March 30th, 2007
Xlogan 2.0 has now been released and the website has been updated with lots of articles about how Xlogan can help you make the most from your website.
The articles cover a range of topics, from basic questions such as “how many visitors does my website receive?” to more advanced and specialised topics such as “do Google AdWords work for me?” and “how many of my visitors have the .NET framework installed on their machines?”
To find out more about how Xlogan can help you answer these questions, and to download Xlogan 2.0, please take a look at the new Xlogan website.
You can also find out more about Xlogan Pro 2.0 for those of you who need even more from their log file analysis software.
The next step for Xlogan’s development will be Xlogan 3.0 - please email me or add a comment to this blog if you have any suggestions for features you’d like to see.
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March 23rd, 2007
I’ll be releasing a new “Pro” version of Xlogan shortly, which adds a number of features to Xlogan designed to help those using their websites to run their business:
Conversions
If you go to the Files report, select a file, right-click and select “Show Conversions Report”, it will give you statistics for what percentage of visitors downloaded that file, sorted by referrer, search term and entry page.
Export report to XML
You can save Xlogan’s report to XML, so you can import it into other programs. You can also load it again in Xlogan, which saves time if you want to look at the report again later.
Compare Reports
You can compare one report with another. For example you can compare the report generated by today’s log files with the XML exported for one of last year’s log files. Xlogan shows you the stats side by side, with the percentage change. This lets you easily see what new referrers are linking to you, whether you are converting more visitors into downloaders, etc.
If you’re interested in testing this new version, please email me at alex@axeuk.com. I’ll be giving away free copies and Amazon vouchers for useful feedback.
The free version of Xlogan will continue to be available.
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February 9th, 2007
I have created a new website to replace the Quest Games Archive.
It’s here: www.textadventures.co.uk
It’s more flexible and powerful than the old archive. As well as allowing you to post reviews again (something that was disabled a while ago on the old Quest Games Archive due to spam), you can now upload a game and it will be instantly available for download.
Logging in
If you ever submitted a game or posted a review to the old Quest Games Archive, you will already have an account on textadventures.co.uk as everything has been transferred over.
In order to log in, click the “forgot your password?” link to receive an email allowing you to create the password for your account.
Once logged in, you can start posting reviews and comments, and you can upload games.
Uploading games
When you upload a game, it will be available immediately for download. Please note that at the moment, each game has to be manually set up for the “play online” feature, so you may have to wait a day or two for this feature to be available for your game.
Also note that I will of course check each game after it has been uploaded, and will remove anything inappropriate - e.g. anything that isn’t a Quest game.
Feedback
Please let me know if you have any questions, suggestions or comments about the new website - please email me at alex@axeuk.com.
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February 2nd, 2007
I am currently developing an extension of the Quest Games Archive that will let you play Quest games within your web browser - no additional software required.
To give this a go, please go to http://www.axeuk.com/cgi-bin/gamesonline.cgi and just click on any game link to begin playing.
All you need is a browser that supports JavaScript and Flash.
So far I have tested this with Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 2.
Please post any comments to the forums, or drop me an email at alex@axeuk.com.
Note that as this is a beta, the facility may go down from time to time - but if you do notice any problems please let me know.
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January 18th, 2007
Quest 4.0 has finally been released, after a few months of beta testing.
QDK, the visual Quest editor, features a completely redesigned interface - it’s now easier and faster to edit your games, and the editing is handled within one main screen, so you’ll see less pop-up windows. Much of the internal code has been rewritten too, making QDK much more robust and reliable.
New features in Quest:
- containers
- verbs make it easier to set up custom commands
- you can now embed pictures, sounds etc. within your game file (using Quest Compiler)
- you can use more complex mathematical expressions within statements
- numeric variables are no longer forced to be integers, so you can use decimals and much larger numbers
- new Object Debugger gives you more power when debugging your game - when you’re developing your game, you can change object properties and “jump” around it while it is in progress
- “select case” (switch) support
- MP3 support
- pictures are now displayed within the main text window
To find out more, to order Quest Pro or to download a trial version, please go to http://www.axeuk.com/quest
We hope you enjoy using the new version of Quest - please contact us via the “Contact Us” link on the website if you have any questions, suggestions or problems.
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