Everything is easy and fast. And it looks a lot better than most of us can code.

For more information, don’t hesitate to visit CU3ER’s web page.

Very important is to add the max value possible. This is to put the graph in an interval on the screen. For example, if your maximum value for one day is 996, you can put the <max> value to 1000.

Also, you can set in the XML file if you want the dots to be shown on the values or not and also if you want the graph to have a fill under it.

How to include the graph

I use swfobject to include the graph. THis is to use flashvars for the path to the XML file. I have included the HTML file so you can see how everything is done. All you have to modify is the flashvars.xmlPath to point to the actual path of your xmlFile.

Example
Below is an example. This is the blue one.

Color Variations

In the zipfile I included more color variation: red, purple, blue, green and lime.

Anyway…I made a small script for you all. It is a Flash banner rotator.
It is really easy to change the the images, text and URL of the images. You don’t even need Flash. All the information is read from a XML file (that can be opened with any text editor). There isn’t a max number of images that can be loaded…but I don;t recommend having more than 6…

Also,  since this is free there is also a link back to my website (the last image from the banner rotator…and this is loaded automatically every time). If you want this removed it costs only 3$. Just send me an email fro more information.

Also, if you want other size post a comment and I will try to make it as soon as possible…currently it is only at 400×250

For all of you that want a professional image hosting script, check out the script they offer. It is very well build, with a lot of features and also very easy to set up. You can upload images, and with those images create image slideshows, image galleries, a randomizer, copyrights, resize the image, make borders, and SO much more.

Don’t hesitate to visit the website. I am sure this script is perfect for anyone that wants to start an image hosting website. http://x10media.com

As I mentioned, the chart is driven by a smal XML file…so no ActionScript coding is necesary. just embend the SWF file in you page. before I exmplain further how to make changes to the chart, lets first see it in action:

Hope you like it. now, let get down to the technical part.

After downloading, you will see two files: the SWF file and the XML file. to make any changes to the chart, just open the XML file with any text editor. The structure of the XML file must be kept as it is, but there can be any number of items added (but I don’t recommend more than 50). I strongly recommend makeing a back-up of this original file just in case your XML file does not work. But, as long as you keep everything intact it should work just fine.
XML file structure:

<data>
<chart>
<value>3</value>
<label>Our Compnay</label>
<color>0xFF0000</color>
</chart>
</data>
For every new value you want to appear in the piechart, you must paste what is between <chart> </chart>
The value indicates the hos mutch space from the chart this item will ocupy. If you have the values in percent (%) enter it without the “%” sign.
Every new item can have a label. This is optional but is recommended if you want users to know what the piece of the chart means.
The color is necesary. It must be entered as a RGB value with “0x” in front. Example: 0xFF0000 = red

About the terms…you are free to use the file on your website and distribute it freely on the internet as long as the copyright remains intact. Youa re not allowed to sell this file.

Also, please note this file need Flash Player 9 or above to run.

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As you may know proxy websites need a lot of bandwidth to run and they also consume more CPU than a simple website, blog or forum. That is why proxy hosting aren’t very common and more expensive than regular hosting. At the start of the experiment I used a free webhost. It did not offer to much bandwidth (only 5GB) but it is more than enough for a starting website. Also, I did not spent any money on advertisement, only some submission to proxy directories and a few posts on three or four forums where I am active. The proxy was up and running on 24May but the name servers weren’t updated so no visitors in that day. But I did start the submission to directories and forum posts. 25May was the first active day for the proxy website. I got 22 unique visits in that day, but no money from Adsense. On the 26 of May I got my first click on the proxy. I got three clicks and made 0.29$, not much, but considering I only had 44 Unique visits I was satisfied.

