Site Thumbnail Alexa Thumbshots Mod

[relinkd]

This mod will allow your phpLD directory script to display site thumbnails next to each link.

Instructions
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1. If you use this mod it'd be great if you'd give me a link. Thanks!
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2. Turn on Display PageRank in phpLD admin area


3. Open /templates/pagerank.tpl and find...
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4. Replace the above line with...
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5. Save pagerank.tpl file


6. Open /main.css and find...
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7. Change the height (92px seems to work about right)


8. Save main.css


9. Enjoy! You're done!


Others have contributed some great tweaks and variations of this mod in this thread and others where you can find out how to update/create the Alexa thumbnail, show thumbnails for featured links only, create a link for visitors to update thumbnails, show the thumbnail without the pagerank, and more so read on.

PS: If you like this mod and you're using Firefox, you can get the same effect for Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines with BetterSearch (http://bettersearch.zottmann.org/) or Google and Yahoo searches with GooglePreview (http://ackroyd.de/googlepreview/).

[kickass]

VERY nice! Yes, if I ever get done with paying work and get back to working on my own projects, seek locally will benefit by this one . . . just wish we could use it without that pr bar . . .

[Bill]

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I bet there is a way to use it without the PR bar.

[relinkd]

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I bet there is a way to use it without the PR bar.[/quote]

Just replace steps 2-5 above with this for no PR bar...

Open up a new file paste this
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Save as pagerank.tpl replacing your old pagerank.tpl

no PR bar for you!

oh and I guess this also links the image with nofollow attrib and click track ID

[richm]

While going through your site, if you find items that do not have current Alexa thumbnails, you can update them by going by visiting:
htxp://thumbnails.alexa.com/update_thumbnail?url=nameofsite.com

I click on the link, and paste "http://thumbnails.alexa.com/update_thumbnail?url=" before the url and press enter. Alexa will update the thumbnail within 2 days.

[Nobody]

Maybe you should somehow add a link in the admin approve links section of the phpLD directory script, so that all new sites get a thumbnail.

[richm]

Since sites change over time, I would also love to see a little php program that goes through the database (starting at a given record number) and opens this window for every record a few seconds apart. Would it be difficult to program such a thing (as a standalone php program).

For now, I am counting on the users to update the thumbnails. Therefore, my pagerank.tpl file, which displays the thumbnails, includes an "Update Thumbnail" button for the directory script users:

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To make this work, I had to increase the height of my thumbnail area by changing the following in main.css:
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[Peter_Rosado]

Hey...weird, I just did that this morning on my directory (the update thumbnail thingy) :?
I also added that to the approve e-mail.

[richm]

Tell me how you added this to the email notification function. I looked at adding it to the email "function" at the bottom of dir_approve_links.php, or adding it as a button in dir_approve_links.tpl. Neither of these seemed ideal (besides, I didn't know how to add it to the function, echo?).

0r... are you saying that you added this to the text of the email message that you send, telling the submitter to click on the link (not a bad idea).

[Hizson]

I love this mod. But I am having a slight problem with it.

In FireFox it looks great as you can see at

{no longer using thumbnails and link removed}

But if you go to the same page in IE the site discription drops down and beneath the alexa thumbnail.

Does anyone know what I can do to fix this? Could this be because I am using vkaryl's great mod?

Thanks,

Jere

[HighPageRank]

link.tpl

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Replace ALEXA-ID
Example : {link removed - no longer using thumbnails}

[richm]

Hizson: It looks as if you are IE is clearing your alignment after the title. Could you post your link.tpl file and the styles you are using in your stylesheet?

[vkaryl]

Hey Jere.... yep, it's no doubt because this mod wasn't available when I set up the description class for this template.

I'll work it over this weekend, and post back when I've got a usable solution.

Thanks for the heads up!

[Hizson]

Great Varkyl...I really appreciate the help.

Jere

[vkaryl]

Hi Jere (and anyone else who might need this) -

See attachment: this includes pagerank.tpl and main.css - fixes both IE and FF for use with the Alexa thumbs mod.

