Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone 1.10 is NOW AVAILABLE!
 

Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone 1.10 represents a major upgrade to the Stand Alone product, building on the core features of ABPSA 1.0 through 1.09 and introducing several important additions to the product.

We're happy to have it finished a day early, and to announce that it is now available for download, as a FREE upgrade for all Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone customers.

I'd like to personally encourage every user of 1.0 through 1.09 to upgrade their copies to take advantage of the bugfixes, features, and enhancements.

Chio may make an announcement when he gets back from vacation for anyone who missed this one.


The changelog is here, if you're curious:

http://www.abpsa.com/changelog


Screenshots for ABPSA:

http://abpsa.com/screenshots/abpsa-login-thumb.jpg http://abpsa.com/screenshots/abpsa-editfeed-thumb.jpg http://abpsa.com/screenshots/abpsa-relinker-thumb.jpg http://abpsa.com/screenshots/abpsa-campaigns-thumb.jpg http://abpsa.com/screenshots/abpsa-runabp-thumb.jpg


More information on ABPSA:

http://www.abpsa.com


Other products:

http://www.relinksoftware.com


To upgrade:

1) Log into the Relink Software member's section.
2) Click "regenerate archive."
3) Download the archive and transfer the files to your server.
4) Browse to your Dashboard (index.php in the ABPSA directory).

That's it! You're upgraded.


Any issues, our support system lives here:

http://support.relinksoftware.com

Thats sexy.

looks good man :thumbsup

Looks very nice man, any chance it's not too late to buy stand alone for the discounted price if I have a old network license?

Only by two weeks. :winkwink:

In honor of the 1.10 launch, I'm sure we can make a few exceptions.

FYI: Ioncube's licensing server is fucked up somehow, and is not allowing new licenses to be generated (i.e., people upgrading will now see a failure message if they did not upgrade earlier today).

We're working with them to resolve this at the present time and will bump this thread when we have more information.

The problem was resolved by getting a new Ioncube license -- but I'm still waiting to hear back about why it happened.

Thanks for everyone's patience. Everyone who submitted a ticket has been replied to now, concerning this issue.

I've purchased the program and I believe it has a lot of potential. Only thing is it REALLY needs a manual. Am I just missing it? I don't seem to see one.

The new randomized header feature is an example. I've installed the new version but can't for the life of me find this feature anywhere.

Support so far has been good, but I hate having to wait for an answer for something I think should be clearly spelled out for $300. Support is not a replacement for documentation.

It really DOES look to be a great app, I'm just totally frustrated with the lack of a written manual.

Richard

We don't document the randomized header at this time, as it's a feature we added for a few "power users" and are still testing its UI functionality, as to not confuse the average joe.

Good point, though -- it probably makes sense NOT to put those features in the changelog, and just tell a few selected users, until we have a better understanding of how the UI is best presented to ALL of our users. Sorry for the confusion. :)

README.doc and INSTALL.doc as well as text versions README.txt and INSTALL.txt come with the software, as well as help screens at the top of every page. If you'd like to submit another ticket with suggestions on how you'd improve the documentation, we'd love to read it, and place a great emphasis on customer feedback.

One thing we're definitely missing is a "how to" guide. Right now, we simply do what most major software packages do -- explain each feature and how it works, rather than walking a user through every possible step. Sometimes, ABP users get overwhelmed by all of the features, and prefer a "this is step A, this is step B" guide.

Sorry that you feel the documentation made it not worth $300. We've had a lot of pressure to raise the price to keep the distribution lower (we have thousands of licensed domains, currently), so perhaps it makes sense to add some power-user documentation and raise the price.

Thanks a lot for your input, and welcome to GFY -- I noticed this was your first post. :)

Here's the INSTALL.doc that shipped with Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone 1.0 through 1.10. We're making some major changes to it to ensure that everyone understands it clearly:


Thank you for your purchase of the Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone product. This document details the installation process. Please refer to the README document for instructions on using the product.


What is Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone?

Autoblogger Pro is an automated traffic generation system that enables webmasters and SEO professionals to rapidly deploy a network of keyword-targeted blogs onto a variety of platforms. These platforms may include sites running the WordPress content management software, as well as blogs hosted at services such as Blogger, WordPress.com, and others.

Autoblogger Pro pulls RSS and Atom XML feeds from sites you wish to syndicate and posts them back out to blogs either on your server or hosted with blogging services. With proper feed selection, the blogs built with Autoblogger Pro are rich in keywords for the search engine spiders. The software is so easy to use, it is literally possible to create a network of blogs in a sitting, or a single blog within minutes.


