Well I really can’t wait for it to come! I’m sure its going to be awesome. There is some talk around about a preview version for people that have purchased the forums software and I really would like to see it. They have said that its not yet ready for us to play with but they are anxious for us to see it. So I hope this means a preview is right around to corner.
I’ve been working hard over the last few days fixing bugs adding new things to PictureMe and I am almost ready to release it. I’ve been thinking about putting it on hotscripts too but there is really not enough information on hotscripts so I really don’t know how it works. I want to just use PayPal to sell it because then I can keep track of which user buys the script and stuff like that. I also need to get people who will buy the script and thats one of the reasons I want to use hotscripts. I think I’ll send them a ticket to see how everything works and get them to answer some of the questions I have. But my guess is if you purchase it from hotscripts you will have to download all of the versions from hotscripts and not Faintmedia.com because I won’t be able to track the users accounts. So I’ve got a bit of decision making to do but thats ok.
PictureMe is being Beta tested right now. We are looking for all the bugs that need to be fixed. At the moment everything is looking pretty good. I’ve added a few more features to the script that should hopefully make it more secure.
Future Features
I have a few ideas already about what I want to added to the script. I plan to add the ability to put videos on there and buy now buttons for people that want to sell their work.
Code Revamp!?
It will be a pain but worth it. Since I’ve created the Broken Framework I want to redo the script so that it uses the framework’s library of functions. I want to do this for a few reasons. First it will be less cluttered. Second it will allow me to use the different features that framework has. Thirdly I will be able to work on some of the parts of the code that I think need it. This won’t happen for a while I’m just thinking ahead to what will need to be done.
Whats Left?
Well we need to finish beta testing the script. I still want to do some changes to the default skin to make it look nicer. That’s really all that needs to be done to the script itself. Then I need to figure out the price of the script, create the PayPal page and make it so that once I approve the PayPal submission you will be able to download it.
I’m planning to build a plugin that allows the admin to add social bookmarking site buttons to the bottom of their posts. It will be made so that the admin will select the forums that they want it enabled on and it will then display that on all the posts in that category. It may be a while before its don’t for a few reasons. First IPB 3.0 hasn’t been released yet so obviously I can’t start. Second I will have to learn the ins and outs of the new plugin system. Then I just have to code it. I also have a few plans along the same lines as this but used a little differently but Its very similar to what I’ve already described.
I am really excited for IPB 3.0 because of all the new stuff that will be introduced to it. I can’t wait to get my hands on it and start playing around.
I’ve made a few new modules for The Broken Framework that may be released with it.
Crawler
I have programed a crawler that allows you to crawl sites for its links, images, basic text, title and the metas. You are able to request the information and then do with it what you please. You can write it to a file or add it to a database. Also you can crawl a number of sites at once.
New MySQL Query Builder
I am currently in the process of building a new MySQL query builder. It uses arrays and keywords to set everything up for you and then runs the query. It will also come with a log file that you can enable in the setup so that if there is an error it won’t display it to the public but will add it to the error log file. It is easy to enable and disable you just have to use the setup function that looks like this:
$broken__db->setup(true);
(More setup options available.)
You use that in one of your files that will be included on all your pages so that it applies to all $broken__db functions.