Switching Comus From Thumbs To Text - GoFuckYourself.com

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 12:51 PM

Hopefully this will help someone as it took me a day or so to figure it all out and sanitize my Comus TGP.

1. In Comus Admin set your text link format. Mine is

Code:

<A HREF="%url%" target="_tgp"><b>%desc%</b></A> <font color="#000000">(%cat%)</font><br>

This gives you the following output: Description (Category). There are many more you can set up.

2. Set the macros within the page where your text links will be. I use

Code:

{{all-links-40-1-query-new}}

Code:

{{all-links-40-1-query-age1}}

Code:

{{all-links-40-1-query-age2}}

This gives you 1 column with 40 links from each day.

3. Make sure you remove {{allowdupes}} from the head of the page and I added {{buildonce}}. Here is the entire comus code from the head of my page

Code:

{{buildonce}}
{{setquery-new-" periodsshown>-1 ORDER BY periodsshown,if(used,-rating,-999999999),refreshdelay DESC, rand() "}}
{{setquery-stage1-" periodsshown>0 order by clickperiods "}}
{{setquery-age1-" periodsshown>0 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}}
{{setquery-age2-" periodsshown>1 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}}
{{setquery-age3-" periodsshown>2 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}}

4. Delete all categories. Delete all thumbs. Just deleting the categories stil leaves the thumbs on your box so FTP into your site and go into the 'ct' file and delete the thumbs. Comus will rewrite new categories when you upload your new none thumb URLs.

5. Go to import and load your new galleries. I set the import up as URL,Description,Category,Number of pics/movies as I had written my text files that way to be imported. I imported about 4500 new text link galleries (the compilation of which will be the hard part) and it went pretty smooth. Just go back and check your Categories after you import and see if you have any screwy ones because maybe the comma was in the wrong place. I had about 10 where the description was where the Category should have been so I just deleted that category.

6. Click Build then when it is done click view and make sure the output is what you want.

Hope this helped a few of you! You still have about 3 weeks to get this done if you don't want to be burdened with the new 2257 regs. Just remember to keep all the old 2257 for stuff you have previously had on your site.

xxxice · 06-03-2005, 12:52 PM

Very cool

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 12:57 PM

No problem man! It was a pain to figure out and a few people have helped me so this is me giving something back.

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 01:39 PM

Wow all the way down to page 2 in less than 30 minutes. Are a lot of you closing up your TGPs, just saying screw 2257 or actually going to be 2257 compliant?

JD · 06-03-2005, 01:52 PM

won't the 4500 galleries you imported show as age0? and there won't be "new" shit the next day or am I just braindead?

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 02:04 PM

No, with the settings I used it filled them all.

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPeRMiNaToR

won't the 4500 galleries you imported show as age0? and there won't be "new" shit the next day or am I just braindead?

I misread your question. Galleries age after they have been listed on the page. Then depending on the click period and spin can be pulled again as new.

MrIzzz · 06-03-2005, 02:43 PM

excellent thread

i did something similar with one of my sites to test the textlinks, but i like the way you've set yours up better.

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 03:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrIzzz

excellent thread

i did something similar with one of my sites to test the textlinks, but i like the way you've set yours up better.

Thanks Izzz and thanks to Boneless over on the Comus Forum who gave me the last tip that pulled it all together.

4Pics · 06-03-2005, 03:57 PM

Another thing you could do, is just rename the thumbs dir to something else that isn't guessable and that way if 2257 gets upheld you can easily rename it back, also you can rename your current categories and add hidden to them so that way you could easily go back

DateDoc · 06-03-2005, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Pics

Another thing you could do, is just rename the thumbs dir to something else that isn't guessable and that way if 2257 gets upheld you can easily rename it back, also you can rename your current categories and add hidden to them so that way you could easily go back

I have the thumbs on my PC at home but they are not published anywhere.

DateDoc · 06-04-2005, 09:31 AM

bump for the Saturday folks!