Installing Autoblogger Pro

Installing Autoblogger Pro is a simple process. After your purchase, you will be given a username and password to access the Relink Software member?s area. The URL for this page is:

http://www.relinksoftware.com/members

Once logged in successfully, you will be presented with a screen that allows you to enter a domain name for use with the software. Enter your domain carefully, as Autoblogger Pro will be licensed for this domain and only this domain, and cannot be changed in the future.

After your domain is entered into the system, click ?Download Archive? to receive a copy of the software. You may download the file directly to your web server using a tool such as wget or fetch, or, alternatively, download the archive locally, extract it, and then upload it to your web server using ftp or scp.

Once the software has been transferred to your web server and placed in the appropriate directory, you will need to set the permissions of a directory and of a file. Permissions may be set in either your ftp client, from the shell, or by using a control panel. Please contact your web hosting company to determine the best method for your particular configuration. The Autoblogger Pro directory must be set to permissions 777 (user, group, and world writeable), or at the very least, configured to be writeable by your web server. Once installation has completed, the only directory that must be set 777 is ?/media/?. If you are not knowledgeable in this area, your hosting company can provide you with details on this process.

Next, you must create a MySQL database to store the information Autoblogger Pro will create and manipulate. Once again, if you are unsure about this step, contact your web hosting company for specific details.

After permissions have been set and a MySQL database has been created, run the installation program by pointing your browser to the domain (and/or subdirectory) where you uploaded Autoblogger Pro. This will activate the installation program.


Navigating the Installation Program

The installer is divided into a series of steps. The first step is the welcome screen, which has a brief explanation of Autoblogger Pro and its function. Click ?Begin Installation? to proceed.

Your web server will now be checked for compatibility with Autoblogger Pro. Currently, we ensure that the following minimum requirements are met:

? PHP 4.x or greater is installed on the web server.
? cURL is installed, and support for cURL is compiled into PHP.
? The configuration file (functions.php) is writeable by the web server.
? The media directory (/media/) is writeable by the web server.

If your system does not meet these minimum requirements, Autoblogger Pro will give you advice on your specific issues. Please contact your web hosting provider to resolve them before continuing.

When all of the minimum requirements have been met, click ?Continue Installation? to proceed to the next screen. The form you will see defines the settings for the MySQL database you created earlier. Enter the server IP or name, the database name, username, and password into the fields provided and click ?Continue Installation? once more. Autoblogger Pro will now attempt to write a new ?functions.php? file containing this information. If this is successful, the next screen will report the good news and you will once again be able to click ?Continue Installation.?

NOTE: If, after clicking ?Continue Installation,? you receive a MySQL error, please verify your database settings.

The next screen allows you to configure specific options related to the operation of Autoblogger Pro. Fill in these fields, and then click ?Continue Installation? to proceed.

If no errors are detected, you will receive a congratulatory message and presented with a link to Autoblogger Pro?s login screen. Click this link to go to the login prompt.


Please refer to the README document for instructions on using Autoblogger Pro.

For reference, this is the README.doc that shipped with Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone 1.0 through 1.10. It, too, will be getting an overhaul.


Thank you for your purchase of Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone!


What is Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone?

Autoblogger Pro is an automated traffic generation system that enables webmasters and SEO professionals to rapidly deploy a network of keyword-targeted blogs onto a variety of platforms. These platforms may include sites running the WordPress content management software, as well as blogs hosted at services such as Blogger, WordPress.com, and others.

Autoblogger Pro pulls RSS and Atom XML feeds from sites you wish to syndicate and posts them back out to blogs either on your server or hosted with blogging services. With proper feed selection, the blogs built with Autoblogger Pro are rich in keywords for the search engine spiders. The software is so easy to use, it is literally possible to create a network of blogs in a sitting, or a single blog within minutes.


Using Autoblogger Pro

If you have not already done so, please read the INSTALL document, as it details the process of installing the software.

The first screen you are presented with following the installation of Autoblogger Pro is the login form. Simply enter the username and password you assigned during the installation process, and you will be logged into the system.


The Dashboard

After you login, the first screen you will see is the ?dashboard.? By default, this screen shows you the Autoblogger Pro news. To configure Autoblogger Pro?s options, click ?config,? which is located in the sub-navigation (under the main row of menu tabs).


Categories

Here, you can define the feed categories for Autoblogger Pro. Each feed will be assigned to a specific category, making it possible to build blogs using multiple categories, each containing a number of feeds. When defining categories, be as specific as possible. For example, if you are building a blog about automobiles, and have a Ford feed and a Chevy feed, you may wish to create separate categories for each feed, even if you do not currently want a Ford or Chevy blog. The reason for this is if you build a Ford blog in the future, you can put only the Ford category in the campaign manager, and not have to differentiate between all of the other types of automotive blogs.

