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Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Ah well if you have access to a database then use it :)
> It'd be much easier than trying to store all your stuff in code
> somewhere.
>
> Do you know how to write scripts to interact with an SQL
> database? It's not very difficult to learn.
I'm afraid I don't know how =( but I'd really like to use a database.
I'm testing a new one now, suprisingly I got it to work. It's still not using a database =( but atleast it shows the advertisers their stats and lets me start and stop campaigns.
It also does lots of other stuff I dont need =S
> Ah well if you have access to a database then use it :)
> It'd be much easier than trying to store all your stuff in code
> somewhere.
>
> Do you know how to write scripts to interact with an SQL
> database? It's not very difficult to learn.
I'm afraid I don't know how =( but I'd really like to use a database.
I'm testing a new one now, suprisingly I got it to work. It's still not using a database =( but atleast it shows the advertisers their stats and lets me start and stop campaigns.
It also does lots of other stuff I dont need =S
Ah well if you have access to a database then use it :)
It'd be much easier than trying to store all your stuff in code somewhere.
Do you know how to write scripts to interact with an SQL database? It's not very difficult to learn.
It'd be much easier than trying to store all your stuff in code somewhere.
Do you know how to write scripts to interact with an SQL database? It's not very difficult to learn.
cjh wrote:
> Machie:
> "heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^".
>
> That one made me laugh :)
Yeah, Garin should be nicer to me =( especially after everything I've done for him. *pout*
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Hm, how do these scripts store their banner data? Is it hard
> coded into them or does it use an external database?
hard coded I believe.
> I imagine for scripts aimed at using a small number of banners
> they'd just be hard coded. I haven't really been following all
> the details of the epic journey of your website so apologies if
> I'm just repeating stuff you know, but if you want such a large
> number of rotation groups, (along with account based stats) it
> sounds like you'd be best off using a relational database (like
> a MySQL DB) to hold all the data and then PHP (or perl if you're
> really so anti PHP :P) to get it all out and deal with the
> processing and such.
Yes you're right, I really need to be using a MySQL database. I'm on a shared server at the moment, but I should have everything I need as I'm paying £18 a month for it. I've got 8 MySQL database that are unfortunately gathering dust.
When the time comes I'll move to a dedicated server which is likely to eat up most of my budget.
I'm not really anti PHP =) I tried learning it, but I gave up. Plus most of my other scripts are in Perl.
> Machie:
> "heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^".
>
> That one made me laugh :)
Yeah, Garin should be nicer to me =( especially after everything I've done for him. *pout*
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Hm, how do these scripts store their banner data? Is it hard
> coded into them or does it use an external database?
hard coded I believe.
> I imagine for scripts aimed at using a small number of banners
> they'd just be hard coded. I haven't really been following all
> the details of the epic journey of your website so apologies if
> I'm just repeating stuff you know, but if you want such a large
> number of rotation groups, (along with account based stats) it
> sounds like you'd be best off using a relational database (like
> a MySQL DB) to hold all the data and then PHP (or perl if you're
> really so anti PHP :P) to get it all out and deal with the
> processing and such.
Yes you're right, I really need to be using a MySQL database. I'm on a shared server at the moment, but I should have everything I need as I'm paying £18 a month for it. I've got 8 MySQL database that are unfortunately gathering dust.
When the time comes I'll move to a dedicated server which is likely to eat up most of my budget.
I'm not really anti PHP =) I tried learning it, but I gave up. Plus most of my other scripts are in Perl.
Hm, how do these scripts store their banner data? Is it hard coded into them or does it use an external database?
I imagine for scripts aimed at using a small number of banners they'd just be hard coded. I haven't really been following all the details of the epic journey of your website so apologies if I'm just repeating stuff you know, but if you want such a large number of rotation groups, (along with account based stats) it sounds like you'd be best off using a relational database (like a MySQL DB) to hold all the data and then PHP (or perl if you're really so anti PHP :P) to get it all out and deal with the processing and such.
I imagine for scripts aimed at using a small number of banners they'd just be hard coded. I haven't really been following all the details of the epic journey of your website so apologies if I'm just repeating stuff you know, but if you want such a large number of rotation groups, (along with account based stats) it sounds like you'd be best off using a relational database (like a MySQL DB) to hold all the data and then PHP (or perl if you're really so anti PHP :P) to get it all out and deal with the processing and such.
Machie:
"heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^".
That one made me laugh :)
"heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^".
That one made me laugh :)
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Such a hassle :P
heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^
> I don't really know what you mean by letting people see how well
> it's doing, but it shouldn't be that hard to mod it to allow
> start and finish dates.
Well to be honest all I need is to create one or two hundred "rotation groups" where I can submit up to 4 banners in each one and have them rotate. I have a script that can do that, though I'm not sure if it could handle that many rotation groups.
What would really help me, is if I could have these banners start and stop when I want. It would also be wonderful if the advertisers can login and see the stats of their banner. (800 impressions, 92 click throughs so far) If they have more than one banner, then they can have several accounts.
That's pretty much all I need to do. Alot of these scripts I'm finding do far more things then I actually need. Or worse, they wont allow me to have more than one or two rotation groups.
I need lots of rotation groups because I'd make more money selling ads for different parts of my site instead of over the entire site =) Like having banners for French holidays appearing on my pages for learning Mandarin.
