[Andy Rodriguez]

Hello team,

Reha and Osiris have been busy behind the scenes working on the new datafeed for all of you. In fact I hear Osiris has been kept hostage to complete the many requests you all have suggested. http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

The new and improved uSubscribe datafeed has been created, tested and is already live on the site and on Reporting.net. You guys will love this feed. It has all the bells and whistles, it has ALL your requests, suggestions and functionality to make your sites ROCK...

I want to invite you to take it for a spin, if you are already a uSubscribe partner, log into your Reporting.net account and download the feed.

If you are not an affiliate partner yet, you are in for a treat. You need to do sign up first though, you may sign up for our program here. (http://www.usubscribe.com/affiliate/index.cfm)

Once you sign up, i will review your site and if you are approved, you will be working the premier online magazine subscription merchant on the web today.

Thank you in advance for your support of this program,

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

Hello ABW community! Osiris Armstead here, head techie and recently freed hostage (thanks for getting that in print Andy http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_razz.gif ) of Usubscribe.com. I'd like to thank all who have participated in our initial data feed brain storm, I think what we have come up with will be a great tool for our affiliates. If you have any questions or further suggestions concerning the data feeds this thread would be just the place to put them forth. I look forward to hearing from you all.

Osiris

PS - My inaugural post! http://66.132.187.8/smilies/toast.gif

[Nova]

Hi Osiris,

Welcome to ABW! http://66.132.187.8/smilies/wave.gif

Get ready for some tech question, I hope you are ready! lol... Just kidding.

[Nature Boy]

How about setting a cookie so that we don't have to remember what options we picked the last time we pulled the feed?

Other than that... it's looking good http://66.132.187.8/smilies/thumbup2.gif

[Andy Rodriguez]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Osiris - uSubscribe.com:
Hello ABW community! Osiris Armstead here, head techie <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Welcome onboard partner...keep a close eye on this forum and let's make this the #1 magazine subs program on the web today.

We have all the right pieces in place, lets add fuel and blow the lid off this program.

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Hi Osiris,

Welcome to ABW!

Get ready for some tech question, I hope you are ready! lol... Just kidding. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

bring on the questions! ... so the hip bone is connected to the thigh bone ... http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif thanks for the quick welcome Nova - Mrs. Happypoon

edit: On a mass re-quote mission

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>How about setting a cookie so that we don't have to remember what options we picked the last time we pulled the feed?

Other than that... it's looking good <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Great suggestion, working on it right now. Check back in a little for an update. Thanks Scott.

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

For all of you who would like to check out the interface and the kind of datapoints that are available in our datafeeds here is a link to an example page:

http://www.usubscribe.com/affiliate/links_example.cfm

All files are tab delimited.

[Andy Rodriguez]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Osiris - uSubscribe.com:
For all of you who would like to check out the interface and the kind of datapoints that are available in our datafeeds here is a link to an example page:

http://www.usubscribe.com/affiliate/links_example.cfm

All files are tab delimited. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Osiris, let's not spoil them too soon..... http://66.132.187.8/smilies/rotflol.gif

[drcool]

Maybe I'm an idiot and don't see it but can you add the category into the datafeed? I see you have a seperate feed for just the categories but I would like to see the cat. numbers in the main feed. If, for example, I wanted to find all the sports magazines I could just sort by category and take those items from the feed.

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Osiris, let's not spoil them too soon..... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I simply cant help myself. http://66.132.187.8/smilies/bonk.gif I only hope that no one takes offense to a little pampering. http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Maybe I'm an idiot and don't see it but can you add the category into the datafeed? I see you have a seperate feed for just the categories but I would like to see the cat. numbers in the main feed. If, for example, I wanted to find all the sports magazines I could just sort by category and take those items from the feed. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

The related categories for every subscription can be downloaded in the main datafeed or seperately in it's own file. If you are downloading category information in the main feed the fields of interest are 'relcategories_ids' and 'relcategories_text'. You can opt to download this category information as a list of category ids (numeric representation), as a list of category names (recognizable character string such as 'Fashion' or 'Sports'), or no list with a record in the feed for each category that a subscription falls under. So that data is in there. I hope this helps, if you have any other questions about accessing category information please let me know.

whew ... my first tech question and response at abw. thank you drcool http://66.132.187.8/smilies/banana.gif

[drcool]

Thanks. I was thinking the related categories was categories the mags fit under in addition to the main category. I guess that proves it... I am an idiot http://66.132.187.8/smilies/bonk.gif

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Thanks. I was thinking the related categories was categories the mags fit under in addition to the main category. I guess that proves it... I am an idiot <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

gah...Be kinder to yourself drcool http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_cool.gif It is understandable that you would be looking for a multi-tier category system. Just happens to be that we are currently weighting all categories a subscription falls under equally.

edit: adding fancy quotes

[Andy Rodriguez]

Ok team,

Any feed back on the new datafeed structure? Any suggestions? Comments?

[Nature Boy]

I haven't had a chance to do much with it just yet (lotsa family medical problems), but I've downloaded a copy and like what I see so far http://66.132.187.8/smilies/thumbup2.gif

The only problem I'm having is with the file being a .tab file. My Excel doesn't like .tab files, so I end up changing it to a .txt file so it can be read. No biggie though.

Oh, how's about that cookie?

[Osiris - Usubscribe]

Hiyas all. So I have added to the links page a means to load the last datafeed settings you used to create a feed. Additionally Ive added a means to generate a url that when called will request and result in a data file with the particular settings as displayed on the links page at the time the url was generated. This could be used to automate the uploading of our catalog for instance. As always, let me know what you think. http://abw.infopop.cc/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Osiris

edit: add a word