Virtual Web Designs software continues to be developed with a view to staying current with where technology and customer behaviours/trends are going. In considering the big-picture of ensuring that our software base is not only contemporary but also compliant with current and evolving standards, Virtual Web Designs will be adopting PHP 5.1 and MySQLi V5 as its minimum requirement on all future software developments effective from now.

NOTE: All our software is now compatible with PHP 5 & MySQLi V5, as these were updated, when we upgraded our server(s) this year. We can only update software, which has been written by us.

Background:

1. PHP has announced that PHP 4 will no longer be supported as of the end of year 2007. Ref: http://www.php.net/index.php#2007-07-13-1

2. PHP 5 has been deployed and tested in production environments for three years, and many hosting companies have already adopted it in some way. We have already adopted PHP 5 & MySQL V5 as our standard scripting language, you can still access PHP 4 if you are hosted on server 4207, as this server is dual format.

Introduction

We have now installed our own PHP search engine on our site called VrSearch. VrSearch allow visitors to perform a search on the contents of our the website. Unlike other such tools the spidering engine is written in PHP, so it does not require binaries to be run on the server to generate the search index for HTML pages.

VrScripts.com & VrForge.net will be launched late July 2007. This will be selling generic version of this software.

VrSearch is a trademark of Webnetics UK Ltd, and sells this script under the trading name of VrScripts.com and Virtual Web Designs.

Features

• Spider engine written in PHP - there are no binaries to run on the server.
• Performs simple page match scoring and ranking.
• Can spider sub domains or multiple domains.
• Allows multiple spider entry points.
• Versatile page inclusion/exclusion, including robots.txt parsing with Google extensions.
• Parts of pages (e.g. menus) can be excluded from indexing.
• Support for PDF documents (content of document is searchable).
• Support for Microsoft Word documents (content of document is searchable).
• Support for Groups, allowing your site to be split into sections for individual searching.
• Support for adding additional links which are displayed when particular keywords are searched for.
• Exact searches can be performed (only matching whole phrases.)
• And much more ...

We our please to announce the release of e-Shop Ultra PRO is an integrated online shop and booking system, It supports the MySQL database and is written in PHP. The goal of e-Shop Ultra PRO is to make a simple for service based businesses to take their event bookings online. We will be able to customised e-Reservations, to your own requirements and also write specific modules for your businesses needs.

Some of its key features include: Selling products and event bookings in one transaction, Allowing you or your call centre to use the same online database as the rest of your staff and automate e-Marketing and SMS-Marketing.

Summary of e-Shop Ultra PRO:

Product+ Events: Products and events can be purchased in the one transaction saving you and the customer time and money.

Downloads: Sell download products, with time expire links or unlimited downloads.

User Security: Create different staff usage levels with permission-based controls; easily adapt the scheduling process to your internal security needs.

Group Security: Establish user privileges by group such as department or location.

Reservation Visibility: View events and bookings by day, week, and month. Instantly see reservations and availability.

Auto Renewals: Send reservation renewals and notifications to customers automatically.

Booking Confirmations: Automatically send booking confirmations to customers.

Reports: Generate over 20 retail, marketing and detailed analysis reports.

e-Marketing: Send automated emails on booking, event reminders, renewals, refunds/withdrawals.

Customised messaging: Capabilities to customise merge fields for e-Marketing and SMS-Marketing

Instructor support: Manage Instructor payments.

Waiting Lists: Complex wait list management

Online customer payments: Customers can book in and purchase products online in the same transaction

Tickets: Print booking tickets.

Admin. By Location: Provides admin. access on a per-location basis

Discounting Events: Optional choice to discount cost of events

Discount Codes: This will allow the use to enter a discount code and claim a discount against a product.

Refunds: Process refunds online if gateway allows

Web-Based Interface: Access to entire scheduling interface from standard web browsers - no client software installation required.

Call Centre: Fast, easy to use, Call Centre interface for product and or bookings.

