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Article Script Thoughts

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:03:22 +0000 - Things have been busy on the article directory script front! I am having fun with the ArticleMS script and I got feed up with the Article Exchange madness. I had put up two installations of the Article Exchange directory. The developer was hosting the articles on his server but I suspect that he ran into [...]

Modding Templates

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:42:25 +0000 - I have been working with the ArticleMS article directory script. I have installed it on several sites to date. I decided to adapt it for use on my Mixer in a Box site so that I could invite user reports. The script will work well for this application as it is designed as a browser [...]

Toe Tapping Time

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:34:38 +0000 - I have added two more niche article directories. These two and one of my previous sites are signed up with a couple of article delivery services. The first site had received a few articles from one of the delivery services, but when I went to sign up for my second directory I noticed that the [...]

The Sound Articles Directory

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:02:03 +0000 - I have added one more instance of the ArticleMS script to my collection. I established the Sound Articles section on the Mixing Live Sound site. So far there is a link in the top nav bar to get to that area of the site. I will add an RSS feed of the article summaries to [...]

The Plateau

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:51:51 +0000 - I have fussed with the ArticleMS script a good bit. I am beginning to find my way around without too much difficulty. With some hints from the forum I am making some progress. I am to the point that I feel I can continue with a few more installations. I would state my position as [...]

Climbing the Learning Curve

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:09:11 +0000 - I am still working with the ArticleMS script. This is pulling me a bit deeper into php.  I have been using php includes on most of my sites for quite some time. I have now been introduced to a couple of php functions. There are two function calls (I think that is the term) that [...]

An Article Directory and a Wiki

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:00:39 +0000 - I played with my new article script enough that I got fairly comfortable with its use. I went ahead and installed it on two of my domains. There is still a lot of work to do, but the script is installed and working. I had an instance of the article exchange script on The World [...]

ArticleMS Test Bed Install Linked

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 19:45:46 +0000 - This is just a quick post to mention that the test bed installation of the ArticleMS article directory is now officially open for business. I added a link to the site nav on my articles.heresthesite.com home page. Primarily this is to let the bots find the installation. I am continuing testing and tweaking the design [...]

ArticleMS

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:42:26 +0000 - I found an open source article directory script while checking search results for a paid script. I have been using a script on a site and a test site that is offered free, but contains many affiliate links for the developer. In addition the script is all encrypted so little can be done with it. [...]

Web Development Trivia

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:39:20 +0000 - I have begun using channels with AdSense to better understand the relationships between ad position and clicks. There has been another instructive piece of information that I have learned from the exercise. I had noticed before that Google bypassed a splash page when sending visitors to a two page site. The splash page is the [...]