I'm still here Posted: Oct 19, 2008 - 11:00 am Author: admin Section: Updates
It's been since April/May since I haven't posted for a whole month, this time about 5 weeks, actually. Even though this is just a small blog that I don't place much importance in, I still try to write a few blogs a month. Every once in a while however I get "webbed" out and/or "coded" out, this happened although shortly after I was working on AdaptBB quite a bit. Anyways...
Just the other week I went to my Dad's Wedding which I was nervous about for various reasons, a smaller one being that it was a wedding and I don't like to be infront of a lot of people. (I was his best man) Anyways I had a good time, helped to be away for a few days. I'm going to FINALLY add pictures of myself in the Gallery the next few days.
I've also been busy off and on putting in job applications, as well as a few interviews but nothing has panned out yet. I'm hoping to get a decent part time job hopefully this winter so I can save up money. Also I'm finally going for my driving temps along with my Mom late this month/early November, really excited for that. I probably won't be able to get my license however, until early next year.
Other than the aforementioned I can't think of too much else. I have been working on AdaptBB and will be revealing some info and screen shots on Monday, so be sure to stay tuned to AdaptBB.com. The script is actually coming along nicely and I hope to have a demo and beta in the next few weeks.
Not to sneak this in at the bottom, but as I have in the past, I'm going to try and cut down the amount of web stuff I have. I have right now (I'd link to them, but it's 1 AM right now) - InsaneVisions (AdaptCMS - active, AdaptBB - active, OneCMS - not active), adapt, GTA IV Universe, PCR, DW, Bengals Chatter, 24 Quotes, PY and this blog. I know a lot of that isn't every day work, but to break it down a bit:
InsaneVisions - Every Day (or nearly, work on adaptcms and/or adaptbb as well as posting 4 articles a month)
GTA - Not bad now, don't have to post much.
PCR - Don't know if I'll be able to keep this one, I'd love to but I just don't have the time to keep updating the list and write reviews.
DW - I don't want to let this one go if possible, little work from me.
Bengals Chatter - Especially with being on a nytimes online column twice because of it, I REALLY don't want to let this go unless I have to.
24 Quotes - Has always been up in the air what to do with this site. In the end it's a quote site with 24 news. (which is not often) So not a big hassle and it's a GREAT domain.
PY - Another toss-up. It gets okay traffic and was a big project which didn't exactly succeed, but who knows.
As you can see, a good amount I don't want to let go or sell, whatever. But as was proven with Kroger, I cannot have all these sites and projects. Especially with both a forum and cms script, some of the sites will get neglected and if I have a job a decent amount may be updated very rarely. If I go to college soon and have a job at the same time, I'll be lucky to be able to work on the scripts.
Luckily I have time to figure this stuff out, but there will be changes. Anyways I'll be posting probably this week with a political or current evens blog.
There won't be a monthly recap for August, in a nutshell I was finishing it and accidentally went back, so it was wiped out and not saved. In a nutshell most all of my sites went up, Insane Visions was mixed (not as much activity), AdaptCMS.com and most others were up.
As I had said in the prior version of this article, the Monthly Recap will probably be moved to another site (but will still be posted here, just will be posted originally somewhere else - likely Insane Visions).
The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however other things such as new users, number of articles and other things are also factors. I'm a bit delayed on July 2008, but here it is:
A bit of a down month in July. The CMS and awstats say uniques were down a little bit, 11% according to adaptcms, but this was after 2 record-breaking months. Analytics says it was a bit up.
I was hoping to do 2 tutorials in July, but only got 1 up. A total of 6 articles, again, with 1 tutorial and 1 blog. Mixed
Ah, finally a very good month for adaptcms.com. After the release of 1.2 showed little stats difference from any other month, July proved otherwise with AdaptCMS 1.3 being released.
Both Awstats and the CMS reported significant growth (especially the cms stats, 35%). Analytics also said a small uppage of stats.
I expect it to go down in August with 1.4 being worked on, but once opensourcecms.com can list it, it will definitely help. (whenever that is, I've submitted adaptcms twice) Up
The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however other things such as new users, number of articles and other things are also factors. Here it is for June 2008:
Thank goodness for my 2nd favorite AdaptCMS 1.3 feature, stats archive! 3 stats programs to use.
