Recently Chris made a post “Hidden phpMyAdmin Features” which became fairly popular on Reddit and several other sites. I was curious not only what sort of traffic this would bring, but what the quality of traffic would be like.
Now at a glance this seems to be a decent surge in traffic but it’s not that black and white. Here is why:
It goes without saying that anybody who has ever done open source development has heard of phpMyAdmin – a tool that lets you manipulate MySQL databases through a web interface.
What may be less known is that phpMyAdmin comes with a variety of features that aren’t enabled by default.
Back in April, Twitter quietly released the Sign in with Twitter feature allowing account owners to log in to 3rd party websites. Even though Facebook has offered the same service (Facebook Connect) for well over a year, Twitter’s solution remains the easiest to implement.
If you are looking for a fast way to implement a membership system without the hassle of programming a registration and login module, Sign in with Twitter may be your best bet. Not only will you be saving development time, but in the long run you may actually get a lot more members than with a normal registration form.