To edit, click the pencil icon next to the name you wish to remove. To delete, click the red minus sign. To flag inactive (or, once inactive, to flag active once again), click the lightning bolt. Once inactive, they will appear on the list of inactives, which can be selected using the sub-navigation.

Blogs

The Blogs screen lists the blogs that you have defined for use with Autoblogger Pro. To add a blog, click ?Add Blog? in the sub-navigation. When adding, ensure that you check all usernames, passwords, and XML URL?s, as Autoblogger Pro has no way of knowing whether your settings are accurate or not. If a post-out fails, always check this information for accuracy before submitting a ticket.

Under the Add Blog screen, the ?blog name? and ?blog description? fields are arbitrary, and have no bearing on the functions of Autoblogger. The ?blog type? drop-down box lists the available interfaces for remote and local blogs. For regular WordPress sites (not hosted WordPress sites), select ?WordPress.? For hosted WordPress sites (such as WordPress.com, and other sites based on it), select WordPress.com, and so on.

To edit, click the pencil icon next to the name you wish to remove. To delete, click the red minus sign. To flag inactive (or, once inactive, to flag active once again), click the lightning bolt. Once inactive, they will appear on the list of inactives, which can be selected using the sub-navigation.


Feeds

The Feeds screen lists the available feeds, as you have defined them. To add a feed, click ?Add Feed? in the sub-navigation. Although the field ?feed description? is arbitrary, the field ?feed name? may be used in the source link (credit attribution) for your posts under certain circumstances (i.e., if a feed does not identify itself properly using the XML specification), and should be selected with care.

?Feed URL? is, in many cases, the main URL for the blog or feed you would like to pull. Autoblogger Pro makes an intelligent guess as to the actual URL for a feed, so the base URL for a blog or site will usually suffice.

After entering the URL, selecting a category and a feed type, you will be shown a preview of the feed. Images may be broken in this preview if hotlink protected is enabled on the server hosting the feed, but this problem should be resolved with our image downloader. If everything looks reasonably correct, click ?Add Feed? to add it to Autoblogger Pro?s database.

To edit, click the pencil icon next to the name you wish to remove. To delete, click the red minus sign. To flag inactive (or, once inactive, to flag active once again), click the lightning bolt. Once inactive, they will appear on the list of inactives, which can be selected using the sub-navigation.


Rewriter

The Rewrite Engine can be used to perform a number of tasks to manipulate the data you have pulled.

By setting up a rewrite rule, you can change a word or phrase to another word of phrase. This is primarily used to increase keyword density. For example, if you are pulling a poker feed, but targeting Texas Hold-em, you may rewrite the word ?poker? to ?hold em,? and the word ?bet? to ?big blind? to improve the way search engines read and rank your blogs.

Relink rules are used to link words or phrases to specific URLs. This can be useful to improve the search engine rankings of specific target URL?s, or to refer visitors to an affiliate program.

Sourcelinks are used to give proper credit to your feed sources. This string can be manipulated to suit your needs. The variable %%permalink%% is used to substitute the post?s original link, and the variable %%source%% is used to substitute the name of the site the feed was syndicated from.

Headers and footers allow you to place arbitrary text into the header and footer of each post.

To edit, click the pencil icon next to the name you wish to remove. To delete, click the red minus sign. To flag inactive (or, once inactive, to flag active once again), click the lightning bolt. Once inactive, they will appear on the list of inactives, which can be selected using the sub-navigation.


Campaigns

Campaigns allow you to define the specific categories of feeds that are posted out to blogs. Create a campaign for each combination of feed categories and blogs you wish to post out to. Click ?Add Campaign? in the sub-navigation to create a new one.

Begin by clicking each category you would like to include, so that it moves from the left box to the right box. Do the same for each blog, rewrite rule, and relink rule. Next, select a custom sourcelink (or use the default), as well as any headers or footers you would like for the campaign.

The most common error people make is to forget to add a campaign, or to forget to move items from the left to the right. Please ensure that you have completed both of these steps before submitting a support ticket.

To edit, click the pencil icon next to the name you wish to remove. To delete, click the red minus sign. To flag inactive (or, once inactive, to flag active once again), click the lightning bolt. Once inactive, they will appear on the list of inactives, which can be selected using the sub-navigation.



Run ABP

This step activates the Autoblogger Pro pulling, image downloading, and posting functions. The steps are designed to be run sequentially, beginning with ?Pull Feeds,? moving on to ?Download Images,? and finishing with ?Post Campaigns.?

