I am trying to run a banner ad script for links. I got everything working but the ads won't display.

I am using server side includes to display ads and my server requires that my pages end in .shtml for SSI The problem is the ad will not display unless the .shtml page is also displayed in the location field when called upon. If I type in /category/index.shtml, the ad displays, but links does not display the .shtml when building, just the directory itself.

Can I force links to print out the .shtml extension to get the ads working?

Cheers,

mic

If you mean that banners do not appear in the .cgi pages, then you should use the WebAdverts FAQ to include banners in these pages....the FAQ is located in the Resource Center.

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That's weird...anyway he means on his directory pages (I assume he's refering to www.cdnbusinessdirectory.com ), but the ads aren't showing on the cgi pages either. Since the ads are added by his server and not controlled by him, I don't see how the WebAdverts mod will help any.

Modifying the following line will add "index.shtml" to your category URLs.

Open site_html_templates.pl (templates) or site_html.pl (non-templates) and go to sub site_html_print_cat

find where it reads:
and add $build_index after $url, so it looks like this:

--Drew

[This message has been edited by junko (edited April 21, 2000).]

junko is exactly right, assumptions and all.

However I added that snippet of code like you instructed but it still does not display index.shtml in the categories.


ads work here www.cdnbusinessdirectory.com/Ontario/Living_and_Leisure/index.shtml the ads work

but not here www.cdnbusinessdirectory.com/Ontario/Living_and_Leisure/

same spot in cyberspace though.

mic

[This message has been edited by makker (edited April 21, 2000).]

Well I assumed that would have worked... I've been meaning to update my pages for a while so I guess I might as well tinker with my copy and see why it ain't working.

A few minutes later...
It worked when I tried it on my offline copy. Did you modify the right file? rebuild?

[This message has been edited by junko (edited April 21, 2000).]

That looked good to me too. I thought maybe inserting $build_index after $category_name in that same line of code might work, but I tried that and it didn't work.

Maybe I have to make it part of the globals??? If you figure it out let me know.

mic

I am using templates and modified site_html_templates.pl and rebuilt..no go, the rebuilt again, cleared cache, closed the browser and reopened, still didn't work.

i'm going to look at it a third time. Show me your please, give me your link to the shtml categories

Well, I tried it a third time and the categories are not displying the index.shtml extension.

Here is a copy of a build

Does that look right to you? Also, I modified the links.cfg to this


Mic

The link displayed in the admin screen is generated from nph-build.cgi and is not the same as what is built in your category pages.

1)Try adding $build_index to %globals

2)This should have the same effect as my earlier suggestion:

find:
change to:

and if that doesn't work either, maybe Eliot could help you figure it out.

--Drew

[This message has been edited by junko (edited April 22, 2000).]

Hi junko,

I tried that last night and it didn't work.

Where do i find Elliot?

thanks for trying

mic

You might want to try adding
DirectoryIndex index.shtml index.html /
to you .htaccess file.

I just answered your duplicate Topic in the Modification Forum...which should be the forum to post problems like this.



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