Ampoliros Application Server

                       http://www.ampoliros.com



                         AMPOLIROS INFORMATION
                         =====================



General information
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Ampoliros is an advanced and easy to use distributed PHP Web
applications platform, featuring a powerful Xml-Rpc and Soap interface.

It is suitable as an Internet/Intranet development and deployment
system. It has a very strong modular architecture and allows very fast
deployment of web solutions.


Features
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- Web interface. The first standard Ampoliros interface is the web
administration system.

- Xml interface for Web Services. The second Ampoliros standard interface
is the remote procedures one, through XML. The platform provides
interface for XmlRpc and Soap calls.

- Centralized sites administration. Creation, editing and remotion of the
sites can be done through a single interface.

- Centralized applications administration. Installation, update and
remotion of the applications (called "modules" in Ampoliros
terminology) can be done through a single interface.

- Extensibility of platform functions. Platform functions can be extended
through external modules and hooks.

- Extreme modularity. The whole platform is designed with modularity in
mind.

- Interaction between the applications. Every application can interact
with the other applications, through API calls, hooks, remote
procedures. The platform also provides dependencies support between
applications.

- Immediate installation and update of applications. To install an
application in the platform you only need to upload the application
file through a modules administration page. The same applies for the
update of already installed applications.

- Install applications once - use many times. When installing an
application, it can be enabled to all platform sites without
reinstalling it.

- Easy installation and immediate update of the platform. Since Ampoliros
itself is a module, it has all of modules properties and can be updated
like any other module with a single step.

- Separation of code and presentation. Application interface is
programmed with a dedicated library of functions; no HTML in code.

- Use of open standards and technologies. Ampoliros follow open standards
like SQL, XML, XML-RPC, Soap and no proprietary formats are introduced.

- Open licensing. Ampoliros is licensed with the Gnu Public License
(GPL).

- Localization support. Ampoliros supports country and language
localization, both on platform and applications levels.

- Context sensitive help. The system provides online help.

- Database abstraction. The platform provides an extensible database
abstraction layer. Current available interfaces: PostgreSQL and MySQL.

- Written in PHP language. Ampoliros is written in PHP, a language born
and specifically designed for the web.

- Cross platform. Being written in PHP language, Ampoliros can be
installed in every operating system where PHP has been ported.


License
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Ampoliros is released under the GPL license. See the file named LICENSE.


Requirements
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Serverside:
    A web server with PHP 4.3 support and a SQL server supported by Ampoliros.
    Read INSTALL file for more information.

Clientside:
    A web browser with HTML 4.0 and CSS support.

See the file named INSTALL for more details.


Installation
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See the file named INSTALL.


Additional Information
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Ampoliros official home page:
    http://www.ampoliros.com/

Ampoliros latest distribution:
    http://www.ampoliros.com/en/dl/download.php
    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21115

Ampoliros IRC channel:
    #ampoliros on irc.openprojects.net

Ampoliros mailing lists:
    none at the moment

Solarix official home page:
    http://www.solarix.it/

Ampoliros page at Solarix site:
    http://www.solarix.it/prodotti/ampoliros/

To submit a bug report:
    send an email to info@ampoliros.com

To submit a support request:
    send an email to info@ampoliros.com


Disclaimer
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There is no warranty, expressed or implied, associated with this product.
Use at your own risk.