News:
Saturday,
12 October 2002
12:26:19 AM
The user database upgrade complete, the new database is my own
implementation so it's brand new and may squeak and complain a
little but once running at full steam should handle 100s of thousands
of users with little effort, unlike the problems I have experienced
with MSQL at this level, but I reserve judgement until fully tested
on this site, all the original user accounts have been converted
to this new database design so if I have dropped a few or made
an error you will not be able to log in and all you need to do
is inform me so I can rectify it for you.
Actually truth
is it went to easy and to well and I am expecting the bottom line
with thousands of users converted the new database is handling
it with a breeze so something has got to happen?
Mmm… well I will
not re open the doors to globel yet there is one more conversion
to do.
Paul
News:
Monday, 22 July 2002
Upgrade-Upgrade-Upgrade I have been visiting several sites
where the users have upgraded their statistics and not put the
new counter code on their pages in all cases of this your counter
will stop working so please change the code this is especially
important for all old accounts I have been around a few of the
accounts but I cannot advise all of you…
As you can tell the counter is coming
along nicely now and the statistics will be improved even more
in the next four weeks, I am in the process of setting up another
upgrade but as advised in the past you will not have to change
the pasting code on V3 accounts if you do not want to, the counter
is constantly being improved and updated at the moment…
There have been quite a few problems
in the cookies area of the counter and I knew there would be and
this has been improved to stop your computer from being counted
when you go into admin mode now the counter will display the last
hit number also for you, additionally I have been setting up the
code to enable more independent named counters so each page is
physically named in the statistics and you get a separate count
on each page, this is a couple of weeks off completion so will
advise you then…
If you use this facility the code will
be different for every page and there is no way around this really
as each page will need to call a different counter code from our
server, you can if you want still use the account the old way,
but this will improve the exacting statistics no end so it is
advisable to take a little time to do it….
Thanks again for your support Paul
News:
Thursday, 04 July 2002
I have finally got the first part of the statistics out the way,
been looking long and hard on which way to approach this problem
not just for layout and what you can see now but tried also to
keep a minds eye on the future there's a lot planned…
I say the first part because I need
you to at least start to upgrade your accounts within the statistics
because this is the key to it all….. new users who may read this
don't need to bother because all new accounts automatically get
the most recent stuff and there's a lot more to go at least 20
pages dependent on how I arrange them, there now is a robot that
prepares the stats for viewing the only drawback with this is
there can be up to a 15 minute wait before the stats are updated
but more often than not a few seconds it all depends how busy
the new robot is at the time of update this all helps your accounts
no end though as in the statistics now can handle many thousands
of hits instead of struggling with huge logs and becoming sluggish,
it's also kinder on bandwidth which we all know how hot I am on
that one…. I have had to remove a few things temporarily but added
a lot more than taken away, it's the new structure of the statistics
that is dictating this so it's not my fault, got to say that……….
The stats now are going to go into
more depth and if all goes well you should see some terrific stuff
in the next few weeks this is like an incubation stage for the
new robot to settle in and any bugs to rear their ugly heads,
the FAQ will be updated in due course to cover the stats but for
the most part they are pretty self explanatory there's more to
come so stay tuned, and as always any problems do tell me instead
of keeping it to yourself, I am an easy going type of chap….
Paul
News:
Monday, 27 May 2002:
Well that's it for now…Globel
Wizard upgrade Completed still more to do but give this a rest
for now; other than rectifying any bugs if they appear, I am quite
pleased with the results and you now have millions of variations
of different looking counters at your disposal, the Wizard literally
moulds the counter around your page and I would be interested
in your comments… you can now have:
1. 216 x 216 x 216 colour variations
2. Between 1 to 15 digits on the counter itself
3. You can opt for no numbers on your counter at all
4. The update is live and happens in real time without you touching
any code
5. The counter digits can be different colours and sizes
And that really is summing it all up
lightly, you can even space and pad the space between the counter
box and digits and if you want not have a box at all…
Old accounts will have to upgrade to
use the new wizard, but that's it the last time for pasting code,
I will update the FAQ in due course to facilitate the new wizard
a lot of stuff is redundant now because the wizard walks you through
building your counter with on screen help step by step of the
way and once pasted that's it….
I will be moving on to the stats as
promised very shortly I am not going to estimate a time schedule
yet until I am well underway but going on past stuff it should
not take more than 14 days however don't hold me to that there's
a lot to do, thankyou again everyone for your continual criticism
of certain points, it has helped me make decisions about the evolvement
of this counter and from now it only gets better…
Thanks again Paul
News:
Wednesday, 15 May 2002:
Well I am just ecstatic…
Today I have just installed a major change to Globel if you are
a customer of yesterday being the 14/05/2000 and if you log on
to globel today to get your pasting code the system will advise
you to upgrade to the new Globel pasting code….
This change is significant as a few
users were having problems pasting the code into their not so
compromising HTML editors, the code is now just a couple of lines
and the rest of the code is called from our server and dynamically
inserted into your WebPage in real time, this should eliminate
so many problems this being just one…
Next real bonus is improvements can
now be done on our server, so the new code you insert on your
pages will never change and any upgrades to the code itself are
a snip from my end…
The real biggie is your control panel
now really does control your counter dynamically, so you can make
any changes to your counter from your control panel including
the colour wizard so your counter on your page will be updated
to your new style without having to paste the code ever again,
this is a real big bonus because I shall be working on some quite
different looking counters in the future, and if you want to change
your counter looks to something else in the pipeline you can do
it at Globel without touching your WebPage on your site and any
changes you make will happen instantaneously.
Good news or what…. Paul