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After experimenting with Ajax and seeing exactly what it can do, I have upgraded MyDisk.co.uk to utilise Ajax to refresh the active hosts list and automatically test and forward users on to their destinations.

This is a much more powerful solution compared to the previous technique of refreshing the whole page and relying on nph-connect.cgi on hostyourself.net to forward the user on to their destination. I have developed simple cross browser Javascript function, rewriteID(targetID, strURL), for modifying between a div id tag with the response of a http request.

This evening I implemented a new visualisation tool for displaying the usage of MyDiskServer.

I wanted to display how much each instance of MyDiskServer had been used, how recently it was launched and whether a donation had been made. Not content with displaying raw stats on each identity connect page I looked into displaying the information visually.

After a couple of hours I came up with this: The MyDisk.co.uk Host Cloud

The size of the listed identity is directly linked to the usage. Large text indicates heavy usage of MyDiskServer. The darkness of the identity shows how recently MyDiskServer was used. Dark text indicates MyDiskServer has been used recently. Green text indicates MyDiskServer is currently active. Bold text with asterisk's indicate a donation has been made.

MyDisk.co.uk has been updated and is now an integrated part of the Host Yourself Network.

MyDisk.co.uk is the first official sharing hub for the Host Yourself Network. The web site has been updated to feature version 2 of MyDiskServer and a list of active hosts on the new hub.

Upon launching MyDiskServer from MyDisk.co.uk new hosts are added to the hub mydisk.co.uk by default and will be displayed on the front page of MyDisk.co.uk.

The previous trial system (MyDiskServer version 1) is still in operation on MyDisk.co.uk until the end of the month.

MyDisk.co.uk became very popular in Spanish speaking countries. It was mentioned on a few influential blogs and suddenly a burst of new users occured.

Most visitors were directed from nuevayolblog.com, ch-chep.blogspot.com and www.genbeta.com. This in turn triggered interest from PC Today (spanish edition) and www.recursosgratis.com (who want to incorperate the concept into their website).

As you can see from the statistics for May this spanish interest continues: