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URGENT: LinkSQL 3.0 suggestions
I was about the post few weeks back of some very important fixes etc that are needed in new version.
I am still using latest LinkSQL 2.X version.

Here is some very useful, suggestion... I hope it's not too late to post for new version.
I have been using paid LinkSQL for about 6 years now.

Here are some suggestions that will really help (not in any order)
  • Link validation like when user submit... it goes to next screen (page) with confirmation suggesting... while linksql checks the link for any problem... like 404..403 etc... shows up to the user... asking to correct it.
  • Limiting user to add suppose X number of links in 7 days etc.
  • blocking duplicate url entries etc... not really exact but like... http://www.xyz.com/abc.htm or http://www.xyz.com/xyz.htm and case type like http://www.xyz.com or http://www.XYZ.com
  • (important) Allowing user to add links only at sub-categories instead of main category like... xyz\sub_xyz (allowed), but posting to xyz\ (not allowed)
  • problem with latest version of 2.X where linkSQL gets stuck on links (random every time) while checking their status... & although shows 404, 200 etc after linksql verify page finishes. But re-running the verify.. shows some come back & still keep checking over & over the same links (like say using 15 days old links etc). I even manually went to MySQL editor & changed status for all to same checked all today)... then run it... shows 0 links to be checked(normal)... then 15 days later... it start checking the links... somewhere while checking it gets stuck and keep the link as unchecked... & every time... running verify it checks the check even shows 200 or 404. I think LinkSQL loose track of the links it checks & random do that. btw... I have to run at night in cron... as after check around 50 +/- links it stops & shows results. so I have to set cron to run that script every 15 mins 5-6 times at night of 15 days old links... btw I have about 4000-4500 links using MySQL.
  • Sometimes... link is fine... but verify shows -4 - Could not connect
  • Now comes the managing part of LinkSQL... mainly fighting spammers (link should have link next to it where admin clicks & shows all links under that user helps to delete if the user is a spammer.
  • I have not been able to setup Payment method (i prefer paypal myself). Very confusing, I had some customize some result pages in template... now is their easy way, where payment method is added without deleting all custom pages & loading new linkSQL or manually going over each page in template to added payment. if payment method connect be automatically inserted in these templated... then please write some doc/pdf file... guiding step by step on what pages to modify to enable payment method... as loading all default templates & then re-customising is very.... I mean very long process for me.... any suggestions on this. Maybe also adding doc file for step by step to setup method all together. I tried few times in admin page... I just gave up.

Anyway, one strong point I see is LinkSQL search is near prefect... really good searches as well as very strong & reliable search engine. keep it up Smile
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Thread URGENT: LinkSQL 3.0 suggestions jasy007 4341 Apr 2, 2005, 12:30 PM
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brewt 4318 Apr 2, 2005, 2:48 PM
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jasy007 4235 Apr 3, 2005, 10:11 AM
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pugdog 4193 Apr 3, 2005, 5:21 PM
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jasy007 4151 Apr 4, 2005, 5:18 PM
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