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Requires LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). Please note that this is an Alpha release and is not suitable yet for production environments.

Pines is a PHP application framework, released under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. It is designed to be extended with user-chosen functions. Currently complete are a user component, an email component, and mailing list component. The manager drops in components to add the functionality he desires. For example, if the manager wants to have a user management system, he simply drops in com_user. When com_user takes over user management for the system, it will prompt users to log in and only give them permissions they have been allowed.

Pines uses a database abstraction layer called an entity manager. The entity manager let's Pines' components use entities to store data in a database rather than the components having to directly access it. This let's a component that uses entity management work with different types of databases, even flat files! Currently, there is only an entity manager written for MySQL.

The admin can add any functions he desires using the premade components, or write his own components to provide additional functionality to the system. The system will have a dependency verifier, which will inform the admin if he is missing required components and where to get them. Pines was designed to allow maximum flexibility for the developer, while still providing a large enough base product to make development easy. The developer can choose what database system he uses, if any.

CSS form design has been plaguing me for a while now in the Pines project. After searching the web for a couple days trying to find a good CSS design for HTML forms and finding only designs full of hacks/Javascript workarounds or designs too ugly and/or restrictive to be considered, I set out on my own to design a near flawless, flexible, featureful, standards compliant, and cross-compatible form design to suit the needs of the Pines project. I have accomplished my goal, and want to share my work with others so they can benefit from it. This design has been tested and works in the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer 5.01
• Internet Explorer 5.5
• Internet Explorer 6
• Internet Explorer 7
• Internet Explorer 8
  
• Firefox 1.0
• Firefox 1.5
• Firefox 2.0
• Firefox 3.0
• Firefox 3.5
• Safari 3
• Safari 4
  
• Opera 8
• Opera 9
• Opera 10
  
• Google Chrome 2
  

License: Open Source (GNU GPL)

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Requires Windows® XP, or Vista

License: Open Source (GNU GPL)

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Open Menu+ Portable is an open source portable application launcher. It has all the features and functionality of Open Menu+, with the addition of being a portable apps launcher. You can use a Windows Vista / Mac Spotlight style quick search to find the application or file you're looking for, even on your flash drive! You can use it to launch any portable applications you have on your flash drive.

Requires Windows® 2000, XP, or Vista