phpadds, anyone using it?
 

http://phpadsnew.com/two/

looks a great script, just what im after, anyone using it, love to hear some feedback, looks great for a free script

GreenguyandJim is using it :)

I use it on my link list, it's a very good script.

Do a search on the board for it as there has been a few threads about it. :)

cool thanks guys, will do a search now.

There is an option that makes it much faster. We are using it on the board and once all php includes are done on all the pages, they will include the better code.

Could someone that knows what's what about phpads answer me these questions three?

Should someone with minimal server admin experience (namely, me) attempt to install phpads.

What are the implications of using it to serve ads on multiple domains on a single server. Can it be done, and how much does it effect server speed. I'm talking about a lot of domains here.

What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Thanks
SS

Well it has an auto install its easy as 123 all ya need is a mysql data base :)

As far as using it on other domains as long as they are on the same server but the jury is still out on it. :(

**smack me**
Still using the older version from last year..
what's the option that makes it faster?????

I use it across domains without problems.

You have to use the JavaScript option if you are going to use it across domains. Seems the JavaScript slows down the page loading. It really hasn't been a problem for me, but maybe it is because I never use more then about 3 insertions per page.

Also as MML said it is pretty much a self setup, but you do need to add a maintenance crontab. Very simple to do, but you do need Telnet or SSH access to your server for this.

Is there something else Jim that you found to speed it up or was it just not using the JavaScript option?

OK, I'm convinced. I read over the documentation too and it doesn't look that bad. I'll give it a try.

Thanks for the advice.

What do you mean? An African or European swallow?

:)

Huh? I... I don't know that! Auuuuuuuugh!

:)

mind sharing with us what the option is to speed this script up?

There are four different delivery options for displaying the banners. For best performance ALWAYS using "local delivery"

How do know so much about swallows?

:)

Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.

If you can :(

DoubleP was trying to help me set mine up that way but it didn't seem to work so I have had to use the java version :(

In the manual it says that local mode can only be used on php files or files that are 'parsed with php' - (which means nothing to me... yet - lol) and mine are on html or cgi so I assumed that was why...

It seems to make a massive difference to the speed for me, even with only two instances per page... same host as Cleo too! (Unless you're on a dedicated server of course...) so I haven't used it as much as I wanted to - shame because I could really use it right now!

You can setup your server to parse/read the PHP code inside of an .html file. Your SysAdmin should know how to set that up.

Much better than using javascript. :)

ChristyB
Just name your files .php instead of .html.

This looks pretty cool, but I've never used mySql before. I have a dedicated box at Candid so I assume I have mysql installed, but do I need to set something up, or configure something, or what? Is it something I can do or does the host have to do it for me?

help, I'm a mysql newbie |confused|

ChristyB,

heres a great little trick that will save your life. Put the following line of code in your .htaccess file

AddType application/x-httpd-php .html .htm

after this the server will parce the php code in your html pages

will work on all servers using apache. if it doesn't work talk to your admin.

to test it just put this line of code in your html file as it



it will give you your server info if the .htaccess is correct

Thank you for the suggestions:

Cleo - Unfortunately that isn't an option I can use :(

{fusion} - I tried that & the server went nuts (it was was launching a local page every time I opened a web page or something equally weird) - lol - I've a feeling they don't use apache :(

best to message the support, bet they will have a nerd that will sort it out for you :)

Setting it to the fastest delivery method is easy except when trying to do it with vBulletin. You need to put a hack in vBulletin to get it to work.

Get someone that knows what they are doing to set it up for you. And, when you use the faster method, you can't use it across domains.

I don't use any javascript and I run it across several domains.

Under allowed Invocation types just check Allow Remote Invocation. That will run normal banners. The box below says Allow Remote Invocation for Javascript and I don't have that one checked.

Works fine for me this way.

OMG, I just checked that, left the other one checked as well, and grabbed new codes for the Zines that load across the top of this page. http://kinky-cleo.com/ I wonder what the downside is to doing it this way? It does seem to load a lot faster. :)

This script is amazing, but damn it has a plethora of bewildering options.

1) Yes
2) Yes....Doesn't effect server speed much at all. I serve over 100,000 ads/day on http://www.RateNudePeople.com with 2 ads.
3) 95mph

Update, the non JavaScript doesn't seem to work with html banners, only images, so this option wouldn't work at my link list since almost all my ads are html ads so I guess that is the downside to this type of invocation.

With the regular banners across other domains, I would think none. You are just hotlinking your banner with the link pointed at your script which it redirects.

To make sure it's the fastest, make sure that you have it set to use the cache and move all banners from the database into a folder.

oh, that stinks! I only use banners not the html ads.

Cleo, if you really want to do that, it looks like you can check the box for Allow Invocation By Frames and it will use an I Frame to display on your page. Not sure about it exactly but it's in the documentation. I'm sure you could play with and get it to work the way you want.

I wonder what this is like to use "Allow Remote Invocation using XML-RPC". I've never worked with XML.

I frames don't seem to resize to fit the ad, maybe because the ad is in a 100% table.

I remember when I first got phpads I sat down with the manual printed out and used JavaScript because that was the option that worked with html ads.

Faster is always better, but it seems ok on my sites as long as I only do a few banners on my sites. Then again JavaScript runs really fast on my computer so maybe I should check my stuff on other hardware.

Still playing (ok hitting it with a stick) around with this.

Redo htaccess to include php.

Contact admin to set up db and crontab.

db crash, add another 4 solid days to re add all the lost ads (my fault).

Remove ALL SSI includes because you can't have SSI and PHP on the same pages.

If you have a lot of different ads on the same page, ie 3 different bbw sponsor ads (with text below) on the same page, it's a real resource hog.

With All the pop up free ISPs out there (that simply block javascript) I won't ever use that option to cross domains.

Would I recommend it? Yes, given you know the pitfalls.
What would be better? something written in C++ and FREE :)

Until then, this will have to make do.

I always get somebody else to intall my scripts. In the 9 million hours you spend dicking around with permissions and chmod - you could be tweaking your pages to make money.

I serve all of my adds with a javascript banner rotater, but I put a twist on it where I serve hotlinked html snippets onto the pages, so I rarely have any server slowdowns beause it's not pulling off the html for the banners.

Every banner I show comes off a script. There's nothing like quickly being able to reroute all of your traffic by twaeking the bannerserver. It makes you life much easier.

Oh yeah - is that an African or a European swallow?