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Goto.com Mod
Seeking quote for development of Goto.com style mod for links2.

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What do you mean by 'GoTo.com Mod'. GoTo has many functions on it. Please be more specific...

Andy

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Come on....you know what he means......pay per ranking style system.

Paul Wilson. Shocked
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Thats what i thought he meant, but wouldn't it be annoying if you wrote a mod for it and it wasn't what he wanted LOL...

Andy

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Well...yup....would be quite annoying but I'm completely stupid "apparently" so wouldn't be attempting such a mod....LOL


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I can create a goto.com type mod, it's been on my 'to do' list for a while. The final version should have quite a few features but won't be ready for a while yet....

Good Luck!

Glenn


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OMG......where have you been for the last few months?

Paul Wilson. Shocked
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OMG......where have you been for the last few months?

I've been working at uni quite alot.


I've started work on a goto style mod. So far it does the following:

links are ranked by the bid per click. All links which put in a bid are displayed differently to the rest: ie title is in bold, font larger etc......
Biders register with their details.
Paid links use a different jump.cgi which adds the cost per click to the files it creates.


Planned features:

Bidders can modify their details
Bidders can log in and see how much they owe, change their bid etc...
Can send mass emails via admin to bidders owing over a set amount ie. $40
Admin can view the bidders and see which ones owe money.
Details can be altered via admin.
The X highest bidders have a link to their site displayed on the home page under affiliates.


Are there any other options people would particularly want to see in such a mod?



Good Luck!

Glenn


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How can we build in the payment feature?...ie a method of allowing them to pay when they sign up?

Paul Wilson. Shocked
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How can we build in the payment feature?...ie a method of allowing them to pay when they sign up?


Haven't decided yet. Possibly would link it in with one of the payement programs around on the net. (Very much depends on the link owners requirements.) It will be a while before I finish this mod.


'A question I'll answer before anyone asks it... Will you be releasing the mod on your site?'

No, the mod will be free but I'll only be offering it to people I'm doing installation work for.

This is for a number of reasons:

1. I have already had a few people wanting me to create and install such a mod on their site. It would be unfair to do so and then just post it in the reources center.

2. It takes me around 40% of my time to put a mod together and the other 60% is spent writing instructions, answering emails and questions in the forum.

3. This mod is likely to be more complicated than my previous mods, and I would have to spend much more time answering questions and putting together instructions.....


Good Luck!

Glenn


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Hi Glenn:

Then why did you post here? This really doesn't address jhop's request unless you already installed Links for him. Either way, given that this mod will not be available for the vast majority of Links users, you should post details (and updates) on your site for eyes only of your customers. Just a suggestion as now users are going to be going nuts in these forums trying to download a mod that they cannot have. Saves alot of bandwidth and heartache Wink

Best success with the mod! Great stuff Smile


Dan Cool


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I feel the post is completely relevent. This section is for custom modification jobs.

To quote the forum description: 'A forum for people seeking paid custom modifications to any of Gossamer Threads' scripts.'

Which once I've finished the script I'll be offering. The mod is a custom modification which, I'll alter to the requirements of each individual.

This part of my post above should prob be rephrased:

'I'll only be offering it to people I'm doing installation work for.'

What I mean is I'll only offer it to people I'm doing installation work for, ie. if someone wants a goto.com mod installed I'll offer my mod alter it to suit them and install it, but I won't be posting it in the resources section.

'this mod will not be available for the vast majority of Links users'

The details of mods available for the vast majority of links users are posted in the Links 2.0 Customization forum. This section of the forum is for custom jobs. Jhop asked if a goto.com could be developed and I'm just posting to say yes, I'm doing one and it'll be available to him or anyone else wanting it as a custom modification once it's finished.

Good Luck!

Glenn


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I think Glennu is correct posting here as this is the MOST relevant place for his posting out of all the forums.

"...saves a lot of bandwidth"....are you serious?...

A couple of posts by Glennu will use a few kb...I wouldnt call that "alot"

Paul Wilson. Shocked
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i think the point being made was that if no "new" people are going to be allowed to use the mod then what is the point of discussing it here. I don't think that is what Glennu meant by his installation thing, he will let anybody have it so long they pay him to install it for them. (i hope that is right).

Thus the mod is open to everyone if you pay a bit for it.

Links SQL (2) version??? i might be interested if it was a plugin.

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Yep Padders' explanation of it is right.

'Links SQL (2) version??? i might be interested if it was a plugin.'

No sorry I've haven't used Links SQL or looked at SQL in general yet. I'd like to use Links SQL but I'll have to wait till I start work to be able to afford it!



