How to: Use the Digital co-op with MrRats Amazon Products Feed script.

I'm not sure which board this should go in, just guessing that most of the APF users will be up here in the Amazon board instead of the co-op set-up board.

Create a co_op.mod file in your /mods/ directory with this text, and follow the instructions in it.

# Filename: DigitalPoint co-op
# version: 1
# copyright: Nintendo, aka Jesse Smith
# license: GPL - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html
# purpose: Be able to use Digital Points co-op in the APF directory.
# http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/
#
# First follow the instructions at
#
# http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/setup.php?type=99
#
# For Step #4, create an ad_network_perl_###.php file in the directory
# with ### being your number, with the content shown in Step 4.
#
# In this file, change
#
# $dpcoop = get ('http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php');
#
# to your domain and number in the php file name.
#
# In the template place %%coop%% where you want links to show up.

use vars qw(%MY_variables %subs__co_op);

%subs__co_op = ( calculate_initial_variables => "Yes" );

sub calculate_initial_variables__co_op {
   my (@coop, $co_op);
require $Internal_variables{cwd} . "/SimpleGet.pl"; 
$dpcoop = get ('http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php');

   $MY_variables{coop} = $dpcoop;
}
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Code (perl):

 

wow nice Jesse - now I can finally move up to the new version of the script.

 

Thanks for the instructions. I tried it, but it didn't work. I followed your instructions to the letter. Might you be available for some consultation??

 

Did you turn the hack on at cgi-bin/apf_config.cgi ?

If you did, what shows up at...
http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php

If you can't get that working, I can test out two lines of code that I use in an older version.

 

Wow! I don't even have a apf_config.cgi! Would you mind having a look? I can pm you the cpanel login.

Thanks

 

It looks like you got an old version! Do you have an apf_main.pm file in the same directory as amazon_products_feed.cgi

At the very top for

# version 4.050820

what does it say??

For version

# version 2.021207

I added

use LWP::Simple;
$dpcoop = get ('http://www.domain.com/ad_network_444_perl.php');

after

# required changes:

and down in the

$html .= qq[<CENTER><FONT Size="1">script by <A Href="http://www.MrRat.com/" Target="_new">MrRat</A></FONT></CENTER>];

line I added

<BR><B>$dpcoop</B> before <center>

I think that'll work with any version.

 

The only thing I've got in my /cgi-bin/amazon dir is apf_xml_cache, apf_xml_cache.lock and shop.html.

shop.html looks like what should be the apf_main.pm. I have version 3.040314 at the top.

I'll try the last part of the code you posted and let you know. I really appreciate all the help.

 

Yep, that looks like the older version before the mod stuff and extra files came along. If that little change doesn't work, I don't know what will. The newest version is

4.0510## (November ## 2005.)

 

It worked!!! Thanks so much for the help. One last question, how hard would it be to update to the latest version of the script? This site has a custom template and I'm not sure it would be easy to do.

Once again, thanks for all the help.

 

The templates have been updated since then. Make a post over on MrRats boards.

 

Will do. Thanks again.

 

Has anyone got this script to work?

 

apf_main.pm

At the top part of the script, add a # before

use strict vars;

that was generating the ISE message, and add the other code after it, with domain.com and ### changed....

#	version 4.051120,	coded by MrRat - http://www.mrrat.com,  GPL licensed - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html
#use strict vars;

use LWP::Simple;
$dpcoop = get ("http://www.domain.com/ad_network_###_perl.php");

sub build_products__main {

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Then search for script by MrRat and change that code to

	my $apf_footer = qq[<div class="apf_footer"><a href="http://www.mrrat.com/scripts.html" target="_blank">script by MrRat</a><BR>$dpcoop];

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for it to show up at the very bottom of the page.

Then look through your directory all the way to Amazon. I don't think geting rid of
use strict vars;
will mess anything up.

 

I'm using apf version 4.051111 and this mod forces 500 errors when enabled. I haven't figured out why yet...

 

I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I followed all of the instructions indicated here. I then tried apfmods version and followed those instructions. I tried every combination I can think of... even tried different permissions.

When I turn the mod on and go to http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php, the ads show fine. But then nothing in the APF works. I get 500 errors. As soon as I turn the mod off, the strore works great.

I have other mods working good.

I also tried this on two other sites, all with the same result...

Can anyone help?

 

Do you have the text file in the same directory as the script?

No permission is needed for the php file. Make sure the text file is 777.

Take out %%coop%% and see if the script works or still creates the error.

 

I have the text file and the php file in the websites main directory, store directoy, and mod directory.

The mod is in the mod directory.

I took out %%coop%%.

I set 777 to all 3 text files.

I tried changing "$dpcoop = get ('http://www.etc'); to all three php locations.

After every change, I get a 500 error for the store.

The php file shows the ads when called in the main directory but not in the cgi-bin directories (500 error).

Does the mod need special permissions?

Any other suggestions?

 

I never had to set a permission for the mod file.

What ever URL

$dpcoop = get ('http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php');

points to is where you need it. If you have SSH access, get on, go to the directory with the main script, and enter

perl amazon_products_feed.cgi

and post the error message. And post the code you currently got at

domain.com/cgi-bin/mods/co_op.mod

and I'll test that out.

 

For some reason, .cgi doesn't do well on my server so I use .pl instead.

I followed your instructions and this is what is shown in my ssh client:

 [root@onesv01 store]# perl store.pl
Location:apf_config.pl

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No error messages...

But I still get 500 errors for the store...

here is my coop.mod file:

# Filename:   DigitalPoint co-op
# version:      1
# copyright:   Nintendo, aka Jesse Smith
# license:   GPL - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.html
# purpose:  Be able to use Digital Points co-op in the APF directory.
# http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/
#
# First follow the instructions at
#
# http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/ad-network/setup.php?type=99
#
# For Step #4, create an ad_network_perl_###.php file in the directory
# with ### being your number, with the content shown in Step 4.
#
# In this file, change
#
# $dpcoop = get ('http://www.domain.com/ad_network_perl_###.php');
#
# to your domain and number in the php file name.
#
# In the template place %%coop%% where you want it to show up.

use vars qw(%MY_variables %subs__co_op);

%subs__co_op = ( calculate_initial_variables => "Yes" );

sub calculate_initial_variables__co_op {
   my (@coop, $co_op);
require $Internal_variables{cwd} . "/SimpleGet.pl"; 
$dpcoop = get ('http://www.go-israel.com/ad_network_perl_224.php');

   $MY_variables{coop} = $dpcoop;
}

# file must end with this 1;
1;

Code (markup):

 

cgi-bin/store/mods/coop.mod
should be
cgi-bin/store/mods/co_op.mod