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{/if}

add

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

Thanks
Net.

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

Is it possible to only use this for featured links?

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

Please read full post to get general idea.

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

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

Alexa shots for featured links only:
http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7646#7646

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

{strip}

http://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?id=www.dir2u.com&size=small&url={ $link.URL}

{if $pr gt -1}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

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 :)

I still advocate not using a new thumbnail provider.
Ok.

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

Now THAT is flat cool!

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
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...
http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url={$link.URL} ({$link.URL})

{if $pr gt -1}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 About Thumbshots thumbnails (http://www.thumbshots.org)

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:

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.
~Dave

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.

Thanks for the code.

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).

anyopne updated this code or any code for AST ?

As originally provided by anon, I think ;) :

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:

after

{* show page rank *}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}

{/if}

See how that goes...

Cool! Now if those pesky paying customers would just go away . . . :lol: NOT!

Any more ideas? :(

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

Oooh, nice! Thanks a bundle! xxxxxx

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

Hope this helps everyone.

relinkd, you are a gentleman and a scholar! Thanks so much!

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.

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

Nevermind... I found it ;)

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

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.

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

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

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?

http://www.pc-factor.com/arts_humanities/art_history/
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 ???

Thanks neobus,

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

http://www.shrinktheweb.com/xino.php?embed=1&u=c705e&STWAccessKeyId=20ccb72af87409e&inside=1&Size=sm&Url=http://click.tracktor.co.uk/goto.php?addcode=CD220&bannerid=10898&optionalinfo=&deploy_id=0&landing_id=0The only difference is that I added:
&inside=1 to the query string and that tells my system that it needs to use the exact page. Since my code is the only one that supports dynamic URLS for specific page captures, I don't think you'll get the right page with any other service. ;)

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

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

best

Rob
Hi Rob,

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

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:

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?

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) .

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

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

Instructions
--------------

1. If you use this mod it'd be great if you'd give me a link. Thanks!
Atlanta Real Estate

2. Turn on Display PageRank in phpLD admin area

3. Open /templates/pagerank.tpl and find...
{if $pr gt -1}

4. Replace the above line with...
[/URL]

{if $pr gt -1}Comply with [URL="http://pages.alexa.com/exec/faqsidos/help/index.html?index=126"]Alexa's usage requirements (http://%7b$link.url%7d/): Change the [yoursite.com] above to your site! ie; ?id=yourdomainnamehere.com&size=

5. Save pagerank.tpl file

6. Open /main.css and find...
div.pr

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/).

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

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

i would like to space them so the PR shows and its not cluttered. thanks ahead of time.
out of curiosity, do you nofollow every single link in your directory and expect people to pay for a listing?

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?

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???

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

Gary

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

Jere

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

http://site-listings.com/index.php?p=h

Thank you! :oops:

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

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

Thanks a million!

Great Varkyl...I really appreciate the help.

Jere

3.0.5
Peppermint template

http://www.dirzor.com

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:

{* 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}>

I'll post it up when I get home.

-Casey

i cant find it yet ;)

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

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.

[snip]

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!

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

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

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....

ok...

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

Scott

{if $pr ge 0}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

:D
just worked!!!!

ok...

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

Scott

{if $pr ge 0}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

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

?

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

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?

Thanks neobus,

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

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

is this still good for 3.10 ?

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

{if $pr ge 0}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

plz check my site www.kingdomofurl.com, tell me what is problem with Alexa Thumbnail, these are not displaying :(
read post #108 on this very same page, in this very same thread. :)

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

Noob question - is it possible to make the thumbnail clickable?
It's unclickable :D dangerous.
The only way to make it clickable is to put a link to my directory :D

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.

sweet :) Thanks!

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

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 () add the following:

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

Pure genious!!

Thank you VERY VERY much Port!!!