Don't suppose you know any perl programers who'll work for a pittance do you Bob? =)
> Such a hassle :P
heh, Garin says that to me all the time ^^
> I don't really know what you mean by letting people see how well
> it's doing, but it shouldn't be that hard to mod it to allow
> start and finish dates.
Well to be honest all I need is to create one or two hundred "rotation groups" where I can submit up to 4 banners in each one and have them rotate. I have a script that can do that, though I'm not sure if it could handle that many rotation groups.
What would really help me, is if I could have these banners start and stop when I want. It would also be wonderful if the advertisers can login and see the stats of their banner. (800 impressions, 92 click throughs so far) If they have more than one banner, then they can have several accounts.
That's pretty much all I need to do. Alot of these scripts I'm finding do far more things then I actually need. Or worse, they wont allow me to have more than one or two rotation groups.
I need lots of rotation groups because I'd make more money selling ads for different parts of my site instead of over the entire site =) Like having banners for French holidays appearing on my pages for learning Mandarin.
Don't suppose you know any perl programers who'll work for a pittance do you Bob? =)
Machie wrote:
> Actually I forgot I would have to change all the files to .php
> which I'm not keen on. =(
Such a hassle :P
>
> I have a good perl script at the moment, but it would be nice if
> it did more. Like let clients see how well the banner is doing.
> Oh and to be able to choose when campaigns start and finish.
I don't really know what you mean by letting people see how well it's doing, but it shouldn't be that hard to mod it to allow start and finish dates.
> Actually I forgot I would have to change all the files to .php
> which I'm not keen on. =(
Such a hassle :P
>
> I have a good perl script at the moment, but it would be nice if
> it did more. Like let clients see how well the banner is doing.
> Oh and to be able to choose when campaigns start and finish.
I don't really know what you mean by letting people see how well it's doing, but it shouldn't be that hard to mod it to allow start and finish dates.
Bob_The_Moose wrote:
> Yes Machie I'm curious to try Vista to see what's new and stuff.
> I can't really allocate the space for it right now without
> extensively changing my entire disk partition setup though I
> intend to in the future. However, I doubt I will be buying a
> copy ;)
Don't want to give Bill anymore of your money huh? ^^ heh not sure when or if I'll upgrade. If I do, hopefully they'll have fixed any major problems.
> What's this script going to do exactly, Machie? Does it just
> choose an ad/banner at random on the page load? I don't know
> anything about ASP but you could certainly do that easily with
> PHP
Actually I forgot I would have to change all the files to .php which I'm not keen on. =(
I have a good perl script at the moment, but it would be nice if it did more. Like let clients see how well the banner is doing. Oh and to be able to choose when campaigns start and finish.
The one that does all that and I tried installing, still doesnt work =( I might try and email the guy.
Aiyaah, it's 2007 not 1997, I shouldnt have so much problems finding a good script.
> Yes Machie I'm curious to try Vista to see what's new and stuff.
> I can't really allocate the space for it right now without
> extensively changing my entire disk partition setup though I
> intend to in the future. However, I doubt I will be buying a
> copy ;)
Don't want to give Bill anymore of your money huh? ^^ heh not sure when or if I'll upgrade. If I do, hopefully they'll have fixed any major problems.
> What's this script going to do exactly, Machie? Does it just
> choose an ad/banner at random on the page load? I don't know
> anything about ASP but you could certainly do that easily with
> PHP
Actually I forgot I would have to change all the files to .php which I'm not keen on. =(
I have a good perl script at the moment, but it would be nice if it did more. Like let clients see how well the banner is doing. Oh and to be able to choose when campaigns start and finish.
The one that does all that and I tried installing, still doesnt work =( I might try and email the guy.
Aiyaah, it's 2007 not 1997, I shouldnt have so much problems finding a good script.
Digitrader wrote:
> I use XP Pro and had a hard disk change, and graphics card change
> and had to phone and re registar my copy Pro that said I have
> formatted my PC many times now and its no trouble to re
> activate, and its a free call.
Yeah, I know it's supposedly easy to do so but that's not really the point. It's the whole attitude. You shouldn't have to phone up Microsoft for permission to upgrade your hardware. You said you're using Pro, though, I note. My problems were with Home.
Yes Machie I'm curious to try Vista to see what's new and stuff. I can't really allocate the space for it right now without extensively changing my entire disk partition setup though I intend to in the future. However, I doubt I will be buying a copy ;)
What's this script going to do exactly, Machie? Does it just choose an ad/banner at random on the page load? I don't know anything about ASP but you could certainly do that easily with PHP
> I use XP Pro and had a hard disk change, and graphics card change
> and had to phone and re registar my copy Pro that said I have
> formatted my PC many times now and its no trouble to re
> activate, and its a free call.
Yeah, I know it's supposedly easy to do so but that's not really the point. It's the whole attitude. You shouldn't have to phone up Microsoft for permission to upgrade your hardware. You said you're using Pro, though, I note. My problems were with Home.
Yes Machie I'm curious to try Vista to see what's new and stuff. I can't really allocate the space for it right now without extensively changing my entire disk partition setup though I intend to in the future. However, I doubt I will be buying a copy ;)
What's this script going to do exactly, Machie? Does it just choose an ad/banner at random on the page load? I don't know anything about ASP but you could certainly do that easily with PHP
Maybe people don't want to do them in perl anymore. So that leaves me with PHP and ASP.
Which should I go for? I know some of you are PHPers =)
Which should I go for? I know some of you are PHPers =)
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