[phpslash-users] phpAdsPro

[Ajay S. <ss...@od...>]

I know there was talk of getting phpAds to use PHPLIB so it would be
easier to use with phpslash.  The guys are gearing up for a redesign, so
maybe whoever wanted to port the project can get in their discussion and
ask if they're interested in using PHPLIB

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=71918

History

Let's start with some history first. Back in 1999, Tobias Ratschiller
released version 0.9 of phpAds. In the next year, he added logs of
features, fixed lots of bugs and made phpAds a must for the small sites
using php. In May 2000, he released version 1.4.0, which was quite
stable but also had quite a few annoying bugs. We haven't heard from
Tobias ever since. So in September, I took the GPL'ed code and started
phpAdsNew, releasing version 1.4.9 on September 14. It has since grown
to become one of the top 5 projects in terms of activity on SourceForge.
In February, I was forced to temporarily hand over the administration of
the project to Phil Hord due to busy schedule. However, I'll be back
very soon... working on...


phpAdsPro

phpAdsPro, the new phpAds(New), which will be developed in the next few
months, will be a complete rewrite of the system.  During development of
phpAds(New), tons of code was added that slowed the system down. Also,
the base of phpAds was designed for small sites, not for sites that get
millions of bannerviews every day. In short, phpAds lacks a decent
design and is in fact a pile of code thrown together. What we'll do in
phpAdsPro is completely start from scratch.  We won't look at any code
of phpAds(New) and will base ourselves on some techniques I've recently
learned to use, which will make things a lot faster and more
structurized.  OK, where's the catch ? It might not run on php3,
although it's too early to say, as development hasn't started yet. But
because php4 offers several exciting features that will speed up
phpAdsPro, we might have to drop php3 support. For the php3 users,
there's probably still going to be some bug fixing on phpAdsNew, but
development will be limited to the real necessary.


The design

phpAdsPro will be built around a central core, which will make it easier
to hook up additional features. This central core will be the first
thing to be written and I will take this task at hand. Once the core is
somewhat complete, I will put it on CVS for other developers to comment
on. This process will take several weeks during which there may be
several major changes. After we all agree on the core, we'll work out a
detailed development strategy and begin the actual development of the
advertising system.


Things everyone wants or likes

- phpAdsPro will be database independent. Adding a new database will
consist of writing a few lines of code.
- Compiled ACL's will be looked at... this might be a whole lot more
efficient than the current system (thanks for the tip, Phil)
- several ways to generate statistics (real-time or in cron-jobs),
depending on how many adviews you get every day, etc.
- advertising campaigns (with seperate statistics)
- ability to run phpAdsPro on several sites (create an "advertising
server"), with seperate statistics)

When ?

The big question : when will we start developing and when will it be
ready ? Well... development on the core will begin in June or July. This
should take no more than about 1 month, so in August we'll be starting
development on the rest of phpAdsPro. Expect the first beta releases to
appear in October and some stable release by the end of December or
January. Yes, that's still a long time to wait, but hey... there's
phpAdsNew for now !