According to both Awstats and Analytics, June was down from May, but better than April. AdaptCMS (the script :p) says that it was down a lot from April and a bit from May.
Stats should go up in July with the release of 1.3, hopefully also (finally) getting on opensourcecms. Mixed
It seems like AdaptCMS is almost a constant thing to work on. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad thing, though I seem to have to take breaks more often, but that's also probably because I still have so many websites. AdaptCMS 1.3 is going to be an even bigger version than v1.2, with quite a few big new features.
Form Builder Plugin, Enhanced Stats, Read Me (a BIG one) and my favorite - the File Release System. You can see some of the juicy details here. I still have yet to do the Subscriptions, finish the Read Me and a few small things, but I'll have plenty of time with the Beta releasing this week.
If working on a big release of a CMS wasn't enough work, I've decided to start back work on AdaptBB. I had the dilemna of either letting adaptbb.com go (likely forever) or renew, at minimum I'd eventually do a forum script. I went ahead and renewed it.
With working on a 2nd script again, I'm looking very much forward to working on AdaptBB, I plan on using some extent of OOP. (would be the first time) At this point it's mostly planning, from features, DB structure, file setup, skins, etc. I'll be sure to keep updated here and at Insane Visions.
The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and
websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however
other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also
factors. Last month I didn't post a recap, so this one will be covering both April and May 2008, here it is:
IV had a very good April, according to Awstats it was the best month of the year and possibly the best month ever (or at least for a long time). Analytics said it went down. Either way, despite the stats, just 3 articles were posted in April.
In May, stats were down (by a decent amount in awstats), but a total of 5 articles were posted including v1.2 of AdaptCMS released and in late-may, a new website part of the Insane Visions network was launched - PHP CMS Reviews. Mixed
Just as I predicted, April was a huge month for GTA IV Universe, practically doubling March. Also as I figured, May dropped off by quite a bit from April, but still better than March.
June is expected to go down as well, but with continued updating, could be similar to March. Up
It seems every month I make a post about how I haven't posted for a few weeks. :p However this time it's been a full month!
Sometimes I suppose I don't have much to talk about, like the last few or so weeks. What have I been up to? I just started work on v1.3 of AdaptCMS for one, among features I've already written down likely to be in v1.3 weeks ago - I already have thought of doing full documentation and a neat idea for upgrading, possibly without having to download a zip file!
I've also started a new website, a part of the Insane Visions network, called PHP CMS Reviews. Think of it as a website like OpensourceCMS, it will be building up a database of PHP CMS's and will have demo's as well as reviews, news and other things in the future. The site should be launching monday.
Well I think that's about it, I'll try and update more frequently. Until next time.
It's been a little while for blogging here, I've been keeping busy. GTA IV is just 11 days away and the updates have been occurring every day.
Inbetween that, work has been happening daily on AdaptCMS, from bug fixes to minor enhancements. As said on Insane Visions, v1.2 of AdaptCMS is like a "mini-major version". Numerous security enhancements, new features, heavily improved features and a LOT of minor improvements.
The beta for AdaptCMS Lite v1.2 should hopefully go up by this weekend. Of course AdaptCMS as a whole is basically the same, but there are several things that are greatly enhanced.
Another thing I've been working on has been the Packs; basically it's a bunch of content pre-loaded. I've been working on the PS3 pack (or the "next-gen" pack, unsure yet) so far and have it nearly done, I underestimated the amount of work. For the PS3, 138 games (from launch to GTA IV) with full info (publisher, developer, esrb rating, description, genre, release date and boxart), takes a lot of time!
Well that's about it for now, the next week is going to be very busy for me. If I can get the Beta out, then I'll have for other stuff, including the much-anticipated GTA IV. :D
The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and
websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however
other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also
factors. Below is how March 2008 went:
A good month for IV. Stats according to google went down just slightly, in Awstats everything went up, who knows! Stats were up to a record high last month, so I'm happy.
