Here is a solution to get PageRank working

[add]

Hello,

to get working PageRank calculation of eSyndiCat Pro v2.1.03 (Tested, old versions may also work!) just replace /includes/checksum.inc.php content with code displayed below:


<?php
/************************************************** *************************
*
* PROJECT: eSyndiCat Directory Software
* VERSION: 2.1 (Pro Release)
* LISENSE: OWN (http://www.esyndicat.com/license.html)
*
* This program is a commercial software and any kind of using
* it must agree to eSyndiCat License Agreement.
*
* This notice may not be removed from the code.
*
* Copyright 2005-2007 eSyndiCat Software Development Ltd.
* http://www.esyndicat.com/
*
************************************************** *************************/

// A SET OF FUNCTIONS FOR CALCULATING CHECKSUM

//convert a string to a 32-bit integer
function StrToNum($Str, $Check, $Magic) {
$Int32Unit = 4294967296; // 2^32

$length = strlen($Str);
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
$Check *= $Magic;
//If the float is beyond the boundaries of integer (usually +/- 2.15e+9 = 2^31),
// the result of converting to integer is undefined
// refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php
if ($Check >= $Int32Unit) {
$Check = ($Check - $Int32Unit * (int) ($Check / $Int32Unit));
//if the check less than -2^31
$Check = ($Check < -2147483648) ? ($Check + $Int32Unit) : $Check;
}
$Check += ord($Str{$i});
}
return $Check;
}

//genearate a hash for a url
function HashURL($String) {
$Check1 = StrToNum($String, 0x1505, 0x21);
$Check2 = StrToNum($String, 0, 0x1003F);

$Check1 >>= 2;
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFFFC0 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3F);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFC00 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FF);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3C000 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FFF);

$T1 = (((($Check1 & 0x3C0) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C)) <<2 ) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F );
$T2 = (((($Check1 & 0xFFFFC000) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C00)) << 0xA) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F0000 );

return ($T1 | $T2);
}

//genearate a checksum for the hash string
function CheckHash($Hashnum) {
$CheckByte = 0;
$Flag = 0;

$HashStr = sprintf('%u', $Hashnum) ;
$length = strlen($HashStr);

for ($i = $length - 1; $i >= 0; $i --) {
$Re = $HashStr{$i};
if (1 === ($Flag % 2)) {
$Re += $Re;
$Re = (int)($Re / 10) + ($Re % 10);
}
$CheckByte += $Re;
$Flag ++;
}

$CheckByte %= 10;
if (0 !== $CheckByte) {
$CheckByte = 10 - $CheckByte;
if (1 === ($Flag % 2) ) {
if (1 === ($CheckByte % 2)) {
$CheckByte += 9;
}
$CheckByte >>= 1;
}
}

return '7'.$CheckByte.$HashStr;
}

//return the pagerank checksum hash
function get_checksum($url) { return CheckHash(HashURL($url)); }

?>



Also don't forget to uncheck PR checking by cgi/perl or replace this piece of code in /suggest-link.php

if ($config->get('cron_pr_perl'))
{
// Get checksum via Perl CGI module
$checksum_url = $config->get('base').'cgi-bin/checksum.cgi?url='.urlencode($url);
$checksum = get_page_content($checksum_url);
}
else
{
$checksum = get_checksum($url);
}

with this:

$checksum = get_checksum($url);

Please let me know.

Hope this helps a lot of eSyndicat customers. :good:

[add]

Just replace content of /includes/cron.php with source of cron.php at my server http://directory.account.it/files/cron.phps and save it
(I have removed some conditions (regarding perl/cgi checking) and included includes/checksum.inc.php and at the end of file removed get_checksum() function.)

Tested! Enjoy! :good:

[Sergey Ten]

Wow Good work Alex :good: Thank you.

[John Turner]

Hi Alex,

You are rocket!
Thanks for this modification.

[add]

You're welcome, guys!

Keep your work of the best directory up! :dance:

Alex

[Greg]

Nice work Alex. :good:
Made this is Sticky. :)

[TurXaliM]

eSYNDICAT,
Can you included this simplicite into 2.2?

[cpskins]

Is this easy to do??...I'm afraid to screw anything up....can someone help me?

thanks

tony

[add]

is this easy to do??...im afraid to screw anything up....can someone help me?

thnks
tony

It's really easy, tony :)

Follow the instructions - you have to do only 3 things and PageRank will work again on your site :P

[cpskins]

not to me it isnt...lol....im looking at my files...and it seems the suggestlink.php code is exactly what u have above.....do i just delete the /includes/checksum.inc.php content and replace it with what u ahve above???...the whole thing?