This is good with the thumbs but is a tad bit wonky without, so I'm providing it as just these two files instead of including it in the main template distro.

Let me know if you run into any problems (but start a new topic in the Design forum, please!); I tested at 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, and 1600x1200 on both FF 1.5 RC3 and IE 6.

BTW, I took out the border=0 in the img call, inline css is a real no no, you should have a css selector in your stylesheet to cover no borders on images and images used as links/anchors (and since I'm including my main.css, you WILL have same if using my template). For those not using my template, but not sure what to put in the stylesheet, see following (implements no borders on images and images used as links/anchors):

img, img a {
border:0;
}

Other than that, relinkd, this is an OUTSTANDING mod, and thank you very very much for providing it to this community for free.

[Hizson]

Thanks Varkyl. That straightened everything out for my directory. As always, great work.

Jere

[vkaryl]

For anyone who's the same sort of "validation control freak" I am, here's an amended call which validates:

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This adds an automatic alt="", changes the bare ampersands to & and self-closes the img tag....

Follow the rest of the original instructions....

Relinkd, thanks again, and I'm linking as requested....

[Ap0s7le]

I'm using Alexa on one of my sites, but in the Link Details sections.

What I did though was create it as a seperate mod.

Also, I wrote a function that when Alexa gives their No Image available image, it goes ahead and contacts them so their's no need for human contact.

It wouldn't be hard to add something like that into the Validate section, so the bot would know to check all the links :lol:

later

-Casey

[Neticus]

Hi, im trying to attempt alexa thumbshots for featured links only. If this takes some timely coding then perhaps a way to supress page rank being attached to featured links?

[Mike77]

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Hi Casey,

did you alredy finish this Link Details mod?I like the idea to have alexa image on details page. Is this mod available from where? Free,payable?

[Ap0s7le]

Hi Mike77,

I have the mod done at home, I just haven't written it up yet.

I was thinking of asking for a couple bucks for it, but figured it wouldn't be required.

I'll post it up when I get home.

-Casey

[thompson]

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i cant find it yet ;)

[best-p4u]

It is a nice mod and easy to install

Thanks a lot!!

[fworth]

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Where's the download link to the mod?
Lore :oops:

[Neticus]

There is no download link :D just follow the instructions in the first post.

http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1125

[gkarten]

hi,

i installed the mod and tried to show a preview of a special google map - see a google maps example: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=51.434287,-.214212&spn=0.006040,0.006706&t=k&hl=en

the problem is that it do not show the map like in this example wimbledon - it always shows the google maps startpage.

any ideas?

thanx

[relinkd]

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Well, that's a nice idea but I'm pretty sure the Alexa thumbnail is just of the root www page of the domain not individual pages or especially not custom generated pages with ? var= & . You might try submitting that URL to the Alexa thumbnail update (read previous in this thread) and hope they create a thumbnail of it but I don't think so. I think if you really wanted to make this work you'd have to create your own thumbnails.

Take care.

[multilang]

Hello,

I think I screwed up in the early days of isntalling the mod. Could anyone check if my pagerank.tpl is correct? I copy/pasted the whole content below. I think I have deleted what was originally there and the thumbnails don't show up :( I have performed all other changes in the other

<div class="pr">

http ://{$link.URL}"http ://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?site=[betranslated.com]&size=small&url={$link.URL}




</div>

or if someone could help me by indicating the original content of that file, that would help too as I'd follow the steps indicate by linkrd.

Thanks

[anon]

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get rid of them.

or use

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[FB]

Is it just me or did alexa change the url for the update thumbnail feature? I click on update thumbnail and get a restricted access page???

[vegabond]

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May they are updating site :(

[pragent]

I solved the problem in such a way:

pagerank.tpl
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[vegabond]

Good job :D

[pragent]

Thank you! :oops:

The Script is very good. :P
I try to make only the best from it! :wink:

[gmschmitz]

Does anyone else have the problem with the screen shot image not being there sometimes? Whrn I refresh the screen sometimes one or two will go away and then refresh again and they might come back.

