OpenInviter is an open source PHP class, written in PHP5, for importing contacts from most of the well-known e-mail providers & social networks.

Such an invite feature is great, specially when presented as optional, to gain new users/visitors to any service.

There are already ready to use integrations for:

• Wordpress
• Drupal
• Joomla
• phpBB & more.

OpenInviter supports:

• Gmail
• Windows Live
• Yahoo
• Mail.com
• Facebook
• Friendster
• hi5
• Linkedin
• Twitter
• Myspace & more..

Requirements: PHP5 & cURL or wget

Website: http://openinviter.com/

deploy* is an open source web application that enables you to create your web project framework with ease.

It lets you to choose the:

• XHTML document type
• CSS file (blank or with resets)
• jQuery to be included or not. If yes, ask for some popular plugins
• major directories like images, includes to be added

Once the link that creates to project framework is bookmarked, same framework can be created with just a click.

The idea itself is very nice: “instantly starting a project with the preferred structure“. If more libraries, CSS frameworks would be supported, it can become much more flexible (as it is open source, anyone can add these).

JavaFX is a rich client platform, integrated with Java Runtime, that you can create and deliver rich internet experiences.

It is the a combination of a scripting language: JavaFX Script, a rich client platform and set of tools for a productive and collaborative developer-designer workflow.

You can refer JavaFX as alternative for Flash & Silverlight.

JavaFX platform currently consists:

• NetBeans IDE 6.5 for JavaFX 1.0 (development environment)
• JavaFX 1.0 Production Suite (a set of tools & Photoshop & Illustrator pluging allowing graphics to be exported to JavaFX applications)

JavaFX can run on millions of devices including desktop, browsers, mobile devices & more as it requires Java Runtime which is ready on many environments.

Requirements: Java Runtime

Website: http://www.javafx.com/

Demo: http://www.javafx.com/samples

Revolver (Fast Image Rotation Engine) is an excellent open source solution that can display images in cyclical fashion. It is simple, versatile and ideal for displaying a portfolio as a photoblog or a simple image gallery.

Features:

• Is free and open source
• Controls start and stop playback
• Is simple and easy to install and configure
• Does not require database
• Occupies only 3k
• Allows images to future
• Background can also be customized in others

Website: http://www.tubatomic.com/revolver/

Demo: http://www.tubatomic.com/revolver/demo

One of the most used in the galleries that implements the library (library) Lightbox.

It is an interesting alternative to Lightbox since it has rounded edges and the overall appearance is somewhat different. This gallery is very easy to implement and is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.

Compatibility: All Major Browsers

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Web applications often require a calendar or date picker functionality. Whether it’s a web form that requests the user’s date of birth, a content management system that needs to display a calendar of events on a side column, or an application that charts data as a function of time – there’s never a short supply of demand for calendars or date pickers.

To write a custom solution yourself is one option, especially if you have the time, and your requirements can’t be met by freely available scripts. But if you’re the type that wants to save some time – check out these brilliant, free calendar and datepicker scripts available for download. You can use them for inspiration, incorporate them into your project as they are, or modify them to suit your needs.

Calendar: a Javascript class for Mootools

The Calendar class for mootools is a script that plugs into the mootools framework, providing you with an accessible, unobtrusive datepicker for your web forms.

The Calendar class gives you three navigation options: navigate by month, navigate by month or year, and static/no navigation. It supports multi-lingual and fancy date formatting features, and also allows you to restrict the range of available dates that the user can select. The script weighs at about 15KB compressed with the YUI compressor, but you can download the uncompressed version with the developer’s comments if you want to modify it or understand how it works.

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MooMonth

MooMonth is a full calendar application with smooth animation effects and is highly-customizable to your web application’s needs. Clicking on certain areas such as the day or event expands (or collapses) the area to focus on the particular date. It’s still in the alpha phase, but brief testing under Firefox 2, IE 7, and Safari 3 indicates that the current version works as intended.

Website: http://code.google.com/p/moomonth/

Download: http://code.google.com/p/moomonth/downloads/list

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Open Flash Gauges is a set of open source Flash files, supported with serverside connectors (ASP & PHP), to display any numeric data as gauges.

Gauges in the set are:

• Percentage
• Thermometer
• Dual
• Resource Meter
• Meter
• Status
• I/O
• Digital readout

There is also a pure JavaScript-Canvas gauge that uses MooTools & JSON as the data + a Flash gauge again uses MooTools & JSON presented in the website..

Website: http://www.darkartistry.com/content/view/129/48/

Demo: http://www.digitaldarknet.net/flash/

We can create javascript treeview component quickly with jsTree. It accepts various data sources including predefined HTML, JSON and XML. User can open, close, rename, create, delete nodes easily. jsTree supports drag & drop and multiple select as well. And also, jsTree supports easy CSS customization of icons, dots, background, fonts & sizes. So that you can create your own unique javascript treeview component easily.

Requirements: jQuery Framework

Website: http://www.jstree.com

Demo: http://www.jstree.com/jsTree/examples/

Create your own simple image gallery for your site with jQuery. jQuery makes creating simple interactive web pages a breeze. Use this easy to implement jQuery image gallery to show off your quality images using an interactive interface. This script uses the hover method on thumbnail images to show larger versions of the thumbnail.

Demo via: http://www.adamoliver.net/jquery-image-gallery

Download via: http://blog.adamoliver.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/jquery-gallery.zip

Requirements: http://www.jquery.com/

GoogieSpell is a spell checker that you can use in your own web-application.

GoogieSpell features:

• Support for around 27 languages
• Well tested and works on IE 5.5, IE 6.0, IE 7, FF 1.0+, Safari, Opera etc.
• Generic, extendable and easy to install
• AJAX based (without page-reloading)
• Used over 500.000 times on Orangoo Spell
• Lightweight (around 50 KB)
• Well documented
• With GoogieSpell Multiple it’s possible to spell check multiple text fields at once

Website: http://orangoo.com/labs/Main/

Demo: http://orangoo.com/labs/GoogieSpell/

Download: http://orangoo.com/labs/GoogieSpell/Download/

Documentation: http://orangoo.com/labs/GoogieSpell/Documentation/