Customers Surveys: Customers can be surveyed at registration, after the event or on refund/ withdrawal.

Website Template: We can modify product to suit the design of your site

Letters: Generate letters to your customers individually or by event.

Payment System: WorldPay, PayPal, offline credit cards, Invoice, Protx, or we can write a payment modular to meet your needs.

And much more …….

All our software is written in PHP, and uses MySQL Database.

We are pound to announce the launch of VirtualLinks.co.uk which is a great new links directory designed to help your page ranking within the major search engines.

It's totally FREE to any one who what's to be listed within VirtualLinks.co.uk.

Features

Create your own login account
Add / Edit your own link & site description
Resize of all screenshots using GD.
Members may submit Review of a Link.
VirtualLinks.co.uk site is automatically submitted to google, yahoo, msn and may more each month.
Guests may rate Links based on a scale.
Anti-cheat system: All votes/reviews. User can't vote more than once!
List over latest, best and most popular, also when you are in a subcategory!

This software will also be available as a generic version on VrScripts.com called VrLinks."

VrRange

Virtual Web Designs will also be selling selected products as packages from the ‘VrScripts.com’.

The first package from ‘VrScripts.com’ will be VrProperty

We are pound to announce our latest release called VrProperty. This has been designed and written in PHP & MySQL. VrProperty is the perfect property management solution for updating and editing property listings for estate agents.

It is completely automated, you will never have to make tedious HTML changes to update your website. The main role of VrProperty is the search engine. Users can search for the local agents and listings using other search criteria’s. VrProperty can store an unlimited number of estate agents and their details or this can be used for one agent. VrProperty has also been designed to use multi-language and uses the UK postal codes with distances with radius search.

Virtual Web Designs will also be selling selected products as packages from the ‘Vr’ range of software. The first one will be VrProperty.

VrScripts.com & VrForge.net will be launched late July 2007. This will be selling generic version of our software. For more information on the planned launch of VrScripts.com

VrProperty is a trademark of Webnetics UK Ltd, and sells this script under the trading name of VrScripts.com and Virtual Web Designs.

At the end of July 2007, we will be launching our new website called ‘VrScripts.com’. This site will be selling our own in-house software, which has been developed over a number of years. This software will be generic versions of our software currently being used by our customers.

If you are a software developer and would like to sell your software on “VrScripts.com”. Please drop us an email and we will be happy to discuss a partnership with you.

VrForge.net is our new software development & support area for VrScripts.com. This site will list all the changes and future upgrades to our “Vr” range of software. VrForge.net will have the following areas:

· Forum
· Support Documentation area
· Software Development area

Please see below for a complete list of our software. Our software can easily be re-configured to suit your own requirements and incorporated into your website.

Vr Register

· VrRegister was created for designers and developers, VrRegister allows you to keep track of any kind of task ranging from bug reports to support requests. Once added, each item is tracked through to completion with useful report displays to show progress.

Vr Tracker

· VrTracker is a flexible product deployment and licensing system designed to allow you to control every aspect of selling your software giving you more time to focus on developing your products.

Vr Search

· VrSearch is a tool for allowing visitors to search the contents of your site. Unlike other such tools the spidering engine is written in PHP, so it does not require binaries to be run on the server to generate the search index for HTML pages.

Vr Swap

· VrSwap allows you to swap any unwanted items from your home or business to others who may have use for them. You can sell / buy items from site too.

Vr Support Desk

· VrSupportDesk system is an integrated system for managing the customer inquiries, answers and communications resulting from such queries and related problems with the help of an array of tools and facilities clustered around the ticket management system like the knowledgebase system, reminder system, mailing and messaging system, and email piping system to mention a few.

Vr Shop

· VrShop has been written in PHP. Every single page is based around HTML templates so you can totally customise the appearance of your shop. Translating into languages other than English is simple. An administration area allows you to upload and manage as many products as you want.

