IndexU Support

Here’s a list of mods I compiled from a number of sites. This list is similar to the one I posted on the nicecoder forums recently

I actually posted about this on Nicecoder and had started testing out the Google Custom Search on Sept 1 of this year. So far it’s working out very well and generating funds daily.

Here’s another way to make money using your site and Google with the Google Custom Search Engine

To use this addon you first need to make two files.

sitesearch.php

sitesearch.html

Both files are included below as text. The first file, sitesearch.php requires no modifications at all, just create the file and upload to your root IndexU directory.

The second file, sitesearch.html you can create as it is, upload it to your server and CHMOD it to 666 or 777 so you may edit it in the admin panel.

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Does anyone have any mod requests?

First of all, whatever mod(s) done would have to be popular. Meaning it can’t just be a mod for your site alone unless you’re willing to pay for my time.

Second, understand that the mod may come with a price tag. I’m going to try to keep the price of mods low but they need to pay for my time that I put in. Just testing a mod and writing simple documentation can take two hours.

Third, remember that I’ve got a lot to do so mods aren’t always on the top of my list to do. I’ve got customers to deal with, sites to work on, databases to deal with, support to do and the list goes on. It could take some time before the mod gets done.

Lastly, and most importantly, it must improve how IndexU is used or how it works. Anyone can make a block, so don’t ask for a block with adsense in it or some other advertising. Think of something you really want IndexU to have and I’ll see if I can get it done.

Hope you’re enjoying the site!

Purchase Mod for $5

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Email reminder for sponsored and premium listing owners

This is a simple script that can be run by cron and it will send out an email 7 days before the link will expire and a final reminder on the day of expiry.

The emails are fully customizable and can be sent in plain text or HTML.

The config file is quite simple and contains the following

TEMPLATE_0 = firstmail.txt
TEMPLATE_1 = secondmail.txt
SUBJECT_0 = Your account will expire in 7 days
SUBJECT_1 = Your account will expire today
FROM_EMAIL = admin@oursite.com
REPLYTO_EMAIL = subscription@oursite.com
BCC_MAIL = youremail@oursite.com
USER_HTML = FALSE

TEMPLATE_0 = The filename of template 0, which the user receives 7 days before the link expires
TEMPLATE_1 = The filename of template 1, which the user receives on the day the link expires
SUBJECT_0 = The subject of the email for template 0
SUBJECT_1 = The subject of the email for template 1
FROM_EMAIL = A from email address
REPLYTO_EMAIL = A reply to email address
BCC_MAIL = Email yourself a copy of this expiry notice
USER_HTML = TRUE or FALSE

USER_HTML = FALSE will send the mail in ascii (text) format only
USER_HTML = TRUE will send the mail in html format

Other than the config file the only other file that must be edited is mailer.php. You must enter in the path to your application.php file. The way the files are distributed you will not need to change mailer.php if the remindmail folder is placed in the root directory of IndexU.

I suggest you only run this script once a day, as if it is run multiple times then users will receive an email each time.

If you run the file in your browser it will give you a report of which users it has sent email to. If there are no emails to be sent out the results will be blank! This does not mean the file isn’t working, it means there’s nothing to do.

The script accepts a number of variables that you can use in your emails. These must be used exactly as shown and can be used to customize your email. Technically any data in the idx_link table can be displayed for any given link except for category. That was an oversight and if category is used it will only display the category number and not the category name.

{title}
{url}
{date}
{email}
{link_id}

I would also suggest that you provide the link password {password} to users so they may make changes to their link before they choose to renew.

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So I was looking around today for some info on mysql backups and I came across some other interesting stuff. I decided to post it for you as it may help you.

Optimize your database via cron

I would suggest doing a backup before running this as optimizing and using auto-repair can cause data loss under some circumstances.

Enter the following in cron

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Backup database to folder via cron

Want to automatically backup your database daily or weekly and save it in a folder on your server?

Enter the following in cron

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Note that this will overwrite the previous backup so it will not fill up your system with tons of files.. Create multiple (7) cronjobs and change mysql_backup.gz to weekdays to backup the database daily.

Send your database to an email address via cron

But here’s the best of them all. This little script when run by cron will email you a copy of your database! Remember that many hosts have a limit to the size of attachments they will accept.

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Some users choose to remove a number of items from IndexU in order to save on page size, but something that they don’t know, is they really aren’t saving on page size, they’re only making the content hidden!

Hidden content isn’t always a bad thing, unless you’re trying to stuff keywords into your site and you get busted by a search engine.

In IndexU there are a number of things that users disable to save on page size.

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Saving on page size is a great way to keep users coming back, because no one likes a page that takes long to load. This tip can help shave off those unwanted bytes and keep your site loading quickly.

Some users have experienced blank pages after installation. These blank pages were both in the admin area and the main site.

This issue has typically occurred after an upgrade.

I recently encountered a user having this issue. The user upgraded from v5.10 to 5.40 and was faced with blank pages everywhere. A check of phpinfo found that there were no issues.

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