Web Application Gallery makes life really easy for computer users to browser and install most popular ASP.net and PHP web applications on their local computer system. Users can browse and explore applications like online photo galleries, blog applications and content management applications built on ASP.net or PHP. The Web Application Gallery integrates with the Web Platform Installer 2.0, so that when a user clicks “Install” for an application, the Web Platform Installer 2.0 launches with context set on the user’s selection. This powerful combination of application discovery and simplified installation makes it easier than ever for community-based applications to run on Windows.
How to Browse and Install Web Applications?
Users can browse web applications from the Microsoft Web Application gallery Website.
Once the user clicks “Install”, the Web App Gallery detects if the Microsoft Web Platform Installer is present on the computer. If not, the Web App Gallery redirects the user to install the Microsoft Web Platform Installer. When the Web Platform Installer is on the computer, the user can select “Install” and the Web Platform Installer will launch to install the selected application.
The Web Platform Installer knows about the dependencies for each application in the Web Application Gallery. As a result, when the user installs an application, the Web Platform Installer also includes any required dependencies, such as PHP.
If you are installing the web platform installer 2.0 then you will see the complete list of web applications. All these web applications are completely free. When user select any web application, web platform installer 2.0 automatically install the pre-requisite windows and other components.
Following applications are currently available on Microsoft Web Application Gallery Website
DotNetNuke Community Edition
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DasBlog
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Gallery
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WordPress
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Acquia Drupal
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SilverStripe CMS
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BlogEngine.NET
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SubText
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Umbraco
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ScrewTurn Wiki
