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Hello,

I have already searced the posts. But I ditn't find answer for my question:

I have some links that are popular and other links which are not but the problem is that people mostly click on the popular links, So I want to make some other links also popular as well. That's why I have done the following steps: I clicked on 'Modify a link' (in Admin panel) and changed one link to popular, everything ok but when I click on 'build all' and go to the link page --- the link isn't popular, Does anyone knows what the problem is?

Thanks in Advance
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Re: [uhrwerk] isPopular problem... In reply to
Its not a problem. isPopuar (just like isNew) is worked out when nph-build.cgi runs. If you manually change a link to popular, but in fact it isn't, then it will just get put back to not being popular when you run the build.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
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Re: [Andy] isPopular problem... In reply to
thank you for your answer

this means that I cannot modify the link(making it popular)?

If I add a new link and make it popular --- it works

but if I try to modify one link making it popular - it doesnt' work.

This all seems to be illogically.

Perhaps do you know another way to make it works properly or maybe I didn't understand you.



thanks in advance
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Re: [uhrwerk] isPopular problem... In reply to
As well as changing isPopular to Yes, also alter the hits number. If your popular range is between 500 and 600 for example, change the hits for that link to 550.
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Re: [uhrwerk] isPopular problem... In reply to
in links.cfg

Code:
# Build Options
# --------------------------------------------------------
# Setting for popular cutoff, can either be a percent (i.e. top 3%), or
# a fixed value (i.e. top 10). Enter 0.03 or 10 respectively.
$db_popular_cutoff = 10; # Top 3%



not that it works that well.

Plus, there used to be a mod for Average Hits which can change things. Do a search for it.


Gene
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Or, try the Editor's Pick Mod.


Leonard
aka PerlFlunkie
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Re: [PerlFlunkie] isPopular problem... In reply to
thank you for your answers!!!!

it works now!