Is this an unusual setup?
 

Well i'm starting my own TGP site, and im going to try and automate it as much as possible, im just wondering if the way im setting it up is unusuall.

I'm doing the brunt of it with php/mysql. Webmaster can submit links through a form, the form checks for blacklisted IPs and multiple submits, as well as if the link has been submitted in the past 7 days. I've written an admin control panel in PHP that lets me view/edit/approve/blacklist the submissions as well as created a database system of my own affiliate links to FHG's which are categorized and can be placed into the next day's queue of links with one click.

Two days links are kept on the main page, and rotated by perl shell script which clears the 2nd days links and adds in the previous days links into the page. The oldest links which are being bumped off the main page are then automatically cleared/placed into archives by category. I'm thinking this will automate things a great bit and will let me focus on banning cheaters and driving traffic to the site.

Any suggestions? I've got it about 80% coded so far.

It sounds pretty good and user friendly.

I would suggest selling the script(s) after as well if it works nicely. A lot of webmasters might want a script like that, and you can profit from it. If you don't plan on selling it, let me know if I can have a copy.. :winkwink:

It really sounds like a nice script, though.

sounds like a decent setup.

get some trades to increase your traffic and get them started with traffic from choker.