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binmash is an exciting new companion script to the ikbin binary search site. binmash uses RSS feeds as search queries and displays the results on a single page called a 'mashup'. This makes it easier than ever to find relevant content in just a few clicks.

binmash stand-alone can be run from any host and use any ikbin-powered search site as a data source! It uses two open source libraries to fetch external data sources, no local database is required or used. Magpie caches the RSS feed intelligently, and binmash caches the mashup output for an adjustable interval.... read more

ikbin v1 stable is now available for download.

The backend is better than ever. A test site (www.nzb2day.nl) has been indexing 1000 groups without problems for several weeks.

binmash is now integrated into the site. binmash is a simple script that uses RSS feeds as search queries and displays the results on a single page called a 'mashup'. This makes it easier than ever to find relevant content in only a few clicks.

ikbin stable version 1 isn't quite ready, but there are so many improvements we wanted to make a preview release.

In addition to massively improved indexing performance (profiled with Zend), ikbin is now more resilient to errors, has a smaller database footprint, and a better user experience.

Check out the google personalized homepage clone, it can help you keep tabs on the newest items in your favorite newsgroups. ... read more

ikbin stable version 1 isn't quite ready, but there are so many improvements we wanted to make a preview release.

In addition to massively improved indexing performance (profiled with Zend), ikbin is now more resilient to errors, has a smaller database footprint, and a better user experience.

Check out the google personalized homepage clone, it can help you keep tabs on the newest items in your favorite newsgroups.... read more

ikbin beta 2 is now available for download.

You can try it out on the demo site: http://www.ikbin.info

Fixed lots of IE bugs in ig clone and shopping cart.
Advanced search features working.
Fetches NFO files, yenc decodes, saves, and scans for URLs.
XML Feeds with feedcreator.class.php (on sf.net!) Added download tracker with 'most popular NZBs' page.
Multi-item personalized homepage now all XML based.
Added tracker type object to personal home.
Cookies used much better.
Added some documentation in /docs... read more

This should fix a lot of the problems from the beta one release. Includes massive improvements in speed and reduced (1000:1) database hits for header saves. The customized homepage javascript was updated to work with IE.

We could use help with tabular data layout and the ig clone javascript.

Future improvements:
*new search/browse layout (and IE compatible JS)
*NFO save and view
*XML feeds.... read more

The beta one release is now available. ikbin is working pretty well - you can see our progress at the project site: http://www.ikbin.info . We think our sorting logic, while resource intensive, is the best on the web.

There shouldn't be any major feature additions until we are out of beta. Its just efficiency and bug fixes until stable.

We could really use a small bit of help on any of these items:
HTML/CSS layout for search results and other tabular data.
Someone to look through the REGEX and suggest how to make it a bit more efficient.
A review of table structures and suggestions to reduce the table sizes. Take a look at the data table stats here: http://www.ikbin.info/stats.php .

Today we made our first release. This is early and dirty, but it will work. We're working on, and will take help, with the following features:

1. Advanced search.
2. Header parsing (into yenc files).
3. Collection building.

No documentation yet. To try it out: unzip to a folder. Put the tables in a db using the .sql. Configure the db, user/admin sql user, and news server access in the TWO config files. Point your browser at index.php and admin.php.