Month: June 2012

Nash.Operating.System

YSPC 2012-7 Released!

YSPC 2012-7 Released!

Dear Nashers,

We are pleased to announce the release of YSPC v.2012-7.

The version is available for free upon your ticket submission in NDC Help Desk.

Please ensure you backup both your files and databases before embarking on the upgrade:
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### v2012-7 Changelog
### [ FEATURES ]
### – full support up to PHP 5.3.13
### – full support up to MySQL 5.5.24
### – added Anti-Virus System (in admin > anti-virus)
### – added Homepage Video Box above all boxes in the left column (toggable from admin > HP Video Box)
### – added ability to email via SMTP protocol (helps those sites who have php-mail-function turned off by host for any reason)
### – added ability for admin to toggle from dynamic countdown to just a static timestamp (admin > countdown)
### – added Disclaimer to access games for adults or mature audience (admin > arcade room)
### – added Password Tool to help generating secure password when you need one (admin > password tool)
### [ CUSTOM SKIN REQUIREMENTS ]
### – a ‘not-made-by-nash’ custom skin should be updated to let the new features work properly
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Nash.Operating.System

YSPComplete! Plugin for WordPress

Contributors: nashworks

Donate link: http://blog.nashbrooklyn.com

Tags: YSPComplete!, auction, auctions, widget

Requires at least: 3.2

Tested up to: 3.3.2 S

Stable tag: 2012.06.04

License: GPLv3 (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)

Requires YSPComplete: 2012-7 or later

Description

YSPComplete! is a very simple WordPress Plugin.

A WordPress Widget that allows to display items in the sidebar from a unique seller of any auction site that is powered by YSPComplete!

You specify a site’s url, a seller’s username, a number of items to display, and optinal keywords to filter the items.

Installation

  1. Download wordpress-yspcomplete.zip and unzip into the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. From the WordPress admin backend, Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu.
  3. From the WordPress admin backend, in the Widgets menu, drag-and-drop the widget to your sidebar.  You can place it in any position you like.
  4. Specify the settings for the widget: Title, Site URL, Username, Number of Items, and Keywords. For the keywords, you can specify:
    • a single word, like “toyota”.  This will fetch items with the word “toyota”.
    • a pipe-separated list of the above. For example, if you specify “toyota|nissan|jeep|2012”, then it will fetch items with either “toyota” or “nissan” or “jeep” or “2012”.

That’s it !

Frequently Asked Questions

Where do I get YSPComplete! auction platform?

To permanently purchase YSPComplete! auction platform license,

you need to visit http://nashbrooklyn.com

To temperary rent YSPComplete! auction platform license,

you need to visit http://nashload.com

Can I set the visual style of the widget from the admin backend?

No, I haven’t built that capability into this simple plugin, just yet.

Let me know if you have strong requirements in this area.

What should I put for Widget Title?

You can put anything but in general it would be the seller’s username and auction site’s name,

such as something like this for example:

Astroboy on Astroland.com

What should I put for Site URL?

This should be the full URL of an auction site that is powered by YSPComplete!

Such as this for example: http://yspcomplete.nashbrooklyn.com

NOTE: do not put trailing slash at the end of the url.

What should I put for Username?

This should be the seller’s username on an auction site that is powered by YSPComplete!

For example it could be your username or someone you want to promote on your site.

You can even charge them for putting their items on your site.

NOTE: do not put any CAPITAL letters, all letters must be in lower case.

What should I put for Number of Items?

This should be self-explanatory that it is how many items to be displayed in the sidebar.

You can even charge sellers for displaying certain number of items.

Just an idea: you can charge a buck per item per month per seller.

What should I put for Keywords?

This is an optional setting and can be left empty if you don’t want to filter items to a certain keyword.

Screenshots

This shows the rendering of the Widget in the sidebar of a WP blog:

yspcomplete plugin for wordpress screenshot-1

This shows how to Activate the plugin in the Plugins menu in the WP Admin backend:

yspcomplete plugin for wordpress screenshot-2

Configuring the settings for the YSPComplete! widget in the WP Admin backend:

yspcomplete plugin for wordpress screenshot-3

Changelog

2012.06.04

  • initial release

Dependencies

  • This plugin depends on and uses YSPComplete! auction platform Version 2012-7 or later.
  • It also relies on and uses the Curl library within PHP.
  • It makes outbound http connections from the WordPress/PHP server. Most hosters allow this, so it won’t be a problem.

Thanks

Thanks for your interest!

-Nash

Download The YSPComplete! Plugin for WordPress

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Choose Best Auction Script Software

What Does Your Site Require?

Touching on the point above, the first thing that needs to be determined is your individual needs and what you are looking to accomplish. For instance, do you want a personal website that you can sell your own items or offer other folks to auction out as well? Does it require a social plaform such as a blog, a forum, a chat or all together as well as other additional features? These answers play a major part in determining the auction script best suited for your needs.

Cost Factor

The second factor that needs to be considered is cost. You need to establish a workable budget as the price ranges widely from free to very expensive. Free or cheap auction scripts have the obvious benefit of not having to pay (or paying little) for your site but there are several limitations. In this environment you generally have little to no support as well as a lack of features and security. Furthermore, a free or cheap scripts may litter your site with third-party hacks that normally can conflict with one another. If you plan to start a business online, we strongly recommend staying away from free or cheap scripts in general as well as from those which do not include maximum possible features in core stock. The more a script relies on 3rd-party addons the higher chance to blemish your site credibility thru possible cross-conflict among those addons or mods or hacks or plugins. The work around is to either buy from one source that develops all the mods you will ever need or buy a script that has all the features in stock already by default – yes, you might have more features all-in-one-script than you need but you can always flip their switch on or off from your admin panel as you go.

Server Requirements

As every script has some sort of requirements for a server to be used for the script, it is also possible to use such requirements as a good indicator of whether the script you are about to choose is a tool to make money or a toy to waste your time. The more complete script the more server requirements it needs. It’s valid in 99% of all software. Latest OS requires more CPU cores to accomodate processing demands, or latest web browsers require bigger screens to accomodate film watching or game playing, and etc. The quality of life exponentially grows and demands more from the foundation that it is built for. So if you see some basic requirements for a script that asks you more money than the script with much more server requirements then you will absolutely overpay for that script, because the feature-rich scripts cannot have all its magic without serious server requirements in place. Also 3rd-party mods can introduce server requirements conflicts with the stock software, for example, file or directory permissions set in mods can cause lost of security in stock software.

Reliability and Support

Last but not least, you should look for signs of reliability in a script or mod vendor. If the vendor or moder can’t be relied on at any time literally then all of those attractive features and incredibly low prices will not mean a thing. A reliable programmer will ensure that your site is always 24/7 (including weekends and holidays; day or night) supported by skype and phone first and help desk or emails second. Not the way around! If a software vendor can charge you instantly but has no instant communication offered, this should be a clear sign of a major trouble that can hit the fan pretty much right away. Quality customer live support ties in closely with reliability and is something that should never-ever be overlooked. Look to do business with a company that offers support in various means whether it’s a combination of phone and email or phone and live chat or much better off when all together. As anything could go wrong at any time, you need the reassurance that someone is available 24/7 to address your concerns. If a vendor or modder tells anyone to get a life then next thing you should do is to drop him like it’s hot.