As you run each step, your browser will show as ?loading? or ?in progress.? Please allow this process to continue without closing your browser, or navigating away. When you receive a ?done? status from your browser (the page has stopped loading), the step has been completed.


Autoblogger Pro Support

Autoblogger Pro uses a ticket system to track and address customer support requests. This system may be reached by visiting the following URL:

http://support.relinksoftware.com

I think this Q was asked a while back but I can't find it, but for those of us who bought the Wordpress ABP version is there any chance of converting to The Standalone Version?

Sure thing. When we launched the Stand Alone product, we offered users of the Network License of WordPress version ($199 or $299, depending on when you bought it) to purchase the Stand Alone for $99 for two weeks after the launch. We've been honoring that price ever since, though. :)

The WordPress version will continue to remain a separate product. We have no current plans to "merge" the two, as we feel they provide vastly different functionality, and best serve the market as two products.

I've never felt that the support was lacking for the product, you've always answered my questions in a timely manner. I appreciate that.

I'm also not a big manual reader. I was just trying to wrap my brain around a completely new process for my blogs that this program represents. I think the documentation that does come with the app is handy, perhaps I miss the shared experience of a forum that would allow users to bounce ideas off of each other. I truly recommend that, otherwise little tidbits (like I don't recall if the comment about the chron jobs was mentioned in the documentation) come out in places where people can't find them. The only reason I found THIS thread was because of some diligent Googling.

Hats off to you guys for a great product; I look forward to growing with it. I'm spending this weekend setting up feeds and blogs. :)

Richard

That's really nice to hear. We really try hard to make support as helpful as possible, and it's nice to hear something good about our efforts every once in a while.

We try to give an overview without overwhelming the user right up front. A lot of learning Autoblogger is using it, trying new things, seeing how it functions. I'm glad you like the docs, your original message sounded like you didn't know we had 'em, so I'm glad you found them, if that's the case.

You're right on the money with this. The forum is already installed, we just wanted to "seed" it with some common questions/answers, so we were compiling data from the ticket system. We get very few requests for help with Autoblogger (if your host is properly configured and nothing weird is going on, it runs very smoothly and predictably), so we were hoping to wait until we had a bit more bulk to the FAQ stuff.

Thanks, much appreciated. I spent a large chunk of my life writing the program, and I always roll my eyes when people shit on it before they even try it. The vast majority of users (we have thousands of licensed domains, which is why we live the pimp life, haha) have nothing but good things to say after they've tried it and seen some initial results.

Good luck with it, and I hope this weekend is the first in a long line of productive campaigns for you!

cool, i will check it out :)

I originally bought the 1 domain for $99 in May.
Then bought the 25 domain package in July for $299.

I became dissolusioned with Wordpress and have not done any where near the 26 domains.

Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone posts *out* to WordPress, so I wouldn't buy it if you don't like WordPress any more. :)

I guess I glossed over that point.
Its called 'standalone' so I made the assumption that it had nothing to do with WP or any other blogging software.
But I see it in the description now that you pointed it out.

Indeed.

It posts to anything that uses the same API, theorhetically.

I prefer WordPress, because it installs in 5-10 minutes and can be customized to fit my needs.

What about the original WP AutoBlogger Pro?
I thought you guys were suppose to release an update for that a while ago?

I wasn't involved in the company when plans for that were announced. That was to be developed by the former coder.

When I bought the company, I spoke with Chio about what would be more beneficial to users -- developing a stand alone package that could post out to a variety of platforms (and, at the same time, removing the restrictions and allowing an "unlimited domain license" with it), or producing an update to the WordPress version of Autoblogger.

I think that it's a fairly unanimous opinion that the stand alone versions served the interests of our user base, and makes the most sense to concentrate development on now.

We maintain a user base of thousands of licensed domains for the WordPress version, but many HAVE moved to the stand alone.

We'll have to evaluate how many people still use the older version versus the newer in order to determine the feasibility of continuing development.

Chio and I are both of the opinion that there are things we'd certainly LIKE to add to the WordPress version, so it really comes down to A) how big is the user base still, and B) what's the commerical viability? Since we do not currently have the WordPress version for SALE, what economic factors drive a full-blown update for it, what specific features would we add, etc?

More likely, the major releases from Relink Software (at least in the NEAR future) will be the continued updates to the Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone platform, the Adult Empire Builder product (which performed well in beta, and would need to be stripped down completely, then rebuild to be viable in a retail enviroment), the Forum Autoposter (which works very well, but also needs to be rebuild and reskinned for retail), a CMS system (which is working on one of my sites), and a suite of ASP-based services for blog owners.

