Well if you’ve looked at Namepros today, you should have noticed that there has been a big change, mainly in the design. Instead of the nice-looking, blue design that everyone has got used to, there is now a bright, ugly looking change to the site, which doesn’t look anything near to how good it was.

Not only is the site very bright, but its completely full of advertisements, specifically to one website. Ricklatona.com. Like me, a lot of people didn’t know who this person was, but it seems that he seems a lot of websites at cheap prices, and has made a big name for himself in the domain industry.

Now, what I, and a lot of other people wanted to know is, why this change? Some people thought that Namepros had been taken over, and it certainly looks like it has. According to one of the main members on that forum though, this change is only a “sponsorship” from Rick and he hasn’t taken it over.

Rick Latona has a lot of money to spend, and lets just hope this isn’t just the start of a future-takeover, because if it is, he may not be as involved as the current owners.

As promised, here are the three free scripts for today:

Document Manager - This script uses PHP to provide you with a great interface to a MySQL server that allows you to store and retrieve documents and to share those documents between users. In addition, the system uses ACL (Access Control Lists) to grant access rights to documents on a per-user basis. It allows you to distribute project documentation on a need-to-know basis, whilst keeping a central repository of documents that is accessible to all team members and easy to manage.

Photo Gallery - This script is a tool for posting customizable, template based galleries, by simply uploading images to the server the script is running on. The script scans the directory you point it to (via a query string), and then it stores the list of images it retrieves in an array that is POSTED from page to page as the user moves through the gallery. This method of file-list-passing makes this script significantly more efficient than gallery tools that scan image directories each time they generate a page.

Anchor Tag Creator - This nifty little script pre-processes HTML before displaying it to the browser locating user-defined keywords in the HTML string (or plain text for that matter), and subsequently replacing the keywords with anchor tags of user-defined URL’s. Pre-defined ‘template’ anchor tags are available for Google.com searches or Dictionary.com lookups. This script takes care that no replacement inside an HTML tag is made and also avoids matching keywords which were found inside of a pre-existing anchor tag’s text. With this script your website visitors experiences are enhanced by providing links to dictionary definitions, web searches or any user-defined URL’s. And what’s even better is that web content developers are provided with a simple way to link keywords without having to manually create all those anchor tags.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow for the next 3 scripts.

As promised, here are the three free scripts for today:

Web FTP - This tool can be used to access FTP sites from behind any firewall or proxy. Simply enter the server name (e.g. ftp.ebay.com), username and password or click the anonymous button and enter your e-mail address. The script will make a FTP connection from the server it is running from. When the file is fetched from the FTP server, it will send it to the browser via the HTTP protocol.

Watermark - This script aims to provide a simple way of marking an image with a digital “watermark” to prevent unauthorized use. It is implemented as a PHP class and should be usable inside most PHP scripts. Images are accepted either as a filename or as a reference to a PHP resource.

eCards - This script is a PHP-based eCard system that is easy to setup and use. The simple Administration Console allows the administrator to upload images (JPEG’s or GIF’s), add eCard categories, and modify existing settings - no more messing with HTML or PHP to get your eCard site up and running and comes with a nice looking template design to close the deal.

We look forward to seeing you again tomorrow for the next 3 scripts.