I'd sure be interested in knowing how, I tried doing one for someone and couldn't get it to work whatsoever, it kept telling me the files weren't there, when they were. I'd set the permissions, check the dir and they'd still say they were set 744. I'd change them again... same thing. It was driving me insane and I never did get it working.
Hi, I've just uploaded one on Hypermart and I got it to work just fine. Now comes the interesting part of customizing it so it looks and works like I want it to.
Check it out at: http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/pages/index.html
If you have any questions or would like me to "attempt" (I cant gaurantee anything) one onto your Hypermart website, feel free to email me at mden19@rconnect.com
The $db_cgi_url shoud point to the cgi-bin directory that has your link scripts in it. Go into the links.cfg file and set it to something like this (depending on what the actual URL is):
http://yourname.hypermart.net/links/cgi-bin
The links.cfg file is the only file that needs to be edited to get the script up and running.
Heres what the first part of my links.cfg looks like (I also use hypermart):
# Paths and URL's to Important Stuff # -------------------------------------------------------- # PATH and URL of Admin CGI directory. No Trailing Slash. $db_script_path = "/data1/hypermart.net/bidderz/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin"; $db_dir_url = "http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin/admin";
# URL of User CGI directory. No Trailing Slash. $db_cgi_url = "http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/cgi-bin";
# PATH and URL of Pages to be built. No Trailing Slash. $build_root_path = "/data1/hypermart.net/bidderz/scs/cgi/links/pages"; $build_root_url = "http://www.bidderz.com/scs/cgi/links/pages";
We can't use Links on Hypermart. This is violation of TOS. ------ HyperMart prohibits all scripts that automatically update a links listing and are submitted to by automated programs, either by design or by use. Use of these scripts is grounds for termination of your HyperMart account without any prior notice. ------
well, firstly links doesn't "automatically update a links listing" - you have to go to the admin script and click the build link to get it to update.. yes, you could do it via cron tab, but telnet access isn't available on hypermart..
secondly, hypermarts TOS goes on to say "and are submitted to by automated programs" I think the AND is a major importance here... that means that it has to both automatically update AND be submitted to by automatic programs!? - also, linksv2 has the refferer check in it, which should prevent auto submission quite a bit.
I asked this same question to support but the aswer was: No, you just can't have any kinds of FFA scripts within your account, it's against our TOS. It doesn't matter it's automated or not.
hmm, well, I emailed the webmaster@hypermart.net address, and I said that I had the gossamer-threads links script installed, and gave them my url, and they didn't say that it was wrong...
And even in the TOS newsgroup, i said that i had one, and they didn't say it was wrong..
How many peoples answer the questions sent to webmaster@hypermart.net? I don't know what happen. Somebody gave you an answer an to me gave other. I'll visit the TOS newsgroup now to see what's the problem with me.