Display ALexa Thumbshot for Featured only

[bobby9101]

I wrote this for 2.0 but it should work in 3+ with a little modding
PUT:
Content visible to registered users only. in your link.tpl BEFORE
Content visible to registered users only.

[bobby9101]

I editted the code so it should work now :)

[lebefa]

I tried the code on my version 3.O.5, using the pagerank mod.
But I can't see any thumbshots in featured links.
I am maybe missing something ?

here is my link.tpl code :


{strip}
<table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="linkarea">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
{* show page rank *}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}
<td width="40">{include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}</td>
{/if}

<td>
<span align="left" class="linktitle"> {if $link.TYPE eq 4}<td>
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?id=mysiteurl&amp;size=small&amp;url={$lin k.URL}" width="111" height="87"></a>
</td>{/if}<a id="id_{$link.ID}" href="{$link.URL|escape}" title="{$link.TITLE|escape}"
{* nofollow *}
{if $link.NOFOLLOW or ($link.RECPR_VALID eq 0 and ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 2 or ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 1 and $link.RECPR_REQUIRED eq 1)))} rel="nofollow"{/if}
{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK} target="_blank"{/if}>
{$link.TITLE|escape}</a></span><br />
<span class="linkshortdesc">{$link.DESCRIPTION|escape}</span>
<br />
<span class="linkurl">{$link.URL|escape} [ <a href="{if !$smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}{$smarty.const.DOC_R OOT}/detail.php?id={$link.ID}
{else}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail/link-{$link.ID}.html{/if}" title="{l}Read more about{/l}: {$link.TITLE|escape}">{l}Detail{/l}</a>
{if $smarty.const.REQUIRE_REGISTERED_USER == 1 and !empty($regular_user_details) and ($regular_user_details.ID == $link.OWNER_ID)}, <a href="{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/submit.php?linkid={$link.ID}" title="{l}Edit or Remove your link{/l}">{l}Review{/l}</a>
{/if} ]</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
{/strip}

[Neticus]

@Lebefa

Try this

Where you currently have the following code in link.tpl wrap the following in bold around it:

Content visible to registered users only.

Also I advise you copy and paste the whole code above (alexa code included) for some reason I tried the code you've used above and didn't recieve any images in thumbshots. Dunno maybe its just me.

Oh and the code above is supposed to entirely replace the code in the first post.

[munt]

that worked for me Neticus

[lebefa]

ok, I gonna try and tell you if it works. Thanks for your time!

[lebefa]

still don't have any images. Here is my code now ? am I right ?
Or maybe it's because I am working on a subdomain ?

Thanks

{strip}
<table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="linkarea">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
{* show page rank *}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}
<td width="40">{include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}</td>
{/if}

<td>
<span align="left" class="linktitle"> {if $link.FEATURED}<td> <a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow" "{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK}" target="_BLANK"{/if}><img border="0" width="80" height="85" src="http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?site=mysite.com&size=small&url={$link.URL}" alt="{$link.TITLE}"></a></td> {/if}<a id="id_{$link.ID}" href="{$link.URL|escape}" title="{$link.TITLE|escape}"
{* nofollow *}
{if $link.NOFOLLOW or ($link.RECPR_VALID eq 0 and ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 2 or ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 1 and $link.RECPR_REQUIRED eq 1)))} rel="nofollow"{/if}
{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK} target="_blank"{/if}>
{$link.TITLE|escape}</a></span><br />
<span class="linkshortdesc">{$link.DESCRIPTION|escape}</span>
<br />
<span class="linkurl">{$link.URL|escape} [ <a href="{if !$smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}{$smarty.const.DOC_R OOT}/detail.php?id={$link.ID}
{else}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail/link-{$link.ID}.html{/if}" title="{l}Read more about{/l}: {$link.TITLE|escape}">{l}Detail{/l}</a>
{if $smarty.const.REQUIRE_REGISTERED_USER == 1 and !empty($regular_user_details) and ($regular_user_details.ID == $link.OWNER_ID)}, <a href="{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/submit.php?linkid={$link.ID}" title="{l}Edit or Remove your link{/l}">{l}Review{/l}</a>
{/if} ]</span>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
{/strip}

[Neticus]

I'm not sure why you're not getting any images, I've just tried it on a 3.05 and seem to show up fine. I don't think it should matter whether your directory is in a subdomain or not as I've just tested it on 3.05 in a subdomain. So the images don't show up at all? Or you get an error message?

