Blog for Myminicity users

How to attract visitors

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0000

Today I want to tell you how to attract visitors to your city.

At first you will need to gather a list of city's names. To collect the names of cities, you can visit popular cities and find names of there active visitors using msg/refresh.

In order to collect lists of cities personally I use my special tool. It allows to collect so much cities as I need.

When you collect your own list, you can visit all cities using free version of my program MMCVisitor 0.0.0.2. At the next day you can delite from you list all cities that don't visit your city after your visit. So in your list will stay only cities which visit you. Now you can add new cities for test them.

Every day I visit 30-40 cities with my program. It takes less that an hour. At that time I have a dinner. :)

The MyminiCity Toolbox

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:15:00 +0000

If you have not visited The MyminiCity Toolbox, I want to advice it.

MMCVisitor 0.0.0.2.

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:03:00 +0000

The first version of my program will be without visiting my city. I want you to test it and write, how it works.

Maybe it will be difficulties. For example, yesterday I found that when work through a proxy program not saves messages in the cities, although homes, with direct connections to the Internet everything works fine. I think, it's fault of Myminicity.com...

You can download MMCVisitor v.0.0.0.2.

P.S. It will be cool, if you correct my translation of instruction :) Thanks a lot!

Instructions for the use of the MMCVisitor (draft)

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:47:00 +0000

It's a program to automate your daily actions and speed up the process of visiting friendly cities. It's a pity only that if a long list of cities, the message in the end of list can not save. It doesn't use a proxy, visits are on your behalf.

0. A brief description.

The program visits the list of friend cities on-site MyMiniCity.com. It's a program for free access. Asking yourself where's the trick?.. Well, that's not a secret. Program visits my city Newyorg.myminicity.com always first of all in any launch.

The program has flexible settings. MMCVisitor visits cities from the list one by one. It checks XML, forms the right message, posts it on a News Bulletin. Then it checks
whether the message survived. If it didn't survive program try to save again (the
number of repeated attempts preserves in the preferences).

Attention! PROGRAM WINDOW SHOULD ALWAYS BE ON TOP to decrypt the kaptcha for reporting on a News Bulletin! Otherwise the prodgam will generate the exception. I use the program when I'm not behind a computer. If you are going to do the same, you should still turn off the screensaver of your PC. After turning off the screensaver and runing the program you can turn off the monitor and borrow useful affairs.:) If there are any questions or suggestions - mail to mmcvisitor@yandex.ru. On my blog http://mmc-blog.blogspot.com/ I will spread the new version.

And one more screen:

Setting up and using the program.

1. The program don't require installation. Just unpack zip and begin to set.

2. The structure of folders:

1) First of all you need to configure options.ini

[Main]
CityName = Newyorg
TimeOfDelay = 5
CntTryOneCity = 3
CntCitiesNotSaved = 3
TimeZone = 3
CityNameList = cities.txt

CitiName - the name, which you will sign on boards.

TimeOfDelay (in seconds) - the time between visits cities. I don't advise set it too small.

CntTryOneCity - the number of attempts to save the message in city, if the message has not saved at first time.

CntCitiesNotSaved - determines after what number of cities in which the message is not survived the program will be stopped. Typically, when communications ceased to persist a row of five-reaching cities - a message will be not saved. If you want to visit all the cities from the list, even if the messages stop persist - put a great importance.

TimeZone - indicates a time zone (imperative that visited the city no more once a day. This option will help to track visits by time). For example, users from Moscow must set 3.

CityNameList - file name, which will used for import your list of cities. The file must be in the same directory as the file MMCVisitor.exe.

2) The next file for configuration - the list of cities (file with the name specified in the parameter CityNameList in the file options.ini). In the next version I plan to embed in the program convenient editor cities, in this version it does not exist yet, so the list would have to edited manually.

The structure of records in the file (for example, the file already enrolled in 3 cities):

undercity13|12.08.2008 21:56:11
blogok.ru|12.08.2008 21:56:11
OVERBEYTOWN|12.08.2008 21:56:11

String format:
(City)|(Time of last visit)

When you add the city - put yesterday's date in the field "Time of last visit" to when the program start the same day new cities was not ignored. After visiting all the cities file will be saved with new dates of recent visits.

3) Files reports.
In the folder "messages" are 5 files.

pop.txt - messages to increase population
ind.txt - to increase the communications industry
tra.txt - messages to improve transport
sec.txt - messages to improve security
env.txt - messages for a better environment

This is the most creative part of settings. You must fill the list with messages for posting on news bulletin.

The messages can indicate the name of your city.

For example:

+ 1 citizen from Newyorg from / xml
one more citizen for you))
visit from Newyorg
new citizen arrived))
please visit Newyorg and you have my inhabitant every day. Thanks a lot!

In a basic kit consists of primitive communication. Be sure to add your own messages in the list.

Message Format
The message, which will remain on the board, will be established at the following format:
(quantity): (message)

In the "quantity" will indicate what value was equivalent figure (set by program). In the "message" - a random message from the appropriate file. The following versions of the program will be able to customize template.

Useful link

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:22:00 +0000

To read messages from News Bulletin, not necessarily full load city's page. Just type in the address bar:

http://(city name).myminicity.com/msg/refresh

Miminicity.com. First steps. Part II

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:43:00 +0000

Before the visit you can obtain data on indicators of city. It's enough type into the address bar:
http://(city name).myminicity.com/xml

Because XML-file can be obtained some information that might be useful.

host — a reference to the city.
name — the name of the city.
region — the country.
ranking — position in the list of the country.

bases - a quantitative value parameters ind, tra, sec, env, com

Ideally, should be the following:

Consequently, if the values are different from the required - you should develop them.

About xml technology you can read, for example, here.

Miminicity.com. First steps. Part I

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:20:00 +0000

The resource is intended to create your own virtual city. It's easy to build a city. It's enough to get into the home page, enter the name of the city, select the country and click "Create!". And since that time, you can follow the development of your city, making visits every day.

At the outset of links are only available type —
http://(city name).myminicity.com.

Once the population reaches 50 residents, it will be possible to develop industry. And so forth - to develop transport link, security link, environment link become available after reaching a certain level of the population.

http://(city name).myminicity.com — increase in the number of people

http://(city name).myminicity.com/ind — industrial development, combating unemployment (must be maintained at the level of zero)

http://(city name).myminicity.com/tra — development of the transport system (must maintain at the level of 100%)

http://(city name).myminicity.com/sec — the fight against criminality (must be preserved at the level of zero)

http://(city name).myminicity.com/env — combating pollution (must be maintained at the level of zero)

http://(city name).myminicity.com/com — Business Development

Blog about Myminicity.com

noreply@blogger.com (Мария) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:23:00 +0000

Hi. This blog will focus on resource Myminicity.com (and perhaps other resources of online games).

I established my city (Newyorg) more than six months ago. Since then, I studied the resource well enough to tell others about it. Blogs will be intended for ordinary users who want to learn more about a resource, and for programmers who are tired manually visit the city, hoping to exchange visits.