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OpenX is an open-source ad management platform. I wrote an overall review of OpenX (aka OpenAds) in my last post which discusses the benefits of the platform and also points out some of the cons. One of the most important uses of OpenX is rotating banners. Banner rotation is very easy with OpenX. But unless you know how to do it you might find yourself lost in documentation. It consists of 2 steps.
STEP 1: Launch Your Advertising Campaign
Follow steps to launch your first advertising campaign. This is explained in details …
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OpenX, also known as OpenAds, is an open-source advertising management platform. The program is an excellent add-on to your blog or website when you want to promote private ad sales. It is also a great resource to track which affiliate offers are getting the most clicks. This way you don’t have to depend on guesses and assumptions during affiliate marketing campaigns. You can replace that with hard statistics when it comes to simple, banner-based campaigns.
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OpenX download is a 30MB package which includes everything you want from a mature advertising …
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Wordpress development team has announced the new release candidate of the Wordpress blogging platform. The 2.5 release does not have a slew of new features. This release is focused on user experience and how to make it easy for everyone to use Wordpress. By default the blogging platform hides away the unnecessary and advanced features from plain view. This makes the interface look very clean and user friendly. Unfortunately the top-level menus and submenus still require clicking through to individual pages and this adds precious time to switch between …
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Mozilla Messaging looks to simplify email messaging. The Mozilla team backed by the Mozilla Foundations already simplified web-browsing with the Firefox browser. Can they repeat their success by creating effortless email management? Some of the questions posed by Mozilla Messaging shows that they are on the right track.
What if…
Getting lots of email was helpful, not overwhelming? Could it even be fun?
Finding out what’s important or new was obvious?
It was easy to broadcast, and keep the personal private?
Software could take into account how people communicate, rather than requiring people to understand …

