Status: WordPress, Twitter, Slow links, Training, Version 1 Upgrade
November 27th, 2009
Here is where we are at:
WordPress: The WordPress plugin is done now and will be released next week. Once released, if you are installing to a site that has a WordPress blog on the home page, it will be detected and the plugin will be automatically installed so that GoTryTHIS links work and WordPress links work, without any messing around with anything. Upgrading existing sites will apply this plugin. The programmer says it works “wonderfully”, so we are very happy about this.
Twitter: Today I tested our new Twitter links. The system itself is finished and we need to make a few updates to the installer next week to complete it. When we release this update, you will be able to quickly generate a Twitter friendly short link for any of your GoTryTHIS links. All the stats will appear as if the click was on the original GoTryTHIS link. This is a key feature that we are excited about!
Slow Link Problem: On a handful of servers, we have an issue with slow links in version 2, where the links take about 10-12 seconds to load. We are creating an alternative method for redirecting links on those domains, which will eliminate the problem, but clicks will appear in groups of three. For example, the first two clicks will not appear in the dashboard on incompatible domains until the third click happens. For now, this is a good compromise. Once this is released, you can turn this fix on in the settings for any domains suffering from slow links.
Training: I have added a number of “How To” posts into the /help blog, with more coming. I am getting them out with text and screen shots if I have them, and then going through again to create more videos. The help system will be nice and organized soon.
Version 1 Upgrade: We have been working hard on all these things and since they are all coming together at once, we are going to put them all into the next update and release that as the free upgrade for version 1 users. My guess is that this will be ready around December 7.
This WordPress plugin sounds like it will solve a lot of problems – I have a ton of WP sites that I want to run through GoTryThis.
Any update on when it will be done?
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Brad December 10th, 2009 at 5:57 am
Hello John-
This is great news. How are domains handled that have a html site at the root domain and a /blog wordpress blog at the directory? Can I track links for both domain.com and domain.com/blog? Or do I have to do a particular setup?
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Lisa January 22nd, 2010 at 3:19 pm