Is it NiceCoder or LinkCoder????

[esm]

also see http://www.nicecoder.com/community/s...&threadid=2098

Does anyone remember the Memorex commercial: "Is it live or is Memorex?"

Well, I have completely replaced the Nicecoder/INDEXU code with my own code for the "frontend" that the user uses to display categories and links.

I think the code is smaller in size (i.e., loads faster ), runs faster and is easier to customize. But that is just MY opinion.

For example the files used to produce the category listing is only 17k in size and take 0.311 seconds to display. The sub_cat files are 21k in size and takes just 0.279 seconds to display.

The number of columns can be customized thru templates and controlled using CSS. I've just started doing the same for links and since I have done it before, setting them up the same way should not be problem.

The pages are seach-engine friendly ( at least as I understand the term ) but does not require the use of Apache's mod_rewrite function ( which I have certainly become a proponent of, thanks to Frank, whereever he is ). Nor do they use static pages, which I also believe have their place.

You can use any PHP code in the header and footer.

I have done away with cat1 and cat2 and added true multicat assgnments. I may work on related categories.

All that would be left is to integrate the BANNER advertising mod I wrote and then add a PAYPAL MOD and I will be set to go.

I'm sure there are other features I have forgotten to mention and some others to add but...

Is it NiceCoder or LinkCoder????

Take a look at http://www.indexuhelp.com/link_coder/cat_list.php. Can you tell the difference between this page and the page at http://www.indexuhelp.com/indexu/index.php? One uses NiceCoder/INDEXU code and the other does not.

Or take a look at http://www.indexuhelp.com/link_coder/show_all.php and http://www.indexuhelp.com/indexu/show_all.php. One uses NiceCoder/INDEXU code and the other does not.

Note: I have not updated any of the code in the columns on the left or right of the cats/subcats/links

[TLC]

one link does not work

[TLC]

i think u should take over production of indexu already
or just start selling your own

what happen to indexu 4 anyways

[esm]

Originally posted by TLC
one link does not work

sorry about that. vBulletin inlcuded the period at the end of the sentence as part of the URL.

[aladdin1]

Hello,

Great job. It is fast and search engine friendly.
When are you going to start sellin it? How much will you charge?

[Veg]

I don't doubt that ESM's scripting skills are anything else than excellent.

However, this is a forum dedicated to Indexu and I think that we all would benefit if any discussions about the question whether ESM will sell it or not is not conducted using the Indexu forum.

Otherwise every '**** Tom and Harry' will sign up for an Indexu account and start promoting their procucts.

Having said that - I personally feel that Indexu would strongly benefit if Dody and ESM could come to a mutual agreement and start working on a new version of Indexu, as equal partners.

Just my 2 cents worth.

[aladdin1]

Hello Veg,

I understand your point of view but I will point out that with out EMS support of Indexu 3.1 there is no support!
Has Dody made an effort to support his product the problem would not have occure. I will also point out that users who want to use ems "hack" still have to buy Indexu. What are we suppose to do, sit on our hand?
Even if Indexu 4.0 was comming out tomorrow would you buy it knowing the chance of support from the programmer are close to null.
The Indexu community does not exist to serve Doby, it exist for the benefit of all.

[esm]

Originally posted by Veg
I don't doubt that ESM's scripting skills are anything else than excellent.

However, this is a forum dedicated to Indexu and I think that we all would benefit if any discussions about the question whether ESM will sell it or not is not conducted using the Indexu forum.

Otherwise every '**** Tom and Harry' will sign up for an Indexu account and start promoting their procucts.

Having said that - I personally feel that Indexu would strongly benefit if Dody and ESM could come to a mutual agreement and start working on a new version of Indexu, as equal partners.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Actually, I didn’t mention it was for sale and did not respond to the post concerning selling it. I have been down that road and the road is barren. There is just not enough interest in INDEXU to make that viable. Hell, I cannot even give away the MODs I’ve created. I’ve offered and had no takers.

As I stated, it is a front-end replacement for the standard INDEXU code. It is not represented to replace all of the INDEXU code. I did mention a number of things ( read that as MODs ) as part of what the replacement code was all about. In that sense it is just another INDEXU mod, albeit a large INDEXU MOD, with a number of smaller MODs incorporated.

For example, the current INDEXU code does not allow for customizing the number of columns of links and is limited in customizing the cats and subcats. This MOD allows that and does it using templates. I think those are nice features for INDEXU. I also know that for sites with lots of categories, INDEXU will not generate the What’s New, Editor Picks, Hot, Top Rated, etc pages. I believe this MOD will generate those pages.

If it were a complete replacement of ALL the INDEXU code, then you might have a point.

As for your other comments, I thank you for the kind words but my skills are not all that good especially when I look at the original INDEXU code. I wish I could write code that good. At best, I am a very poor hacker.

And I do think that INDEXU would benefit from more resources in the development and support areas. One person will be stretched thin to do even an adequate job in either. I did propose some things to dody but we never came to any conclusion.

So I just do what I do.

[Veg]

I still hope that you can reach an agreement with Dody as it would benefit both him and the users of Indexu.

In relation to Indexu - it is necessary to provide a certain degree of after sales support and it is not happening right now, and I guess that probably affect sales (and profit) as well.

BUT - for you to become a direct partner with Dody - that's something that you have to sort out with him.

Good luck - your mods are appreciated.

[esm]

Originally posted by Veg
I still hope that you can reach an agreement with Dody as it would benefit both him and the users of Indexu.

Well, I doubt that that will ever happen but hopefully I will continue to be a positive contributor in the future to INDEXU.

Thanks again for the kind words.

[Polo5]

esm.. you indexuhelp directories, show alot of queries...

you may want to change that

ex.

query= select * from idx_category where (parent_id = 0 and visible = 1) order by links
query= select * from idx_category where (parent_id = 0 and visible = 1) order by links

regards,

[esm]

those are just to help me debug the code. it you catch me online in the middle of MOD you could see even stranger things. I usually remove them once I have finished testing a MOD. but as this site is just a site for me test MODs, I am not too concerned about left over stuff like that.

[Polo5]

oh I see, well the thing is I dont know which are left there intentionally and which ones are not...

[esm]

ah, but I do...

if it doesn't look like it belongs, then it probably doesn't and you can ignore it

[Polo5]

I never say you didnt

lol

anyways, I heard that you changed something about the database structure... not using dbado files and stuff...

can you elaborate on that alittle please?