Thanks,
Gary
Http://www.us-realestatedirectory.com

[anon]

if it's that important for you, you can use thumbshots on your directory for $25 a month. Only other alternative i cant think of, other than you doing it all yourself.

edit:

after looking at your directory, it's all out of whack with your thumbnails. you need to fix that. (they are overlapping)

[gmschmitz]

Must be the browser, looks good to me. What Browser are you using?

[anon]

i use both IE & FireFox.
i also code for both IE & FireFox. So whatever works in one, will work in the other. a real challenge to get working and validated when you are dealing with lots of complex stuff.

i see you have taken the thumbs down. did you check in multiple browser and see what i was talking about?

[gmschmitz]

No I just took them down last night untill I could take a look at it. I use IE6 and it looked fine to me. I'll have to check oter browsers. I don''t have fire fox. I'm going to take a look at it today.

Gary

[gmschmitz]

sorry I didn't respond back sooner, but I did see what you were talking about and did fix the problem. Now it looks good in both browsers.

Do you know how to add thumbshots.org. The reason I'm asking is because I really want the thumbshots to show up every time not when ever like Alexa thumbshots. I know that you can use them if you provide a link on every page that you are using the thumbshots, but I'm not sure how to incorperate it with phpld.

Any suggestions?

Gary

[relinkd]

Using Thumbshots.org thumbnails instead of Alexa thumbs? The original instructions for the Thumbs mod (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1125) would read

4. For thumbnails provided by Thumbshots.org replace the above line with...
Content visible to registered users only.Comply with Thumbshots.org license (http://www.thumbshots.org/license.pxf) and attribution requirements (http://www.thumbshots.org/attribution.pxf): Must be included on all web pages that use Open Thumbshots content


As far as providing a link on every page that you are using the thumbshots:
Open up footer.tpl and insert this after the link to phplinkdirectory.com Content visible to registered users only.

[gmschmitz]

Tried it and it doesn't give me a thumbshot. Any suggestions. I'll keep trying it.

Gary

[gmschmitz]

Never mind it is working, I just realized that it only has thumbshots of sites that are in the dmoz directory. So back to the drawing board. Just wish Alexa would work all the time.

[Brandon Sheley]

works great, thank you
I added your link here
http://link2share.com/Business/Real_Estate/

[jeeplaw]

Does anyone know how to get this mod to work in the directory script with the DISPLAY URL mod? I've got a bunch of affiliate entries that I want thumbnails for, but right now, all I have is the shareasale site thumbnail. I know i can do it by using the displayurl parameters, just not sure how.

[ewwharhar]

It didn't work for me, this mod.
When I put in the code, the thumbnail didn't show, only the code showed. The actual [/img] that code line showed instead of the thumbnail next to each link. HELP?

[ewwharhar]

Tried that, no luck. It didn't show the code but it showed nothing x_X

[KPR]

My thumbnails here are overlapping any ideas on how to fix this anyone.

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[bold]

For some reason, it's not showing up in ie for me.

[neurosis4u]

please, post your url, so that someone can see it

[Neticus]

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?

- Version number
- Template (original or other please specify)

[Neticus]

Have you enabled 'show pagerank' in admin? The alexa method in this post only works if 'show pagerank' is enabled in admin.

Admin>system>edit settings>directory

Or alternatively you can try this alexa call method;

This replaces the original mod instructions in the first post. Just add this code you don't have to place anything in
pagerank.tpl.


In main.tpl try placing this:

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after

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See how that goes...

[neurosis4u]

its curious... in Firefox they are shown... only in Ie there is nothing^^

[Neticus]

I'm using an IE6 browser. Have just installed alexa mod on peppermint (using method in my last post), it shows fine. Maybe it's browser settings...who knows? :rolleyes:

[bold]

Any more ideas? :(

[Domie]

Is it possible to only use this for featured links?

