This looks like a terrific resource. I was just setting up an A/B test the other day with Google Website Optimizer ... I just wanted to test a single word change. To go through GWO, I had to set up a multivariate test, with multiple js snippets going in multiple places on multiple pages.
I haven't installed A/Bingo on any live sites, but I'm looking forward to kicking the tires. Thanks for releasing it.
Since it's open source, have you thought about setting it up at Github? Since that's becoming such a standard resource, it'd make looking through it easier.
To go through GWO, I had to set up a multivariate test, with multiple js snippets going in multiple places on multiple pages. That was EXACTLY my pain point with their multivariate option. It took me 15 minutes to set up a single test on a single call to action, and then 15 minutes more to tear it down when I was done.
Testing a call to action should look like:
<%= ab_test("call_to_action", ["Buy it today!", "Get it today!"]) %>
And now, it does.
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Since it's open source, have you thought about setting it up at Github?
Yes, I did think about it. We're all businessmen here, right, so we can discuss the following in a mature fashion:
1) Github gives out free hosting to OSS projects in the hopes of encouraging people to host OSS projects of value on Github. This means Github collects links and mindshare, which they then monetize through selling hosting services.
2) I write OSS (and provide statistics, and write articles, etc) in the hopes that it helps other businesses. This means I collect links and mindshare, which I then monetize through selling software to elementary schoolteachers.
Given that I did the work, I think it is reasonable that I collect the majority of the benefits, rather than giving them away to a hosting provider.
If copy/pasting the git clone line is too much work to see the code, you may wish to reconsider using A/Bingo. I made it easy -- I can't make it THAT easy. But if you really want to see it in Github, it is MIT licensed, upload it to your own account and then you can view it in your browser to your heart's content.
I would disagree on one point, Github isn't just for hosting, it's for collaboration. That's the reason most people use it for OSS project.
I can, and do, host my own git repos on a private server, but when I open source something I like having it on Github where people can fork it and send me pull request for new features and bug fixes.
I haven't installed A/Bingo on any live sites, but I'm looking forward to kicking the tires. Thanks for releasing it.
Since it's open source, have you thought about setting it up at Github? Since that's becoming such a standard resource, it'd make looking through it easier.