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This is just an FYI, I think the matter of Site Monitor "jamming up" has been brought up many times, but I wanted to share my experience on the "jam up" thing. Maybe this will help others. Every once in a while I get error page when I execute site monitor. I have made no site code changes, all that, just out of the blue the error page comes my way. (I don't recall exactly what it said..something like a problem occured.....) This error message occurs anywhere from say 15 seconds to a minute after running site monitor. My hunch was it was something like a time out issue. So the first time I asked my host about this, I got the "send us a screen shot, tell us exactly what steps...yadda yadda". The said nothing about tweaking the server. Yet amazingly, shortly after I asked support, the problem went away. Wow...what a coincidence I thought. Then the same scenario comes up a month or two later...all is OK, then I get the error messages when running site monitor. This time I let it go and for about two weeks got the error messages repeatedly by testing it. So today I email support, report the same problem as before, get the "send us the yadda yadda yadda" response. And about a half hour later, voila...for some amazing reason the problem goes away and site monitor runs cleanly again. Wow!!! Is this some mad, insane coincidence again? Hard for me to think so. I looks suspiciously like they tweaked something. Which is OK, but if that's what occurred I wish they'd just say so. Anyway, I really appreciate Site Monitor (and all the other add ons) provided by Jack. Thanks

Peter, disgard my previous post, I screwed up on of the piece of code that I needed to put in the "order by" text. Got it now and it's working fine. Thanks again for your help.

Peter, I located the piece of code in pad_base.php and changed it to: $products_options_name_query = tep_db_query("select distinct popt.products_options_id, popt.products_options_name, popt.products_options_track_stock from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_OPTIONS . " popt, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . " patrib where patrib.products_id='" . (int)$this->products_id . "' and patrib.options_id = popt.products_options_id and popt.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' " . $stocked_where . " order by popt.products_options_sort_order"); I then set the sort order in products attributes for the first product and upon checking found the attribute was showing in DESCending order on the store site. The sort order was 0,1,2 and so on. What is interesting is that every subsequent product I cloned off the first one have their attribute displaying ASCending, which is correct. I wonder why just the first one is showing descending and not ascending? I even tried to force ascending by putting ASC in code "....popt.products_options_sort_order ASC"); but that didn't work for that first product that has it's attribute incorrectly descending. Any ideas on that? and thank you.

Peter, first thank you for the QT Pro compatibility add on. I was not able get QT Pro to update quantities before and now the AJAX AM takes care of that. Regarding the sort order matter, I seem to have run into a snag with this. In "Instructions for Sort Order Plugin" I found that I apparenly lose this section $products_options_name_query = tep_db_query("select distinct popt.products_options_id, popt.products_options_name from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_OPTIONS . " popt, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . " patrib where patrib.products_id='" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and patrib.options_id = popt.products_options_id and popt.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' order by popt.products_options_name"); while ($products_options_name = tep_db_fetch_array($products_options_name_query)) { $products_options_array = array(); $products_options_query = tep_db_query("select pov.products_options_values_id, pov.products_options_values_name, pa.options_values_price, pa.price_prefix from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . " pa, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_OPTIONS_VALUES . " pov where pa.products_id = '" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and pa.options_id = '" . (int)$products_options_name['products_options_id'] . "' and pa.options_values_id = pov.products_options_values_id and pov.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'"); after I do the QT Pro Install using a file compare application. Meaning the code begining with "$products_options_name_query ...." is over written after the install of QT Pro. Thus this part of the instruction I can not follow. Here is what happens with the QT Pro in product_info.php $products_attributes_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as total from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_OPTIONS . " popt, " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . " patrib where patrib.products_id='" . (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and patrib.options_id = popt.products_options_id and popt.language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "'"); $products_attributes = tep_db_fetch_array($products_attributes_query); if ($products_attributes['total'] > 0) { //++++ QT Pro: Begin Changed code $products_id=(preg_match("/^\d{1,10}(\{\d{1,10}\}\d{1,10})*$/",$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']) ? $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] : (int)$HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']); AND SO FORTH AS you see QT Pro overwrites the immediate section that sort manager wants to change. I hope that is clear. Comments please and thank you.

