The latest released version of plugin is Zamango Money Extractor v.1.5.

In this version we’ve tried to correct the functioning of [zmg:post_premalink] after the auto-update.
After you update your ZME plugin, you should replace the [zmg:post_premalink] by %zmg_post_permalink% in templates and run once again the syndication of all games.

Please, download and use the latest version of the plugin Zamango Money Extractor v.1.5.

• 150 games in German, 50 of this games are not available on other affiliate programs

The detailed information about this affiliate program you will find in articles dedicated to Alawar. If you have not joined to German game affiliate program yet, hurry up to register a new account.

Total number of games on Zamango for 16 February 2010:

* In the cell of this table you can see total number of games by affiliate program, which are available in one or another language. The exclusive games, which are not available on other affiliate programs, are enclosed in brackets and marked by green color.

Total number of casual games for MacOS platform on Zamango:

Actual plugin version: Zamango Money Extractor

Notes:
[+] New feature
[-] Bug fixed
[*] Changes
[!] Important notice

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.5

[-] Fix realtime permalinks in excerpt (wp’s balanceTags breaks ZMG markup).

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.4

[-] Fix long update delays.
[-] Fix duplicate entries in WP 3.1.3+ .

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.3

[-] Fix missing permalinks in excerpt.

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.2

[-] Fix typo.

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.1 (2010-04-08)

[-] Fix wrong function pointer definition.

Zamango Money Extractor v.1.0 (2010-04-07)

[-] All warnings resolved.

[*]Code rewritten from scratch and optimized.

[*] Reduced CSS and JS files includes.

[*] Activation and deactivation hooks are binded only to /wp-admin/plugins.php (increases WP performance).

[*] Human readable plugin URL in admin page.

[*] New admin UI (suitable for WP themes).

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.30 (2010-03-03)

[-] Fix missing array initialization.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.29 (2010-01-14)

[-] Fixed missing HTML escape in form fields.
[+] Added buy link button (tags [zmg:buy_pc_link] and [zmg:buy_mac_link]).
[+] Added short description (tag [zmg:desc_80]).

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.28 (2009-12-16)

[-] Fixed reset of comment_status on posts update.

[-] Post revisions didn’t disabled on posts update.

[*] Now used wp_cron for auto update.

[*] Enlarged socket timeout when retrieving RSS from remote server.

[+] Added random words dictionary

[+] Added tag [zmg:random_word] for use random words from dictionary.

[+] Added post title template.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.27 (2009-11-19)

[-] Fix error handling in case of Wordpress uses fopen() for retrieving RSS from remote server.

[*] Improved performance of posts deletion (including bulk deletion): now plugin doesn’t syncs related games as of it is done on post rendering phase.

[*] Improved performance of related games template processing: now it process related games block only when [zmg:relgames] tag occured in post content.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.26 (2009-11-11)

[*] Added support for localized screenshots in “Related Games” section.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.25 (2009-11-08)

[*] Now plugin requests RSS from zamango server with the additional parameters ‘offset’ and ‘limit’, so server returns shorter RSS feed. It solves memory limits per PHP process on shared hosting services.

[-] Minor fixes in UI for russian locale

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.24 (2009-10-27)

[+] Added russian translation (zmg_feed-ru_RU.mo).

[*] Sources are completely multilingual.

[*] Now all paths (JS/img/css) doesn’t depend on plugin folder name.

[-] Fix error handling when RSS channel doesn’t exists.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.23 (2009-10-27)

[-] Disable post revisions only on import/update/autoupdate.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.22 (2009-10-23)

[!] Plugin was removed to wordpress.org.

[*] Paths to CSS to JavaScript were change due to plugin removal.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.21 (2009-10-23)

[*] Changes: now using wpremoterequest() for XML retrieving instead of filegetcontents() as lot of hosters disable it.

[*] Cosmetic changes in UI.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.20 (2009-10-23)

[*] Added three screenshots.

[!] WordPress version 2.5 or above is required for correct work of plugin

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.19 (2009-10-20)

[+] ZMG tag “[zmg:post_permalink]” is added to templates. It returns URL of the post, so now it’s possible to make link to full post from image, text of whole excerpt.

[!] Tag “[zmg:post_permalink]” is renreder on the fly then visitor requests the URL.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.18 (2009-10-20)

[*] Posts hiding in the Post Edit menu is fixed: now all post of zamango content category are hidden.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.17 (2009-10-19)

[+] Option “Show posts on the admin page (Edit Posts)” is added to help those zamangers who don’t want to change zamango content.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.16 (2009-10-19)

[+] Empty function ‘zmginsertpost_custom()’ is added for advanced zamangers. It’s called after all processings and before post publishing.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.15.1 (2009-10-18)

[-] If ‘zmg:sysreq’ is empty, warning message is shown.

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.15 (2009-10-18)

[-] Fixed links’ appearance (some WP themes set large marging for images).

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.14.1 (2009-10-16)

[+] Possibility to change auto-update period and related games amount on the fly, i.e. without syndicating of whole Zamango XML.

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.14 (2009-10-15)

[+] Option to save zamanger’s preferences (like username, channel name, autoupdate period, templates and so on) when deactivating and activating the plugin.

[-] Checked option “Show posts on the front page” causes duplication of non-zamango posts.

[-] Auto-update deletes all posts.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.13 (2009-10-15)

[+] Checkbox “Show posts on the front page” is added.

[*] Cosmetic fixes.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.12 (2009-10-13)

[*] Now posts are imported in the forward direction instead of reversed one (earlier backward order was needed for proper related games setting).

[+] Checkboxes for what to use as tags (available content types, categories and publishers) are added.

[+] Checkbox “Create hierarchical category structure” is added. If unchecked, all zamango posts will be placed to one category named according to content type and inside the selected parent category.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.11 (2009-10-12)

[+] Option to select one of the predefined “download” buttons and make them of one of 256 colors. Also custom button and semi-transparent buttons are available.

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.10 (2009-10-06)

[-] Cosmetic fixes in default templates.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.9 (2009-10-05)

[*] Script time-to-live is prolonged until 900 seconds.

[+] Option to select parent category for whole Zamango category tree (content type > category > subcategory >…).

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.8 (2009-09-30)

[+] Now related games are set on the fly, so they are using permalinks.

[+] Option “Max related games in post”. If it’s not enough to show all related games set for current, ZME plugin will show random selection.

[+] Tag [zmg:guid] now may be used in the template.

[-] Bugs with related games after posts deletion.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.7 (2009-09-29)

[*] Now ZME plugin is guided by last-modified date instead of release date.

[+] If the title is not on sale the post will be deleted automatically (but if zamanger has changed it then it’ll become “draft”).

[+] “Bulk delete” option will remove all zamango posts (also it’s possible to leave posts which were modified by zamanger manually.

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.6 (2009-09-24)

[*] Preview of posts and excerpts while changing templates.

[+] Excerpt cosmetic fixes.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.5.2 (2009-09-21)

[*] Post revisions are disabled for syndication, thus it became much faster.

[*] Minor fixes in hints.

[-] ‘Related games’ title was shown even if the current game has no one related games.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.5.1 (2009-09-19)

[*] Fixes in related games processing.

[-] Absence of needed ‘include’ function.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.5 (2009-09-09)

[-] Bugs in categories tree generated by ZME.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.4 (2009-09-07)

[*] Magpie RSS is not used due to writing of own XML parser, so XML syndication became significantly faster.

[-] Minor bugs are fixed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.3 (2009-09-02)

[-] Wrong URL in related games.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.2 (2009-09-01)

[*] The templates of descriptions and excerpts are simplified.

[*] The default download buttons are removed.

Zamango Money Extractor v.0.1 (2009-08-18)

[*] First functioning version.

• Plugin setting doesn’t require some special knowledge and even newbie can do it
• Plugin is absolutely free
• Game category is separate from other menu paragraphs
• We can place all games or games of definite kinds and genres
• Game posts don’t mix with your general posts
• Post names can be generated in consideration of your SEO requests

We have already written about how to start a game site from nothing by using ZME.

Where are some little differences in plugin setting on an active blog:

1. What is the most important to use ZME plugin is your blog must be WordPress blog and you must have the possibility to set up new plugins.
2. Then you can proceed to  sign-up for Zamango and affiliate programs you have chosen (BigFishGames, Reflexive, Alawar, GameBoss, Turbogames, ИГРОMoney.  At the moment, Zamango offers games in seven languages from six different affiliate programs. For more information see Zamango’s Casual Games Base. After you have enter the system, you get links on registration pages (we offer to review some advices on sign-up in different partner programs).
3. In each affiliate program you get Partner ID or Affiliate ID. This data must be put on settings of your Zamango personal profile. This operation is necessary to use your ID in download links creating, so as exactly you who get charge from games sold on your blog.
   