[Neticus]

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http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3553

Please read full post to get general idea.

[dynn]

i'm have problem for this mod...help me pls... my ver 2

{strip}
<div class="pr">
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{if $pr gt -1}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}
<div class="prg">
<div class="prb" style="width: {if $pr gt -1}{math equation="x*4" x=$pr}{else}0{/if}px"></div>
</div>
</div>
{/strip}

[Neticus]

Forget about the mod instructions at the beggining of this post and start again (this means restore the original pagerank.tpl like you never touched it).

Now try this:


In link.tpl

after

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add

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See how that goes. If you have anymore problems please describe the problem in more detail.

Thanks
Net.

[Redmatrix]

I mean no disrespect to other members on this forum.
A lot of the CODE presented here gets parsed and thus,
it's hard to copy over easily. For the sake of anyone
new reading this thread, here is how I have implimented
this modification on my directory, using version 3.0.5.

STEP 1
I replaced the entire file pagerank.tpl with the following:
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<div class="pr">
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow">
<img src="http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?id=http://www.YourDomain.com/&size=small&url={$link.URL}" alt="" />
<a href="http://thumbnails.alexa.com/update_thumbnail?url={$link.URL}">Update Thumbnail</a>
</a>
</div>
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Change the part that says "YourDomain" to whatever your domain is. If you need to change the ".com" then do it.

STEP 2
I changed part of my CSS file to give the thumbnail space.
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div.pr {

...8<....cut out code...>8....

height: 125px;

...8<....cut out code...>8....

}
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I changed it to 125 pixels, but you could make it smaller if you aren't including the Update Thumbnail hack.

Please remember to ENABLE pagerank through your Admin Control Panel. (ACP).

~Dave

[Neticus]

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Every little helps. :)

I still think the other method posted in my post above yours is better. It places the thumbnail code in link.tpl and dosen't depend on Pagerank being on or off. But each to their own.

[arindra]

thanks for this , i used neticus's method ... its quite simple and neat .

[arindra]

hey Neticus ,
the thumbnails dont come on IE but comes on FF :eek:

[Neticus]

If you read from Page 3 (near bottom) (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1089&page=3) you will see that Bold had the same problem as you, we never resolved it, at least not in public anyway. Maybe you can PM him, he may have found the solution. Thumnbnails show up fine for me in IE6..are you using IE6?....perhaps it's a host settings problem..it really is a mystery. :confused:

[arindra]

sorry i shud have read one ... i think it must be some IE settings onmly , will play around with it

[arindra]

hi dommie / anyone else interested ,
if you want to know how to have the featured link only to show the thumbnail let me know . i have done it on my site , which i have also mentioned here (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showpost.php?p=24688&postcount=32) .

[webon]

Hello Reallinkd

does this mod works for v3.05 ? i have tried and it does not show the images but showing the actual source code ... please help ! thanks in advance

[KartKorner]

It does work with 3.06 but you need to alter the original source code in order for it to work with 3.0.5 Instad of using [img] use <img>

[netizen]

Could anyone please post the Alexa mod here for version 2.xx ?
It is very bad that no one offer here a good morking mode for Alexa Thumbshot.

[Optimit]

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What do you mean nobody offers it? It is plastered all over the forums. Try searching for alexa mod?

here is just one. Oh by the way. It is in the mods section.

http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1089

[netizen]

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It is every where in the forum but none is working for me. I have planned a thumbnail creating script/application to get thumbnails of each of the link submitted at my site and I will add it manually. This alone make things best than alexa thumbnails. The alexa thumbnails also not displaying every time. It displayed randomly.

[Optimit]

Yes, Alexa has been having issues lately.

The link I gave you works like a charm. DOuble check to make sure you have it like it is stated in the instructions.

[anon]

bahaha Jamey :)

Just saying hello from (west palm beach.... stopped for a few)
I also agree with you. Alexa mod it *EVERYWHERE* on these forums!