Goes to cancel alexa service muahaha :)

alt="Thumbnail" />

500ml - Website Review of 500ml.org - TalkReviews.com::
Alexa Rank Information not provided. Google Page Rank 4 Thumbnails by Thumbshots.org Copyright © 2008 Talk Reviews. All rights reserved. Sitemap
http://www.talkreviews.com/500ml.orgHOME

Usage Statistics for www.informatik.uni-kiel.de - June 2008 - Sites::
0.05% casema.nl 1796 0.12% 1656 0.15% 27156 0.05% 153 0.20% alexa.com 1794 0.12 0.00% 36 0.00% 145 0.00% 2 0.00% thumbshots.com 36 0.00% 18 0.00% 799
http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/adm/webalizer/site_200806.htmlHOME

STEP 1
I replaced the entire file pagerank.tpl with the following:

Comparison of Video Services Facts (Flash) @ AvailableWebsite.net::
Alexa Site Rank. Quantcast Site Rank. Monthly Unique Visitor (US) blip.tv. 3,923. 812 Contact • Domain Details • Copyright • Privacy • About Thumbshots Thumbnails
http://www.availablewebsite.net/Comparison_of_video_services/encyclopedia.htmHOME

------------------------------------------------------------

Update Thumbnail

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 . . .

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

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

thanks for your advice, it work brilliant.
Glad it helped!

Is it common? I don't have the problem with other listing, only these two.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.

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?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.

Kneller gifs - Suchmaschine::
kneller-gifs.de - Site Information from Alexa Thumbnails by Thumbshots.org | Copyright (c) by kneller-gifs . All rights reserved.
http://de.classifieds-top.com/kneller-gifs.htmlHOME

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.

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 chargeVery 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

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

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

{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK}

{include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}

) add the following:

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.

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 {$URLescapetrim} variable and I'm sure a helpful phpLD moderator would be happy to assist you with that part.

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

WOW, Thanks for share!

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

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

{if $pr ge 0}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

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

http://www.thumbshots.org

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

Pdfx there's 2 things you can do
http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13938&highlight=featured+thumbnail
create a flink.tpl that is a copy of your link.tpl then in the main.tpl include it instead of link.tpl in the featured links area. Then remove the thumbnail code from link.tpl

This is how I would do it anyway
or
{if $FEATURED == '1' }
Featured Content here...
{else}
Other content here.
{/if}

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.

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" butto for the users:

htxp://thumbnails.alexa.com/update_thumbnail?url={$link.URL}"]Update Thumbnail

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.

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

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

You guys are awesome! Thanks for the great mods!

-Jon

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

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:

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

Does anyone know how to get this mod to work 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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. :)

as James suggested :)
if you use the affiliate mod make sure you use the right variable for the image ;)
Hide Affiliate links (http://www.phplinkdirectory.com/forum/showthread.php?t=21819&highlight=affiliate)

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

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

I solved the problem in such a way:

pagerank.tpl

htxp://pthumbnails.alexa.com/image_server.cgi?id=http://www.vvd24.de/&size=small&url={$link.URL}

htxp://www.alexa.com/data/details/contact_info?url={$link.URL}"]Update Thumbnail

{if $pr gt -1}
PR: {$pr}
{else}
N/A
{/if}

Is it possible to only use this for featured links?

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
yea.

oh well, what can you do.

if it's that important for you, you can use thumbshots 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)

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

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

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

link.tpl

{strip}

{l}Preview{/l}:

{* show page rank *}

{* 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}

{$link.DESCRIPTION}

{$link.URL}
{if $smarty.const.SHOW_PAGERANK} {include file="pagerank.tpl" pr=$link.PAGERANK}

{/if}

{/strip}

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

It is a nice mod and easy to install

Thanks a lot!!

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

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

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.
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.

As for my second query, affiliate link is still an issue.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

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???

May they are updating site :(

Neobus,

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

Thank you!

Michelle

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

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

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.

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 . . .

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

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

Open up a new file paste this

{$link.URL}"]

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

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

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.

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

i use both IE & FireFox.
i also code for both IE & FireFox. So whatever works in one, will work in the other. a real b**** 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?

It is a nice mod and easy to install

Thanks a lot!!

Good job :D

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}

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

Where did I say intregrate any service?

People will decide that is true.

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

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

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

Cool! 8)
You're from Atlanta too!

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

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 ;)

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