I have been monitoring my .txt file to make sure everything is working okay with the new ad_network.php file. I am noticing that my file has not updated for over 2 hours? here is the url: www.best-digital-photos.com here is the header on the .txt file: 1105045900|216.9.35.51|us82jsdd|400|900|4| Is there something wrong in my setup? I understand that the ad server now is smart enought to slow serving ads while it has a lot of load but for over 2 hours it seems like a long time.
You sure about that? The logs on the ad server show it making requests every 15 minutes. Can you ping the ad server from your web server? Actually, now that I think about that, it wouldn't matter because otherwise the request wouldn't be seen on our end. What's the last modified time on the file?
I'll double check. Just a quick question. Are the ads appended to the file to the bottom of the list of ads or at the beginning?
Here is what I am noticing I can confirm that this is happening on two of my sites. Yes there are new ads. But here are two oddities: * New ads are placed in the beginning. I also thought the behaviour was the bottom. * Only the first ad gets changed. In order words, the ads do not shift a position and dropping off the oldest ad. Added: * This is only affecting sites where I have updated the code. A new site with a fresh ad_network_ads.txt is working fine.
Crap... This one is my fault. Update your ad_network.php code and see if it works better (you should not need to flush your ad_network_ads.txt file).
No problems. But I can't be a good tester since I flushed out my .txt file already! Maybe someone else can test it for you. Do I still need to update my .php code even after flushing out the .txt file? Added: I found a week old .txt file so I test it for the next hour to see what happens.
I am still gettting the same behavior. Maybe I need to wait some more? I updated to the latest .php file and put in a week old .txt file. I'll give it another 30 minutes and let you know. Update: It appears to be working like it should now. One more question. The links look like this on my .txt file: <ad_break><a href="http://www.top-real-estate-agents.org" />Real Estate Agent</a><ad_break><a href="http://omniknow.com/" />Free Online Encyclopedia</a> There is an extra "/" in the a href.