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yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

Isn't

PHP Code:


		
			
construct_nav_option('Auction Admin', "../cgi-bin/auction/admin.pl", '<br />');
        construct_nav_option('Contact Auction Members', "$vboptions[bburauction.pl?action=contact, '<br />');
        construct_nav_option('Registration Report', "../cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?action=readreg", '<br />');
        construct_nav_option('Auction Category Listing', "../cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl", '<br />');
        construct_nav_option('Closed Auctions', "../cgi-bin/auction.pl?action=closed", '<br />');
        construct_nav_option('System Info', "../cgi-bin/auction/info.pl", '<br />');
        construct_nav_group('Auctions');

supposed to have " " instead of ' ' ????

THose were the old instructions.. they must have gotten in the zip somehow. I will update it.

As far as your error goes- I got the same error when I tried installing it myself and did not set all of the config area settings that I needed to set, but when I fixed them I did not get that error. The problem is in your config area of auction.pl : READ IT THOROUGHLY

Also make sure that all files are CHMOD'ED as mentioned in the instructions.

Also- please note that keeping the info.cgi file in your cgi-bin allows anyone to read that info if they know that the file is there, so you may want to rename it to something else.

Zip updated- sorry for all of that old stuff in that folder. Didn't mean to confuse anyone. It should be a much smaller download now :D

Corriewf

07-25-2005 06:40 PM

Ok so does this integrate the vb styles or that has to be done manually?

yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by corriewf

Ok so does this integrate the vb styles or that has to be done manually?

The actual style sheet CSS part of the styles needs to be edited manually between the <style> tags in the auction script. There is only one <head> section, so if you open it up in a text editor and search you will find it, and you will see that it is basic html. As I mentioned in the install info, you can edit the html side of the script any way you want, so if you are a wizard with html, then this will be no problem for you to make it look totally unique, yet keep the same functionality.

If you want you can also edit the <head> area <style> tags to point to an external style sheet - it is all basic html as I said. Originally I had an external stlye sheet involved in this hack, but I trimmed it down to avoid confusion and less CHMOD'ing, etc., but it can point to any style sheet on your server, just like any other html.

yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by icecube0045

Has anyone installed and tried this yet?

If anyone wants to be added to this thread as an auction demo site please let me know (PM me)! It would be a great way to increase traffic to your auctions and forum :)

RichieBoy67

07-25-2005 09:08 PM

I would love that as soon as we get it going :)

yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

I would love that as soon as we get it going :)

I checked your server and got it working (knock wood) PM'ed you the problems it seems you were having. They should be server-specific problems, so there is no need in going in to it here. I hope that it helps.

here's a tip for other folks: you may not need to run the auction.pl script in the cgi-bin folder if that is what is causing problems (some servers are strange about what you can/can't put in the cgi-bin folder as far as permissions). Some servers will also let you run a .pl or a .cgi script from any folder, so if you are STILL getting errors then try uploading the folder named 'auction' to your forum root directory, and then change your config area of the auction script accordingly. If that works better then change the file path in the template to point to that directory instead of your cgi-bin directory. In fact, that is how I originally wrote the instructions, but realized that some people who can't run perl scripts from any directory other than the cgi-bin and would be out of luck, so by default I decided to tell everyone to put it in the cgi-bin directory, but as I said that is not necessary in many cases.

RichieBoy67

07-25-2005 10:31 PM

Thanks,

I did just what you reccomended and I created an "auction" directory in the forum root... I just had to create the directory folders.... I am thinking that my server might be in safemode....

Anyhow, I am working on the style right now and I would love to have my site as a demo for this once I am done. I would also like to make a small donation towards this hack. This is great and I am sure it will make me money!!! PM me your paypal please and thank you for your level of service!! :)

yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichieBoy67

I am glad you got it worked out! Your help with debugging the install problems that people are bound to encounter was very helpful, and I appreciate your help as well.

If you feel like donating then donate to your favorite charity, and thanks for the offer. :D I hope that the auction is a big bonus to your site, but there is no need for a contribution. I spent a lot of time on modifying the script because I like the script, I like what the author has done with releasing it to the GNU. I had a lot of revisions before I was happy with it - I guess it is always a work in progress), and in looking at it there are still some areas I would like to fix (mainly html issues, such as ugly <table border=1> issues), and I will update the file later when I have done that, but the functionality seems to be stable. ALso, as I said earlier if anyone else prettys it up html-wise then please feel free to post the auction.pl file to this thread. Playing with that script actually taught me alot about perl, so the time invested was my education, and I am happy to share the results.

yoyoyoyo

07-25-2005 11:57 PM

Some of the best things come out of happy accidents. RichieBoy67 came up with a good answer to the iframe issue mentioned in the post: One way to avoid this issue is to add the same header and footer to your auction.pl (in the areas that they provide for that- just read the html) and style your <style> tags to be the same as your forum, and then just simply link people to your auction.pl file instead of your auction.php file. This way your header and fiiter will dynamically resize with your auction listings, and then your header can simply link them back to their forums! With that method you can avoid adding a new template and the auction.php file as well. You can even rename the auction.pl file to auction.cgi if you want, and it should still work, since they both refer to perl files. Or you can keep the template and the php file but make sure you do not add the header and footer info to both the template AND the auction.pl file, or you will have double headers and double footers!

RichieBoy67

07-26-2005 12:35 AM

I wish I could say that it was an idea I had and take credit but it was purely accidental.....lol It does take some serious editing though to do it this way but it's pretty easy.....

Great Hack.. One of the best I think..

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