Hi Derek
Big thumbs up.. havent updated yet cause im just upgrading vbulletin..
but looks great with all the new features!!!
may i add a couple of wishes for next release???
(i'm comparing the features to my existing external toplist)
functionality:
- add a cron to reset the counts..
why? because if any new sites are added.. they will never be able to move up if some sites have been there for years with thousands of ins and outs. (usually i have a cron on a weekly base ... but a reset once a month would be fine also)
- add a cache to the generated banners
if the site that uses the stats banner has 1.000.000 hits a day.. it will be generated 1.000.000 times ON YOUR SERVER. (cache update once an hour or day.. or only if things change)
- change the layout to standard banners 468x60
When using the standard banners.. the layout gets to wide specially if you are using a left navigation block.. it would be, for those banners much nicer if the banner was between site title and description, not needing an extra column.
- only show banners for the first 10 or 20 or 30 sites
the banners for the others should not appear. (sort of reward for good sites)
Last .. but this is just the frosting on the pie
- have a plus [+] minus [-] or equal [=] sign near the ranking
so users would know if this site is coming up or loosing rank.. example i a site is ranked 4 it would have a symbol besides the rank (or somewhere else) if the former rank was 3 it would be a [-] .. if the former rank was 10 it would be a [+].. and if nothing has changed.. ie. the former rank was 4 in the last 24 hours so.. it would be [=]... hmm i'll check with my toplist pro what criteria they use for [=]
sorry if one of these features is allready implemented.. as i said i will only be upgrading during the week. (I only looked at the changelog)
But I think its great and looks very professional now!!!!!
And last... just had an idea.. and i dunno if its easy to implement..
- if a user has a homepage in his profile, add a little checkbox in his settings so he can have it added automatically to the toplist (it should tell him to add a banner as soon as possible)
thats all for now.. no more ideas
Felix
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