I'd like to have a random banner ad at the top of each page. When using static links, I simply used a CGI script I called randomimage.cgi. Unfortunately, now that I've switched over to Link 2.0 (or am trying to) I don't know how to implement this script, or where to put it.

I've tried making it a global, but it seems just to put the random image on the admin page, and not on the pages I am trying to create (using the templates I created). Can someone please help?

Thanks,
Noah

Here!
http://www.codes-central.com/WebAdverts-Links.shtml

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By Jânio
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Janio,

Hi there. Does this only work with certain banner programs? I tried using your codes and the banner does not appear on my .shtml or .cgi (e.g., add, modify, etc.) based pages generated by links.

Any suggestions?

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
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Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Well, that is for WebAdvert users that use normal webadvert subroutine which eventually will print above html code. This subroutine will show the banners to where the code is located.

I haven't tried using other banner programs Eliot but this subroutine works for WebAdverts.

Where can I get this WebAdverts script? Despite the fix, I couldn't get it to work with my random image script.

Thanks,
Noah

Ok!
You can find WebAdverts in http://www.awsd.com/scripts

In the manuscript the alterations of the mod are wrong, it lacks a comma.
former:
banner => \ &insertadvert

it should be like this:
banner => \ &insertadvert,

Mod is in:
http://www.codes-central.com/WebAdverts-Links.shtml
I wait to have helped!

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By Jânio
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http://www.brlink.com.br

Janio, you put a comma when there is another variable after the banner. If the banner variable is the last one... there should be no comma needed.

Hmm...Well, I will have to play with the insertadvert sub-routine. It does not seem to work with my particular Banner program. Oh well.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

What banner program you are using Eliot? If you are using WebAdvert, there should be no problem. When I first installed this mod, it works fine indeed. As I said, not sure about other programs but if somebody has use this subroutine for other banner program. Do post the name of the program.

The name of the program is SB-Soft AdWizard Version 1.2. It is an older banner program. It uses SSI.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

I can see some of you have successfully installed the Webadverts mod. I could not. I tried everything, at least I think so, but my banners do not print in my .shtml pages.

If I paste the code as provided and modifying
the path to my ads.pl script I receive no answer of the mod.
If I put the path between " or ' instead of the provided character, some kind of inverted ', I recieve "error proccessing your request" or something like that.

Can anybody help me with a suggestion?

Thanks.

Dear Eliot

Where do I find that software? (SB-Soft AdWizard Version 1.2.) tends he in hands can see what can do to rotate him under Links 2.x.
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Could anybody feel a help in a problem?
How to generate aleatory numbers in the categories and pages of results of the search?
former: Page=XX> Page=125
each category would have a different number.

I thank the help of all....

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By Jânio
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http://www.brlink.com.br

The problem could be that the particular program I am using may need to have the relative path rather than the absolute path to the banner cgi file. I will try that and see if it works.

BTW: SB-Soft seems to have left cyberspace. Their web site is unreachable. Quite a shame because I really like their banner program.

I may check out WebAdverts though.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Just looked at the mod on codes-central.

When you say path_to do you mean the usr/bin... thing or the www.domain.com bit because ssi is not showing with the www. bit.

I am a bit new to ssi so was wondering.

Thank you.

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Use the server path and not URL path to the ads.pl

It should be this way:


Do make sure it is correct or else it will print error.

Diego, does your server allow you to use shtml files?

I found this out from widgetz.

If you want your server to go through .html looking for ssi calls (saves renaming to .shtml) you only have to add a small line of code in your htacess file:

AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .html

I have almost no knowledge on the working of this file but i know that it worked for me, ssi calls now work in .html files. I would recommend checking with your web host that you will not be screwing things up by editing this file. Just a thought :-)


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Does anyone know how to adapt webadverts so that it will show, for example, valueclick banenrs, ie have the numbers change randomly so that a new banner is displayed on every page?

Thanks.

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Re: Does anyone know how to adapt webadverts so that it will show, for example, valueclick banenrs, ie have the numbers change randomly so that a new banner is displayed on every page

Use the $time tag in your banner call. It places current time down to seconds, should be random enough.
chmod

I have tried everything from putting the absolute path to the file, changing the quotation marks, etc.

Still not working.

Again, I am using another banner program, but since it relies on SSI as does WebAdverts, I don't know why it will not work.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Thank you for the $timetag idea. will try it now :-)

Eddie, Yes, my server accepts .shtml pages. In fact, when Yasser's mod did not work for me I adapted it to call WebAdverts by directly putting the traditional SSI call (<!--#exec cgi="../my path to/ads.pl"--> ), but the banners appears in the home page and the path (relative path) does not work for the subcategories.
Finally, I chose to call WebAdverts using:
<A HREF="/my path to/ads.pl?banner=NonSSI;page=<%title%"><IMG SRC="/my path to/ads.pl?page=<%title%>"></A>
in my categories pages.
Any opinion?
Thanks in advance and sorry because of my english.

I am with Eliot - I can't get Webadverts to work at all, though I can use a different cgi script to randomly serve images. I don't get any response from the webadverts script, so I have no idea what's going on.

I tried the $timetag idea in the link but all that happens is i get this as the banner link:

http://www21.valueclick.com/cgi-bin/redirect?host=h0031402&b=$timetag

i am sure i am doing something silly here. how and where should i put the $timetag thing?

Thanks

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I think that it I was able to get the WebAdverts/Links finally working. The only problem that I am having is that the same banner is appearing every time I Reload the page.

I even purged me cache to see if that would help....but the same banner still shows.

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%globals = (
date => &get_date,
time => &get_time,
db_cgi_url => $db_cgi_url,
build_root_url => $build_root_url,
site_title => $build_site_title,
css => $build_css_url,
banner => \&insertadvert,
);

sub insertadvert {
my $ad = `/home2/bikerheaven/public_html/exchange/cgi/ads.cgi`;
$ad =~ s,Content-type:\stext/html,,;
return $ad;

}

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home.html has:

<center>
<%banner%>
</center>
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Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Rick

About this line:
my $ad = `/absolute/path/to/ads.pl`;
What about NT?
thanks

nevermind

[This message has been edited by Bmxer (edited January 21, 2000).]