerful Theming Engine
Packt is pleased to announce Magento 1.3 Theme Design, a new book that helps users give their Magento store a unique branded look and feel by creating their own Magento themes. Written by Richard Carter, this book is packed with essential hints and tips that are required for an effective Magento web design.
Magento is an Open Source, e-commerce web application that was created by Varien, and built on components of the Zend Framework. Magento is the hottest and most powerful e-commerce software and has gained popularity in a short period of time. Users can control the look, content and functionality of their e-commerce web site with the help of Magento’s powerful Theming engine.
Magento 1.3 Theme Design provides users with different design techniques that will help them customize the look, feel, layout and features of their online Magento store, allowing them to reinforce their brand message and increase sales. Users will learn to embed social media tools such as Twitter, and social bookmarks to promote and improve their Magento store with the help of ideas and examples that are present in this book.
Discovering Mixergy with Magento
Not sure if I'm early or late to the party, but I just discovered Mixergy.com. Mixergy is a place where 20ish Andrew Warner wants to help ambitious people who love business as much as he does to learn from a mix of experienced mentors. Somebody on the Internet wanting to help you make money, imagine that.
However Mixergy has something that many sites don't have...fantastic interviews of some very influential Web people. Some of the videos that caught my attention included interviews of Seth Godin, Guy Kawasaki, and most recently, Roy Rubin of Magento. I recommend checking Mixergy.com out.
Creating an Online Store with new Magento book
Magento: Beginners Guide is a new book from Packt that walks users through building an online store using the Magento open-source e-commerce solution. Written by William Rice, Magento Beginners Guide focuses on the key features of Magento to setup a unique online store and customize its appearance with the help of examples.
Magento is the world's most evolved e-commerce solution and runs on the Apache/MySQL/PHP platform. From one installation, users can control multiple storefronts, all sharing customer and product information. Magento's templates and themes enable users to customize the look and feel of their store, even optimizing it for mobile phones. Extensions enable them to connect Magento to a large number of payment gateways and shipping services.
This book follows a step-by-step approach teaching users to install and configure Magento, and add products to their online catalog. To help customers navigate their online store, the reader will learn to create categories and attributes to build their catalog of products and enhance it with descriptions, images, and inventory information.
Users will be able to present and sell products in groups and sets, and can offer discounts based on quantities along with accepting payments using PayPal, credit cards, and checks/money orders while offering a variety of shipping options. Along with connecting to shippers such as UPS, FedEx, and USPS they will learn to apply sales tax rules to different shipping addresses and different types of products, thus creating customized shipping rates.
Magento: Beginners Guide is published by Packt and is out now. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/magento-beginners-guide/book
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