Affiliate PHP Software?

[fieldandtrek]

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Just out of interest, what do people generally use for their datafeeds?

a) Off the shelf software (Paid for)
b) Open Source Software
c) Customer Build Software

If it's a or b, what is it called and how long does it take you to setup a new feed?

[Ste]

With the amount of discrepancies in datafeeds, I don’t think there are any software solutions which cover all feeds.

If you like hundreds or thousands of static pages from a feed then Webmerge is worth a try, but to get around the dupe content you will need to play with the feed before you create the pages.

I bought it, used it once, but it was too much hassle! So C is the answer to this one.

[fieldandtrek]

Cheers for the reply Ste.

So do you use php for your site? and do you use datafeeds at all? You got a link to any of your sites so I can take a look?

As a side note, where in Lancashire are you? I was living in Leyland for a few years before I moved back down south in January.

[Ste]

I use a mixture on different sites, I don’t wanna go into details on here as I don’t wanna reveal my sites. I am originally a southerner, but the calm of the north west was calling – I am in Fleetwood, just outside the doom and gloom of Blackpool !

[fieldandtrek]

A friend of mine used to live in Fleetwood - Steven Bacon, he setup a Wireless ISP in the area I believe, but then moved to Wales!

The south will tempt you back one day, trust me..

[Ste]

I think I know him, he used to have the mobile phone shop down the main street. Small world if its the same guy

[fieldandtrek]

That's Steve!

He did say that Fleetwood has a big community where everyone knew each other - I guess he was right