WhiteEagle’s Aerie and Blog

A new cool site and an update on CrawlCache.

I went and added a new site to my cool sites today! It’s called ContactHelp.com and it is a user-updated directory of phone numbers for customer service and customer support of various companies. A vefy cool site IMHO, and a great idea! Oh, and congrats to them for winning Cool Site of the Day! ContactHelp.com’s address is (you guessed it!) http://contacthelp.com/.

A major update to the status of CrawlCache: I went and purchased a search engine script for it, and the company I bought it from does the installation. I can’t wait to see what CrawlCache looks like after the script gets installed!

I’m once again working on CrawlCache.

I am back working on the programming of CrawlCache. I am currently working on the spider that will grab info from sites and place it into the database, ready for searching. I’m using the cURL class to parse the pages, and I now have to figure out how to grab the data the search engine needs.

The rest of my time has been spent relaxing, and maybe later I’ll play a game on my computer. I sure can’t wait until I move into town, because then my laptop will be online all the time so it’ll be able to submit the F@H data whenever it is done the work, instead of only when I have a chance to connect in town.

I found the classes I need for the CrawlCache site.

Today, I went and found the classes I need for some of the major coding of CrawlCache’s website. The classes I found I needed for the spider and for when people buy advertising credits via PayPal. It should help reduce the amount of time I have to take in order to code the pages and scripts I need.

I may go grab an AJAX script, so that when people click the login link, a box will appear, asking for their username and password. At first, I’ll only let administrators to register, but when the site is ready for customers, I’ll let anyone register by adding a link to a registration page. Who knows maybe in the future I’ll add forums and other stuff that use membership (arcades come to my mind as well ).

Maybe down the future, I will make this script available for purchase through Joffee Publishing Inc.’s store. It won’t go cheap, though! I will have put too much effort into it for that!

Some more work done on CrawlCache.

Well, I got done another bit today of CrawlCache’s site. Today, I added some navigation and a page (and a script) to add sites to a list to be crawled on the database. It was fun to learn, and fun to do. If you want to get a head start, why not add your site today to the list?

I’m still reading my books (I still haven’t finished that series I started yesterday!), and when I have time, I rest or play a game. My favorite is still Making History 2, but I may install Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, so that I will have plenty of experience before I either move into town and get DSL or get satellite.

I’m hoping that by doing CrawlCache one piece at a time I won’t get bored or tired of it quickly. Next on my list of stuff to code is the spider, followed by the search engine, followed by the administration area, and then the area where people can buy advertisements, and finally the registration page.

I’ve been enjoying some good reading lately.

I’ve been enjoying some good reading lately. A couple of days ago I finished all of the books in the Tales of Redwall series that our public library had. I’m now reading S. M. Stirling’s books about what happens when the island of Nantucket gets sent back to 1250 BC. It’s quite a good read, and I always enjoy it no matter how many times I read it.

Maybe later on today, I’ll start work on the spider for the CrawlCache website. That should be fun in itself. If I get it to work, I may add a page to the website.

Using my new drawing pad is harder than it looks, but I’m putting it down to a lack of practice. I’m sure I’ll improve as I use it more.

I started work on CrawlCache’s site today.

I started work today on CrawlCache’s website, when it hit me: I don’t know much (if any) PHP. So I just decided to update the boring coming soon page to something more spiffy. Here’s what it looks like after today’s work: Continue reading I started work on CrawlCache’s site today….

I’m gonna code CrawlCache, but I need some advice first.

Tomorrow, I’m going to start coding CrawlCache, but I need some advice before I can do this. If you can answer any of the questions that follow, please answer via comment. (Be sure to register if you want to post a comment though.)

First, I need some advice regarding how many keywords I should get the spider to grab from each website. Is there a certain number I should grab? If not, what is the number I should code in?

Second, what is the best method to secure the administration and user areas?

Third, how should I sort the results? If via some sort of page ranking system, what system should I use? If via algorithm, which one should I use and how should I implement it?

Finally, how should I charge for advertising? Should I charge via credits with more credits for more popular keywords, or some other method?

Thanks for your answers in advance. CrawlCache will be more user-friendly because of your input!