VConsole is a web based application that is used to create rich Web 2.0 data management applications. (Important: VConsole is NOT for building dynamic websites. It is designed to build rich web 2.0 data management applications.)

It used to be that if you wanted to build a web based data management application, you had to write tons of code and do tons of testing in order to get things to work or do what you wanted. Believe me, writing a web based application that was actually useful has never been easy. That is, not until now! The concept for VConsole is relatively simple. You simply install the software, create your application(s), and then allow users to login and use them. Users simply login to VConsole and then gain access to all the management modules that you (as a developer) create for them (or that they have permission to). So what type of modules are we talking about? Well, managing data from a database is what VConsole does best so your end users can manage any data that can be contained in a database. One example is that they can manage contacts or sales leads, or maybe inventory or invoices, you name it. You can actually manage an entire business using VConsole. And because data is tightly integrated in VConsole, you can design an application that virtually eliminates copy / paste and / or procedures that are vulnerable to user error.

VConsole takes care of a lot of things for you so that you do not have to worry about anything except creating your management modules. Remember, just about anything can be created and integrated into VConsole. You are limited only by your imagination. Here are some ideas that can be created for VConsole rather quickly

• Image manipulation tools
• Time management tools
• WYSIWYG website manipulation tools
• Accounting tools
• Client tracking, asset tracking, any type of tracking
• HR job posting and online application tools
• Document library management
• MORE!!!

The one thing that you need to know is that VConsole has lots of built in functions and tools to help you build your application. Everything from XML data handling to image manipulation are already built into the back end. Also, a complete front end GUI (Graphical User Interface) is already built for you. You just have to call the appropriate functions in your PHP code.

Plus, if you use Dreamweaver®, there is a "VConsole Developer Tools" extension that contains code coloring, code hints, and tons of dialog boxes that basically create your application for you. Building rich data management applications has never been easier.

By default, VConsole doesn't do much. It is more of a web application framework that allows you to build custom data management modules. Here are some of the things that VConsole does do out of the box, before you even do any development.

• Favorite modules - The user is able to add any module to their favorites. They are then able to manage their favorites by sorting, ordering them or organizing them to meet their needs.
• Password Management - Any user can change their own password.
• Profile Management - Any user can update their own profile or personal information.
• Branding - (Optional) You (as the developer) can brand VConsole by changing the page title, logo, logo url, company, and skin. And since the skin files are CSS based, changing the look and feel is relatively straight forward.
• User management - Enjoy a fully featured user manager utility to manage VConsole logins. You can create, modify, delete, enable, and disable users and you even have advanced capabilities like Assume the Identity of a user, and manage group membership.
• Group Management - Create and manage groups and easily assign permissions to your groups so that you can tightly control what they can and can't do in the VConsole. When you create your own modules, you can easily create permissions for your modules that integrate into the group manager module.
• Account Management - Manage and modify accounts. Accounts are just a logical grouping of users. Accounts can be created in a hierarchical manner.

From here on, you simply build your own modules. Have fun.....