[arindra]

alexa thumbnails is working fine today i saw

[mrbadgolf]

The Wonderful city of West Palm. I moved from there and moved to New Orleans 6 weeks before Katrina. Dumb me closed down my sports bar and and moved to New Orleans. If I only knew now.LOL

[Brandon Sheley]

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they have been having issues for me for 2 weeks now..
I've tried to update 2 of my sites thumbnail and they haven't changed.
u can see here (http://link2share.com) in the featured links

[KartKorner]

I can't even run a simple search within alexa. Have been receiving an error. Am hoping to find out why size=small is back working but size=large is still not working :(

[weaddyou.com]

just installed this after a little trouble but its working now thank you guys!

[weaddyou.com]

this is working great on my site but i wanted to know how i can space the images out more. theyre to close to each other. example here

/index.php?c=12

[arindra]

As of right now .... even alexa toolbar is not working on my IE ...

[weaddyou.com]

maybe in a tpl i can add a br or something just dont know where. ive been looking for it. can anyone help or am i just out of luck?

[KartKorner]

Just add some style=margin:xpx within the Alexa img tag. (found within the tpl file)

[MelH]

I can't believe how valuable this mod is - to me, the directory owner.

I thought it would just be eye-candy for the users, but I'm using it to quickly scan site's thumbnails to ensure they're still a valid website.

I hang out in my directory a lot, just browsing cats and listings, and I can usually tell right away if a site needs a closer look... just deleted about 4 sites that have changed owners or not been renewed etc...

Now if Alexa would just turn the Update Thumbnail script back on.... :rolleyes:



MelH

[dynn]

i still not successfull in using this mod in my new directory.
pls help

phpld ver. 3.05
template Stone Flash.

www.seodirectorys.com

[MelH]

Content visible to registered users only.paste the code from your pagerank.tpl

[MelH]

Anyone else get this email?

Hello,

I wanted to let you know that Alexa's partner Thumbnail ("pthumbnail") service you have been using on your website is being retired. We have replaced it with the Alexa Site Thumbnail service, which was recently released through Amazon Web Services http://aws.amazon.com/ast.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Kelly Dragoo
Alexa Internet


Pricing
* Pay only for what you use. There is no minimum fee, and no start-up cost.
* $0.0002 / thumbnail returned (i.e. $0.20 per 1,000 thumbnails)
* No charge if the thumbnail does not exist






Nothing stays free forever...


~peace~

[gustotelmy]

ok... is this worth doing ourselves now or getting from Alexa?

[MelH]

you gonna do it yourself????

crazy...


Me? I'm gonna pay Alexa .0002 per...

:)




~peace~

[MelH]

bummer - requires php 5.0

guess I'm springing for that dedicated box a little earlier than I expected....

[arindra]

anyopne updated this code or any code for AST ?

[anon]

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Yes, I have in place the code to upgrade www.delightfulblogs.com once this service is no longer available.

You need to register in order to use this.

You must provide an access key id as well as a secret access key in order to use the services.

There are *requirements* as well:

* Notes: Requires PHP 5. Your PHP installation must include the libcurl module for these methods to work.

You can call them 1 at a time or in an array. The one thing that sucks about it, is they only offer 2 sizes currenly. Large & Small (202x147 and 101x74 respectively)

Rob

[angeljs]

Is it my imagination, or has Alexa changed their image directory? All of my site images have stopped showing up now! :(

[Steven Myers]

I've noticed this since last night, I'll check up on it.

EDIT: pthumbnails.alexa.com is down, might be doing server updates. I've done some research on other sites using pthumbnails.alexa.com such as golexa.com (odd search engine btw) and their site thumbnails are down as well, so it's not just us directory owners :)

[angeljs]

Phew...thought it was just me! :) I was wondering if it may have something to do with this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html?node=236156011

[Steven Myers]

I've paid for the service but having a T_OBJECT_OPERATOR error on line 32, I've notified them about this, but seems I'm not the only one either with this problem.

So far, everything is good, just need this issue fixed, but I'll let you all know how it turns out.

