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[edit] Page format

Try and retain the format which already exists.

linkname - short desc (version)

• the linkname should just be the tld w/ no subdomain
• the short desc should be about 60characters or less.
• (version) optional.

Version key:

• BM - Beermovies
• YB - yellowBkpk AJAX
• DS - Darkstar AJAX
• BE - black2d/ekius (typically uses lilwoot page from woot.com uncached)
• SG - sgartner AJAX
• MA - mraustin AJAX (2.1 rev 2)
• LW - Uses lilwoot page from woot.com, typically not cached by hosting server
• IK - ikishk AJAX frontend, perl backend.
• O - Other/not defined

please no shamless plugs. just the facts, jack

--ikishk 05:03, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Also add links to the bottom of the relevant sections. This makes it easier to determine which sites really are stable. lets try and keep the stable section to max of 10 sites.

[edit] Report new sites here

If you dont want to edit the main page, report new sites here and an admin will take care of it for you.

[edit] Report no longer stable, dead, or buggy sites here

If you dont want to edit the main page, report unstable, dead, or buggy sites here and an admin will take care of it for you. http://woot.kishk.org/ is not stable enough during the heaviness of a wootoff. It isn't bad, but it's not stable.

I beg to difer. only people which happen to lye in the path of qwest on my providers uplink's uplink see a CAPACITY problem. The checker itself is stable, the host itself is stable, and others who dont happen to go over qwest never saw a problem. Trouble tickets have been opened by both providers under qwest. Host load avg never went above 0.05 unless webalizer was run... I thinks thats a bit stable dont you? --ikishk 17:27, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

seems the uplink's uplink fixed the problem. 6.09GB yesterday with no reports of laggyness as before. --ikishk 06:50, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dear Jerkface error

I am running the darkstar checker at http://woot.binarydata.net/ and just noticed the "dear jerkface" error. From what I understand it's when you hit woot's servers too many times. Could this be the the auto-throttling it does so towards the end it refreshes more often? Going to look at the code to see if I can force to, say, 30 seconds and see how that works. --Vrillusions 14:52, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Patched the xml parsing function so now it's standard wootoff update is 30 seconds and 15 seconds when almost gone. Edit xmlparse.php on line 114 change $refresh = 15 to $refresh = 30. On line 115 change the value from to 15. The changes should be reflected on the page. I'm going to try this and see how it goes --Vrillusions 16:56, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Worked fine for a while but got it on an item that was <10% left for an extended amount of time. Made both values 30 for now. Perhaps scripts that throttle the updates do it based on how fast the sale is going. So if it goes from 100% to 80% to 60% with each 30 second refresh it's probably safe to increase the refresh rate earlier. Where if it goes 100, 100, 98 you don't want to increase the refresh till later. --Vrillusions 21:53, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Very sorry about that. I rewrote a few sections of code to reduce any rogue fetches. I also rewrote the image fetch since sometimes the image wouldn't fetch and would stay a red X until the next item. The new release is v2.1-c available at http://woot.dswebhost.net/download.php -- Darkstar 02:52, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] General "Status" process/guidelines

Q: How long before you would consider a checker stable?

A: 4-6 hours under a woot-off load.

Q: If s stable woot checker goes down, where do we put it after it comes back up?

A: Its no longer stable but still up, goes to the top of the normal section.

(GUESS THIS DOESNT APPLY TO EVERY ONE...) - smyl

nah, bullshit smyl "(cur) (last) 2008-04-27T14:57:08 Lrgraham14 (Talk | contribs | block) (9,653 bytes) (moved wootski to broken because its stuck and wont update the cache) (undo)" You where NEVER in stable, you had been moved from normal to broken on 4/27. Then 15 mins before a wootoff it goes from broken to the TOP of the normal list. look 2 questions below this one.--ikishk 13:36, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

it was in stable for 2 wootoffs and the fake one...

http://woot.wikia.com/index.php?title=Woot-Off_Checkers&oldid=6806 -- smyl

then look at the 4/27 report of it being down right after the rev you posted. its been up 9hrs now, just move it to the top of normal, or the bottom of stable now. patience grasshoppa.--ikishk 13:46, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Q: A checker is down, where do I move it?

A: Move to the broke/offline section.

Q: A normal checker which was down is now back up, where does it go?

A: The bottom of the normal section. This is how we keep it fair to newer checkers ont he list which start at the bottom.

Q: I had a restricted checker which is now unrestricted, where do I put it.

A: The bottom of the normal list. No, you cant add a restricted site, then unrestricted it to jump the list. If your site has been in the restricted list for more woot-offs than 3/4 of the sites listed have existed, the top 1/4 of the list should be fair. Ask here what others think first.

Q: Are checkers ordered in any specific way?

A: newer checkers are at the bottom of the list. As older checkers go offline or become unstable, newer ones move up the list. The stable section should be the same way as well, but someone decided to re-order them based on THEIR connection times from THEIR computer/host... not very accurate. over time this will correct itself.

Q: is it ok to move my own checker up on the list?

A: if you follow the flow, and dont skip steps, yes.

Q: How often are sites checked during wootoffs?

A: I (ikishk) try and check all the sites at least every 4 hrs. others check them too. feel free to help

Put any other questions or comments below this. I want to keep the Q/A section clean please --ikishk 02:20, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Misc

Woot checker guidlines http://woot.wikia.com/index.php?title=Forum:Woot_dev_offers_some_guidance&t=20070308213538

Apache Logs moved to Forum:Apache_logs_w/_checkers

Luke's help moved to Forum:Woot_dev_offers_some_guidance

shard, check out.... hotlinking woot.com moved to Forum:Woot_dev_offers_some_guidance

DS error moved to Forum:DS_error

Trackwoot Discussion moved to Forum:Trackwoot_Discussion