-----Original Message----- From: Jason Cunliffe <jasonic@nomadicsltd.com> To: zope@zope.org <zope@zope.org> Date: Sunday, September 03, 2000 5:01 AM Subject: [Zope] Ad banners in Zope anyone ?

Hello

I am glad to see any new web site anoncements using Zope. For example the new Malaysian news service at http://www.emedia.com.my/

Out of curiosity I checked to see how they handled their ad banners: <a href="/phpAds/click.php3"><img src="/phpAds/phpads.php3?what=NST" border="0" width="468" height="60">

It looks like this is perhaps some instant cut-and-paste of exsiting PHP tools tacked onto the Zope Server. this a temporary measure until we got a "real(?)" banner ad system. at the time of development, there was no banner ad system in zope that can furnish us some stats that we can give to advertisers. although later there was banner system (a zope product), we just got stuck with phpads.

we have now real media installed, and will be replacing phpads with it.

If it ain't broke don't fix it..and DTML aint pretty we know..

- Can one run PHP from inside of Zserver/ZODB easily? - How would to do that? - Is anyone using Zope for Ad Banner services?? - What would would make it a good or bad choice?

my take: sales dept and upper management needed a proven system that can give advertisers assurance that advertisers got what they asked for. and banner system, though a good product, can't give us what real media can; in terms of stats and other stuff. so, we forked some dough to get some dough in :) but i'm still looking at banner system.

thanks Jason ________________________________________________________________ Jason CUNLIFFE = NOMADICS.(Interactive Art and Technology).Design Director

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