[taz]

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You need to upgrade your php and mysql to 5.x before you can use the alexa php script.

[angeljs]

Yes, I'm quite willing to pay for their service, but as to what code goes where, I haven't a clue! I've been struggling with this all day for my new directory. They have a developers forum, but I'm not a developer...I'm still struggling with HTML! :(

[PortProphecy]

Try Rob's (an0n) Alexa alternative. Thanks, Rob! :)


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[Steven Myers]

Pure genious!!

Thank you VERY VERY much Port!!!


Goes to cancel alexa service muahaha :)

[angeljs]

Oooh, nice! Thanks a bundle! xxxxxx

[Jama62]

Thanks for the code.

[tmeyer45458]

Anyone know if it's possible to update the MSN thumbnails manually...like Alexa. Gotta say, MSN thumbs load 10 times faster than Alexa. Also, is there an option for a larger pic. I tried googling these questions but didn't come up with much.

[Steven Myers]

I was just looking at the Alexa update PR auto and would like to see this for MSN as well...nice request.

[proprod]

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Thanks a million!

[briansol]

sweet :) Thanks!

[fmatch]

http://www.thumbshots.org

http://www.boutell.com/webthumb/ if you run a linux server

[shzor]

plz check my site www.kingdomofurl.com, tell me what is problem with Alexa Thumbnail, these are not displaying :(

[anon]

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read post #108 on this very same page, in this very same thread. :)

[proprod]

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As originally provided by anon, I think ;) :


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[Steven Myers]

Is there an update line for MSN as like alexa to update the thumbnail?

[weaddyou.com]

ok i got it to work but now why does it show up all together?

example http://www.weaddyou.com/health/

i would like to space them so the PR shows and its not cluttered. thanks ahead of time.

[anon]

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out of curiosity, do you nofollow every single link in your directory and expect people to pay for a listing?

[TravisTX]

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The height of the image is 74px, but you have it inside of a div with a height of 30px as per your css file. You need to increase the height of div.pr in your css file.

Hope this helps.

[pluto459]

After spending over an hour trying out the mods starting with post 1, I finally get to the MSN mod and it works great.

Change the pagerank file and i even made the thumbnail bigger by adjusting the size and works great.

GUYS, keep up the good work.

[SteveAR]

is this still good for 3.10 ?

yes it does and this is the code i used for the pagerank.tpl

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[deebee]

Noob question - is it possible to make the thumbnail clickable?

[bochgoch]

Excellent - #126 above works great on on v3.1 directory.

[offordscott]

has alexa always charged for this service?

Also,
I tried copy/pasting and editing the code provided and can't get this to work on my site. I have the lastest v3.x

Scott

[offordscott]

ok...

I copy/pasted the MSN code instead, and it worked first time!

Scott

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[dargre]

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It's unclickable :D dangerous.
The only way to make it clickable is to put a link to my directory :D

[offordscott]

I have v3.0

here's what i did, I changed it a lot, and you also need to play with the CSS a little too:

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in the css doc:

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[thegamer]

{broken link removed}
or any directory, the text is over linking the thumbnail, when I try to change the main.css div.pr it changes itself back, I would assume

div.pr {
font-size: 6pt;
color: #fff;
float: left;
height: 70px;
margin-right: 5px; <---- Should be more like 10-20?? but when you change it and save it it reverts back to 5 so I'm missing a change someplace else I guess?

P.S. It's working perfectly in Opera and FireFox, just messed up in IE 7 ???

[thegamer]

I had to add the correct width and hieght to the div.pr wich wasn't the exact width and hiedth of the thumbnail, had to play with it to get it to fit perfectly in all three browsers and still display everything correctly

[shadav]

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glad you got it fixed :D and right there that was what your problem was :mad: IE sucks!!!!!

[thegamer]

I remember back when it was just IE and Netscape, don't know how IE ever ended up winning the race...... :rolleyes:

[deanhennings]

:D
just worked!!!!