The link is in the source code for sure. This glitch is not with one directory but all of them I have tried. The form to fill out looks the same from site to site so it's probably a template/package thing they all use for the same purpose I surmise. I'll keep looking for a solution. Thanks

Jack, I googled the issue of directories not finding my reciprocal link and found something that may apply, here is the post: A link to http://somesite.com could not be found at the specified URL! It's because of the following reasons. 1.) You have the following tag in your header section <meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW" />, which you will need to remove in order to allow our spider-bot to check for the reciprocal link and complete the submission process. 2.) Your blog is using the nofollow tag in the link source code which our spider-bot can not validate the reciprocal linkback. You will have to remove the tag rel='nofollow' so we may validate the link! Is there anything here that may somehow apply to my directory reciprocal link issue and if so any fixes? Thanks

Jack, site monitor runs well for me. I can't run a cron job, but that's my server's problem not the contribution. Anyway, in addition to it's intended use, I have been using it as a validation tool when I add/delete/modify a contribution. First I execute site monitor to see what's there. If all is normal then I start with a fresh reference site monitor file and then install the add on. Then in addition to doing the usual testing to see if everything is working I run site monitor to see what files I actually deleted/added/changed during the process. For example after doing an update I had problems with an install I re-read the instructions and then ran site monitor. That showed me that one of the needed files didn't get uploaded correctly. Thank you for your work.

Jack, installed and working well. I really like the mini site maps on the category and products pages. A suggestion if you take this further, for when in a category page, if the link at the bottom that says "Related Categories" could be modded to say {"Related" . Name of Current Category . "Categories"} I think that would be meaningful to a shop browser. On the admin side I like the support thread link, upper left. Sitemap SEO (visit the support thread) Very handy. The latest version notice is very helpful. Last but not least, it's nice to see and learn something about the author. Upper right :) Thanks much

Nic, got a catch today using the trap. I look through my log to see what occurred, it appears the visitor picked my site up in another forum topic dealing with the admin security matter. I put my site link there, probably shouldn't have in hindsight. Since then I enabled a bunch of security measures including the "trap". I am still on the uphill side of learning but in the log I see a lot of action from the blocked IP. It appears he/she looked around a bit, then I see a GET nibble at "admin" folder. It appears the block comes in the next line then. I ran the IP and it didn't come back to a search engine that I am aware of. I am not sure but it looks like he/she went back and tried coming in through that first link again. I don't fully grasp the log data but I think I get the gist of this. So this may have been a hack attempt? Why else interested in Admin? Am I interpreting this correctly? Thanks

Sam, I also am having the problem of no images and the alt text showing. In my case the text does not wrap and expands the image box so that where ever an image is to be displayed, left column, right column, etc, the page is distorted so much it is too wide for the screen. I am using your center page addon by the way with the default page width. Generally it goes with me that if Spooks says it's so, it's so. Or a very high probability thereof. Anyway, I just did my third reinstall of oscThumb and all end up with the same problem as decribed. Could the problem be my install....yea. A lot of years ago, and I mean a lot of years ago I could have been the poster child for ADD. My hunch is that I am good on my install but I am going to let this sit for a while and come back at it again fresh. I have made sure my setting are as recommended...no encryption, etc. My admin cache is off. All that. I'll see what a time out and revisit can do. In the meanwhile I am switching this off so the pages aren't balled up.

Thanks...will do and will watch for the update also. Much appreciated.

