Commonly Needed Information: Server.cgi
Operating System FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE
Web Server Software Apache/1.3.22 (Unix) PHP/4.0.6
Document Root /www/virtual/user/www.yourdomain.com
Current Directory /usr/home/user/html/www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin
Sendmail Location /usr/sbin/sendmail
Running As User nobody
Running As Group nobody
Perl Version 5.00503
Local Server Time Sat Mar 31 08:52:54 EST 2002



AutoRank Professional Setup
AutoRank
Directory Setup HTML Directory:

The full path to the location where the main HTML pages will reside.
Example: /web/home/username/docs/autorank
URL Setup CGI URL:

The full URL to the location where the CGI scripts reside.
Example: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/autorank

Forward URL:

The full URL surfers will be sent to when they click through.
Example: http://www.domain.com/autorank/index.html

HTML URL:

The full URL to where the ranking pages will be located.
Example: http://www.domain.com/autorank

In URL:

The full URL and filename of the incoming hit tracking script.
Example: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/autorank/rankem.cgi

Out URL:

The full URL and filename of the outgoing hit tracking script.
Example: http://www.domain.com/cgi-bin/autorank/out.cgi
E-Mail Setup Sendmail Hostname:

On Unix: The full path to sendmail.
Example: /usr/sbin/sendmail
On NT: The hostname/IP of your SMTP server.
Example: smtp.yourdomain.com

Your E-mail Address:

The email address you want to use in association with the list.
Example: webmaster@yourdomain.com
Overall Ranks Overall Sites To List:

The number of sites to be listed.
Example: 100

Main Ranking Page:

The main ranking page for your site. The #1 overall ranking will appear on this page.
Example: index.html

Split List At:

Where to split the list and start a new page. (leave blank if none)
Example: 25,50,75   (NO SPACES!)
This setup will be 4 pages with ranks:
1-25 on the first
26-50 on the second
51-75 on the third
76-END on the last

Break List At:

Where to insert breaks in the list; for banner ads, etc. (leave blank if none)
Example: 5,30,70   (NO SPACES!)
Breaks occur after the rank indicated.

Font Sizes:

List of font sizes and corresponding ranks.
Example: 1-5=>4,6-25=>3,26-50=>2,51-100=>1
This setup will use a font size of:
4 for ranks 1-5
3 for ranks 6-25
2 for ranks 26-50
1 for ranks 51-100
Note that you must start at a low rank and work your way to a higher rank.

Overall Banners To Show:

The number of member banners to show on the overall ranking pages.
Example: 5
Category Ranks Generate seperate ranking pages for each category?

You only need to fill in the rest of these fields if you checked the box above.
Items marked in blue are required if you checked the box above.

Update category pages at each rerank?

Forward surfers to the category page of the site they came from?

Sites To List Per Category:

The number of sites to be listed on category pages.
Example: 100

Categories:

The categories members will be able to choose from for their account.
Example: Category 1,Category 2,Category 3
Seperate categories by commas with no space before or after a comma.

Font Sizes:

List of font sizes and corresponding ranks.
Example: 1-5=>4,6-25=>3,26-50=>2,51-100=>1
This setup will use a font size of:
4 for ranks 1-5
3 for ranks 6-25
2 for ranks 26-50
1 for ranks 51-100
Note that you must start at a low rank and work your way to a higher rank.

File Extension:

The file extension to use for category pages.
Example: html

Category Banners To Show:

The number of member banners to show on the category ranking pages.
Example: 5
Other Options Minimum Hits:

The minimum number of hits needed to get listed.
Example: 1

Site Title Max Length:

The maximum number of characters allowed for member site titles.
Example: 60

Site Description Max Length:

The maximum number of characters allowed for member site descriptions.
Example: 255

Time Zone Offset:

The time zone offset to use for date/time displays on the list.
If your server is in EST and you are in CST, this would be -1
Example: -1

Date Format:

The format to be used for dates generated by the script.
Example: %n-%j-%y
See the included dates.html documentation file for more information

Time Format:

The format to be used for times generated by the script.
Example: %g:%i%a
See the included dates.html documentation file for more information

Track outgoing hits?
Review new accounts before listing?
Require a reciprocal link URL for submission?
Send confirmation e-mail to person signing up?
E-mail administrator when new account is added?
E-mail administrator when an account is edited?
Check for duplicate accounts during signup?

Rank sites by:


Decimal Places:

The number of decimal places to show for Hits/Time values
Example: 2
Check this box if you are using cron to update the list.

Rerank Time:

The minimum number of seconds between list re-ranks
Example: 3600

Reset Time:

The minimum number of seconds between list resets
Example: 86400
If you want your table row colors to alternate, fill in the following items

First Row Color:

The color to use for the first row, and then every other, in your table.
Example: #dcdcdc

Second Row Color:

The color to use for the second row, and then every other, in your table.
Example: #afafaf
Mark new sites with an icon?

New Icon HTML:

The full HTML tag to use for the new image.
Example: <img src="http://www.domain.com/images/new_icon.gif">

Time to display icon:

The minimum number of seconds to display the new icon next to a site.
This number should be at least as large as your rerank time.
Example: 86400
Maximum Banner Height:

The maximum height value members can use for their banners.
Example: 60

Maximum Banner Width:

The maximum width value members can use for their banners.
Example: 468

Banner Alt Value:

The value to place in the alt attribute of member banner image tags.
Example: Click Here To Visit This Site
If you want to use a banner from your server for all accounts that do not
fill in banner information, complete the three fields below.

Default Banner URL:

The full URL to the default banner to use for accounts.
Example: http://www.domain.com/images/banner.gif

Default Banner Height:

The height of the default banner.
Example: 60

Default Banner Width:

The width of the default banner.
Example: 468
If you want to display up and down images next to sites, fill in the following.

Up Image HTML:

The full HTML tag to use for the "up" image.
Example: <img src="http://www.domain.com/images/up.gif">

Down Image HTML:

The full HTML tag to use for the "down" image.
Example: <img src="http://www.domain.com/images/down.gif">

Unchanged Image HTML:

The full HTML tag to use for the "unchanged" image.
Example: <img src="http://www.domain.com/images/unch.gif">
Enable LWP module?
Verify URLs during account submission? (requires LWP module)
User Defined Fill out the following if you are using any of the 3 user defined database fields.

Field One Name:

The name of the data you are collecting for field one.
Example: Sample Image URL

Field Two Name:

The name of the data you are collecting for field two.
Example: ICQ Number

Field Three Name:

The name of the data you are collecting for field three.
Example: Contact Name

Require field one for account submission?
Require field two for account submission?
Require field three for account submission?
Cheat Protection Keep a log of all cheating attempts?*
Filter out hits coming from proxy servers?
Keep an IP log for each member?*

Clean Time: (required if logging IPs)

The minimum number of seconds between IP log clearings.
Example: 86400

Enable cookies?

Expire Time: (required if using cookies)

The number of seconds a cookie should last before expiring.
Example: 86400

Enable the gateway (double CGI) page?

Session Time: (required if using double CGI)

The number of seconds a gateway session should last before expiring.
Example: 15
Password: Save Data Button (disabled for reference)
Password is only required if you are not using htaccess password protection
* Enabling any of these options can use a large amount of disk space. Make sure you have at least 20 megabytes of free space for an average sized list. Sites with many members will require more space.