[add]

not to me it isnt...lol....im looking at my files...and it seems the suggestlink.php code is exactly what u have above.....do i just delete the /includes/checksum.inc.php content and replace it with what u ahve above???...the whole thing?
Exactly, i have just removed from suggest-link.php file only some lines regarding CGI checksum checking and replaced entire content of includes/checksum.inc.php

Don't forget to replace includes/cron.php too (with one attached in post).

:good:

[newbiz]

Just replace content of /includes/cron.php with attached file (change extension to .rar and unpack archive which contains cron.php)
I have removed some conditions (regarding perl/cgi checking) and included includes/checksum.inc.php and at the end removed get_checksum() functions at the end of file.

Tested! Enjoy! :good:
hi ,
can you help me step by step ?
or answering to this questions ?
1 - the attach file type is .txt
is this enough to change it to cron.php or what ? .rar unpack //// ?

2 - after we replaced the cron.php
we must to change the code in post 1 or not ?
thank you .

[bsb88]

Very nice. Works great.

[Norman Fernandez]

Do you know which line the code starts in on the suggest-link.php file. I could not find it!

[Norman Fernandez]

Exactly, i have just removed from suggest-link.php file only some lines regarding CGI checksum checking and replaced entire content of includes/checksum.inc.php

Don't forget to replace includes/cron.php too (with one attached in post).

:good:

I just found the code, and did as you said. Page rank is still not working. I will check again, but I did the code exactly as you said.

[Norman Fernandez]

In the suggest-link.php file do I replace the entire part of the code, or just the code in red?

[success]

Just replace content of /includes/cron.php with attached file (change extension to .rar and unpack archive which contains cron.php)
I have removed some conditions (regarding perl/cgi checking) and included includes/checksum.inc.php and at the end removed get_checksum() functions at the end of file.

Tested! Enjoy! :good:

I saved the file as cron.rar and I can't replace anything in the cron.php file becasue all of the text is screwed up. Can you walk me through this part?

Thanks

[Norman Fernandez]

I could not get it working either!

[add]

newbiz and others,

i modified my second post (regarding /includes/cron.php) so please check it.

So, to get PageRank functionality working in your website, you just have to:

1) Replace entire content of /includes/checksum.php with content avalaible in my first post (http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/post66461-1.html).

2) Remove exactly 10 lines of code from /suggest-link.php:

if ($config->get('cron_pr_perl'))
{
// Get checksum via Perl CGI module
$checksum_url = $config->get('base').'cgi-bin/checksum.cgi?url='.urlencode($url);
$checksum = get_page_content($checksum_url);
}
else
{
$checksum = get_checksum($url);
}

and replace it with just one line:

$checksum = get_checksum($url);

3) Replace entire content of /includes/cron.php with this one - http://directory.account.it/files/cron.phps

Save and upload your files. PageRank will work only on new websites submitted after these modifications. To adjust PageRank for old listed websites just do cron job with new /includes/cron.php

That's all!

Please let us know if you got it working.

Sorry for my poor english, laters! :good:

[fibonacc1]

This means you do not have to setup the cron in Cpanel? ( i know sounds stupid, but what the heck...) :ooi:

[p0werm4n]

I did the three steps and no luck. Does this only work on new sites that don't have any links yet?

[dtherio]

Hello,

What are the symptom(s) of page rank not working properly?

I am a new purchaser and have only entered a few listings so far but for a number of them they show that they have a page rank.

The URL is http://TheColony.com - most of the links so far are in Food & Dining. If someone could look and see if they are working as they should I would appreciate it.

[cpskins]

i also have done all 3 steps and screwed up whole site....got everything resolved again...but afraid to screw it up again?.....if i give u ftp details is this something that can be done for me??.....would be greatly appreciated if its not that big of a pain in the ass.....

tony

[greeeb]

I did the three steps and no thing chang.

[cpskins]

is there anybody from esyndicat support in here????

what kind of help forum is this???

[p0werm4n]

I don't get why the pagerank feature is not working. I read the reviews for esyndicat on hotscripts.com and some guy complained about it not working in May, 2006!!! I love this script and support has been pretty good, but come on guys, you need to get this working already... its starting to make you look bad =P

But, for some reason, I thought it had worked at one time... I bought the script late last year and I swear it was working... weird

[cpskins]

is any mod/support member here??????

need some help please......this PR rank not working is something that needs to be fixed......didnt i pay for this with script???

please help!
thnks
tony

[clinton4]

Hi,

i have tryed this mod and it works fine for the new submission. But all my old links dont't get any pakerank. I have also enabled the cronejob. What do do?

