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• Copyright and Header
• Overview
• links.pl
  • $filename
  • $linksurl
  • $linkscgi
  • $linkstitle
  • $database
• links.html
• History

Copyright and Header

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# Free For All Link Page        Version 2.2                                  #
# Copyright 1996 Matt Wright    mattw@worldwidemart.com                      #
# Created 5/14/95               Last Modified 7/17/96                        #
# Scripts Archive at:           http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/        #
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# If you run into any problems while trying to configure this script, help   #
# is available.  The steps you should take to get the fastest results, are:  #
#       1) Read this file thoroughly                                         #
#       2) Consult the Matt's Script Archive Frequently Asked Questions:     #
#               http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/faq/                    #
#       3) If you are still having difficulty installing this script, send   #
#          e-mail to: scripts-help@tahoenet.com                              #
#          Include any error messages you are receiving and as much detail   #
#          as you can so we can spot your problem.  Also include the variable#
#          configuration block that is located at the top of the script.     #
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# Hopefully we will be able to help you solve your problems.  Thank you.     #
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# COPYRIGHT NOTICE                                                           #
# Copyright 1996 Matthew M. Wright  All Rights Reserved.                     #
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# Free For All Links may be used and modified free of charge by anyone so    #
# long as this copyright notice and the comments above remain intact.  By    #
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# liability that might arise from it's use.                                  #
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# Selling the code for this program without prior written consent is         #
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# make money off of my program.                                              #
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Overview

• This is a script built for the World Wide Web that allows users to freely add links to your page in the sections that you specify.

  File included in this script:

  1. links.html - The HTML File users see
  2. links.pl - The guts of the operations
  3. README - This file (Installation information)

  
  To Install:

  • You must have access to execute CGI scripts on your server.
  • Put the links.pl file into your server's cgi-bin or rename it to links.cgi (Whichever is required on your server).
  • Put the links.html file into any dir of your choice (must be user writable)
  • Should be compatible with Version 2.1, so just modify links.pl and try it.. I am not sure though. :-)

  
  

links.pl

• This file is the file that pulls in your links.html and makes the necessary changes to your links.html. It will add the url of the user's choice. You must chmod this file 755 and place it in your server's cgi-bin. You may need to rename this to links.cgi if your server requires that sort of thing.

  $filename = "/server/path/to/links.html";

  Path Location of your links.html file.

  $linksurl = "http://your.server/actual/url/of/links.html";

  URL Location of links.html file.

  $linkscgi = "http://your.host.xxx/cgi-bin/links.pl";

  URL Location of links.pl.

  $linkstitle = "Free For All Link Page";

  Title of Your Page.

  $database = "/path/to/database.txt";

  Path to the database file. This is useful if you want links to your page to automatically be added one per line to a database (for use in Random Link or other similar programs). Must be chmoded to 777.

  
  

links.html

• This file contains all of the links that users have added. Users will be automatically returned to this document. You must place this document in a directory with 777 file access and then chmod this file 777. You will need to edit the action="" part of the <form> tag so that points to your links.pl file at your cgi-bin. You will also want to change the bottom link so users can get back to your home page. You can change anything above the <form> tag also... Just don't change the <!--XXXX--> tags unless you want to edit the script.

History

• Version 1.0  05/14/95 - Original links.pl created
  Version 2.0  05/20/95 - Patrick Kane re-wrote almost the entire
                          script to make it work better
  Version 2.1  08/05/95 - Added the count of links and date last
                          modified to the links.html file.
                        - Changed all my  tags to the
                          appropriate comment tag 
                          <!--XXXX-->
                        - Added a datecom variable in the 
                          realization that just the 'date'
                          command was interfering with some of
                          the date commands located in the 
                          cgi-bin of some servers.
                        - An HTML checker to remove all HTML tags
                          a user might try to put around their
                          title.
                        - Added quotes around the url to make the
                          structure more HTML compatible.
  Version 2.2  07/17/96 - Fixed a bug which allowed users to post
                          obviously invalid URLS.  Now they must
                          start with http or ftp and contain
                          something that resembles a host name.
                        - Due to a high incidence of banner
                          postings, the software was enhanced to
                          prevent banners and images from being
                          posted. Main reason for the update.
                        - Checks (very simply) to see if the link
                          has already been added.  If so, it
                          doesn't allow it to be added again.
                        - Allows you to auto-add the URLs to a
                          database for Random Link Generator.
                        - Changed the form so that URL field
                          defaults to http:// and title field
                          holds 80 characters max.  (These can be
                          changed, but prevent people from being
                          stupid and using up tons of lines.)
                        - I took out references to 'grep' and
                          'date', two unix commands, which made
                          this incompatible with other OS's.  Now
                          it should work on other OS's or be a
                          trivial hack to make it work.
                        - Added a linkstitle, so your Error pages
                          will link back to your site with the
                          site's title.
                        - Cleaned up a bit.
  

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