[lebefa]

OK I found out. Thanks.
the reason was that I was working on the sprinbreak template which uses the file featured.link.tpl
So I just pasted the code there and it works fine.

[lebefa]

by the way, do you know if there is a way to display another image than the standard alexa one ("Picture coming soon") when the thumbshot is not available yet?
Thanks for your help.

[deepimpact71]

Hi

Finally this worked for me:

{if $link.FEATURED}<td>
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow" "{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK}" target="_BLANK"{/if}><img border="0" width="80" height="85" src="http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?site=[yoursite.com]&size=small&url={$link.URL}" alt="{$link.TITLE}"></a></td>
{/if}

I made sure that I changed [yoursite.com] in my code :-)

BTW for those who don't know, I took the abovecode from where the original mod is posted.

Thank you all for your time! It makes it so much more fun that you guys are willing to help one out with PHP Link Directory stuff.

Deepimpact

[Neticus]

@lebefa
I haven't seen a post or mod on this yet but i'm sure someone competent enough in coding could do this.:)

@deepimpact
Glad it worked out for ya ;)

[ewwharhar]

Works perfectly :D
Thanks

[Domie]

So where does

Content visible to registered users only.

Go?
[/B]

[bobby9101]

post your link.tpl and i'll show ya ;)

[Domie]

/index.php?c=22

I still get that PR: 0

And if you look at the other regular links, there is still a box next to it. Hopw can i fix this?

[bobby9101]

could you please PM/Post your link.tpl file

[Domie]

Content visible to registered users only.

[bobby9101]

do you not want the PR: 0 to show?

[Domie]

Yes i dont want the PR: 0 and the N/A Boxes for NON-feature links.

[bobby9101]

try this: Content visible to registered users only.

[Domie]

Works, thank you so much bob. :)

[Isabel]

Hello.

I have version 2 and peppermint template with this code.
The pagerank not work. Show N/A

Thank you.
Isabel.


<div class="pr">
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow">

<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow" "{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK}" target="_BLANK"{/if}><img border="0" width="90" height="80" src="http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?site=[www.directorio-de-alimentacion.com]&size=small&url={$link.URL} " alt="{$link.TITLE}"></a>

{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>

[bobby9101]

was it showing before this mod?
if not then PM david about the pagerank update tool

[jaffa]

Content visible to registered users only.

Thank you Neticus that one worked for me on version 3.05 using template RealBlue

[Steven Myers]

Here's a *Bump* for this. I need to know if there is a way to get it to NOT show the thumbnails in the Top Sites and Latest Links pages?

[bobby9101]

{if not $qu and not $list}
your code
{/if}
should do the trick for 3+

[Steven Myers]

YES!, thank you bobby, that worked like a charm :D

[bobby9101]

anytime man
i am starting to learn 3+ and dont even have it ;)

[Neticus]

Just for reference.

To show for featured link only, however not on the latest and top hits pages, this seems to work:

{if $link.FEATURED and not $list}
code
{/if}

v3.05

laters.

[Steven Myers]

This did help as well Neticus, because a few links that were displayed in the main categories, were being displayed with the thumbnail.

Thanks :)

[arindra]

i have managed to make a modification that will make the thumbs show only for Featured link on a category and NOT on top hits or latest link .

To this , i copied the link.tpl and made another file called flink.tpl . In this file i inserted the code as mentioned here (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22840&postcount=69) and went back to my main.tpl and scrolled down to where it says Content visible to registered users only. and just beklow that made a small change to call my " flink.tpl " instead of " link.tpl " like this
Content visible to registered users only.

maybe some of the more learned ppl can say if this is ok or not :)

[bobby9101]

arindra that is a good job i think most of us have done that and it is safe and effective

[arindra]

thx for the confirmation :)
have also found a way to get the top links also show thumbnails optionally :D

[shutzu]

how can i place the alexa thumbs for ISEDN links? any idea? those are displayed as featured on my site

[Artbrio]

Which file do you add the code in?

