I had the basic script in 2005, does exact what the WP version does
It was very simple written, but very effective also. It scored amazing good in Google for some reason.
it was on a unbelievable amateur domain placed, i am not good with names, never was, but the time machine still has it, good old times....
It made me sub domains and through a online WYSIWYG editor I made landing pages
combined it with a few funnel campaigns, and party all day long.
Login Area - also for third party webmasters who wanted to work on subdomain
And here a sort of top list with daily visitors