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[bruleo]

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Reminds me of VHS vs Betamax (or even V2000, which was far superior!).

[CALTRADE]

Could someone point me in the right direction to a mod that allows you to put a large Alexa thumbnail on the details page. I thought I saw it here, but now I can't find it.

Thanks

Rob

[offordscott]

I just found this. http://www.snap.com/

For some reason MSN thumbnails stopped working on my site. But SNAP was a simple FAST replacement.

10+ out of 10 rating for this.

Scott

[CALTRADE]

Thanks Scott, the MSN technique most of us used stopped working for everyone. Most of us switched to www.thumbshot.org, but there is a long thread here where other approaches are discussed.

best

Rob

[d3scr1pt0r]

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it is cool and autoupdates :)

[d3scr1pt0r]

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that's better keeps the pagerank too at a good level :) just replace a "/" next to http cause this is my first posts and the system would not allow me to post the full http code :)

[Pdfx]

Hello
Thanks for this, is it possible for only the featured links to have thumbnails?
Thus making people more interested in paying the small fee..

P

[GeO3x]

Hi, I wanna know step by step what should I do to install this mod for phpLD v 3.3 .. if I read all the posts in this thread it confuses me.

[shadav]

Pdfx there's 2 things you can do
http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13938&highlight=featured+thumbnail
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GeO3x simply open your link.tpl and wherever you want for it to display place whatever thumbnail code you choose to use

if you like send me your ftp info along with what thumbnail source you want to use along with the name of the template you are using and i'll set it up for you.

[neobus]

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Hi Rob,

Where is that long thread? I would like to suggest my free service. http://www.shrinktheweb.com :)

[neobus]

Nevermind... I found it ;)

[ClearBlueDaze]

Ok somebody just color me STUPID. Aren't these to lines of code identical? Help!
3. Open /templates/pagerank.tpl and find...
Code:
{if $pr gt -1}
4. Replace the above line with...
Code:
{if $pr gt -1}

[neobus]

Yeah, it looks like the code he posted got truncated somehow. Either that or something's missing because I'm right there with ya on that. I used a different thread to integrate Alexa thumbnails back before I launched my own website thumbnail service.

In fact, I believe it was a mod I found on a 3rd-party site. But, I remember it wasn't too bad to integrate.

Best of luck to you!

Brandon

[teotrad]

Hi,

I am totally confused with the whole installation. Can someone shed me some light please? or at least lay down a step-by-step on this installation. This thread is too long and confusing now......:confused:

[neobus]

Maybe this will help:

Open up your link.tpl file for the phpLD theme you are using.

Near the top of the template, right after the table and first row are opened (<table><tr>) add the following:
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Please keep in mind that you need a free account with Shrink The Web (http://www.shrinktheweb.com) to use the code as-is above. Then, you will need to replace [SECRET] and [ACCESSKEY] with the values assigned to your STW account.


That might work in one case for you, but if you want only featured images to get a thumbnail, that will require the use of {if} statements.


Let me know if this helps at all...

Best regards,

Brandon

[teotrad]

Hi neobus,

thanks for your advice, it work brilliant. However yesterday morning, I have a problem with two of my listings. What happen is, I added both listing under different categories, both thumbnail displayed with not problem, BUT with opposite order (switched order)
Is it common? I don't have the problem with other listing, only these two.

Also, I got another query, as some of my listings are affiliate links, therefore the displayed image is not the right one. I wonder, is there anyway to make it right?

[James]

if you use the affiliate mod make sure you use the right variable for the image ;)

I personally wouldn't go with a newcomer to the thumbnail market... they have a way of disappearing OR offering free service for x time then wanting to charge

however I see something on the horizon ;)

[neobus]

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Glad it helped!

Content visible to registered users only.Hmm... It's not common but I have seen this in rare cases when the queue has been backed up. I thought it was fixed but may still have an issue there. Please PM me the links so that I can investigate and see.