[Steven Myers]

@Michael Wong: in your link.tpl file located in your templates/YourTemplate

[Riks]

It didn't work for me. I tested all the examples but the thumbnail never shown.

I'm using another code for the thumbnails, not the Alexa ones and it works perfect now :) . I have only replaced the URL:


Content visible to registered users only.

[gmschmitz]

Riks,
Thanks I couldn't get the Alexa thumb nails to show for some reason. This MSN url works just fine. you can see them here California Real Estate (www.us-realestatedirectory.com/California/)

[Riks]

Content visible to registered users only.

Nice it worked for you
:)

[objectcreator]

It didn't work for me either. Perhaps the alexa-code doesn't function any more. The msn-code worked at once.

[eddie43302]

I think alexa has stopped people from being able to display thumbnails using there code.

[Riks]

I wonder why the rel="nofollow" ?
If these are featured links....

I have deleted by now.

[gmschmitz]

The no follow is just for the thumbnail image, there is no "rel= no follow" on the link itself.

[proprod]

Content visible to registered users only.

Alexa went to a pay per impression system... no longer free. You can still get them, you just need to sign up and pay for them now. The price is actually not too bad if you prefer the Alexa images over the Girafa ones.

[amatas]

I am using the following script from flink.php however causes everything to go astray. What confines the table width of the featured link text?

{strip}
<table width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" class="featured">
<tr>
<td width="100%" align="left" valign="top">
<table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr>
{* show page rank *}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}
<td style="padding-right:10px; width:120px;">
{include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}
</td>
{/if}
{if $link.FEATURED}<td>
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow" "{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK}" target="_BLANK"{/if}><img
border="0" width="80" height="85" src="htxp://msnsearch.srv.girafa.com/srv/i?s=MSNSEARCH&r={$link.URL}"
alt="{$link.TITLE}"></a></td>
{/if}
<td>
<a id="id_{$link.ID}" href="{$link.URL|escape|trim}" title="{$link.TITLE|escape|trim}"
{* nofollow *}
{if $link.NOFOLLOW or ($link.RECPR_VALID eq 0 and ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 2 or ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW
eq 1 and $link.RECPR_REQUIRED eq 1)))} rel="nofollow"{/if}
{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK} target="_blank"{/if}>
<strong>{$link.TITLE|escape|trim}</strong></a>
{if !empty ($search) or !empty ($uid)}
<p>{l}Category{/l}: <a href="{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/{$link.CATEGORY_URL|escape|trim}"
title="{$link.CATEGORY_TITLE|escape|trim}"><strong>{$link.CATEGORY_TITLE|escape|trim}</strong></a></p>
{/if}
<p>
{$link.DESCRIPTION|escape|trim} - <a href="{if !$smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail.php?id={$link.ID}
{else}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail/link-{$link.ID}.html{/if}" title="{l}Read
more about{/l}: {$link.TITLE|escape|trim}">Read more</a>
</p>

<div style="margin:0px;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="left">
<tr>
<td><span class="url">{$link.URL|escape|trim}</span></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
{/strip}

[Robert Allen]

In case alexa doesn't work, try this;

Content visible to registered users only.

Rob

[gmschmitz]

The MSN option on page 2 of this thread works as well, you can see it used at the 1st link in my signature.

[MissDanni]

Arindra,

I followed your example but I'm scratching my head - I have featured links with thumbs in FF but no thumbs in IE :confused:

flink.tpl
Content visible to registered users only.

main.tpl (Snippet):
Content visible to registered users only.

Uploaded flink.tpl to my current templates folder.

Example Link: http://www.phobi.net/computers_and_internet/

I know I must be forgetting something, could someone with fresh eyes take a peek here for me and let me know if you can see what I've missed?

Thanks Lots :)


Content visible to registered users only.

