Gossamer Forum: Products: Links 2.0: Customization: Send A Link To A Friend

Jan 30, 2002, 9:43 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 9:43 AM

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Hello, I have a program that I want to use with Links 2.0. The program allow me to send a link to a friend. The problem is, the program only record the link title. I read the script copy right notice. Which allow me to modify it as long as the copy right remain intact. My biggest problem is .. I don't know anything about cgi scripts Frown

. Please help! I can email the script to anyone that's willing to take the time out to look at it and help me modify it. PLEASE! I want users to sent the link of choice to a friend. Respectful

A damsel in distress Sly

Jan 30, 2002, 9:50 AM

Andy

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Jan 30, 2002, 9:50 AM

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My mod at http://www.ace-installer.com/...Pages&file=links allows you to sent the Title, URL, ID and Description Tongue

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Jan 30, 2002, 9:57 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 9:57 AM

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Yipee Woohoo!! .. Thanks Andy Wink

Jan 30, 2002, 10:22 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 10:22 AM

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Hey Andy,

One itty bitty question. How can I use this mod to work with my templates? Tongue

Jan 30, 2002, 10:24 AM

Andy

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Jan 30, 2002, 10:24 AM

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How do you mean, give it your design?

Andy (mod)
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Jan 30, 2002, 10:55 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 10:55 AM

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Yes. When I click on (send this link); the page doesn't match my website. I'd love to use my template to work with the script. Oh, one more small thing, this part of the script:

<td width="50%">Link You Are Referring to them :</td>
<td width="50%"><a href="$url" target="_blank">$title</a></td>

The $url doesn't work. The title is there although, the link point to my "link directory", not the Title Url. Crazy

Jan 30, 2002, 11:03 AM

Andy

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Jan 30, 2002, 11:03 AM

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Where is this happening? Maybe a URL to see?

Andy (mod)
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Jan 30, 2002, 11:36 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 11:36 AM

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Hi Andy, you can try this link. This is what shows up in my browser when I click on the "send this link"

http://rainbow-links.netfirms.com/cgi-bin/links/acereferer.php?id=310&title=LuvlyNspiration's%20World&description=LuvlyNspiration's%20personal%20website.%20%20Just%20chilling%20on%20the%20internet.%20%20Check%20out%20my%20website.&$url=http://luvlynspiration.netfirms.com

Or you can try any link within my directory: http://rainbow-links.netfirms.com

Jan 30, 2002, 11:53 AM

Andy

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Jan 30, 2002, 11:53 AM

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The URL one is simple. You are using $url=http://www.pistolandenema.com. When refering them be sure to have it set to &url=<%URL%>, not &$url=<%URL%> Wink

As for the looking like your site, thats not quite so easy. I'll post this, and work on a way for you to design your own look in a min Wink

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Jan 30, 2002, 11:57 AM

Andy

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Jan 30, 2002, 11:57 AM

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Doh, forgot I already made it template based Wink

Find;

Code:
// the header that will be shown at the top of the page... 
$header = <<<HEADER 

header part here  <BR><BR> 

HEADER; 

// the footer that will be shown at the bottom of the page... 
$footer = <<<FOOTER 

<BR><BR> footer stuff here.. 

FOOTER;

Just put what you want in the appropriate places to make it look like your site Smile

Andy (mod)
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Jan 30, 2002, 2:01 PM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 2:01 PM

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Thanks Andy, It's perfect! Smile

Jan 30, 2002, 2:39 PM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 30, 2002, 2:39 PM

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Hello Andy, It's me again Tongue

. The script is running perfect, although I notice something that puzzle me. I have the script set where a user can send the link to at least 5 people (if perferred). I test the script myself, although I sent the link to only one person. Why did I receive this error message?

There was an error. It was;

A name was not specified for person 2

Is there anyway you can do the "if this than that?" to remove the error message? Since there was no person 2-5.

Jan 31, 2002, 12:06 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 12:06 AM

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Try finding;

Code:
for ($counting=0; $counting <= $count - 1; $counting++) {

and adding this after it;

Code:
if (!$person9[$counting]) { exit; }

Andy (mod)
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Jan 31, 2002, 2:13 AM

Paul

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Jan 31, 2002, 2:13 AM

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You don't want exit.

Use last or next depending on what you want.

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:28 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:28 AM

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Spose you could you 'last' actually...although exit does just as good job IMO Wink

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:52 AM

Paul

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:52 AM

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exit and last are totally different.

Jan 31, 2002, 4:54 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:54 AM

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I know they are! I'm just saying that as it has got to the end of what it needs to do there is no reason for it to carry on! So either last or exit will give the desired effect!

Andy (mod)
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Jan 31, 2002, 4:57 AM

Paul

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Jan 31, 2002, 4:57 AM

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You should only use exits when you really need to and even then you should use:

exit 0

or

exit 1

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Jan 31, 2002, 5:35 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 31, 2002, 5:35 AM

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Thanks guys. The script work perfect. I had to replace the "exit" command with "last". The exit command froze my browser.

Jan 31, 2002, 5:36 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 5:36 AM

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Glad to hear it. Paul, don't say a word Wink

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Jan 31, 2002, 7:48 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 31, 2002, 7:48 AM

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Hello Andy,

Uh oh. According to my browser everything is perfect. I went to check my mail (where I sent the link) to no avail. There wasn't any mail concerning the link I sent. I took a close look at the script to make sure I did everything accordingly. Well, I notice something that was missing in your script that I see alot in other scripts. The sendmail thingy.

There was nothing there that locate my sendmail bin (example: this is set to "/usr/sbin/sendmail", but on many Unix systems, it is located at "/usr/lib/sendmail)

Could that be the problem? If so, how can I add that to the script? Tongue

Jan 31, 2002, 7:52 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 7:52 AM

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Thats not the problem. If you look I use the mail() feature, which doesn't require Sendmail to be set in the script. Mmm..could you post what you got as an attachment here please?

Andy (mod)
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Jan 31, 2002, 8:20 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 31, 2002, 8:20 AM

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Okay, here you go.

Jan 31, 2002, 8:29 AM

Andy

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Jan 31, 2002, 8:29 AM

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Find;

if (!$person9[$counting]) { last; }

and replace with

if (!$person[$counting]) { last; }

I made a typo in the first edit I told you to do Tongue

Andy (mod)
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Jan 31, 2002, 8:45 AM

luvlynspiration

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Jan 31, 2002, 8:45 AM

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Hi Andy,

It still doesn't work. Could you test it for me? Please. You know, send a link to yourself, just to see if you receive the mail. It not working for me. I'm receiving no mail. Thanks

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