Well the mockup display seems to have helped me make some choices as far as the layout. I am now going to get the graphs redone using JpGraph. JpGraph is an Object-Oriented Graph creating library for PHP 4.3.1 and greater. We are also going to do image maps so we can mouse over the graph lines and show the ranking data of each cell.
With JpGraph we have way more features and the speed of the image flip will improve.
We are going to drop the G | Y | M graphs and move the keywords to the left of the graph.
I will be adding a backlinks, document in indexes, Alexa ranking, and a traffic button also. The display will be rounded out with data on DMOZ and Yahoo directories at the top. Also the backend has to be coded to hold all this data and the data will for now be added by hand.
Once the display is done and up to snuff the database expert will work with the programmer to create an optimized structure for the database. Remember I am dreaming about a mimimum of over 250 millions ranking numers with in one year (hey it doesn’t hurt to dream).
After that things will get a little harder. We will need to create code to retrieve the data and a slick and easy backend for the clients to add up an account, their domains and the keywords.
Well it’s been simple so far but I think things are about to change. Stay tune and check out the new display tomorrow. The coder will be working 2pm – 6pm EDT (GMT-5) and I will be posting the live page URL he will be working on so you can tune in if you like and watch the work progress [edit: didn't happen, we discussed the project instead and will be going ahead and doing the whole app in one shot instead of piece meal].
Oh yes, the RSS feed. Well seeing how we are changing the display code I didn’t see any reason to go ahead and do the RSS feed today. That is still in the works thought and will be coming down the pike shortly. My idea is to get the dislay working and hand add the data for the demo keywords. Then while every one is wooing and wowing we will be doing the backend so the thing will work.