A total of 7 articles were posted (1 tutorial, 3 blogs) and a nice 12 new member signups. Up
After putting it off, I finally got to work on GTA IV Universe and got quite a bit of stuff up and got some big traffic thanks to the likes of reddit and stumbleupon.
Stats were only up 4,500% :p. I think it could even be better in April, with the release of the game. WAY Up
It's been a crazy few days. After AdaptCMS Pro was released, Thursday and Friday were generally "bad" days, especially Thursday. Problems paying a bill and then my cat had to be taken to the vet (which I got to walk a mile while raining, taking him, fun :p). I haven't gotten the test results yet, but I am expecting him to be okay.
The Web
That said, I haven't done much web-wise. I did do an article about Creating your first website, I plan on doing more articles like that in the future. Other than that, I've already started just brainstorming for AdaptCMS Pro/Lite v1.2, definitely have some unique ideas already.
New PHP Project
I wish I could make a big announcement and reveal a new Project from Insane Visions, but I can't, yet. Frankly, I don't know what to do. AdaptCMS is really the CMS I have always wanted to make, blog software doesn't interest me either. There is a mostly-finished AdaptBB forum software and my idea of a Social-CMS, File Management script, shopping cart, so many ideas.
At this point I'm just thinking and gathering feedback, but at this point I have no idea. Hopefully soon. :)
Having the first blizzard in 12 years is such a weird thing. Since 1977 there has only been three blizzards in Cincinnati and the third one happened on Friday/Saturday. 12-14 inches by me and at the height of the storm, gusts of wind up to 40 MPH. It got so bad that my county had a Level 3 Snow Emergency, meaning any non-emergency vehicle was not allowed on roads and could be arrested. The worse part for most was the fact that practically no business were open Friday night-Saturday.
During this "down-time" I got to finish up on AdaptCMS Lite v1.1 and release it, you can get it here. Pro v1.1 has been released too. I'll talk more in a post real soon.
The "Monthly Recap" is a monthly post that looks at my projects and websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also factors. Below is how February 2008 went:
Another great month for IV. Stats are the highest since the site became the main domain in the hosting account. (over 1 1/2 years ago) Last month stats were up by a lot already, analytics said 20% and were even up 8% if you compare Feb 1-29 to Jan 1-31st. The continuing success of AdaptCMS helped along with a lot of traffic to the tutorials. 5 articles were posted (1 tutorial, 1 blog) along with 8 new users. WAY Up
January was the best ever for AdaptCMS.com and February was much better. Awstats said uniques tripled January, analytics saying a 200% increase. There were several new articles posted and if listed at opensourcecms.com and v1.1 releases, March could stack up and possibly do even better. WAY up
Continuing a consistent feature here at my blog, the "Monthly Recap" looks at my projects and websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also factors. Below is how January 2008 went:
Overall, a good month. Stats are way up compared to December, up 80% according to analytics. With the new version of OneCMS, especially, helped stats as I expected. With AdaptCMS released and it being integrated with IV, that will boost it as well. 7 articles posted (1 blog) and 8 new users. Up
The best month of AdaptCMS.com, ever. Double the next best month (from nearly a year ago) and a bulk of that traffic is from just about a third of the month! With Pro and Lite released and posted in a lot of places, stats have gone WAY up. There has been numerous purchases of Pro and new users. Great month and I can't wait until February! WAY Up
I made a blog just 4 days ago, yet it seemed like it was already time to make a new one, so much going on.
OneCMS
Seemingly after forever, OneCMS v2.5 was released. It is expected to be, sadly, the very last major version of OneCMS as a gaming-cms. I know that may sound like a hint of things to come, but it's not. My intention is for AdaptCMS to reign as the one and only CMS in active production of major version, by Insane Visions. That said, I expect several small versions after OneCMS v2.5, to fix bugs and such.
Life
If making a CMS, popular isn't tough enough, the joys of life. Not much has really been going on, aside from looking to college and trying to look into it and get a when and where as well as look to get a job. Fun stuff.
