Archive for the 'General' Category

Link Vault Setup Code Update 1.3.06-5052709

Friday, May 27th, 2005

This is a beta release 1.3.06-5052709 of the php Link Vault setup code that uses the fsockopen() function instead of the fopen() function to access the Link Vault server.
To try it out, you’ll have to edit the following two lines of code at the top of the file to include your Link Vault settings, and […]

Deleting Expired Announcements in phpWebsite

Sunday, May 8th, 2005

phpWebsite announcements have an expiration date used to determine when to stop displaying them. After they stop displaying, the announcements simply remain in the database until they are deleted manually. This is my solution to delete expired announcements automatically.
Rather than include something in the phpWebsite code that checks for expired records every time […]

Improved phpWebsite speed with cache_page module

Thursday, April 28th, 2005

After using the the cache_page module for over a week on the City of Rolfe website, I new it was faster, but hadn’t done suitable testing to find out how much faster. When I finally took the time for testing, I was quite pleased with the result. Under normal server load, pages served from […]

cache_page - phpWebSite page level cache module

Monday, April 18th, 2005

cache_page uses php output buffering to capture the output of phpWebSite and store it in a cache in the files/cache_page/cache directory. Pages are identified based on the request_uri. The next time the same request_uri is received, the stored page will be served from the cache instead of being dynamically generated by phpwebsite.
See a […]

Google AutoLink, Enhancing User Experience or Stealing Traffic?

Sunday, March 6th, 2005

This overview of what people are saying about Google AutoLinks compiled by kuro5hin.org (via Phil) presents many different points of view.

From what I see, it’s not so much about modifying the content as fiddling with traffic. I have a right to direct the traffic that comes to my website as I see fit.

I’ve seen some people compare AutoLinks to having a butler that anticipates your needs and finds information for you just in case you might want to use it. I think a better analogy is comparing a website to a store and your website traffic to people in your store.

Logging Clicks to Detect Click Fraud

Wednesday, January 19th, 2005

AffTrack – Insurance Against Click Fraud
AffTrack is a free GPL php script to help track outgoing affiliate clicks and incoming pay-per-click (PPC) advertising.
Click fraud is not just people like the Texas-based company in this article that created web sites specifically designed to generate false clicks on your PPC ads. It’s also affiliate programs […]