Best regards from
Magne Nygaard

[cpskins]

this forum is a freakin joke!!!!....where the hell is the support????????

[xisto]

Can I get some support here please...

http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/about10813.html

[xisto]

Still waiting for support.......

[Norman Fernandez]

Why dont you open up a support ticket in your account?

[Sergey Ten]

Hello all,

I am sorry for delay. If you have any problem with pagerank please pm me your FTP details and don't forget to include a description of a problem.

Thanks.

[clinton4]

Hi,

i notis that you always ask fore FTP details, why don't you publise the solution here? So that we can fix it fore oure self? (sorry fore the bad english)

[Norman Fernandez]

I just did all of the modifications. I added a test link that rates 4 in my google test bar, it came up with a rank of 1 when I added it.

I enabled cron jobs for page rank. I am only doing 10 per day so it will take a a while to see what this will do for my old links.

I hope this fix will be in the new version coming out.

Thanks Sergey for the PM. I did the fix step by step and it did show a google rank but I am not sure it is an accurate page rank!

[Sergey Ten]

Hi,

i notis that you always ask fore FTP details, why don't you publise the solution here? So that we can fix it fore oure self? (sorry fore the bad english)

Hello clinton4,

Yes. You could fix problem yourself. The directives you could see in first post. If I received FTP details I will do the same.

[Sergey Ten]

Hello all,

Ok, it is small directives how to fix problem with checksum for cron.

[ Create checksum.inc.php in the includes folder with code ]


<?php
/************************************************** *************************
*
* PROJECT: eSyndiCat Directory Software
* VERSION: 2.1 (Pro Release)
* LISENSE: OWN (http://www.esyndicat.com/license.html)
*
* This program is a commercial software and any kind of using
* it must agree to eSyndiCat License Agreement.
*
* This notice may not be removed from the code.
*
* Copyright 2005-2007 eSyndiCat Software Development Ltd.
* http://www.esyndicat.com/
*
************************************************** *************************/

// A SET OF FUNCTIONS FOR CALCULATING CHECKSUM

//convert a string to a 32-bit integer
function StrToNum($Str, $Check, $Magic)
{
$Int32Unit = 4294967296; // 2^32

$length = strlen($Str);
for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++)
{
$Check *= $Magic;
//If the float is beyond the boundaries of integer (usually +/- 2.15e+9 = 2^31),
// the result of converting to integer is undefined
// refer to http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.integer.php
if ($Check >= $Int32Unit)
{
$Check = ($Check - $Int32Unit * (int) ($Check / $Int32Unit));
//if the check less than -2^31
$Check = ($Check < -2147483648) ? ($Check + $Int32Unit) : $Check;
}
$Check += ord($Str{$i});
}
return $Check;
}

//genearate a hash for a url
function HashURL($String)
{
$Check1 = StrToNum($String, 0x1505, 0x21);
$Check2 = StrToNum($String, 0, 0x1003F);

$Check1 >>= 2;
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFFFC0 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3F);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3FFC00 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FF);
$Check1 = (($Check1 >> 4) & 0x3C000 ) | ($Check1 & 0x3FFF);

$T1 = (((($Check1 & 0x3C0) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C)) <<2 ) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F );
$T2 = (((($Check1 & 0xFFFFC000) << 4) | ($Check1 & 0x3C00)) << 0xA) | ($Check2 & 0xF0F0000 );

return ($T1 | $T2);
}

//genearate a checksum for the hash string
function CheckHash($Hashnum)
{
$CheckByte = 0;
$Flag = 0;

$HashStr = sprintf('%u', $Hashnum);
$length = strlen($HashStr);

for ($i = $length - 1; $i >= 0; $i --)
{
$Re = $HashStr{$i};
if (1 === ($Flag % 2))
{
$Re += $Re;
$Re = (int)($Re / 10) + ($Re % 10);
}
$CheckByte += $Re;
$Flag ++;
}

$CheckByte %= 10;
if (0 !== $CheckByte)
{
$CheckByte = 10 - $CheckByte;
if (1 === ($Flag % 2))
{
if (1 === ($CheckByte % 2))
{
$CheckByte += 9;
}
$CheckByte >>= 1;
}
}

return '7'.$CheckByte.$HashStr;
}

//return the pagerank checksum hash
function get_checksum($url)
{
return CheckHash(HashURL($url));
}

?>



[ Save file ]


[ Open your includes/cron.php ]
[ Find code ]


require_once('config.inc.php');


[ After add code ]


require_once('checksum.inc.php');


