Open Source Development

Open source technology has changed the way the world looks at software applications and development. The collaborative nature of open source programs ensures that there is natural evolution and rapid development of constant cutting edge solutions.  Much more than the typical proprietary applications on the market that tends to be less cost effective and usually require expensive license models.

Most open source solutions require minimum infrastructure and offer a true opportunity to develop cost effective solutions quickly. We at Xeneq offer personalised Open Source Web development services to our clients spread across the globe. Our team of professional developers and programmers build websites using various tools like Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal, Magento, Zen-Cart or X-Cart. All the solutions are customised to suit the individual requirements of every customer.

Joomla is an (Free) open source content management system (CMS) to build website for publishing the content on World Wide Web and intranets. Joomla is written in PHP with MYSQL database and includes features such as page caching, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, search, and support for multilingual.

It is a high-end open source tool that facilitates development and publishing of blogs using platforms powered by PHP and MySQL. The tool usually allows customising the blog into a Content Management System. Enriched with specialised features like plug-in architecture, template processors and a web template system it allows the user to switch between the pre-designed templates or install customised templates.

Drupal is one another open source tool that allows the user to develop, publish and maintain/manage a website or a blog. Distributed under General Public License, it is available absolutely free of cost to everyone. The license ensures that anyone can download it and use it to develop and design their websites or to create unique spaces on the web. The tool is written in PHP and at present is used worldwide for developing almost 1.5% of all the websites.

Developed by Varien (now Magento Inc.) Magento is an e-commerce based open source website application. It offers completely flexible solutions and facilitates the user to have an absolute control on the look, content and functionality of the e-commerce website. The tool has pre-designed template system that can be integrated into your websites or can be customised as per the requirements. Web pages designed using Magento are created in SEO friendly code and thus gain high rankings in search engines like Google.

However, the only version of Magento that is free of cost is Magento Community Edition. All other versions of Magento are offered at some price.

Zen-cart is a PHP based open source online store management system that uses MySQL database and HTML components. The tool is freely available under GPL that is General Public License and can be used by anyone. Programmers can easily select amongst the variety of templates available in the Template System that is largely CSS-based or can install their own personalised template. Enriched with attractive features Zen-Cart is the most powerful open source platform for online store development at present.

X-cart is another PHP based open source software that is trusted by many for developing shopping carts. The tool provides administrator area and installation wizard to set up and maintain shopping cart with complete ease. Anyone can use the Template System and make changes to the look, theme, colour combinations, content as well as the functionality of the shopping cart to meet the custom requirements. Depending on the server configuration the tool may allow cart to run with 500,000 products.

It is an open source management system that allows the user to administer or manage web aspects like page creation, content, layout and protection of both intranet and extranet websites. The tool is based on Microsoft ASP.Net technology and is distributed under Community Edition BSD-style license as well as Commercial Proprietary License. It offers variety of skins, language packs, data providers and pre-designed templates that facilitate the user to design and develop a website that may suit to their personalised requirements. What else? The tool is completely free of cost!

: It is highly practical and stable shopping cart. NOP Commerce is one of the best open source e-commerce solutions that are available absolutely free. Built on Microsoft ASP.Net technology, it facilitates merchants to get started with selling goods on internet. It offers complete freedom to create, publish and control the functionality of your shopping cart.