Robert Plank

About Robert Plank

Robert Plank is the creator of Lightning Track, Redirect Pro, Rotatorblaze, and others.

An easy way to display the content saved by this article's script is explained in chapters 15 and 16 of his book, "Simple PHP": http://www.simplephp.com

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What the Heck is Server Side HTML?

If you're stuck in the dark ages and are still editing the pages of your web site by hand, there's an easy way to change the look of your web site on a moment's notice, by editing only one file.I know, there are all kinds of brand new...
Date Posted: August 12, 2005

10 Things To Know BEFORE Hiring A Freelance Programmer

To avoid the same mistakes I see marketers making over and over again, there are a few things you need to know before you hire that eLance, Scriptlance, or RentACoder software developer.Law 1: Your software needs to be created in small...
Date Posted: August 12, 2005

The ONLY Thing You Need to Know About Writing Articles

You don't need to be a great writer to write great articles, just be fast and entertaining. There is only ONE SINGLE THING you need to know about article writing.Tell a story.Stories are easy to follow and interesting.
Date Posted: August 12, 2005

How to Build a Forum That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Months Later, Part 1

If you can get a big enough following from customer lists and newsletters you might want to start your own forum. But I always see people trying to start a forum and it falls flat on their face, mainly because they make it too big and they never...
Date Posted: August 09, 2005

How to Keep Your AdSense Account From Being Nuked by Google

There have been whole AdSense accounts bringing in $5000 per month banned for life from Google because of fraudulent clicks. If Google catches you clicking on your own AdSense ads, they can shut you down.You won't get canned just for a single...
Date Posted: August 01, 2005

Defend Your Thank You Folders From URL Guessers

If you sell downloadable products, you're going to have a thank you page (a URL where the buyer is redirected after a sale). With just a couple lines of HTACCESS code you can make that folder airtight.
Date Posted: March 27, 2005

Save $100 in 5 Minutes Backing Up Your Web Site?

Here's an easy way to backup your web site's files and database (worth thousands of dollars, no doubt) that costs $0 to learn and perform. It only takes seven easy steps.You don't need to know a lot about how to use Unix or how to use...
Date Posted: June 06, 2004

HTACCESS Wrappers with PHP

HTACCESS is a remarkable tool you can use for password protection, error handling (like custom 404 pages), or HTTP redirects. It can also be used to transform whole folders in seconds: adding headers to all your HTML documents, watermarking all...
Date Posted: January 25, 2004

Clickbank Security Using PHP

Here's a way to protect the products you sell with Clickbank, using their built-in protection and by implementing a 30-day expiration, all without having to worry about managing databases or customer lists.THE FIRST STEPFirst of all, Clickbank...
Date Posted: January 19, 2004

PHP in the Command Line

There's a single line you can add to your web host's control panel that will automatically archive your content.LISTEN CLOSELY AND YOU'LL HEAR THE OCEANEver run commands in DOS? You've used a shell.
Date Posted: January 12, 2004