Vr Projects

· VrProjects is a client and project management script written in PHP. Commonly referred to as a "client area", VrProjects allows designers and design companies the ability to set up a section of their website in which they can input information about ongoing projects. After adding projects, a login can be added allowing clients the ability to log in and view the progress of their projects, tasks and files.

Vr Hosting

· VrHosting is the perfect solution for a web host looking to take orders online. It includes a whois script, shopping basket, client area and customer manager. The software can be translated into any language and use any currency.

Vr CMS

· VrCMS is a Contents Management System – Coming Soon!

Vr Survey

· VrSurveys is a survey software application developed mainly for in-house use.

You can create electronic surveys with unlimited questions and answer methods for data collection, analysis and reporting.

Vr Training

· VrTraining is a comprehensive solution for creating, administering, and providing thorough analysis of tests on the Internet and Intranet.

Using VrTraining, you can ask any kind of question (true/false, multiple choice, short answer, essay, questions with more than one correct answer). You can choose how to mark each question (for example, 3 points for a correct answer, 2 points for a partially correct answer, and 0 for an incorrect answer). VrTraining also supports the creation of psychological tests, quizzes, and all kinds of questionnaires, where as a rule there are no right or wrong answers.

Vr Directory

· VrDirectory is a complete business listings directory solution with eCommerce integration. Alongside a wide assortment of built in directory features, VrDirectory offers both administrator and visitor control panels, support for Paypal, complete listing automation and is extremely easy to install and customise.

Vr Property

· VrProperty is the perfect solution for property management and estate agents who would like the software without having to pay other companies to update there website. VrProperty will allow you edit and update listings on your own website, without the need to know html or any other programming language.

Vr Pages

· VrPages is an advance article publishing system designed to make your life easier by enabling you to publish articles or news to your website quickly and easily with an advance WYSIWYG editor that includes features such as a built-in spell checker, with image, flash files and asset management and many more. VrPages manager is template based system, so you can easily integrate it with your existing web site design without any problems.

We are pound to announce the launch of “YourLocalPages.biz” which is a great new local business directory helping you to find the services you need. Whether you are looking for a plumber, or an IT consultant, or anything in between, a quick search will find what you are looking for, and all the nearby alternatives.

It’s totally FREE to any one who what’s to be listed within ‘YourLocalPages.biz’. If you require a Featured listing or wish to advertise on the front page this will cost £30 p.a

We are offering all our customers a FREE entry in to “YourLocalPages.biz”, this will be a FREE lifetime membership with all the features, while you remain a customer of Webnetics UK Ltd.

A generic version of ‘YourLocalPages.biz’ will be available for sale on VrScripts.com called ‘VrDirectory’

New server brought online 11th February 2007.

Hardware Specification

• 3.2Ghz P4 Processor
  
• 2GB Memory

• PHP versions 4 and 5 are both available, features include:
  
• Smarty templating system
  
• PEAR modules including: DB, Mail, XML_RPC, XML_Parser,
  
• HTTP_Request
  
• PEAR client for adding additional PEAR and PECL extensions

• DBI for MySQL
  
• MVC frameworks including: Catalyst, CGI::Application
  
• Choice of templating languages: Template Toolkit, HTML::Template, HTML::Mason
  
• Object-relational mappers: Class:BI, DBIx::Class
  
• Hundreds more modules including CGI, DateTime, Email::Simple,
• Email::Valid, GD, Image::Magick, Image::Size, JSON, List::MoreUtils, LWP, Regexp::Common, WWW::Mechanize, YAML, XML::LibXML, cpan script for installing additional modules.

• Version 1.8
  
• Includes Ruby on Rails

Mid November we will be releasing our own Contents Management Systems.

We can design the website for you and you can add the contents.

Features

Unlimited pages
Unlimited images
Unlimited Photo gallery
Unlimited Downloads, pdf, zip, word files, etc
And much more…

Further details will be released nearer the launch date.

All this will be for a one of cost, which will include hosting for the first year.