Content visible to registered users only.I also use affiliate links in one of my directories and it works ok because the "root domain" is valid for the program. However, in the case that the "root domain" is a blank page or not configured, it won't work. In that case, you would have to capture specific pages (i.e. the FULL URL) but no service currently offers that (that I know of). My service will soon support that but only as a PRO feature.

Please send me a link example of this also, so that I can see if we can get it working without having to use a full URL feature.

Content visible to registered users only.Very true but I think our features, speed, and reliability are too valuable to ignore. Besides, I've been consulting and building companies online since 1998... not likely that I'll be going away anytime soon. ;)

ShrinkTheWeb is also designed to always be free for more services than others charge for. The model is not a simple bait-and-switch like Alexa and others. There are no limits and I never plan to have any. The only upgrade option is for features that only 1% of webmasters will need and aren't supported by other services (plus it'll still be ultra-inexpensive). ;)

Best regards,

Brandon

[James]

I still advocate not using a new thumbnail provider.

As I said I see something on the horizon that will make this discussion point moot :)

[neobus]

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Ok.

Content visible to registered users only.Integrating a lesser quality service -even as an included feature to phpLD- wouldn't keep people from switching to a more reliable and feature-rich service after it's set up.

Of course, ultimately, the people will decide. :)

[James]

Where did I say intregrate any service?

People will decide that is true.

[teotrad]

Hi neobus,

Thanks again for your advice. As for the first query, I already solved. I simply login into my account in ShrinkTheWeb and then refresh, it work brilliant. No problem.

As for my second query, affiliate link is still an issue. You can find the affiliate link in the following pages in my site:

http://www.moneysearch4u.co.uk/Investment/Share_Dealing/

http://www.moneysearch4u.co.uk/Insurance/Home_Insurance/

Thanks for your help. :)

[neobus]

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You're welcome. Glad that helped. I checked into it and it appears that this could still be an issue (though very rarely) and won't be fixed for at least a month or so. However, this should be a very rare occurrence.

Content visible to registered users only.As I feared, this is because the full URL (with all the variables) is required to redirect to the proper website. As far as I know, no online-based service will give you the right screenshot in this case.

We will be offering it for PRO users and that will fix it for you.

We will be charging for PRO membership (less than 1% will require it), but the GOOD NEWS is that your account will be grandfathered in as an early adopter. So, you will automatically be upgraded to a paying account (without paying) when the times comes. ;)

Sorry that it cannot be fixed immediately, but I will PM you when that feature is ready.

Best regards,

Brandon

[teotrad]

Thanks neobus,

Look forward for the new upgrade. Thanks again....:)

[hizzle]

James - I am wanting to add thumbnails to my site what do YOU recommend doing.

[shadav]

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as James suggested :)
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Hide Affiliate links (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21819&highlight=affiliate)

[neobus]

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Hi teotrad,

I thought I'd mention that I've launched the specific page in BETA now. You can see that it does generate the correct page for your affiliate program now:

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At any rate, you can combine features with this one and get a variety of results. More on that in our forum (http://www.shrinktheweb.com/stwtalk/viewtopic.php?t=38).

Cheers,

Brandon

[Michelle Waters]

Neobus,

I'd like to add your screenshots to my detail page. Can you show me how to do that?

Thank you!

Michelle

[neobus]

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Sure, I assume you want something like I'm using here:
http://www.neobus.com/detail/link-41.html



If so, then open up your details.tpl file for the phpLD theme you are using.

Near the top of the template, right after the table and first row are opened (<table><tr>) add the following:
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This is the exact code I use to show my screenshots on that page, so if you want it formatted differently, you would just play around with the tables. The img src code will be the same once you replace the proper parts with your unique credentials. ;)

Please let me know if that helps!

Cheers,

Brandon

p.s. That is my code used in my phpLD 3.3 template, but if you have a different version it's probably still the same. If you find that the URL isn't being shown correctly, you may have to play around a bit with the {$URL|escape|trim} variable and I'm sure a helpful phpLD moderator would be happy to assist you with that part.

[YongS]

WOW, Thanks for share!