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Sercit - Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:02 am
Post subject: Quick Question: Server-side .pdf manipulation/ad handling

First would it be possible, and how hard would it be, if it is, to create a server-side program to do the following.

Track Registered Users and allow them to download a "set" number of e-books for free before asking them for payment in a 24 hour period.

Allow advertisers to purchase ad-space, and upload their custom ad pages to the server. Purchase Ad-space for a "set" number of e-books, and then place those ads into all the books downloaded until that number is set. Making said books free, but changing them to charge when no ads are present, or available. Or, if the user has already downloaded their "free quota" for the day.

OR

Allow Administration to physically imput the number of confirmed orders by the advertiser. However, still capable of tracking the number of downloads by users and limiting the "free" downloads before asking the user to purchase after the "free quota" has been met.

What system requirements would be needed?

k0zy - Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:20 am
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I guess you don't want to do it in Subspace... right?

What do you mean by a server-side program?
A stand alone application? Or some part of a website?

I've written PDFs in Ruby that's not too hard.
So creating a website with said features in Ruby on Rails might be easy.

I don't know about PHP and Python, but I guess it's not that hard either.

Sercit - Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:14 am
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I mean on a website, and no not Subspace. Well not intentionally. I'm thinking to the future in regard to some projects I have in development that currently have an artist attached to them.

Doc Flabby - Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:55 pm
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Its possible but easy to get around with proxies...

k0zy - Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:17 pm
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Doc Flabby wrote:

Its possible but easy to get around with proxies...

Forcing the users to register will make it harder, but won't stop them from having multiple accounts of course.

What abour something that's easy to check but hard to make up for a second account!? Like the number on your id. Checking the checksum is easy and mr. average guy has probably problems generating a fake one.

Thing with that is, probably most users aren't willing to enter anything from their id.

Sercit - Mon Aug 04, 2008 4:09 pm
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Hrm. I dunno, some people are willing to do a credit card or bank card. Look at Second Life.