[ Find code ]


function get_checksum($aUrl)
{
return '6'.GCH(strord('info:'.$aUrl));
}
function strord($string)
{
for($i=0;$i<strlen($string);$i++)
{
$result[$i] = ord($string{$i});
}

return $result;
}
function zeroFill($a, $b)
{
$z = hexdec(80000000);
if ($z & $a)
{
$a = ($a>>1);
$a &= (~$z);
$a |= 0x40000000;
$a = ($a>>($b-1));
}
else
{
$a = ($a>>$b);
}
return $a;
}
function mix($a,$b,$c)
{
$a -= $b; $a -= $c; $a ^= (zeroFill($c,13));
$b -= $c; $b -= $a; $b ^= ($a<<8);
$c -= $a; $c -= $b; $c ^= (zeroFill($b,13));
$a -= $b; $a -= $c; $a ^= (zeroFill($c,12));
$b -= $c; $b -= $a; $b ^= ($a<<16);
$c -= $a; $c -= $b; $c ^= (zeroFill($b,5));
$a -= $b; $a -= $c; $a ^= (zeroFill($c,3));
$b -= $c; $b -= $a; $b ^= ($a<<10);
$c -= $a; $c -= $b; $c ^= (zeroFill($b,15));

return array($a,$b,$c);
}
function GCH($url, $length=null, $init=GMAG)
{
if(is_null($length))
{
$length = sizeof($url);
}
$a = $b = 0x9E3779B9;
$c = $init;
$k = 0;
$len = $length;
while($len >= 12)
{
$a += ($url[$k+0] +($url[$k+1]<<8) +($url[$k+2]<<16) +($url[$k+3]<<24));
$b += ($url[$k+4] +($url[$k+5]<<8) +($url[$k+6]<<16) +($url[$k+7]<<24));
$c += ($url[$k+8] +($url[$k+9]<<8) +($url[$k+10]<<16)+($url[$k+11]<<24));
$mix = mix($a,$b,$c);
$a = $mix[0]; $b = $mix[1]; $c = $mix[2];
$k += 12;
$len -= 12;
}
$c += $length;
switch($len)
{
case 11: $c+=($url[$k+10]<<24);
case 10: $c+=($url[$k+9]<<16);
case 9 : $c+=($url[$k+8]<<8);
case 8 : $b+=($url[$k+7]<<24);
case 7 : $b+=($url[$k+6]<<16);
case 6 : $b+=($url[$k+5]<<8);
case 5 : $b+=($url[$k+4]);
case 4 : $a+=($url[$k+3]<<24);
case 3 : $a+=($url[$k+2]<<16);
case 2 : $a+=($url[$k+1]<<8);
case 1 : $a+=($url[$k+0]);
}
$mix = mix($a,$b,$c);
return $mix[2];
}


[ Remove or comment it ]

[ Find code ]


if ($settings['cron_pr_perl'])
{
// Get checksum via Perl CGI module
$checksum_url = $settings['base'].'cgi-bin/checksum.cgi?url='.urlencode($url);
$checksum = get_page_content($checksum_url);
}
else
{
$checksum = get_checksum($url);
}


[ Replace with ]


$checksum = get_checksum($url);


[ Save change ]


Ok, now we have to make sure update pagerank correctly or not. We could run cron.php via browser. Ok, first of all we could make changes in the script to see result of cron.php

[ Open your includes/cron.php ]
[ Find code ]


$query .= "`pagerank` = '{$pagerank}',";


[ Before add code ]


echo "{$url}:{$pagerank}<br />";


[ Save changes ]

Also we have to rename .htaccess file in the inlcudes folder. I renamed it to .htaccess.bak

Now type in the address bar of browser the following URL:

http://www.your_site.com/includes/cron.php

After you will see something like that:


http://orbita.starmedia.com/error/error_orbita.htm:-1
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Bridge/7706/nge/autor.htm:2
http://www.geocities.com/doblaje_de_pokemon/:-1
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/8574/doblaje.html:1
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Temple/4078/:3


Ok, the cron is work. Now we have to remove our code.

[ Open your includes/cron.php ]
[ Find code]


echo "{$url}:{$pagerank}<br />";


[ Remove it]

And don't forget to rename .htaccess file.

Now you have to set up cron via CPanel. About it you could read here:
http://www.esyndicat.com/support/desk/knowledgebase/view/7.html

That's all.

[Norman Fernandez]

Sergey, I just got your PM. My cron jobs are currently updating all of the page ranks at 10, once per hour. I applied all of the previous fixes for pagerank and cron jobs so I would be worried that doing the new fix may cause everything not to work.

What do you think?