Good Luck!

Glenn


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Hello Everyone.

Gossamer Threads has been planning to build a Goto.com model for a long time now and we're starting work on it very soon. However, this will not be offered as a free download due to the complexity of it.

We are estimating a US$1500 price tag for the full-featured modification as it is much more complicated than most people realise.

If you might have any further questions on our development, please let me know via direct email and I can endeavour to give you answers.

jack@gossamer-threads.com

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$1500, wow it must be complicated. I will have to wait for a cheaper option than that.

http://www.ASciFi.com/ - The Science Fiction Portal
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There is no doubt that the mod is very complicated, but there is also very little doubt that it has tremendous revenue generating possibilities.

The only other program that I know of which comes close to doing what we want to do retails for more than twice that.

jack@gossamer-threads.com

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$1500 is a steal. I'd pay twice that in a heartbeat. I'm looking forward to buying one when it comes out.

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want to pay for my half then? :)

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I've made alot off additions and alterations. The finished version will be fully automated. The only things the webmaster needs to do is validate links and rebuild the directory as normal. A company such as Authorize.net will be used to take the payments.

Many things have been changed and altered. The main new features are as follows:

When the directory is rebuilt if a paid links' balance is below 0 then that link will automatically loose it's paid link ranking and an email is sent to the webmaster explaining this and saying where to go to regain his or her paid ranking. (Also it can be setup so that not only will a paid link loose it's status but it'll also be displayed below the unpaid links because it's in debt!)

When a user logs into their account, a warning message appears if their account balance is low.





Good Luck!

Glenn


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Allright... well we need this modification ASAP and we'll be happy to pay the going price. How soon can we expect that there will be a complete version available (thats to everyone who may be working on this mod)? Please send any quotes, etc. to rich@wiredsolutions.net

Richard Johnson
Wired Solutions

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We are running the SQL version of Links if that has any relevance.

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One last thing... I am sure this will probably have to be a mod to the mod but we were hoping to have it setup to where people can either pay for their listings or earn credit by sending traffic. For example... You can either pay $1000 for a listing under the search term mp3 or you can send us 10000 hits which then is converted to $1000 credit they can apply to advertising. Anyone up to the job?

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This is something I have not really looked at the logic behind. I stopped after the banner and auctions, since that is more than one human can ever hope to do in a reasonable time span :)

But I wondered why there was $3k price tag on the go-to mod, which was 4x higher than the base program it was supposedly a mod to.

Now, I haven't started thinking about this, so these are off the cuff ramblings, but the biggest caution is "don't HACK it!". Make it a set of library routines, from the ground up, that mesh with your existing routines or ovveride them.

With all the time you've spent developing the NG version, it would be a disaster to not take the same amount of time and consideration in this add on.

I know this may seem like common sense, but it's really not. The temptations to "change" things specifically for this utility will be great.

If it required real duplications of routines, doing something like &sub_name and &sub_name_paid (if $paid_ranking ... ) sort of logic.

The reason I'm getting nervous before the fact, is that in trying to develop some complicated plugins, I _KNOW_ changes to links logic in the 2.1 release will have to be made. If you are splitting off into another development direction, it means two branches of support.

If you develop this as a true plug-in, then you'll undoubtedly find many of the inconsistencies in the base libraries and be tempted -- and encouraged -- to fix them.

I _REALLY_ like THAT idea! If you release updated versions of the libraries you have changed, at least to developers as they happen it would be great :) In otherwords, maybe a developer forum, where chanages to the libraries, fixes, bug fixes, etc can be discussed. Maybe even with "registered" access, to post to prevent people from posting help requests there... leave it acknowledged developers, easy qualifications, just not general public.

(As a footnote... I find this discussion somewhat ironic, since Disney just killed off their services yesterday <G>)

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>> "But I wondered why there was $3k price tag on the go-to mod"

Well as I am sure you can see turning Links into a paid per listing model could be very profitable FOR THE RIGHT SITE. Thats the problim. I am sure there will only be a small handfull of sites out there that can actually sell that space. So someone is going to spend an enormous amount of time creating this mod and there will probably only be 4 or 5 people that can use it. So if you sell the mod for $100 your only gonna end up making $500 which isnt much considering the time it is gonna take to make it work. Now you said in your message that there was a $3k asking price on the script... Mind me asking where you saw that? I see tons of discussion on the topic but i have yet to actually see the mod available anywhere.

Richard Johnson
rich@wiredsolutions.net
http://www.wiredsolutions.net

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