Comments on: New Premium WordPress Plugin: Introducing Auction Thumbs http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/ WordPress Themes, Plugins, Hacks, Tutorials, and more! Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:35:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Best WordPress Plugins – Great List! « Josephbryanmedia's Blog http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-27664 Best WordPress Plugins – Great List! « Josephbryanmedia's Blog Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:57:21 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-27664 [...] Auction Thumbs – Plugin that allows you to easily integrate eBay Partner Network ads into your WordPress Blog. [Full Review] [...] [...] Auction Thumbs – Plugin that allows you to easily integrate eBay Partner Network ads into your WordPress Blog. [Full Review] [...]

]]> By: Zulfikar http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4689 Zulfikar Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:26:37 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4689 Fair point - that is a positive comeback kyle and John. And yes constructive critisim is healthy as you have raised a few points I had not looked at. Yes a plugin does make it easier, but as newbies most of us are working with a limited budget which am sure influenced our choice of wordpress as a platform. Retracting and not putting your plugin down (I am impressed) just letin others know that there is a free alternative they can start up with. Once they start making money and wana a pretty looking website then by all means they can splash out some dosh n grab it. :) Fair point – that is a positive comeback kyle and John. And yes constructive critisim is healthy as you have raised a few points I had not looked at. Yes a plugin does make it easier, but as newbies most of us are working with a limited budget which am sure influenced our choice of wordpress as a platform.

Retracting and not putting your plugin down (I am impressed) just letin others know that there is a free alternative they can start up with. Once they start making money and wana a pretty looking website then by all means they can splash out some dosh n grab it. :)

]]> By: John W http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4679 John W Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:26:49 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4679 Zulfikar, In addition to Kyle's comments about the convenience of a plugin, here are some other discussion points about what Ebay provides: - You get the pretty Ebay colors and logo on your blog ;-) I don't know about you but I don't like my blog looking like Ebay with the "bubbles" or "jacks" background image of the editor kit. Tell me which of the two would look better on your blog - http://auctionthumbs.com/images/Ebay-comparison.jpg - If you want to change anything about the search criteria - off to Ebay again to generate new code from the beginning (selecting colors, size, orientation,...). With Auction Thumbs, you're making changes in a few fields in Wordpress. - You can't control the thumbnail size on Ebay. With AT, you can. - If Ebay changes their architecture of how their tools work, or gives you new criteria to take advantage of, you get to replace all your instances of code littered throughout your blogs. With a plugin - we make the changes and you just upgrade. Those are just a few off the top of my head. Zulfikar,

In addition to Kyle’s comments about the convenience of a plugin, here are some other discussion points about what Ebay provides:

- You get the pretty Ebay colors and logo on your blog ;-) I don’t know about you but I don’t like my blog looking like Ebay with the “bubbles” or “jacks” background image of the editor kit. Tell me which of the two would look better on your blog – http://auctionthumbs.com/images/Ebay-comparison.jpg

- If you want to change anything about the search criteria – off to Ebay again to generate new code from the beginning (selecting colors, size, orientation,…). With Auction Thumbs, you’re making changes in a few fields in WordPress.

- You can’t control the thumbnail size on Ebay. With AT, you can.

- If Ebay changes their architecture of how their tools work, or gives you new criteria to take advantage of, you get to replace all your instances of code littered throughout your blogs. With a plugin – we make the changes and you just upgrade.

Those are just a few off the top of my head.

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4666 Kyle Eslick Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:49:24 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4666 @ Zulfikar - I don't think anyone said that you NEED a plugin to accomplish this, but it can certainly be much easier if you do. Many of the hacks I write teach people who to do stuff by inserting code, but they ask me why do something manually when a plugin can do it? Heh. To each their own! :) Oh, and we do monitor comments, but even negative comments are approved as long as they are both constructive and relevant (I did remove the link to your site though, as people can click your name to get to the same spot). Here at WP Hacks we only delete comments attacking others or comments that aren't relevant to the post they are on. @ Zulfikar – I don’t think anyone said that you NEED a plugin to accomplish this, but it can certainly be much easier if you do. Many of the hacks I write teach people who to do stuff by inserting code, but they ask me why do something manually when a plugin can do it? Heh. To each their own! :)

Oh, and we do monitor comments, but even negative comments are approved as long as they are both constructive and relevant (I did remove the link to your site though, as people can click your name to get to the same spot). Here at WP Hacks we only delete comments attacking others or comments that aren’t relevant to the post they are on.

]]> By: Zulfikar http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4664 Zulfikar Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:26:09 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4664 Why do you need a plugin for this when all you have to do is get a piece of code from your eBay partner account and add it to your site. uhmm I wonder of my comment will be published or does it warrant deletion? :P Why do you need a plugin for this when all you have to do is get a piece of code from your eBay partner account and add it to your site.

uhmm I wonder of my comment will be published or does it warrant deletion? :P

]]> By: John W http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4564 John W Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:13:00 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4564 Yes, it is up. Not sure what you encountered, but all should be good. Question to folks here: how many of you require PHP 4 support? PHP 4 is reaching end-of-life this December but it appears a fair amount are still using it. I have a PHP 4 version almost completed and I'm gauging interest. XML processing between 4 and 5 are different; thus the separate branches of Auction Thumbs. Yes, it is up. Not sure what you encountered, but all should be good.

Question to folks here: how many of you require PHP 4 support? PHP 4 is reaching end-of-life this December but it appears a fair amount are still using it.

I have a PHP 4 version almost completed and I’m gauging interest. XML processing between 4 and 5 are different; thus the separate branches of Auction Thumbs.

]]> By: Kyle Eslick http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4560 Kyle Eslick Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:06:10 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4560 @ Aran - Not sure if their site was down or what, but I just checked and the site seems to be up and running just fine now. @ Aran – Not sure if their site was down or what, but I just checked and the site seems to be up and running just fine now.

]]> By: aran http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4555 aran Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:34:01 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4555 seems to have disappeared today, none of the links to any part of their site from anywhere seem to be working. seems to have disappeared today, none of the links to any part of their site from anywhere seem to be working.

]]> By: fromtheold http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4228 fromtheold Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:00:06 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4228 Wordpress is open source, so should the plugins be. Free is what made Wordpress great in the first place, more and more premium plugins will destroy that. Just my opinion. WordPress is open source, so should the plugins be. Free is what made WordPress great in the first place, more and more premium plugins will destroy that.

Just my opinion.

]]> By: John W - Auction Thumbs http://wphacks.com/auction-thumbs-premium-wordpress-plugin/#comment-4196 John W - Auction Thumbs Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:06:43 +0000 http://wphacks.com/?p=1106#comment-4196 Andrew, write me at info@auctionthumbs.com and I can brainstorm with you on how to leverage it on your site(s). Busby, you can write me as well re: the review. I've added a special promocode for WP Hacks readers exclusively worth $15.00 off for the rest of November. Use "wphacks" in the promo code field during the purchase. Andrew, write me at info@auctionthumbs.com and I can brainstorm with you on how to leverage it on your site(s).

Busby, you can write me as well re: the review.

I’ve added a special promocode for WP Hacks readers exclusively worth $15.00 off for the rest of November. Use “wphacks” in the promo code field during the purchase.

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