4. You have to decide which games and on which languages will be posted on your blog (on your blog page), and create a channel. To do it pass in the section Content Channels.  There are pre-installed channels that you can edit: change name, change the affiliate program priority, choose genres of the games that will be placed on you blog.
   
   If the default channels are not enough you can create you own one with desired settings. Pay your attention that for one channel you can choose only one language.
   
5. Than tune the plugin. Download the latest version of ZME and copy the archive content in folder/wp-content/plugins/ of your blog.
6. Enter into the control panel of your blog, section Plugins, find Zamango Money Extractor. Press Activate.
   
   
7. After the activation button Zamango M.E. appears (right down).
   Press it and enter the page of plugin management.
   
   Here you have to enter your login, the same that you use to enter the Zamango service system, and enter the name of the channel you will use. You have a large choice between the game’s post layouts by dint of set terms (press Help… to see the list). Post name layout sets the template for the name formation of game’s post. This is the great tool for  SEO. In a field Random words you enumerate key-words comma separated that will add at random in the post name. If you want, you can change Excerpt layout and Content layout (use the button Help… and Preview…)
8. After run-up you can easily press the button Sindicate. Posts will be imported and the games will be appeared on your blog. Import of the game posts goes step-by-step, so you have to press Continue a several times, and set the amount of imported posts at a time.
   
9. All described actions done, you create on your blog the section like this:


Ready, the games are posted on your blog!

Within the framework of using service Zamango, it is available such casual games from the following affiliate programs*:

*At the table you can see total amount of the games from affiliate programs that are available on certain language. The figures of green color in brackets show the amount of exclusive games, which you do not find at other affiliate programs of this language. The results are true on 19 November, 2009.

Zamango’s base of casual games includes not only games for Windows PC, but also for MacOS as well. Today Mac games available only on the English language at such affiliate programs as BigFishGames and Reflexive. Total amount of casual games for Mackintosh platform are:

Besides to our base we are going to add so-called Strategy Guides, the manuals for gameplay, which are available only on BigFishGames.

Every day we work in order to give you full information about the games:

• reviews
• screenshots
• preview screenshots
• icons 50×50, 100×100,140×140
• system requirements
• list of related games
• download links

All graphical sources, collected on different affiliate programs, are standardized and have identical size for all games. Besides all pictures, icons, screenshots are localized and presented on chosen language, i.e. one and the same game has got different sets of pictures both for English and Russian. Certainly this fact has positive influence on customer decision to buy this or that game.

As for game descriptions, we are going to give you a chance of making original descriptions for each created channel. Also we would like to place different banners, link to buy game, videoshots, reviews and previews. So collaboration with us is a great pleasure as we always try to move with the times.

First of all, Zamango is the fullest base of casual games, which are collected from numerous sources and accessible for distribution in different affiliate programs. So if you decided to create your own website for mini-games selling, free Zamango Money extractor plugin is the tool which will facilitate the achievement of this aim considerably. Our plugin helps to create such showrooms without any special skills.

You will save a lot of time, money and efforts if you use our ready mini-games base with the help of Zamango Money Extractor plugin. Now Zamango is a service for casual content aggregation, and all games in the base are given by leading publishers, such as Reflexive, BigFishGames, Alawar and GameBoss (Nevosoft).

Zamango editors, besides giving the full information about game and promo-materials for its promotion, select the most advantageous affiliate program. It means that if a game is presented in several affiliate programs (Big Fish Games, Reflexive, GameBoss, Alawar, TurboGames), it will be on sale in that partner program, where you will have the biggest commission.

The undeniable advantages of Zamango service are:

* it is indisputably the biggest casual games base

* easy integration into a blog working on WordPress

* operative support of our Zamango users

* and, certainly, all this is absolutely free

If you have any questions remained, you can learn about Zamango service in detail or ask us. We will be glad to see you in our constantly increasing Zamangers community.

Step 1.

The important thing for site owner is hosting choice. The hosting with stable work guarantees the website’s successful development.  If a site is unavailable or is loading slowly from time to time, its development, promotion and profit from it will be impossible.

What hosting should you choose? We will define the WordPress requirements first.

