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Published on: January 26, 2007
To promote your software and submit it to download sites, you need to create a PAD file. First install a PAD generator, next follow these steps (I've used PADGen):
2. Fill in all the details regarding the program you want to sell: its name, version, release date and type, select the languages and also the operating systems that it supports. [View screenshot] Additionally, by selecting the Configure tab, you can select alternative languages then fill in all the description fields in the selected language. [View screenshot] 3. Fill in all the description fields. Some websites may have a certain maximum number of characters they display, so better fill in all of them, respecting the number of characters suggested. Also, avoid using characters like: " ; ", " / " "," ", " * " etc. or lists because some software sites may not display them correctly. [View screenshot] 4. Complete all the fields regarding the URLs where clients or vendors can download the program. Verify that all the URLs are valid. Point out the URL where more information can be found about the program and where the program's icon is displayed. Your icon should have the standard 32X32 size, and be in GIF, JPG or PNG format, as browsers don't know how to display ICO files. [View screenshot] 5. Include the distribution agreement or at least contact details for this and the end-user license agreement. [View screenshot] 6. Complete the affiliates PAD extensions, if your payment processor accepts affiliated programs. [View screenshot] 7. Let people know if you're a member of ASP. [View screenshot] 8. Click on File Generate PAD file. If you include your PAD file in your distribution file, keep the default name. (pad_file.xml) When you're storing the PAD file on your website you can give whatever name you desire, just remember not to use version numbers in the URL and leave the name unchanged until you update your product. Put your PAD files in the same folder, so that they can be easily identified, and give distinct names for each product. [View screenshot] Promote your PAD files to download portals. You can start by using the free PAD Promoter Tool to 50 download websites. PAD files are easy to create and use. Because it's a standard way of sharing information about your program, it makes it a lot easier for webmasters and program librarians to generate program listings and basically saves everyone a lot of time. |
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Comments (4)
Elley George says:
February 28th, 2008 at 10:25 pm Great Article..Thanks
Ehsan says:
March 9th, 2008 at 8:07 am The PADGEN Link Broken
Adriana Iordan says:
June 6th, 2008 at 3:11 pm Hi Thanks for your comments. We fixed the URL of PADGen.
Candry Johnson says:
November 9th, 2009 at 7:09 pm Hi Thanks for your article and Nice info about Pad file. Copyright ® 2009, http://www.avangate.com all rights reserved. |
