Googlebot & Spiders

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

I just installed this on smf 1.0.5, I have about 12 mods installed besides this one. I downloaded the "Who.template.php" file and used it to. Everything is working fine and it all shows up in whos online, but I have a theme called "coolmetal" installed is there anything I have to change to get teh spiders to show up on the forum index I also have simple portal installed. Can anyone help

just open the .xml, and check what strings to search for, and what to put/replace in you new template.

or if you have a backup, use a tool to check for the differences before/after the mod was installed. a great tol is WinMerge (http://winmerge.sourceforge.net/)

ja ne!

[Bigguy]

I like that tool and I will check it out. As for the xml file, which one there is an install.xml and package-info.xml. Probably in the later I would think but I`m not sure.

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

I like that tool and I will check it out. As for the xml file, which one there is an install.xml and package-info.xml. Probably in the later I would think but I`m not sure.

is in install.xml

but i think will be easier to check the diff with winmerge

[Bigguy]

ok let me install winmerge....done. Ok now I take the boardindex.template.php and what other one ? a backup of it if there is one and compare them ?

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

ok let me install winmerge....done. Ok now I take the boardindex.template.php and what other one ? a backup of it if there is one and compare them ?

indeed

i suppose the backup is called ~Boardindex.template.php

ja ne!

[Bigguy]

I dont have a backup of that file in my themes directory under the theme coolmetal. (This is the one I want to edit, its the theme I`m using).

[DemonicInfluence]

then you have to re download the files. Then use winmerge

[Bigguy]

I have it installed, it does work. In the portal I can see the users and the guests, but the guests dont show up as spiders on the portal, thats fine. When I go to the forum index it shows the users but doesnt show ANY guests including spiders. When I click on the "whos online" it shows the Users the guests and the spiders. All I want is for the spdiers and the guests to both show on the forum index. I have the mod here on my desktop if that helps, but I dont see how re-downloading the files is going to help me. Sorry if i`m not understanding correctly.

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

since you are using a different theme than default, that's why the changes aren't displayed properly.

for a quick check of what was installed modified, you can install on your pc a apache/php server (wampserver is pretty cool), install smf, backup, and then apply the mod

after you install the mod, you must diff the files on your pc smf installation against the backup you made.

Since you have a lot of mods, and have a theme that noone knows which is, is very difficult for me, to tell you exactly what to change.

[Bigguy]

The portal, Simple download and the style "Coolmetal" are all from "SimplePortal 1.0 by and © Nesianstyles" If that helps at all. My site can be seen at http://www.mywworld.com

[Bigguy]

I have tried winmerge and made changes to the Boardindex.template.php but the spiders still do not show up on the forum index.

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

what's your url?

[Bigguy]

I might not have the permissions set so you can see it all but the url is http://www.mywworld.com

EDIT: I have changed permissions for guests.

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

I might not have the permissions set so you can see it all but the url is http://www.mywworld.com

EDIT: I have changed permissions for guests.

if you use the default theme, you can see the bots on boardindex?

[Bigguy]

So I cannot use this mod with this theme Is there no way. I would have to change back to the default theme in order to use this

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

So I cannot use this mod with this theme Is there no way. I would have to change back to the default theme in order to use this

i'm just asking if that when you use default theme you can see the spiders.if the answer is yes, then it was installed properly. if the answer is no, then isn't installed properly...

if default works ok, then plz send me your theme (zipped) to obazavil[ @ ]gmail.com, so i can check it

[Bigguy]

ok well let me change themes here for a minute and we will see. I have also just used winmerge again to redo the changes to the boardindex.template.php file and uploaded it to my cpanel.

[Bigguy]

Ok I changed the boardindex like it says above changed themes to default and then back again and now it is reading the spiders. Thanks for your help.

[Omar Bazavilvazo]

Ok I changed the boardindex like it says above changed themes to default and then back again and now it is reading the spiders. Thanks for your help.

so... is working? or isn't?

[Bigguy]

These are the steps I took to install this mod on smf 1.0.5:

1. uninstalled fasterparse code
2. installed the mod via package manager
3. used Winmerge to make changes to the "BoardIndex.template.php" file on the theme I wanted to use
4. Got alot of help and pointers from the good people here (Omar Bazavilvazo,Libo just to mention a few)
5. I set the permissions and now the spiders show on the index of the forum and in the "whos online"

To answer your question Omar Bazavilvazo yes it is working great.