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Reciprocal Link Checker??

I Would like to have a Add A Link section with diffrent diretories ( Car, Games, Internet..etc).. and the user goes to the section they want to add their url/link and clicks add link....after they enter the url/infomation,,the script(perl) checks for the reciprocal link at the specified location and returns a error saying no reciprocal found at (url) location, please fix.. if the have one it post the link

Anyone know where a I find a FREE script like this..or help me write it..
I tried writing it, but my perl exprinece is a big 0. So it ended up being a cut n paste from other scripts and ...you dont want to know...

Thank you,
Caiapfas

duz

Caiapfas -

Not sure that you really want to do this. What will happen users will place the reciprocal link for the minute or two it will take to get in your directory and check it's existence - then remove it.

The standard way to do this is to run a crontab script weekly and delete the directory entries for which there are no reciprocal links. Explain on the page that reciprocals are routinely checked - so users no what to expect.

For scripts - search on Google for - reciprocal link check crontab

- duz

Caiapfas

ASKER

yes, i would like the script to check for the links weekly , automaticlly

TheGaffer

You will find it hard to get a free script.

The following is a script that will do the job for you, but it is $50 or so: http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/31301.html

Fataqui

Hi

This is very simple to do, tell me these things listed below and I will write you a quick script...

1. language you want it in.... Perl, PHP, ASP
2. How will you store the new links.... db, flat text file
3. How are the links stored.... db, flat text file (question 2 should answer this!)
4. If you want to use a db, tell me the type you are using...
5. You want the following.....

FORMS.....

1. add new link
2. remove link
3. search links

cron tasks
3. cron job -> verify links!

I would store the links in a text file or db, this way you can use a single script (template driven), to (add, modify and view links) it makes things so much easier to manage!

Note: My script will not contain fancy templates, just the core code and the $var(s) that you can access in each template!

F!

Caiapfas

ASKER

Thank you
1. perl
2. flat file

yes to all

1. add new link (in diffrent sections, if possible)or would this be in the templates?
2. remove link
3. search links/my web site (a pulldown)search links and Search site
heres the parmeters for my present search engine
<FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="http://www.ccds.addr.com/cgi-bin/search/search.pl" NAME="SearchForm">
<input type="hidden" name="Range" value="Any">
<input type="hidden" name="Format" value="Standard">
<INPUT NAME="terms" SIZE="22" MAXSIZE="40" VALUE="" />
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="GO" name="submit" />
<FORM>

cron tasks
3. cron job -> verify Reciprocal links!

once again thank you my friend.

Caiapfas

ASKER

any ideas?

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chrishintz

Forgot to mention the System requirements

- Current version of Perl 5 (version 5.004 or better),
- An installed LWP module and Net::FTP module if you want to use the verify links routine (which you do!). This module (like most) can be retrieved from CPAN.

Caiapfas

ASKER

chrishintz,

the only issue is i'm using this add a cheap, but nice linkexchage for users, the only profit for me would be advertisement and a link on a page , more than likely with a low pagerank..

so i wanted to find a freebie, surely on the net they have one out there,..

I'm still trying to perfect my personal written one..

chrishintz

>> the only issue is i'm using this add a cheap, but nice linkexchage for users, the only profit for me would be advertisement and a link on a page , more than likely with a low pagerank..

Sorry, but I didn't understand what you are writing here :) But if your looking for something cheap, free isn't cheap enough? For Links SQL you'll need to pay, but Links 2.0 can be downloaded for free. (That's the reason why I still have 2 websites running Links 2.0)

And like I wrote before: I personally leared 'good perl' by adding and tweaking Links so much that my versions can't be called Links anymore. Take the time to have a look at the demo and peek in the developer forum; you'll for sure find exactly what you are looking for. Really; if I could spend 40 minutes of my time on your question, I could really tweak Links. It's that easy.

Caiapfas

ASKER

i cant find the download link, can you post it?

chrishintz

After clicking Products, Links 2.0, and Download I got to the http://www.gossamer-threads.com/scripts/links/download.htm page. So I don't understand the 'cant find' part...

chrishintz

Isn't it time to close this question? It's getting pretty old...

Caiapfas

ASKER

it says evaluate the program, does that mean..it have some type of time protection? to lock you out after so long?

chrishintz

It won't lock you out! Didn't it say: "Links is the only program in its class that lets you download the source and setup your directory to give you the chance to truly evaluate the program. Don't get stuck with poorly coded software that may fall apart after a month, or may not even work on your server!" So you can do everythinh you want, unlimited... (as long as you use it for academic purposes; for commercial purposes you should register yourself...