Gossamer Forum: Products: Links 2.0: Customization: New mod

This mod will allow you to update your Ratings & Hits from the control panel without having to do a complete build.

1. Copy nph-build.cgi to the same folder and rename it to nph-build-update.cgi

2. Open nph-build-update.cgi

3. Find: sub build_all {

4. Replace

Code:
 
sub build_all { 
 
# --------------------------------------------------------  
 
# Rebuild the entire directory. 
 
# Determine if we are printing to command line, or to browser. 
 
$nph++; 
 
&html_print_headers() if ($use_html); 
 
my $start = time(); 
 
my $date = &get_date; 
 
my $time = &get_time; 
 
# Print HTML Header 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print qq|<html><head><tittle>Links Manager: Building Pages</title></head> 
 
<BASE TARGET="_top"> 
 
<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF><H2><TT>Building Pages</TT></H2> 
 
<PRE>| : 
 
print qq|Building Pages\n|; 
 
print "Pages built on " . $date . " at " . $time . "\n"; 
 
print "--------------------------------------------------------\n\n"; 
 
# Backup the database. 
 
print "Backing up database . . .\n"; 
 
&build_backup; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Rebuild URL Index (This file is auto-generated, you will never need to touch it!  
 
print "Building URL Index . . .\n"; 
 
&build_url_index; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Update New and Popular Records.. 
 
print "Updating New and Popular Records . . .\n"; 
 
&build_update_newpop; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Update voting information ..  
 
print "Updating ratings .. \n"; 
 
&build_update_ratings; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Load Category Information 
 
print "Loading Category Information . . .\n"; 
 
&build_category_information; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Generate some stats for future pages...  
 
print "Gathering Category and Link information . . .\n"; 
 
&build_stats; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Generate detailed view pages. 
 
if ($build_detailed) { 
 
print "Generating detailed view pages . . . \n"; 
 
&build_detailed_view; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
} 
 
# Create Home Page 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print qq|Building <A HREF="$build_root_url/$build_index">Home Pages</A> . . .\n| : 
 
print qq|Building Home Page . . .\n|; 
 
&build_home_page; 
 
print "\tDone\n\n"; 
 
# Create What's Cool Page 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_cool_url/$build_index\">What's Cool</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
print "Building What's Cool Page . . .\n"; 
 
&build_cool_page; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create What's New Page  
 
$use_html ? 
 
print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_new_url/$build_index\">What's New</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
print "Building What's New Page . . .\n"; 
 
&build_new_page; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create Top Rated Page 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_ratings_url/$build_index\">Top Rated</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
print "Building Top Rated . . .\n"; 
 
&build_rate_page; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create Category Pages 
 
print "Building Category Pages . . .\n"; 
 
&build_category_pages; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# We are finished!  
 
print "Pages Built (", time() - $start, " s)!"; 
 
print "</PRE></BODY></HTML>" if ($use_html); 
 
}

with

Code:
 
sub build_all { 
 
# --------------------------------------------------------  
 
# Rebuild the entire directory. 
 
# Determine if we are printing to command line, or to browser. 
 
$nph++; 
 
&html_print_headers() if ($use_html); 
 
my $start = time(); 
 
my $date = &get_date; 
 
my $time = &get_time; 
 
# Print HTML Header 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print qq|<html><head><tittle>Links Manager: Updating Ratings & Hits</title></head> 
 
<BASE TARGET="_top"> 
 
<BODY BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF><H2><TT>Updating Ratings & Hits</TT></H2> 
 
<PRE>| : 
 
print qq|Building Pages\n|; 
 
print "Pages built on " . $date . " at " . $time . "\n"; 
 
print "--------------------------------------------------------\n\n"; 
 
# Backup the database. 
 
print "Backing up database . . .\n"; 
 
&build_backup; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Rebuild URL Index (This file is auto-generated, you will never need to touch it!  
 
print "Building URL Index . . .\n"; 
 
&build_url_index; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Update New and Popular Records.. 
 
print "Updating New and Popular Records . . .\n"; 
 
&build_update_newpop; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Update voting information ..  
 
print "Updating ratings .. \n"; 
 
&build_update_ratings; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Load Category Information 
 
print "Loading Category Information . . .\n"; 
 
&build_category_information; 
 
print "Done.\n\n"; 
 
# Generate some stats for future pages...  
 
print "Gathering Category and Link information . . .\n"; 
 
&build_stats; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Generate detailed view pages. 
 
if ($build_detailed) { 
 
print "Generating detailed view pages . . . \n"; 
 
&build_detailed_view; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
} 
 
# Create Home Page 
 
# $use_html ? 
 
# print qq|Building <A HREF="$build_root_url/$build_index">Home Pages</A> . . .\n| : 
 
# print qq|Building Home Page . . .\n|; 
 
# &build_home_page; 
 
# print "\tDone\n\n"; 
 
# Create What's Cool Page 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_cool_url/$build_index\">What's Cool</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
print "Building What's Cool Page . . .\n"; 
 
&build_cool_page; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create What's New Page  
 
# $use_html ? 
 
# print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_new_url/$build_index\">What's New</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
# print "Building What's New Page . . .\n"; 
 
# &build_new_page; 
 
# print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create Top Rated Page 
 
$use_html ? 
 
print "Building <A HREF=\"$build_ratings_url/$build_index\">Top Rated</A> Page . . .\n" : 
 
print "Building Top Rated . . .\n"; 
 
&build_rate_page; 
 
print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# Create Category Pages 
 
# print "Building Category Pages . . .\n"; 
 
# &build_category_pages; 
 
# print "Done\n\n"; 
 
# We are finished!  
 
print "Pages Built (", time() - $start, " s)!"; 
 
print "</PRE></BODY></HTML>" if ($use_html); 
 
}

5. Open admin_html.cgi

6. Find

Code:
 
<a href="nph-build.cgi">Build All</a><br> 
 
<a href="nph-build.cgi?staggered=1">Staggered</a><br>  
 
<a href="nph-build.cgi?staggered=1&auto=1">Staggered (Auto)</a><br>  
 
<a href="$db_script_url?db=links&html_edit_template=1">Edit Templates</a><br>

and add

Code:
 
<a href="nph-build-update.cgi">Update Ratings & Hits</a><br>

7. Upload admin_html.cgi and nph-build-update.cgi

8. CHMOD nph-build-update.cgi to 755

9. Enter the control panel and select Update Ratings & Hits to run. That's it!

( Thanks to Andy & Stealth for their input. Wink

)

New mod - Update Ratings & Hits Only

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