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Noah's Classifieds: Open Source PHP Application

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When a client requested a sophisticated e-commerce site for the sale of used landscaping and tree service equipment, the first decision I had to make was whether to build a new system from the ground up, which would require a great deal of PHP and MySQL programming skills -- or locate, install, and configure an existing PHP application (preferably open source).

I finally decided on finding a PHP open source solution. I learned that the general type of software I was looking for was generally referred to as classified advertising apps. My web hosting service has quite a few applications which can be installed automatically -- at the touch of a button,, generally -- via SimpleScripts, and the only software in this category was called Noah's Classifieds.

Unfortunately but expectedly, the version of Noah's Classifieds available for free from my web hosting service was an introductory version with most tweaking choices made unavailable. A little digging reveals that the full version of Noah's cost about $200.

I also found out -- later than I should have -- that Noah's Classifieds gets pretty average reviews, and that installation of Noah's is not quite as simple as some would lead one to believe. However, my search for an alternative was not very productive and I did not want to take on the challenge of building this application from scratch.

Since I needed to compile all the decent online Noah's resources I could find anyway, I decided to publish these resources here on the BestWeb Nashville website. If you are reading this now, then you are probably on the hunt for just that. Good luck with your Noah's experience.

Noah's Classifieds: General Resources

Noah's Classifieds: Installation

Noah's Classifieds: Forums

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