About Power Tools
Power Tools are off-the-shelf Web applications that provide e-commerce, content management, forums, chat, and other dynamic features of Web sites.
Web applications have become popular since they are widely available from the open-source community, and they enable a Web designer to provide dynamic content without writing a program. However, installing the applications correctly and configuring them for a Web site often requires system administration expertise, which many Web designers do not have.
If your service provider enables Power Tools for you, you can offer it as a service to sites. Site Administrators can use Power Tools to install and configure Web applications on their sites through the Site Administrator control panel. They can do this without special system administration knowledge or expertise, and more important, without needing to call you for support.
When enabled, Power Tools appears as an option at the bottom of the Add Site form.
Power Tools available with this release include:
PostNuke. A content management system.
PHPNuke. A Web portal/content management system.
OSCommerce. An online e-commerce solution that allows store owners to set up, run, and maintain their online stores.
PHPBB2. A high-powered, scalable, and customisable open-source bulletin board tool.
Invision Power Board. A forum tool written in PHP.
Gallery. A Web-based photo album tool written in PHP.
PHPOpenChat. A high-performance chat engine developed in PHP.
Form Mailer. A generic HTML form-to-email gateway that parses the results of any form and sends them to the specified users.