Nows here some interesting info for those thinking about the script.

http://asspackers.com/ap_stats.html

The link above shows the stats for that domain since 2003.
Check it out and see what the script did for this site.

Of course I made more traffic trades and such but surely the script must have pushed this site since it did nothing before.

I think the site would be twice as good if I installed UCJ!!!!!!

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

arggggg
I get 500 Internal Server error when navigating to:
http://www.blablabla.com/cgi-bin/get.../getthumbs.cgi
What did I fuck up?

did you set chmod to 755 for all things needed?

hummm.. there wasn't an instruction file that came in the zip, eh? :)
I have mine running.... but.. It says 'collecting thumbs' in the background, only, thumbs never appear :)

Check:
- correct path to perl in script (#!/usr/bin/perl...ask your host)
- chmod 755 the script
- chmod 777 all directories
- Upload script again using ASCII transfer mode

If it still fails: contact host ask if libwww is installed and let them see the script for modules they don't have installed

I think I did, I followed the instructions step by step

Installation instructions:

http://econfirmpro.com/getthumbs/installation.html

You are running in Auto mode.
You will not see any thumbs; but look in the log and you should see the URLs
being processed and a link to each thumb. Click to view.

If the thumb is not there then:
check-
correct path to thumb directory
chmod 777 thumb directory

installing on another host
lets see how it goes
Ok, my path is: /usr/bin/perl
In the three cgi fiels it's : #!/usr/bin/perl.

Do I leave it as it is? I mean do I have to remove the #! part?

Looks pretty nice. I hit up a friend that may be interested. but he is off line right now.

Do not remove the "shabang" (#!)

Your server looks for this to find the path to PERL!

The shabang must start in he first byte of the file.

Every path to PERL will look like this #!/blah/blahblah/


Don't remove or edit any other code in the program.


Also make sure "config.pl" is uploaded.

50 + 8 chrs

Here's a quick program to check your server config.


------------- CODE -------
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Image::Magick;
use LWP;
use LWP::Simple;
use URI::Escape 'uri_escape';
require LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request::Common;
require HTTP::Headers;


print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "Your server seems to be fine";

exit;
------ END CODE -----

Copy this code into notepad and name it test.cgi
upload to cgi-bin the execute it.

If it fails then remove one line at a time the lines starting with the
word "use" or "require".
The script should execute a some point and the last line deleted will be a module that is not installed on your server. Tell your host to install it.

But make sure the path to perl is correct or it will never work.

I'll do that in a sec

Uploaded the test file to a domain that II have working cgi script at the moment and everything is ok, I get the:
Your server seems to be fine"
message

Uploading the whole script again.....

ok
Got it working but had to change the permission on the getthumbs folder to 755 and NOT 777 as in your instructions
Ok, I'll play around a bit with the script

Who is your hosting company?

Changing a folder to 777 should not be a problem.

Please don't say Protgp OH please GOD help you if so!!!!!!!!!!! :1orglaugh

exmasters

It's all good now
No idea who or what Protgp is.

Damn it, I get "Internal Server Error".....

Check you path to perl is correct, ask you host if unsure.
Upload all files in ASCII transfer mode(very important, these are not binary files)
Check all file permissions(chmod 755 all cgi, chmod 666 other files, chmod 777 folders)

See installation instructions at http://econfirmpro.com/getthumbs/installation.html

Use the test script I posted earlier in this thread to test your server configuration.

Ok, lets go, lets see some links here to some sites.

I checked my number of downloads and it's been plenty so somebody must have figured this thing out by now. Show us what you got.
Don't be shy, you might pick up a few traffic trades.

Okay... I've successfully run the script...
the server test script says everything is good, all access permissions seem to be set fine..
However, when running in 'auto mode' it doesn't seem to download the thumbs.. the directories stay empty..
When I click the 'view log' button, all it says is "ENTER AUTO MODE"...
Also, I'm trying to retrieve thumbs from PHP sites if that makes a diff?

any hints? :)
I'll try manual mode now :)

Okay.. mine was fucked up in either 1 of 2 ways:
1: I had a "/" at the end of each directory name in the script
2: I had the 'temp' directory sitting within the thumbs directory (not the likely problem)..

eitherway, I changed those two values, along with the changes recommended to wilbo, and now it retrieved some thumbs..

I'll let you know more as I play and try setting up a template! :)

Hmmmm.... I get the same error when I try to run the test-script. I have installed a lot of PHP scripts but I cant understand why this is happening. :(

Make sure you uploaded in ASCII
Make sure you chmod 755 the script
Make sure your path to perl is correct (#!/blah/blah... ask your host)

If the test script still does not work then your server is missing some
PERL modules. Just email the test script to your host and, unless they are really a bad host, they will install those modules for you.


PS: You must use an FTP program to upload; you can not use an ftp url with windows like this ftp://yourdoamin.com/cgi-bin; This will only upload in binary, at least on my machine.

thats the command in the test.cgi which is screwing things up..
use Image::Magick;

i have been looking at ur sites.. and some of the thumbs look a bit fuzzy...
is it because they r being streached?

After adding some extra " it works, but thumbnails are not centered. You should make the script to find the full image size and start the proccess of thumbnail creation from that point.
Please post here about any bug fixes you did, I'll test it again.
:thumbsup

icq: 290-83-83

Deleted.....

wrong thread...hehehehe

Any updates to the program?