In the middle of all of that, if we DO determine there is viability/need for the update to the WP version of Autoblogger, we'll probably make some structural changes to it so that it can live a quiet life of semi-retirement.

I'd say the mix of support tickets for the "old" Autoblogger are about 1 out of every 30 or so versus tickets for the new Autoblogger. If you mix in the tickets for Bliggo and some of our other products, you're probably talking more like 1 in 150 or so. This says to me that most people are using it, are reasonably happy with what it does and where it is in its development cycle.

Remember, too, that we're at version 2.6 of the old version, which introduced a lot of new features, fixed a number of annoying bugs, and increased functionality across the board. We made quite a few updates during the life cycle already.

I'm talking out loud here, this isn't by any means the "official" statement on it, but I hope it answers some questions and provides some insight into where my head is at on our product lines.

So... what's planned for 1.11? :)

Hopefully Stand Alone Pussy... Ohh.. wait... we already have the Fleshlight...

Never got to even install the old Auto blogger I ordered (I know I know shame on me), does this mean I can also get the update to this?

Couple of questions for you:

1) Output to Blogger is a big plus for me so I'm wondering what other blog platforms it's compatible with - LiveJournal? MySpace blogs? Joomla?

2) Can you create posts & have them autoposted by date? I know WP does this, but would love to do this for all my blogs from an outpost platform.

3) Can the RSS feeds you pull be filtered & discarded? Example - for niche blogs I'd like to set criteria for the RSS feeds to only publish:
- 1 out of every 5 articles from feed A
- articles that have **** & ***** for keywords from feed B

I've tried some other RSS auto-parser scripts but find for most sites you don't want to republish every single article from the feeds.

Thanks!

As long as you own the Stand Alone version, all updates to the Stand Alone are free, as they will always be.

I'm not sure what you're asking with the "update to this," though. Do you mean, for example, if you have Word, can you "update" it to Excel? If that's what you're asking, I can explain it this way: they're different products, if you install the update to ABPSA over the top of the old Autoblogger, no, it won't even REMOTELY work. :) They're 100% different, they just happen to have similar names.

Well, 1.11 is actually already written, so there are no "plans" anymore. :winkwink:

I'm on to 1.12, and will release 1.11 after things have died down from 1.10.

I'd prefer to SHOW this kind of thing to you, so please ICQ me or create a ticket with a method I can reach you.

Hi

I would like to know a bit more about this product, have been watching since you had the cheaper one like a year ago. I would like to know what the difference is using this program and using a wordpress plugin that feeds off RSS (like feed wordpress plugin). Would like to chat about it further, where can I reach you ?

Actually, this is the first version of the product. It came out about a month ago, there was no previous version a year ago, and the price has always been the same.

You might be confusing it with another one of our products.

I'd be happy to chat with you via ICQ, which is in my location.

If all you want to do is pull RSS feeds to a single WordPress site, you should DEFINITELY go with FeedWordPress and not Autoblogger Pro. For one, FeedWordPress is FREE!

Autoblogger Pro Stand Alone (ABPSA) allows you to manage your posts to multiple blogs from a single interface. It also manipulates your feeds in interesting ways, linking specific keywords to URLs, changing text or portions of the feed, giving custom link-backs to your sources, etc, etc.

To look at it as simply an RSS syndicator would be to miss much of what makes Autoblogger the product it is. That's why I usually chuckle when people who clearly don't get the "big picture" say things like "omg noob, use FeedWordPress, it's teh freex0rz!"

hey edge do you take epass payments for ABP SA ?

What I don't get about using these automated feeds to get traffic isn't everyone just pulling feeds with the same text in it? Don't you then get fucked over by the SE duplicate content filters? Or is there a fuction in there that rewrites the text?

Many users have used an Epass card to purchase ABP, but we don't take epass-to-epass payments. PayPal, we do.

There IS a function that rewrites the text, but it's not there because of the smoke-and-mirrors "duplicate content filters" the SE's supposedly have.

If they DID have them, all of my sites would have fallen out of the rankings LONG ago, and our customers wouldn't see the results they do.

I'm not trying to say you're wrong, just pointing out that you may have fallen in to the sheep-trap of SE conspiracy-theories.

Ever see this?

http://news.google.com

It's ALL syndicated .. if they had a penalty, wouldn't they apply it to THEMSELVES, too?

As best I can tell, the "duplicate content" theory is about sites on the same network ... so you don't just put up 50 copies of your own site.