Anyone Want To Test New ad_network.php Code?

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  1. #1
    This morning, I've been working on some new ad_network.php code. This changes a couple things...

    • If the ad server is not available (for whatever reason), it waits 15 minutes before trying again. This will prevent what happened this morning where sites were slow because they were trying to get a new ad over and over.

    • Some basic parameters are dynamic, rather than hard-coded. This includes things like:

      • Number of ads to cache
      • Time to wait before getting a new ad and dropping the oldest
      • Minimum time between getting a new ad (this really only applies on the initial cache fill up)

    This should not require a flush of the ad_network_ads.txt file or anything other than a replacement of the ad_network.php file.

    If anyone wants to try it, feel free (it's what's available on the setup page now) and let me know if you find anything weird by chance (I'm already running it on my sites).
     
    digitalpoint, Dec 28, 2004 IP
  2. schlottke

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    #2
    Seems to have updated fine with mine.
     
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  3. ResaleBroker

    ResaleBroker Active Member

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    Seems to be working fine here too.
     
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  4. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #4
    If you look in the beginning of your ad_network_ads.txt file, do you see a few parameters? The dynamic stuff is saved to the beginning of the file. Just want to make sure...
     
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    #5
    Mine looks like this:

    1104268647|216.9.35.51|us82jsdd|400|900|4|<a href="http://www.marketingprinciples.com" />Small Business Marketing</a><ad_break>
     
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  6. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #6
    Good... that's what it should look like.

    Also, I made an update to it just now. I found a problem where if the ad server wasn't available it sets all the parameters to 0 (which is not very useful of course). So if you could update yours again, it would be ideal. :)
     
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    Done. Still looking good.:)
     
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  8. Homer

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    #8
    Just updated now. Seems OK. However I am now displaying text banners as well as text links. I wasn't before the update :confused:


    John
     
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  9. schlottke

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    #9
    You didn't change the selection to Just text links.
     
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    Righto, thanks.
     
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    #11
    Works like a charm now. :)

    so far.... ;)
     
    michal, Dec 28, 2004 IP
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    thebassman Asleep at the Keyboard

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    #12
    I just updated - so far so good. :D
     
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  13. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #13
    Another thing this will let me do is write some code that monitors the server load... If loads go up, it can tell all the ad network to get ads once an hour instead of once every 15 minutes. Then when loads go down, it can tell everyone to go back to 15 minutes as an example.
     
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    #14
    I just updated my code and all seems to be working fine :)
     
    exam, Dec 28, 2004 IP
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    #15
    I've updated my code too... Is it me, or my website is now loading faster?
     
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  16. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #16
    It's just you. :)
     
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    #17
    I've just got a little error...

    
Publicidade: b>Warning: mysql_query(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/.sites/33/site5/web/includes/db_mysql.php on line 158
us82jsddInternet Advertising | Real Estate Web sites | eBay | Free Ebooks | contents insurance
    Code (markup):
    It appears sometimes... The website is sprinttotal.com

    Also, I've found one of my ads displaying on my website... :confused:
     
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  18. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    #18
    Is it happening now? If you look in your ad_network_ads.txt file, is it recent (towards the end)?
     
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    #19
    Works fine for me. Thanks Shawn!
     
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  20. ResaleBroker

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    #20
    I just noticed on some of the links an extra "/" in the code.

    Example: <a href="http://www.seo-dev.co.uk/seraphim-proudleduck/" class="bskj9f2d" />Seraphim Proudleduck</a>

    What causes this?
     
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