A quick guide to selecting, installing, and finding hosting for php apps to help libraries build great platforms.

1. OpenSource for Libraries
A guide to selection and installation
of opensource web apps

2. Roy Degler
Digital Services Librarian
Oklahoma State University
roy.degler@okstate.edu

3. Topics
•Selection
• Installation

4. Selection
• opensourcecms.com
• Softaculous

5. Select at least three (3)
• Which matches your preferences!
• Community/Support
• Modification
• Themes
• Functions

6. Types of apps
• CMS’s • Social Networking
• Blogs • Mailing Lists
• Forums • Polls/Surveys
• Wikis • GroupWare
• Calendars • Ecommerce
• LMS’s • Support

7. Be Creative
• Don’t limit yourself!
• Think what you want, then adapt it!

8. Sample ideas
Select an app w/ RSS feeds to
display hours and news!
Create a FAQ with a forum
...

9. Installation

10. Auto Installation
• Softaculous
• Installatron
• Fantastico

11. Relax and enjoy
• Auto Update Scripts
• Backups before update
• Easy and Quick

12. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Unzip and FTP to server.
Upload zip and expand on the
server.

13. Create a database
phpMyAdmin
MySQL
cpanel DB Wizard

14. Follow the instructions

15. Don’t have a server??
• Ask OneNet (you might have a web server)
• Shared Hosting ($3-10/mon.)
• webhostingtalk.com
• Get a Domain Name (~$10/year)