Googlebot & Spiders

[Lothos Von Omega]

No probs. I have just solved that one .  Now that I've installed this MOD, I get this:

Type Action Description
1. Execute Modification ./index.php Success
2. Execute Modification ./SSI.php Success
3. Execute Modification ./Sources/BoardIndex.php Success
4. Execute Modification ./Sources/ManagePermissions.php Success
5. Execute Modification ./Sources/ModSettings.php Success
6. Execute Modification ./Sources/Subs.php Success
7. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.english.php Success
8. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/languages/Modifications.spanish.php Success
9. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/index.template.php Success
10. Execute Modification ./Themes/default/BoardIndex.template.php Success
11. Execute Code install.php

This seems all good, but I can't seem to find any spider settings in the permissions.  The only difference I see is the user online list as I have installed the who.template.php MOD seperately.

[MoreBloodWine]

If your using a custom theme instead of the default one youll need to modify your custom theme files to make the mod work...

[Lothos Von Omega]

Nope, it's the default theme.

[MoreBloodWine]

Nope, it's the default theme.

Well then it should be working / showing... go into admin click features & options and see if theres a " Googlebot & Spiders " link... if so click that it should open up all the admin options for the mod... if you have it installed on the default theme and are using the default theme then I dont see how it could not be working unless you have it installed on a SMF version its not made for...

[Lothos Von Omega]

Well, my version is SMF 1.0.9, and as these spider settings are not there, that has got to mean that the MOD isn't compatible with 1.0.9, although no errors were displayed after a successful installation as it claimed.

This is all there is still:

Basic Forum Features 
Layout and Options 
Search 
Avatars 
Attachments 
Karma 
Calendar

[MoreBloodWine]

Well, I'm at somewhat of a loss then bec after you click features and options there should be a googlebot & spiders link at the top of the page "not on the side"... so if its not showing then its can only be one of two things...

1. Not compatible with your SMF version...
2. Something went wrong in the install even though its not showing as an error...

You could try upgrading to 1.1RC3 as thats what I'm using and everythings working just fine for me...

Edit : I just looked at the mod page and it says its compatible ith 1.0.6 , 1.0.8 , 1.1 RC2 , 1.1 RC3

I dont see 1.0.9 in there but it should still work... so long as you downloaded one of the 1.0.x versions... and not one of the 1.1 versions... but still you should upgrade to 1.1 RC3 so long as your confortbale running a forum on software thats not final... but so far ive no issue runnin 1.1 RC3 with any of the 13 mods I have installed one of which is this mod...

[Lothos Von Omega]

Upgrading could be dodgy, I could lose all posts made. (Sorry to go off-topic)

[MoreBloodWine]

Upgrading could be dodgy, I could lose all posts made. (Sorry to go off-topic)

So long as you use the upgrade version of the RC3 software you shouldnt lose anything just make a backup of all your files and databases... an if something does go wrong which i shouldnt then your fine.. but if something did go wrong you just install all the backups you made and your good to go... either way youve nothing to lsoe but what half an hr of time...

[Lothos Von Omega]

I tried but the upgrade failed.  I give up and will give up trying to get the spider Mod to work.

[MoreBloodWine]

Dont give up yet man it really is great mod... just wait til someone whos knows about coding or whatever to come and help better than I could...

[SlyBaldGuy]

Can anyone tell me how to manually install THIS mod?  I have successfully manually installed other mods, so I don't need generic instructions.  I can't install this mod for the life of me.  When I think I have it installed (I see the permissions) I go and check and it shows that I only have 1 guest viewing the site, but in reality there's several others.  If those guests happen to be spiders, then it's not properly displaying the spiders.

I'm using version 1.0.9 with the Classic theme.  Any help would be appreciated.

[Lothos Von Omega]

Dont give up yet man it really is great mod... just wait til someone whos knows about coding or whatever to come and help better than I could...

Now that my MySQL database has now been ruined, I can no longer access my board.  I will have to delete the board and install a later version as the upgrade has caused database damage.

[MoreBloodWine]

Well , I did suggest that before you upgrade / attempted to upgrade that you backup all files and databases... but I am sorry something went wrong...

[Lothos Von Omega]

I did back it up, but it fails also.  I have lost the whole board.  Re-installation fails.  I am going back to Invision.  That mod is dangerous.

[Niteblade]

Gettin' ready for 1.1 Final?

[spence_noodle]

  what a great mod. I've got it too work with a theme I'm using (called Pn-Pn (for 1.1 RC3) by koni). Anyway to get it to work is easy, you will need to modify three files:

• yourtheme/index.template.php
• yourtheme/BoardIndex.template.php
• yourtheme/languages/Modifications.english(or what ever).php

Backup those three files first into a backup directory on your hard disk, just incase the mod does not work, at least you have a backup original copy.

Now open (if you have not already un-zipped the files into a directory on your hard disk) install.xml.

Look for the following lines:

• <file name="$languagedir/Modifications.english.php">
• <file name="$themedir/index.template.php">
• <file name="$themedir/BoardIndex.template.php">

And look what lines need to be edited in each file. Don't worry, they are not many and with a quick copy and paste into the search box you can then find each line very easily.

Open each file and modify to what the install.xml file says.

Now upload each file to it's directory for the theme your using, login to admin in your forum, go to "Features and Options" and you should now see the link for this mod.

Hope this helps everyone,

spence

[SlyBaldGuy]

Thanks Spence.  I've tried modifying to what the install.xml file says and I must not understand what it's trying to say because it doesn't work afterward.  As I've said, I have successfully manually installed several mods, but this one baffles me.  Can anyone spell out what I need to find and replace, or add to?

[justafishermen]

This is a great mod. I love it! But is there any way to add the spiders and bots to a member group? I have all my forums setup so you have to login to view the content so the spiders can only list the forum title but no threads without being in the members group.

[fireboy]

hi friends,
sorry, i want to remove this mod of my forum, but i can't do it.
please help me ...

[justafishermen]

This is a great mod. I love it! But is there any way to add the spiders and bots to a member group? I have all my forums setup so you have to login to view the content so the spiders can only list the forum title but no threads without being in the members group.

No one knows if this is possible?