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Old 2004-08-09, 09:06 AM   #17
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Here is a minor update on the lack of progress I have made. PHPlinks ran without bugs on my webserver, but I installed on my home machine and it is glitchy as all hell. It has to be run with globals on, which is no-no for many hosts. Plus there are tons of other 'minor' errors. If you turn off some of the error reporting in PHP, it works. But how many hosts run PHP with all error reporting off?

Here is the golden question? Would a dumbed down free link list script serve this community well, or would it just steal business from those who work hard to create good scripts? There are several free TGP scripts, which is why there are thousands of TGPs with 50 hits a day. At least those free TGP scripts go for the upsell with a more adorned version.

I'm sure I can eek out something by manipulating a few os scripts, but it certainly won't have the functionality of a purchased ll script. And frankly, I'm beginning to believe that it shouldn't. Don't get me wrong, I am all for open source. But I'm not sure the adult community would like to see a hundred new link lists day, each one slowly thinning out the the good traffic currently held by the big guys.

What are you opinions?
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