WhereToHost Development Part #2
March 8th, 2009
So there were a few things I never ended up doing since the last development post, a few I decided not to do, and some things I actually did do. In any case things are finally coming along although slower then I would have liked.
- The hosts we are collecting data from will soon be announced
So I never actually did that, I just activated the host list page about a week back and left it at that. A few of the major hosts that were going to setup accounts for us fell though, unfortunate but we’ll find a way to grab the info anyhow even if it means shelling out the cash to grab an account.
- The host cloud will become active soon
I eventually figured that the cloud for the hosts might be a bit too redundant and decided to just drop the idea, at least for now.
- The application detail pages will go live
Still going to do, of course, but there is quite a bit of information I haven’t gotten around to getting into the system and I have higher priorities at the moment.
- A page explaining the beta for hosting companies will be put up
I should have done this already but haven’t with any luck I’ll get it up within a week or so.
- Some code cleanup for the template engine will be implemented (done!)
This was actually a rather large rewrite of the current template class that runs the system, stripped out a few unnecessary functions and added a few more while I was at it.
- A banner rotation system will be added for the promo spot
Better then just doing that I setup an openX install for the advertising server. I now get weekly reports of all ads that get displayed, click throughs, impressions all the basics and more in a rather easy to use system. Quite nice!
So beyond all that I’ve also integrated a list of all the php extensions we check for on a host, so if I’m missing something important let me know! You’ll find that over here on the PHP Extensions We Check page. Each of the links on that page lead to another with more detailed information about that particular extension in PHP.
Finally we’ve activated three hosting companies in the current beta system, two are paid hosts and one is a free host, they are: DreamHost, GoDaddy, and 000WebHost.com. If any more hosting companies are interested in getting themselves into the system let us know!
-JJ Galvez
Black Falcon Solutions
WhereToHost Webmaster
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