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Hey all,

I noticed recently a "bug" in my version of links 2.0.2, as I was validating new links registered by 3ra parties into my database, I saw that the contact email (which should normally be the email entered by the owner of the link) was just ignored and -> admin replaced it automatically...

MY USER OPTIONS PAGE SAYS NO to all selections and yes to the following one:

"Require a valid contact name and email address when a link is added? If you set this to no, all added links will be owned by admin."

Now I would like if someone experienced the same probleam and how to resovle it. BTW i set by default not to register to add a link. (http://www.swissone.com/cgi-bin/1sw/add.cgi)

Thanks for your help

Steveraf.








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Hi,

Is it possible that they entered in the admin email address as contact email?

Cheers,

Alex

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Dear Alex,
Thanks for your reply, I have made serveral tests and understood something.

1. I use to record links into my own index from the online form (I there a cookie there that identify me as ADMIN?) caus even if I register a link with the email address of the real link owner I get the ADMIN instead of the email in the admin panel (in validate links)

2. Same if I want to make this registration directly from the admin panel, if I add a new link from there I just dont have the possibility to put anyting else than admin as email adress

3. I found somehting (which is the worst for me) ... if anybody goes to the online form (on the site) and submit a site without email contact address... the link is submitted !! (on the old version of links SQL 1 it told the registrant that the link cannot be submitted witout valid adress...) how to change this?

Thanks again for your help

Best regards,

Steve

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Ok,

This is a change in how Links 2.0 uses the Links and user database. You would have to create new fields in the Links table for contact_name and contact_email, since those fields have been taken OUT of the Links table, and put into the Users table.

The _BEST_ way to do this, is just force your users to register before they can submit links. The Link is then paired with the User record via the LinkOwner field (Username) and all the data for the link, and the User is available in the link.html template.

Make sense??



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Well, Thanks,

I will consider your advice and certainly move to this registration process before submission of links... I guess it's effectively the best way, but I will still have the problem occuring when I do add links by myself into my database, as I will have the admin tag instead of the name/email of the contact ? right?

Thanks for your help pugdog, (btw I would really like to see your plugin to upload images, but it unfortunately don't work properly on your demo site, and your link to GossamerThreads is showing a 404 error.

Best regards

Steve Raf

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Which site isn't working? I've had to make changes due to the releases of new versions of Links.

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The link to the demo? -> http://gossamer-threads.com/p/

is going to a 404 error.

I would love to see the demo of your pluggin (and also the admin...)

Thanks for your help.



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And also on your page -> http://linksql.com/cgi-bin/FAQ/detail_page.cgi?ID=251&d=1

if I click on UPLOAD LOGO tag (in Home : Add-Ons by PUGDOGŪ : Upload Logo : Graphic Mod for 2.0)

it goes to ...->

Oops, we had the following problem: We don't seem to have a category by the name 'Add-Ons by PUGDOG reg /Upload Logo'.


And PUG, as I have you around... ;)

could you help me fix something with my newsletter system?

Here is the problem:

I use the db_mail_path /usr/lib/sendmail to send mail in LINKS SQL 202 and got to test the sending out of my mailing list.

I configured a CUSTOM LIST (with 1 email adress) and set-up a test message, after having filled in all details, I clicked on SEND EMAIL

...ID: 4 | Subject: ADFS | 0/1 sent. | Details | Start mailing | Cancel mailing

Then START MAILING...

and at this point of time... it says ...

Started at Fri Mar 2 01:44:40 2001.

Sending emails ...

but I could wait until the chicken got teeths.. (french expression) means hours and hours... nothing happen!!

What do you recommend me to do?

Cheers

Steve (ceo@swissone.com)


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I should delete that... that was just a test link, as I said, it's not real :)
Nothing with "test" in it is real. I just made sure the plug-in installed.

To see it work, add a link to the FAQ, and upload a small graphic with it,
I think it can be about as big as 140x140 but the same size as w3t is good. I don't have all the info on the templates yet.

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>> And also on your page -> http://linksql.com/cgi-bin/FAQ/detail_page.cgi?ID=251&d=1
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>> I click on UPLOAD LOGO tag (in Home : Add-Ons by PUGDOGŪ : Upload Logo : Graphic Mod for 2.0)
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>>it goes to ...->

Ok, that's a deficiency in the system, ie: jump.cgi, that I need to take into consideration before I release it (it's on the to-do list in the FAQ forum). There is no associated link with that record, since it's not a free download. So, what happens is the "jump" is to a non-existent link. I just need to check the existence of a valid URL before trying to jump. (actually just use the dummy url's http:// or http://gossamer-threads.com/p/ which are my two default/dummy urls).

Some of the 404's are because the links to the forum here don't exist any more. Not much I can do about those, except install the bad-link mod <G> and let people report it.


And about the newsletter thing --- don't have a clue. I've only used it a couple of times so far, it's behaved as expected (I think).


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