* PHP, version 4.3 or more.
* MySQL, version 4.0 or more.
* Linux platform with Apache web server with the connected mod_rewrite module.
* 500 Mb disk space. (The space is oversized )
* the minimum of operative memory – 32 Mb.
What hoster is the best? Unfortunately there is no answer for this question. Your opinion about hoster can be changed in some minutes because your account may be unreasonably blocked or the server may be fried. So there is no common formula. There are some services on hoster selection, concerning our parameters – www.hosting-review.com, www.hostreview.com. Do not forget that the miser pays twice, and unfortunately a free hosting confirms this statement. Choose, read opinions, and get a good hosting. In this case personal experience and intuition are the best assistants.

Step 2.

The second important step is the purchasing of a domain name, or a domain. It costs from $5 to $10. It is desirable to have debit or a credit card allowing settling through the Internet or WebMoney purse with the necessary sum.

1. It would be very good, if there are keywords such as casual games, download games, play games etc. at a domain name. See the top of these enquiries in Google.

2. If you didn’t manage to choose the name with the keyword, try short and imposing name, which will be easy to remember.

3. If you are going to sell games on the foreign markets the domain should be in com/org/net zones or in us/eu/de zones.
We recommend the domain names recorder in com/org/net zones – www.godaddy.com; there is a service of free domain name selection on the resource. For domain registration in a ru/ zone there is www.domains.webmoney.ru website.

Step 3.

So, you’ve chosen the hosting, got the domain, and the third important step is installation and adjustment of CMS of WordPress. The best incremental instruction you can find on official WordPress website. So we are not going to write about it in detail. You will simply open the link and follow the instructions neatly. Please note that Wordpress version 2.5 or later is needed for ZME plugin proper function.

On this stage you are going to be a designer, your way leads to a websites with free WordPress themes. The recommended sites are wordpressthemesbase.com and www.freewpthemes.net. But if they cannot satisfy your demand, having typed “free wordpress themes” in any search engine, you will find thousands websites with free themes easily. Choose any of them, and if you want, you can improve somebody’s theme or make your own. You should add ready theme to wp-content/content/themes directory, then activate the theme in the “Appearance” bookmark in WordPress dashboard and enjoy your creation.

Step 4.

The next step is necessary for effective work plugins installation. All plugins are installed by downloading them on the server to wp-content/plugins/ directory. Here is the list of recommended plugins:

• All in One SEO Pack – optimization to various searching engines.
• Sociable – allows choosing and posting buttons for article adding to any social network service.
• Google XML Sitemaps – automatically forms the website map, facilitates the pages indexation in Google.
• Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – allows to add the list of posts which are similar to your in the end of the post.
• Fast and Secure Contact Form – contact form on website with spam and bot protection.
• FeedStats – the statistics on quantity of your subscribers.
• Lightbox 2 – attractive screenshots and pictures loading.
• RC Link Redirector – hides external links – from searching engines to save your page PR from directing to another’s, links to the websites of comments’ authors + encrypts them.
• Seo-Without-Category – erases the word “category” from links structure of your website, positively affects the indexation in searching engines.
• WordPress Database Backup – allows adjusting the reserve save with needed periodicity and possibility of sending to email.

Certainly you can add the plugins which you want, but this is the basic plugins set.

Step 5.

The final step, what we did all this for, is Zamango M.E. plugin installation. If you’re not registered in Zamango yet, do it here. Fill in the short registration form.

After login you get in the control panel. Follow the links, go to Reflexive, BigFishGames, GameBoss and register in their partner programmes. After the registration you will receive partner ID, affiliate code and Contributor ID from them. Press the “fill in” link which is opposite to every partner program, write the received information there and save the changes. Then you notice “my channels” bookmark, it is situated on the right in the control panel. Choose the name of the channel which you like, the necessary categories and genres of games (we recommend to choose all). You should remember the channel name, because it will come in useful. Go to “files” bookmark in the control panel and download Zamango Money Extractor plugin. After that copy unzipped folder with plugin files to wp-content/plugins/on your site. Then press “Plugins” bookmark on your WordPress control panel. Find Zamango Money Extractor plugin and activate it. On the left under the block of control panel buttons you will find the button . Press it and you will be directed to plugin adjustment page.
Enter the user name which you specified while registering on Zamango.com, the name of the channel and the quantity of autoupdating hours (it is recommend to specify 12). Then press the button to begin the import of posts with games, after some expectation and pressing the “continue” button, you see that the import is finished. Go to your favourite website and enjoy the results!