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REAL Software have just updated to REALBasic 2009 Release 3.

I try to keep current on the release cycles to take advantage of new features/ bug fixes in the latest versions of the programming language.

There are a few things I’ll need to update based on this latest release, mainly around how text fields are handled. It will give me the opportunity to clean up some things and have a cleaner look.

This release adds in OpenGL which is nice and while I might use it for another project, I have no plans to put it into Internet Marketers Companion.

Shane

So here’s an interesting question I’d love to get some feedback on.

Do folks who frequent websites, prefer a stand alone forum or one that is built in to the site, such as the one I currently have setup here at www.InternetMarketersCompanion.com that uses a Wordpress Forum Plugin

The idea as to why I set it up was as a trial to get the same theme across both the site and the forum. There are a couple of bridge programs up there to help get forums like Invision Board (My Forum of choice), vBulletin, phpBB and others.

Most of these are beta at best and at worst will screw up your databases. There are other options where consultancy firms will bridge things for you, but my pride as an IT consultant myself prevents me paying for a service I could do myself.

Well I could do it myself if I wasn’t slammed with projects that is.

So let me know? Built in Forum, Stand Alone Forum or I really don’t care, either of them are fine.

For the curious, I’m using SimplePress for the Wordpress Forum plugin, it’s free, compatible with Wordpress 2.8 and it looks like they keep it updated with the latest WP revisions.

You can get it simplepressforum.com

Kind Regards,

Shane

Something I’ve been working on for the next release of IMC Lite, Affiliate Branding.

What does Affiliate Branding mean? Well, in short you’ll be able to set your Affiliate ID in the program so that any folks that upgrade to the Pro version from the Lite version will garner you a 30% commission on Internet Marketers Companion.

This means you can offer a branded version of IMC Lite through your website and while providing your users with a great piece of software to help folks keep tabs on their PPC spend and income, you’ll also be able to pick up some nice affiliate income also.

Kind Regards,

Shane

IMC has been around quite a while now. It predates Vista and I’ve only just included support for Mac.

The Mac version of IMC Pro will be coming in the not too distant future.

As such some of the ways I used to do things need to be updated. One of these has been giving errors that are generally got around by running the program as Administrator on Vista.

I’ve got a few things coming in the pipe line but the next versions of both IMC Lite and IMC Pro will have the database moved to a more correct location which will stop some of the permission errors that have been cropping up.

Something else I’m trying to get in this next version is branding. This will allow folks who run their own sites and wish to promote IMC for fun and profit will be able to get a branded version of their very own to distribute.

This version will include their affiliate details and ensure they get a nice commission for every IMC Pro they help to sell.

Stay tuned.

Shane

Hi Folks,

The next release of the blasters imc lite is undergoing final tweaks before release.

New in this release:
* Mouse over on merchant id in PPC and AFF tabs now shows the Merchant name.
* Program can check if a new version is available and download it to your desktop.
* Various streamlining and code fixes.

Kind Regards,
Shane