Archive | November, 2009

myScoop Feedback

I would like to encourage you to use this page as the platform to host all your ideas, comments, suggestions and opinions about myScoop.

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Live Blog Stats now available on myScoop

Another Friday night gone by, but an another amazing feature has been included into myScoop. Live Blog Stats! Once you sign in to myScoop you will see a list of your blogs on in the centre of the screen each with their monthly rank and daily rank (this is also a new feature, in case you missed it!). Once there, click on the “(Live Stats) link next to that and a popup window will open showing your Pageviews per minute for the last 30 minutes.

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Afrigator buys itself back

Justin Hartman recently announced via the 27dinner function that Afrigator is buying its shares back from MIH. It would seem as if the original shareholders will be in full control once again, which is good news considering there will be no more “corporate” policies governing what to do, when to do and how to do. This opens up a host of avenues for the well established blog aggregator and I’m sure there is plenty of excitement surrounding this topic.

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Maximum MySQL Database Size?

While developing myScoop, and other experimental projects, I have been thinking about the limitations of a MySQL database, particularly it’s maximum file size. I was amazed that after some research I really have absolutely nothing to worry about. It seems my 112mb database is a “new born baby” in the terms of how big it can still grow.

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6 Essential WordPress Plugins

WordPress is arguably one of the most powerful and easy to use content management systems out on the free market today, which gives host to a huge array of downloadable plugins to improve the interactivity of your blog and overall satisfaction of your readers. Although keep in mind, some of the most powerful and useful plugins are those that your readers will never even get to see.

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