[MissDanni]

I managed to fix up the code a little bit and now I have thumbs for featured links in both FF & IE YAY!

Just in case anyone else is having the same trouble I was, maybe the below will fix it for you.

FIRST: You should always make a back up of a file before you mess with it just in case. Accidents can happen and sometime they are not very pretty. So please be sure you keep a backup or copy of the original file before editing or adding to the code.

Copy and Paste the following into note pad and save as flink.tpl
Content visible to registered users only.Upload to your phpld root/templates/your current templates folder
Example: public_html/templates/default

In the Admin/System/Template Manager click on the button that says "Edit current templates files".

Edit the file named main.tpl

About half way down find this:
Content visible to registered users only.Change to this:
Content visible to registered users only.Save and thats it, you're all done :)

The above should give you nice thumbnails for featured listings only.

[websub]

Thanks Miss Danny,
That is a great way of doing and explaining it.
If you still want the Read More link next to your featured listing, remember to add
Content visible to registered users only.
immediately after Content visible to registered users only.

in the flink.tpl file

Anni

[jminscoe]

where would I put this code
Content visible to registered users only.

{strip}
<table width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="linkarea">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
{* show page rank *}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}
<td width="40">{include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}</td>
{/if}
<td>
{if $link.FEATURED}<td>
<a href="{$link.URL}" id="{$link.ID}" rel="nofollow" "{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK}" target="_BLANK"{/if}><img border="0" width="80" height="85" src="http://msnsearch.srv.girafa.com/srv/i?s=MSNSEARCH&r={$link.URL}
alt="{$link.TITLE}"></a></td>
{/if}
<td>
<a id="id_{$link.ID}" href="{$link.URL|escape|trim}" title="{$link.TITLE|escape|trim}"
{* nofollow *}
{if $link.NOFOLLOW or ($link.RECPR_VALID eq 0 and ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 2 or ($smarty.const.RECPR_NOFOLLOW eq 1 and $link.RECPR_REQUIRED eq 1)))} rel="nofollow"{/if}
{if $smarty.const.ENABLE_BLANK} target="_blank"{/if}>
{$link.TITLE|escape|trim}</a> <span class="url">- {$link.URL|escape|trim}</span>

{if !empty ($search) or !empty ($uid)}
<p>{l}Category{/l}: <a href="{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/{$link.CATEGORY_URL|escape|trim}" title="{$link.CATEGORY_TITLE|escape|trim}">{$link.CATEGORY_TITLE|escape|trim}</a></p>
{/if}

<p>
{$link.DESCRIPTION|escape|trim} -&nbsp;[<a href="{if !$smarty.const.ENABLE_REWRITE}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail.php?id={$link.ID}
{else}
{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/detail/link-{$link.ID}.html{/if}" title="{l}Read more about{/l}: {$link.TITLE|escape|trim}">{l}Read&nbsp;more{/l}</a>

{if $smarty.const.REQUIRE_REGISTERED_USER == 1 and !empty ($regular_user_details) and ($regular_user_details.ID == $link.OWNER_ID)}
,&nbsp;<a href="{$smarty.const.DOC_ROOT}/submit.php?linkid={$link.ID}" title="{l}Edit or Remove your link{/l}">{l}Review{/l}</a>
{/if}
]
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
{/strip}

[markn26]

this thread really got confusing :(

is there a modern and up-to-date (not 2006) thread explaining how to do this, exactly, and step by step?

[ewhitaker]

I tried to insert the code and had problems with it, so I restored the original link.tpl file and re-uploaded it. Now anytime I go to any category I am getting the following error:

Fatal error: Smarty error: [in link.tpl line 13]: syntax error: unbalanced parenthesis in if statement (Smarty_Compiler.class.php, line 1268) in /home/virtual/site29/fst/var/www/html/directory/libs/smarty/Smarty.class.php on line 1095

I understand its telling me there is a syntax error, but I restored the original to be on the safe side. What to do now?:confused:

[bilzone]

Great mod...It work fine...Thx for this !

[ewhitaker]

Content visible to registered users only.

Ignore - working now.