Nic - Leslie: I am finally getting around to installing the update. Regarding Leslie's concept, would appropriately modifying the robots.txt file to work with this strategy be a good idea?? ie. the the disallow approach. Thanks

OK, I will look at some of my other add ons, especially the security related ones, to see if there might be anything in there that may be causing this. Thanks for the followup. SK

Jack, affirmative and it has been off. I am only brainstorming here, but it seems the forms for these problem directories has a code that combs the page for what they want to see. Which is their link. I am wondering if I something on my site that is preventing this from occurring??? Thanks

Jack, I installed Links Manager II last night, tested then and this AM. All appears to be working well. Thanks much for this contrib. Exactly what I was looking for. I am not sure if my problem is related to the contrib so if that's the case, let me know and I will go over to general support/questions and post. I want to use Links Manager II to get onto reciprocal link directories. Some of these directories have an automated form that has you to complete various info, including a field where you put the link to their site. The also want you to use html coding to verify that the link is in place. I paste that in the description. However when attempting to set up a reciprocal link on about half dozen directories, (again the ones using a similar validation form wanting the link and html code inserted) after clicking submit, the forms invariable produced a message that the html code could not be found on the page url I entered on their form. But it is there. I even did a "view source" and it's there in the code. Any ideas why the routine used in these forms is not finding the validation code they want? Thanks

Same here. I had the Array issue, as well as a PHP error message depending on what configuration I did. But now those issues do not appear after doing the install of the update and trying various config settings. Thank you much!

I did "here" first..got through (of course) Then did "test" .....got banned. Then did "here" again and still am banned. So for me anyway...it worked. Thanks

Nic...not banned. Went to here: http://www.development-server.net/j/ Looks like the index page. For what it's worth I am aware my provider has a dynamic IP. Just tossing that out here. Thanks SK

Same problem here. I have PWA installed and ran a sale that way...got the error message. I then signed in using a dummy account and got the error message. However on shopping cart page I have the PayPal button which when clicked takes to you a pay with credit card or log in page on PayPal. Sooooooo, anyone with a solution to this is welcome to chime in here. Thanks

Scott, I have installed this contribution and all is working well. Viewable http://ba.barkavenuedogboutique.com/ in the closed mode,....(through 20 July 09 anyway). Thank you much for your work. SK

Nic, for what it's worth I messed around a bit tonight with the contrib and got some interesting results. I deleted Whitelist.txt from my directory, ran my store url and go the pHp missing file error, etc. stuff. I re-uploaded Whitelist.txt and then ran the ****/personal URL and got the blocked action, ****/blocked.php. I checked in IP_Trapped.txt and found my IP and the 999.999.999.999 I cleared my IP and made sure I could get to my store. I could. I tried to do the ****/personal thing again, but got *****/index.php instead. ***** of course being my store url. Don't know if that helps but I thought I'd pass it along. Steve

Nic, as with Leslie my previous version worked. That was 2.1 for me. I can access http://www.development-server.net/j/personal, it takes me to http://www.development-server.net/j/index.php The same thing happens on my site, when I put in the ****/personal URL I go to my index page instead. Outside of that thanks for your work, I know enough about code use (in vb for applications) to know it can be an adventure. :) I'd be glad to help with testing if you want. Thanks Steve

This capability is a big plus. I just added an About Us page, ran Text Master and found my About Us file that I could then easily modify. Thanks much for building this contrib to do this.

Good. Tomorrow I tackle the admin install. Got distracted by Jack Bauer going after bad guys on TV. :) Thanks SK

Jack, I was having problems with my right column in the product info page being bumped down to the bottom of the page so I tried moving this code.. <?php /*** Begin Header Tags SEO ***/ ?> <tr> <td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="smallText" align="center"><?php echo TEXT_VIEWING; ?> <?php echo '<a title="' . $header_tags_array['title'] . '" href="' . tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $product_info['products_id'], 'NONSSL') . '"/# ' . $header_tags_array['title'] . '">' . $header_tags_array['title']; ?></a></td> </tr> <?php /*** End Header Tags SEO ***/ ?> several places in the product_info file. Including after a </tr>. Anyway, I moved it to the very end and the page displays correctly now. I hope situating that at the end isn't a problem otherwise. Thanks Steve