I am not a PHP programmer. I do not know PHP. That doesn’t mean I can’t use it. Here’s a snippet I threw together to check whether the MUD process is running:


$cmd = "ps u -C 'mono Basternae.exe'";
exec($cmd, $output, $result);
if( count($output) >= 2 )
{
  Print $output[0];
  Print $output[1];
}
else
{
  print "Basternae 3 is not currently running.";
}


You can try it here: http://basternae.org/status.php

At one point I owned 40 domains.  I’m gradually reducing that number, selling off or otherwise parting with those that I don’t have the time/energy/resources to build properly.  One of those that may be of interest is Fantasy-RPG.com.

It’s for sale on eBay right now, and you’re likely to be able to get a pretty good deal on it.

It would be an excellent domain to use for hosting a MUD server, a MMORPG, or a related subject of interest to the loyal Basternae 3 blog readers.

HubSpot has a website SEO grader at http://website.grader.com. It tells how well a site is optimized for search engines.

I ran half a dozen of my websites, including basternae.org, through the grader. Basternae’s score was 69% (second lowest of the six). That’s only a D+, not so great.

The nice thing is that it pointed out a few tags that I could change to improve the grade, so we’ll see whether the score goes up after the adjustments.

Of course, search engine optimization isn’t particularly relevant for this site — people who are looking for Basternae are going to find it easily.