I have one link www.bikerlawblog.com that has a google rank of 4 but is showing up in my directory at www.lawnosh.net with a rank of 1. How does the script obtain the pageranks?

If it is using some outside service to get the script maybe the service is not up to date with the actual real time google page rank.

Let me know what you think.

[Sergey Ten]

Norman,

Do you have wrong pagerank only for www.bikerlawblog.com?

[Norman Fernandez]

That is the only one I know of so far! It is my Blog so I an very interested in it!

[Tamagochi]

Hi

I tryed this and thi error appears when i go to http://www.your_site.com/includes/cron.php:


Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Unknown MySQL server host 'DBHOST' (1) in /home/paginade/domains/paginadeinicio.net/public_html/elnexo/includes/classes/DirDb.php on line 41
Could not connect

Any idea??

Best regards

[Tamagochi]

Hi

The line 41 of DirDb.php is:

$this->mLink = mysql_connect($this->mConfig['dbhost'].":".$this->mConfig['dbport'], $this->mConfig['dbuser'], $this->mConfig['dbpass']);


Please i'm desesperate.

Best Regards

[Mominur Rahman]

Not working in my site.

[TDKovacic]

It seems this doesn't work for the Free Version 1.6 - Unless I'm still doing something wrong. I would be willing to give a Mod my FTP info so they can fix this on their own. Although, I doubt you guys want to do so much work for someone not paying for your product (yet, since I am testing this script before I pay for it).

But I do have an alternative solution IF it is possible... Could we add a 3rd party PageRank button or link where the original PageRank display is? There are sites that offer free PageRank buttons, so perhaps we could implement these in the code somewhere to display for each listing? Let me know if this is possible.

[minis]

yes, 1.6 version doesn't have eorking pagerank function ;/

[John Turner]

Hi there,

Please check this thread and re-upload CRON file.
http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/about11303.html

[joelemon]

Why hasn't my pr been working yet? I've followed all instructions..does anyone have an idea? thanks!

[microlinx]

The authors assume that everyone who uses this script is a programmer.
If there is a bug, fix it and release and update patch. Enough of this script hacking.

[John Turner]

Hi there,
If you have any questions about CRON please contact me over PM with your CPanel credentials and trouble description. I'll try to help.

[xplan]

i do step by step but do not work
still not show and i have cronproble
and i send my hosting detial to John 2 days ago
please help

[naplesdave]

Has this been fixed in 2.2? I ask because my PR is not working (among other things).

[directoryjunction]

Please let me know how to get this thing working in 2.2

Thankx

[Mumszone]

Ive noticed my templates and PR are not updating in 2.2

[Simon Gooffin]

Hi guys,
This algo was implemented in 2.2 version by default.

[Norman Fernandez]

Simon did you get my email so my pro version license works with the new version?

[Simon Gooffin]

Hi Norman Fernandez

Where did you send it? Please send it here - sgooffin at esyndicat dot com

[mornebeck]

newbiz and others,

i modified my second post (regarding /includes/cron.php) so please check it.

So, to get PageRank functionality working in your website, you just have to:

1) Replace entire content of /includes/checksum.php with content avalaible in my first post (http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/post66461-1.html).

2) Remove exactly 10 lines of code from /suggest-link.php:

if ($config->get('cron_pr_perl'))
{
// Get checksum via Perl CGI module
$checksum_url = $config->get('base').'cgi-bin/checksum.cgi?url='.urlencode($url);
$checksum = get_page_content($checksum_url);
}
else
{
$checksum = get_checksum($url);
}

and replace it with just one line:

$checksum = get_checksum($url);

3) Replace entire content of /includes/cron.php with this one - http://directory.account.it/files/cron.phps

Save and upload your files. PageRank will work only on new websites submitted after these modifications. To adjust PageRank for old listed websites just do cron job with new /includes/cron.php

That's all!

Please let us know if you got it working.

Sorry for my poor english, laters! :good:

Cool thanks this works just as well on Omega Free Version :)

[Norman Fernandez]

Hi Norman Fernandez

Where did you send it? Please send it here - sgooffin at esyndicat dot com

I replied to your email!

I will send it again right now to the email you just indicated!

Thanks,

Norm

[Simon Gooffin]

mornebeck
Ok great..

Norman Fernandez
Ok. It seems the problem has been solved.

[donald]

Hi
As stated in instructions -
Remove exactly 10 lines of code from /suggest-link.php:

i can not find suggest-link.php file in my 2.2 directory. Is there a different file name i should be looking for.

Thanks in advance
Donald:confused:

[Simon Gooffin]

Hi,
Read this:
http://www.esyndicat.com/forum/post77202-54.html