On the 27th I had 71 visits and earned 0.76$ and on the 28th got 124 visits but only 0.2$. Also, on this day I discussed with someone for a little advertisement. It was worth 5$ and he promised some good exposure for the website. I payed the money and waited to see the outcome the next day. On the 29Th I saw a big increase in traffic. The advertisement was successful and I got 430 Unique and active members. The proxy was used and I also got good clicks on the ads. I earned 6,19$ on that day. I was already makeing profit from the 5$ advertisement. The next day I also got 451 visits and earned 4.01$.

After that the weekend came and the visits also decreased at only 100/day. On Monday the visitors returned and I had 337 uniques. Also i registered 5,16$ in earnings. After this day something went wrong. My visits decreased at about 180-220 visits/day. I also started to get smart-priced and my earnings also decreased. I also changed my design so that I will bring visitors something new and it helped a little, but not very dramatically. I am thinking to change the design once again in something more professional.

OK! this was the story. But was it worth it? The site did earn in these two weeks more than this blog in a month. The hosting was free so I only payed the 5$. The problem is that the 5GB bandwidth got consumed really fast (in just a week and a half) but lucky for me I found someone that will give me proxy hosting (39GB bandwidth) if I agree to place a banner on my site. I considered this a good offer so I took it. Did not have any problem until now with it and I will stick with this guy for now.

The visitors started to decrease, but this is also to the lack of advertisement. Except for that 5$ I did not spent anything on promoting my site and I also stop the directory submission and the forum posting and we all now that site promotion is an essential part in developing a successful website. I will get someone to make a good design for the site, start to promote it once again and maybe even purchase another 5$ advertisement from the same guy (I was satisfied with his service). Also considering that school is over in most country it is somehow normal for the lack of visitors. I will have to wait for school to begin once again and with a little luck, I will get a piece of the “pie”.

P.S. For those that are interested, the site is: http://ip-proxy.co.cc

We will just have to wait and see. The only problem is that I don’t have a lot of bandwith (only 5GB). Proxy website don’t need much space (100MB will do just fine) but they do need a lot of bandwith. It will be enought for the start, but if the website will get more visits, than I will need more and more bandwith.
If the site will earn some $$ (about 6$/day) than getting more bandwith will be no problem because I could afford to pay for it. The problem is something else. Even if I get the money from Adsense, I can only pay for the host with paypal. And this is a problem because Google does not pay the advertisers throw paypal.

That are the main problems…I will just have to wait a week and see how the site performs. After that I can make some calculation: bandwith consumed, money earned, visitors using it and so on. Will let you in on what I have discovered.

For those that are interested, the link is: http://www.ip-proxy.co.cc

PHPmotion is a free video and music sharing script. It is easy to install and configure and can be used by anyone that has basic knowledge of the internet. You don’t have to do any programming. Just upload and install.

- PHP 4.3 and above (including support of CLI)
- MySQL database server
- LAME MP3 Encoder
- Libogg + Libvorbis
- Mencoder and also Mplayer
- FFMpeg-PHP
- GD Library 2 or higher
- CGI-BIN
- Be able to run background processes

Do you want to make your own unique Joomla template but don’t have the skills do learn how to code on or don’t have time to learn? Well, this just got a lot simple. Joomlashack.com just released the new template creator. The template creator is free to use, but there also is a catch.

Like I said, the template builder is free to use. You can find it at Joomlatemplatebuilder.com and doesn’t even need a download. Everything is right from the browser. You will get a professional to that lets you choose colors, parameters, width of the template an much more. You will also get a live preview of what you are doing at any time. Sound cool no?

Well there is a catch. The tools is free to use and you will get a coda that you must copy somewhere in the template for the changes to take place. The problem is: in what template? This tools works with MyTemplate, a commercial template from Joomlashack.com that costs 39.99$. So even if you get the code you must paste it in that specific template if you want it to work.

MyTemplate is just like a back-end for all the templates created with this tool. Actually you only change some parameters in the template, you don’t write it from scratch (actually the tools doesn’t write it). So yes, the tools is free, but you must purchase the template for it to work. If you know other good template builders let us know:)