Sick, but back Posted: Jan 12, 2008 - 10:37 pm Author: admin Section: Updates
I posted a blog "Gone, but back" just back on January 5th and 3 days later I got sick. Got a cold and just today (the 12th) I am getting better, thank goodness. I got a 4 GB creative zune, so far I definitely like it. Real easy to set it up, real easy to use and pretty much very good quality. I also got AdaptCMS Pro running up at Insane Visions, AdaptCMS Site and the site you're at now.
Luckily I did, because I found numerous significant issues with the cache feature. Sometimes as good as testing is, it really needs to be put online with a site with a lot of pages, content, etc. and see what errors, bugs, etc. there are. But other than that, it's done well.
Gone, but back Posted: Jan 05, 2008 - 8:03 pm Author: admin Section: Updates
When I don't update anything for more than a day it seems like I almost have to explain, even if it's not a post it's improving a website layout or doing something. This time I was helping my dad move. I was out in Indiana from Wednesday afternoon until Saturday, got back at 12:30.
A two bedroom apartment (one used for storage) and everything barely fit into a massive 24 foot truck. If you don't know much about moving trucks, a 10-12 foot truck is okay for a simple 1 bedroom apartment. Although I think riding in a truck is kind of fun, it feels like a bus because of it requiring Diesel fuel and requiring wide right turns.
Anyways, I'll be working to release OneCMS, hopefully by the 15th as well as the AdaptCMS Lite Beta will be, definitely, out this upcoming week.
Continuing, hopefully, a consistent feature here at my blog. The "Monthly Recap" looks at my projects and websites to see how they are doing. Statistics is a major part, however other things such as new users, # of articles and other things are also factors. Below is how December 2007 went, Happy New Year!
I'd say a "alright month". Stats were down in awstats by a good margin, normal stats were only marginally down (adaptcms stats) and Analytics showed visits and pageviews down, a few other areas up. 8 user signups and 10 articles posted. Mixed
A new website and had a good first month. Quite active, with a lot of posted articles. Stats wise was good, will have a few podcasts coming up and be posting in more directories, after that stats will go down with the end of the season, but a good start. Up
Well normally I would of posted this in the same as the other post made today, but I just learned of it. After being in-between the system with later years in high school I had to go for my GED. This past summer I got a job at Kroger and they weren't exactly full, another words I got a lot of hours and finally quit so I could concentrate on the GED.
Long story short I studied, as previously posted took the GED last week and just to see if I could get into the site, due to problems the other day, I found out I passed the GED! Talk about a relief.
A feature I started quite a bit ago, Monthly Recap, is going to get a bit of a try. Basically I look at stats and such and recap my Projects and Sites, how they did for the month, in this case November, 2007.
Pretty good month. 10 articles posted, 2 Blogs, 1 tutorial and 4 actual news items. Would like to get that a bit higher this month, but pretty good. Statistically uniques were like 30 short of the previous month, which was a record month, but everything else was better. Up
A big month for AdaptCMS. Only 3 news items which is lower than I want, but progress on Pro and Lite was great. Statistically, lower, but because of the progress on the script, a good month. Up
As posted on IV, I finally went for my GED and should know the results this upcoming week. I also started yet another site, Bengals Chatter. Basically just a blog on the happenings of the Cincinnati Bengals, nothing super special. :p
Work on AdaptCMS continues, I'm really looking forward to releasing the Lite and Pro version. The original version has not done that well, unfortunately and I think that the script is a very useful tool with web developers, Lite and Pro will help a lot to show off AdaptCMS to many more people.
Pretty much it. I'll be doing a tutorial and will be kicking off a beta for AdaptCMS Lite hopefully in the coming week or two. I'm still trying to sell XBOX360Universe, awaiting payment from an interested person, may try and sell another site or two to cut down the # of projects so I can possibly make a new script. :) That's all for now.
and accidentally went back, so it was wiped out and not saved. 
In a nutshell most all of my sites went up, Insane Visions was mixed (not as much activity), AdaptCMS.com and most others were up.
AdaptCMS 1.3 is going to be an even bigger version than v1.2, with quite a few big new features.
Got a cold and just today (the 12th) I am getting better, thank goodness. I got a 