October 2007 Archives

26/10/07 - The End Of Voucher Code Sites?

There has been a series of voucher code bloopers as reported by e-consultancy lately: Threshers, Sainsbury's, Hamleys and Littlewoods.

Furthermore, what with sites like Tesco are stopping voucher codes from being displayed on websites and affiliates reporting voucher code theft, is this the beginning of the end for voucher code websites? More

23/10/07 - Solving A Problem That Should Never Have Existed!

When I took out my hosting package, I noticed a small condition that limited the amount of emails I could send out to 250 emails an hour.

That's not a problem until you want to set up a mailing list but after 2 days of coding, I've come up with a solution. More

08/10/07 - Flash Graphs

I've just finished changing the graphs on Compare Sat Nav to a SWF Flash alternative. The way I used to create them was via the PHP imagejpeg function, generating an image from my price check data. Now, I have integrated the Open Source software Open Flash Chart.

Here's a demo of a small graph (Navman S30) and a bigger graph (TomTom One GB). More

05/10/07 - Blog Redesign In 24 Hours

Yesterday I announced I needed a new blog design and today I have one!

I've gone one step further and built 12 templates so I get a fresh new look each month automatically. I've also added some extra features. More

04/10/07 - Wow, That Blog Re-Design Bandwagon Moves Fast!

Unless you live in a cave, you'll have noticed Kieron's new blog design and James Little's new look.

Well that looks like a fun new bandwagon to jump onto so I'm announcing I will soon be releasing a new design, so expect some odd looking pages for a few days! More

01/10/07 - Open Source Digg Software

Nothing to do with Digg itself but there's an open source Digg style script called Pligg which means you can create your very own Digg style service.

Some examples that already use this script are: More