| Q. |
Why Do I get a Password Required Error |
| A. |
This happens the first time you start the admin script even if you
have set the password. You need to re-enter the script. To do this simply
reenter the URL for the admin Script.
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| Q. |
How do Zones Work? |
| A. |
Zones is a complex issue in WebAdverts, but here or the most common
mistakes with zones.
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You didn't create a zone. You must create a zone in order to use it. The
manual does tell you how to do this.
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Yes you really need another script to run a zone when using SSI. You need
to create another copy of ads.pl and change the zone information.
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| Q. |
What do I put in $DefaultBanner? |
| A. |
This one is kind of a catch 22 when setting up WebAdverts. What you
put here is name of the ad. And if you're installing it for the first time
you don't even know about this yet. WebAdverts have to has a name for each
ad. Here's what I do:
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I just put default in there:
$DefaultBanner = "default";
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Then I make sure that I create an ad called default later, and I recommend
that the user always keeps it there.
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| Q. |
My script displays instead of running. |
| A. |
Depending on your configuration you may not be able to run a script
with the extension .pl. You can probably change the script names to .cgi
and with correct permissions it will most likely work
| Old Name |
New Name |
| ads_admin.pl |
ads_admin.cgi |
| ads.pl |
ads.cgi |
Note: This will need to be reflected with the files themselves. Search
for the old name within the file and change it to the new name.
|
| Q. |
I'm using WebAdverts as a banner exchange and I don't get notified
when someone ads an account. |
| A. |
There is no built in email notification in WebAdverts. We have a modification
that we can add during install that will notify you even if someone just
tries to add an account.
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| Q. |
I have a large site that wants to join my banner exchange, but they
are upset about having to put a unique link on every page. (page=XX
or page =01) |
| A. |
We have a script that they can call via SSI on their site. This works
especially great if they are using some kind of tool to build their site
like FrontPage that allows for a "Master Page". They can put one line on
their master page which gets replicated to all pages. They just need to
install this simple script on their site. |