JD · 06-05-2005, 11:39 AM

bump

taibo · 06-05-2005, 11:40 AM

good stuff

digifan · 06-05-2005, 12:34 PM

Boneles is one clever guy :P

DateDoc · 06-05-2005, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by digifan

Boneles is one clever guy :P

sure is

JD · 06-05-2005, 08:21 PM

Quote:

3. Make sure you remove {{allowdupes}} from the head of the page and I added {{buildonce}}. Here is the entire comus code from the head of my page

why remove allow dupes?

dopeman · 06-05-2005, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BusterPorn

Just remember to keep all the old 2257 for stuff you have previously had on your site.

what does this mean?

06-03-2005, 12:51 PM	#1
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Switching Comus From Thumbs To Text Hopefully this will help someone as it took me a day or so to figure it all out and sanitize my Comus TGP. 1. In Comus Admin set your text link format. Mine is Code: <A HREF="%url%" target="_tgp"><b>%desc%</b></A> <font color="#000000">(%cat%)</font><br> This gives you the following output: Description (Category). There are many more you can set up. 2. Set the macros within the page where your text links will be. I use Code: {{all-links-40-1-query-new}} Code: {{all-links-40-1-query-age1}} Code: {{all-links-40-1-query-age2}} This gives you 1 column with 40 links from each day. 3. Make sure you remove {{allowdupes}} from the head of the page and I added {{buildonce}}. Here is the entire comus code from the head of my page Code: {{buildonce}} {{setquery-new-" periodsshown>-1 ORDER BY periodsshown,if(used,-rating,-999999999),refreshdelay DESC, rand() "}} {{setquery-stage1-" periodsshown>0 order by clickperiods "}} {{setquery-age1-" periodsshown>0 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}} {{setquery-age2-" periodsshown>1 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}} {{setquery-age3-" periodsshown>2 order by periodsshown,(clicks/clickperiods) desc, rand() "}} 4. Delete all categories. Delete all thumbs. Just deleting the categories stil leaves the thumbs on your box so FTP into your site and go into the 'ct' file and delete the thumbs. Comus will rewrite new categories when you upload your new none thumb URLs. 5. Go to import and load your new galleries. I set the import up as URL,Description,Category,Number of pics/movies as I had written my text files that way to be imported. I imported about 4500 new text link galleries (the compilation of which will be the hard part) and it went pretty smooth. Just go back and check your Categories after you import and see if you have any screwy ones because maybe the comma was in the wrong place. I had about 10 where the description was where the Category should have been so I just deleted that category. 6. Click Build then when it is done click view and make sure the output is what you want. Hope this helped a few of you! You still have about 3 weeks to get this done if you don't want to be burdened with the new 2257 regs. Just remember to keep all the old 2257 for stuff you have previously had on your site. __________________

06-03-2005, 12:57 PM	#3
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	No problem man! It was a pain to figure out and a few people have helped me so this is me giving something back. __________________

06-03-2005, 01:39 PM	#4
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	Wow all the way down to page 2 in less than 30 minutes. Are a lot of you closing up your TGPs, just saying screw 2257 or actually going to be 2257 compliant? __________________

06-03-2005, 02:04 PM	#6
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	No, with the settings I used it filled them all. __________________

06-03-2005, 02:43 PM	#8
MrIzzz If u touch it, I will cum Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: long island Posts: 22,923	excellent thread i did something similar with one of my sites to test the textlinks, but i like the way you've set yours up better. __________________ WHO WANTS TO PLAY GRAB-ASS?

06-03-2005, 12:52 PM	#2
xxxice Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,042	Very cool

06-03-2005, 01:52 PM	#5
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	won't the 4500 galleries you imported show as age0? and there won't be "new" shit the next day or am I just braindead?

06-03-2005, 03:57 PM	#10
4Pics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 7,952	Another thing you could do, is just rename the thumbs dir to something else that isn't guessable and that way if 2257 gets upheld you can easily rename it back, also you can rename your current categories and add hidden to them so that way you could easily go back

06-04-2005, 09:31 AM	#12
DateDoc Outside looking in. Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: To Hell You Ride Posts: 14,243	bump for the Saturday folks! __________________

06-05-2005, 11:39 AM	#13
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	bump

06-05-2005, 11:40 AM	#14
taibo Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,720	good stuff

06-05-2005, 12:34 PM	#15
digifan The Profiler Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: ICQ 76281726 and I'm female Posts: 14,618	Boneles is one clever guy :P __________________ [email protected] Webair Rocks