I suspended development after learning of an already completed clone of operation fabulous. No words on when it will be activated and online.
Mc_lovin is not the best communicator as he seems to have too much going on in his personal and business life. Attempted PM communication several times and getting no response despite that mc_lovin is alive and well and talking on the forum.
I still haven't provide any value to Operation Fabulous yet, so OF is entitled to a small project sometime in the future, especially if mc_lovin is a better communicator and more available.
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Ok, Mc_Lovin is not the greatest communicator there is on the forum. He seems to be awfully busy. I am still waiting for him to discuss payment and development issue.
I don't have much motivation to work on this project without until all these issues are discussed, especially payment.
I don't have much motivation to work on this project without until all these issues are discussed, especially payment.
what will you use?
I really dig python for pretty much everything. Much easier to develop securely than with say php.
Ruby on Rails, coffeescript, haml, bootstrap, and all that yummy alphabets.
Good news, folk. I convinced the owner to develop a clone using supported technologies.
In other words: You're trying to fix what ain't broken. lol
We ain't destroying opfab's current codebase just yet. We're just letting it sit while we develop a clone that's written in standard tech.
Yes, I absolutely recognize that this is the last choice that any developers would do in my shoe.
what will you use?
I really dig python for pretty much everything. Much easier to develop securely than with say php.
Good news, folk. I convinced the owner to develop a clone using supported technologies.
In other words: You're trying to fix what ain't broken. lol
We ain't destroying opfab's current codebase just yet. We're just letting it sit while we develop a clone that's written in standard tech.
Yes, I absolutely recognize that this is the last choice that any developers would do in my shoe.
Why don t you start a github repository and let people contribute to improve things ?
Even if I want to, I don't think mc_lovin likes the idea.
(Competition versus benefit of contribution plus the thorny issue of how to compensate contributors)
Give them ad credits like google does.
Good news, folk. I convinced the owner to develop a clone using supported technologies.
In other words: You're trying to fix what ain't broken. lol
Why don t you start a github repository and let people contribute to improve things ?
Even if I want to, I don't think mc_lovin likes the idea.
(Competition versus benefit of contribution plus the thorny issue of how to compensate contributors)
Why don t you start a github repository and let people contribute to improve things ?
Good news, folk. I convinced the owner to develop a clone using supported technologies.
The only question is how long it will takes.
The only question is how long it will takes.
Honestly if it really is as poorly written as you're making it out to be, it may be better on all counts to just roll a clone from scratch...
I will be rolling like nobody's business when it comes to developing a clone from scratch.
However, the caveat is that I am no security ninja and the new version will be unproven. I did figured out how to make payment works without requiring interaction with a hot wallet at kibabase.com.(Since then, I abandoned it for free content business model) I might develop something similar at operationfabulous.
Honestly if it really is as poorly written as you're making it out to be, it may be better on all counts to just roll a clone from scratch...
Ooh, what about a "trending" measurement of some kind? I know that on my site, for example, I expect a certain # of hits per day as a baseline, but every once in a while something makes it to the front page of Hacker News or something and I'll get 10k+ hits in 24 hours - would be nice if advertisers could jump in to take advantage of those kinds of spikes but with the metrics that are in place there's no way for them to know about a 24hr spike until it's over. Realtime analytics is probably asking for a bit much, but maybe hourly stat updates instead of daily?
Everything is slow slow slow because BioMike choose to write from scratch and use non-standard technology. There's no git repository or instruction on how to set up development environment. Even the most active owner on Operation Fabulous don't interface with me everyday.
I'll figure out it gradually, but it will takes some time. When I do finish figuring out stuff out, while upgrading, I may be able to work on your request, or not. It all depends on what's the most urgent and important issue.
Ouch
Well keep on plugging, I'm sure you'll do something good with it.
Ooh, what about a "trending" measurement of some kind? I know that on my site, for example, I expect a certain # of hits per day as a baseline, but every once in a while something makes it to the front page of Hacker News or something and I'll get 10k+ hits in 24 hours - would be nice if advertisers could jump in to take advantage of those kinds of spikes but with the metrics that are in place there's no way for them to know about a 24hr spike until it's over. Realtime analytics is probably asking for a bit much, but maybe hourly stat updates instead of daily?
Everything is slow slow slow because BioMike choose to write from scratch and use non-standard technology. There's no git repository or instruction on how to set up development environment. Even the most active owner on Operation Fabulous don't interface with me everyday.
I'll figure out it gradually, but it will takes some time. When I do finish figuring out stuff out, while upgrading, I may be able to work on your request, or not. It all depends on what's the most urgent and important issue.
Ooh, what about a "trending" measurement of some kind? I know that on my site, for example, I expect a certain # of hits per day as a baseline, but every once in a while something makes it to the front page of Hacker News or something and I'll get 10k+ hits in 24 hours - would be nice if advertisers could jump in to take advantage of those kinds of spikes but with the metrics that are in place there's no way for them to know about a 24hr spike until it's over. Realtime analytics is probably asking for a bit much, but maybe hourly stat updates instead of daily?
Stylistic issues are best addressed by fixing them whenever you happen to be updating some part of the code for other reasons. Otherwise it's just gratuitous, and there's always a risk of introducing extra bugs.
They are not just stylistic issue, they're also readability issue. Clean code is good code.
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Oh, and you do have a comprehensive test suite, I assume? If not, then writing a set of tests will repay your effort far more than rewriting code that uses PHP's "echo" statement.
Given that the codebase use echo for html templates, I doubt it have a comprehensive test suite. I am not knowledgable enough about a raw PHP site to write one anyway.
What about ordering publishers by number of impressions, not the highest bid? In current condition even large sites are experiencing difficulties to find advertisers if they have no bids.
+1 also some sites are not showing up at all 
What about ordering publishers by number of impressions, not the highest bid? In current condition even large sites are experiencing difficulties to find advertisers if they have no bids.
+1 also some sites are not showing up at all 
What about ordering publishers by number of impressions, not the highest bid? In current condition even large sites are experiencing difficulties to find advertisers if they have no bids.
http://www.diigo.com/item/image/36ppp/73xq
Here is what Operation Fabulous looks like now. Most of my time is not spent on adding twitter bootstrap, but rather writing out the sorry echos that are everywhere.
Here is what Operation Fabulous looks like now. Most of my time is not spent on adding twitter bootstrap, but rather writing out the sorry echos that are everywhere.
<3 bootstrap
Looking forward to the new hotness.
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