Gave OpenX a shot

I had planned on doing lots of work on making a poker website this month but it never happened for a few reasons. Firstly I decided to try out the OpenX http://www.openx.com advertising platform, but I had more difficulties with it than I had bargained for, and it ended up taking up a lot of my time with really nothing to show at the end of it .

Was not impressed with OpenX documentation

Although it is a popular product, the documentation appears very poor and to cut a long story short I basically made a mess of the installation. After having further issues with upgrading it, I decided to start all over and reinstall it, but after then reading a few negative posts on the OpenX forum itself I thought enough is enough.

OIOPublisher sists well with WordPress

I’ve since purchased and installed the OIOPublisher http://www.oiopublisher.com plugin, as it’s just a WordPress plugin the installation was simple. I haven’t looked into it enough yet so I can’t comment on how good or bad it is, but at least I’m off to a good start on it.

Work on site lessened

The problems I had with Openx sort of put me off working on the site – and I ended up drifting off, playing more poker instead and doing other web stuff. Anyway I don’t plan on spending so much time again, for the time being at least, on getting my site advertising ready.

Improving making a poker website

I’ve still got plenty of other tasks I want to achieve before I start feeling really satisfied with making a poker website. The main areas I intend to work on over the next one or two months are to add some more permanent pages, either solve some issues I’m having with the Ikarus theme or switch to a different theme.

Improving the usability of the site

Laying out my posts in a better way so as to improve my readers experience. Improving my site seo wise. Checking that my site is as Google friendly as possible. Beyond Google, trying to also make my site seo friendly for other search engines. See how I can use social networking to further the exposure of my website.