Feature Questions

[softstor]

I am looking for a good link exchange script to exchange links with other sites for seo purposes. I have just downloaded the free demo and I must say this is an excellent product that I wish to consider purchasing. During my evaluation I have some questions...

1) In the demo version I do not see a license agreement. Is there anything that I am not allowed to modify or any other restrictions in the demo?

2) When a user submits a new link for approval, is it possible to receive an email?

3) I have noticed the skin that is included in the demo, the user can only suggest a new category while viewing an existing category. Is there any reason why a user can not suggest a new category in the root?

4) I have the reciprocal link feature enabled. Is it possible for the admin to add links that do not have reciprocal links? If so, is it possible when you run any of the reciprocal link checking tasks that these sites are ignored?

[echopulse]

1. The demo version is the paid Pro version. In the free version, you are not allowed to remove the powered by esyndicat.com text in the footer.

2. Yes.

3. I thought the same thing. I have modified mine to allow category suggestions in root. In layout.php:

Replace this:

$menu['popular-links']['caption'] = $gDirLang['popular_links'];
$menu['popular-links']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}popul ar-links.html";

with this:


$menu['popular-links']['caption'] = $gDirLang['popular_links'];
$menu['popular-links']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}popul ar-links.html";
$menu['suggest-category']['caption'] = $gDirLang['suggest_category'];
$menu['suggest-category']['url'] = "{$gDirConfig['base']}{$gDirConfig['dir']}sugge st-category.php?id={$aCategory}";


4. Yes, and I am not sure.

[softstor]

Thanks for the info.

I just tested my test setup again. I do receive an email when someone suggests a link. But the subject and body of the email is blank. This is why I probably did not notice it before. Do you know how this can be configured correctly?

I would be interested in knowing if anyone knows how the admin user can add a link manually with the reciprocal feature enabled.

[subseo]

I just tested my test setup again. I do receive an email when someone suggests a link. But the subject and body of the email is blank. This is why I probably did not notice it before. Do you know how this can be configured correctly?

I had this problem too. All you need is to go to the templates setup, and press save, even in the case you didn't change anything.

[echopulse]

Go to your admin panel, click on e-mail templates, and then hit the save button on the bottom of each one. That should fix it.

[softstor]

Thanks pressing the save button solved the problem sending email to the client. But I am not emailed when a new site suggestion was submitted. Is there a way for me to receive an email?

[softstor]

I have spoken with Simon Gooffin and he tells me this is not a feature in the script. But there is a hack available to send the admin user an email.

[Simon Gooffin]

yeah, I do remember you.

*** open DirMailer.php and find there the following function ***
function sendMail($aAction, $aLink, $aCategory)
{

*** add after it the following ***
if ($aAction == 'link_submit')
{
$this->sendEmail($this->mConfig['site_email'], $subject, $body, $this->mConfig['site_email'], $this->mConfig['site_email']);
}

*** save changes ***
let me know in case you have any troubles

[softstor]

Thanks the hack seems to work correctly. But the email contains no subject and no body. Is it possible to add a subject to the email message?

[Simon Gooffin]

ok, then try to add that code it the following line in the same function:
$body = stripslashes($body);