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Questions:
Answers:
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General: |
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Does Ads
Pro run on Windows Servers? |
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Yes. Ads Pro
will run on both Unix and Windows Servers |
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Do I
need to know Perl to set up Ads Pro? |
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No. Slight
knowledge will help you but it is not necessary.
The script includes a self setup and needs very little
configuration. |
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How can I pay for
Ads Pro? |
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MHF accepts
payments throught PayPal and 2Checkout. Both are
places which will process your credit card and send you
the registration code. You may use Credit Cards or
eChecks. |
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How long will it take to get my Registration Code after
paying? |
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You should
receive your code instantly. If you don't, email
us with the details and MHF will manually send your
code. |
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What do I do if I don't get my Registration Code? |
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If you do
not get your code in about 5 minutes after ordering,
email us and MHF will manually send your code. |
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Do you
offer installation on Ads Pro? |
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Yes.
If you purchase Ads Pro, we will install it for Free.
If you want the trial installed, the cost is $20.00 per
install. Installs are usually done the same day. |
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How do
I request an install for Ads Pro? |
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After you
have purchased Ads Pro, you will be assigned a username
and password to login to our
Members Area. You will see your transactions
for Scripts you have purchased and also will see a
button for requesting installs. If you are wanting
an unregistered version installed, email us with your
FTP address, username and password and we will get it
installed the same day usually. |
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Do I have to pay
for updates? |
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No.
All updates are free. |
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Can Advertisers log in and check their stats? |
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Yes.
Advertisers can have a unique login for checking their
stats. |
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Q. |
I already bought Ad Rotator, can I upgrade to Ads Pro? |
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Yes.
If you have already purchased Ad Rotator and want to
upgrade to Ads Pro, use the upgrade function in the
purchase section of this site to get your new
registration code. You will need to know your Ad Rotator
Registration Code in order to participate in the
upgrade. |
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Q. |
How can I suggest a new feature for Ads Pro? |
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MHF is
always eager to improve our Scripts. If you would
like to see a new feature added to any of the scripts,
email us and let us know. |
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After Ads Pro expires and I then register, will I lose
all my data? |
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No.
Once you enter your registration code, you will be able
to access Ads Pro like normal. All data will be
retained. |
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Is the trial
fully functional? |
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Yes.
The purpose of the 30 Day Trial is to let you see if you
like the script and to make sure it will run on your
server. All functions work fully. |
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I have lost my registration code, how do I get it again? |
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You can
login to the
Members Area and retrieve your registration code for
any script you have purchased. If you forgot your
username and password, you can have it re-emailed to you
from the login page. Use the same email address you used
when you purchased the script. |
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How can I get a Refund? |
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MHF will
only give refunds to someone if the script will not run
on their server. No refunds will be given for not
liking the script after you purchase it. In order to get
a refund, you must provide MHF with your FTP info and
allow MHF to try and get the script to run correctly on
your server. If MHF can not get it to work
correctly, you will be given a full refund. Please
download and try it first to make sure that it is what
you want and it will work on your server. The
trial is fully functional. |
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Technical:
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What is the $file_dir in the settings.pl file? |
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This is the
only thing that needs to be set in the settings.pl file.
It will tell the script where the files can be created
and updated. This need to be the path to the
folder on your server that will allow this.
Windows Server require the full path to this folder.
Examples:
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Unix: |
/home/r/a/randall1/public_html/cgi-bin/adspro/files |
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Windows: |
c:/WebsAuto/EH328/data/adspro |
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How do I find
the path to Perl? |
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The path to
Perl is usually /usr/bin/perl or /usr/local/bin/perl but
I have included a getenv.pl file which will tell you the
path to Perl and other variable you might need.. Just
upload it (Unix CHMOD to 755)
and then go to that url. http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/getenv.pl |
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How do I
find the path to SendMail? |
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The path to Sendmail is usually /usr/sbin/sendmail but I
have included a getenv.pl file which will tell you the
path to Sendmail and other variable you might need..
Just upload it (Unix CHMOD to 755)
and then go to that url. http://yoursite.com/cgi-bin/getenv.pl |
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I'm on a Windows Server, how do you CHMOD on the files
and folders? |
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Windows
Servers do not use CHMOD to change permissions on files
and folders. Permissions are inherited form the
folder above it so if you create a folder in a folder
that already has write permissions, it will inherit
those write permissions. |
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How does Ads Pro Send Mail on a Windows Server? |
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Sending mail
on a Windows Server is a little different then on a Unix
Server. Ads Pro uses a module called
Sendmail.pm which uses a SMTP Server to do all the
mailing.
Sendmail.pm must be installed on your server in
order to send mail on a Windows Server. You can
also use a mailer called JMail. JMail also needs
to be installed on your server to run but this is
a very common method of sending mail in a NT/2000
Server. Choose which you want to use and upload
the appropriate ntmail.pl file to your cgi-bin/adspro
folder. |
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Common
Errors: |
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My Registration Code is not working for some reason. |
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Make sure
you are inputting the correct registration code.
You can login to the
Members Area to verify your code. The code is
case sensitive. |
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I don't see any of the images in the Admin Area. |
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Make sure
that you have the correct path in the configuration
screen and that you have uploaded all the images to that
folder on your server. |
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I'm calling banners using SSI but no banners are showing
up. |
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Some servers
require your pages to end in .shtm or .shtml in order to
run SSI on that page. They might also only set up
SSI if you request it so make sure that you are allowed
to run SSI. Also, try to change the way you call
the script from your page. Example:
<!--#exec cgi=
can be changed to
<!--#include
virtual= |
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I'm calling banners using SSI and it is printing headers
above the banner. |
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This happens
in Windows Server running IIS. If your using SSI
on a Windows Server, you might need to add meta name
above your SSI call:
<meta name="hideHeader" content= ""
Example:
<meta name="hideHeader" content= ""
<!--#exec cgi="/cgi-bin/adspro/ads.pl?campaign=2&type=ssi"
--> |
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Q. |
I have uploaded all the files and followed all the
instructions but it still doesn't work. |
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Try to just
start over and remove all files and folders. Then
try again. Here are some things to remember:
- Upload
all .pl files in ASCII mode.
- Upload
all images in Binary mode.
- Unix -
CHMOD to 777 on the files folder and 755 on all the
.pl files.
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Windows - No need to CHMOD.
- Make
sure you have the correct path in the settings.pl file
for the $file_dir.
- After
all of the above are done, go to the admin.pl file
first.
http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/adspro/admin.pl
If all
else fails, MHF will set it up for you. Install is
free when you purchase the script. |
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Read the documentations for instructions
on installing the script to your NT server... |
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