Admin Read Me

Administrator Read Me

Initial Installation
Changing the Look of the Listings
Changing the Look of your pages
Page Layout Options
Signup Programs
Notes

After Inital Installation

When installing the BizDirectory program we provide a sample database, images, and coupon for testing the program and setting your colors and options for your site. After you have setup the program and made all the changes you want, you will want to delete the database and associated files.

Backup: Make a backup copy of all the files for the directory.
Database: /cgi-bin/bizdirectory/data/data.txt -> download this file and empty the file, then upload the empty file to your server. Do Not delete this file.
Images: /bizdirectory/userimages -> delete all the images in this directory.
Coupons: /bizdirectory/coupons -> delete all the coupons in this directory.

Changing the Look of the Listings

Some the colors, image sizes, etc are controled by the Configuration file ( biz-dir-setup.pl ). Read the configuration file very carefully and change the settings to suite your site. I recommend changing one thing at a time in the configuration. If you make an error in the config file none of the program files will work. Keep a working copy!

Set Listing Colors
Sample Configuration File
Installation Read me
Page Layouts

3 page layouts come standard to assist you in setting up the program quickly.
Layouts

Setup 1 This is the main directory program. If you link directly to this page, it will print the latest entries to be submitted. The number of latest entries is controled by a vvariable in the configuration file.
Setup 2 This layout is a frameset that will print the categories in the left frame and the listings will show in the right frame. With this layout you will want to develop an opening page for the right frame.
Setup 3 This layout will print a 3 column list of the categories.

Changing the Look of your pages

The look for all the BizDirectory pages is controled by the page_top.html located in the main directory -> /bizdirectory/page_top.html You will want to edit this page to match the look of your site. The page can be formatted in any way that you like. It is best to keep a copy of the origional page_top.html for reference. The search box is critical in the way it is formatted. It is very important that you have an end form tag directly after the Submit button.

<FORM Method="get" Action="/cgi-bin/bizdirectory/biz-dir-search.pl"> <B><FONT FACE="Arial" Color="#FF0000">Search</FONT></B> <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="query" SIZE=12> <Input Type="Submit" Value="Go"> </FORM>

Search

The page_bottom.html, located in the main directory -> /bizdirectory/page_bottom.html is used for all directory pages. This will print anything you need at the bottom of all program pages.

Signup Programs

biz-dir-signup.pl

biz-dir-signup2.pl

biz-paypal-signup.pl

biz-dir-free-signup.pl

Notes

Once a listing is placed, the only way to add options is for the administrator to edit the ad. If the option added is the coupon, the administrator must then use the coupon editor and create the coupon.
The Map Option. The map server is defined in the biz-dir-setup.pl the configuration file. There are many map servers out there and you may choose the one you want to use. Be sure to enter the complete address to the map program on the server. The full address would be everything in the URL up to the question mark.
EXAMPLE: http://www.mapserver.com/cgi-bin/map/mapprogram.pl?stuff&stuss&stuff&so-on
Editing the listings is done with one of two programs. The administrator biz-dir-admin.pl is used to edit or remove a listing, this will also remove all graphics and coupon for the listing. The user editor biz-dir-edit.pl requires a listing number and a password. If the user forgets their password, the administrator can look it up and email the user their information.
File Upload the upload program can be used by the administrator or a user. The user would enter their listing number and their password. The administrator would enter the listing number and the admin password.
Listing Database Make a backup of the listing database on a regular basis. The file is: /cgi-bin/bizdirectory/data.txt Downloading the file to your hard drive is a good backup.