NAME
`WWW::Promotion' - WWW::Promotion is a Perl module that allow to submit
your site to lot of search engines.
DESCRIPTION
WWW::Promotion is used to submit your site to lot of search engines. It
is possible to download SPT5 interface for WWW::Promotion at
http://www.tapor.com/promotion/. Also on http://www.tapor.com/promotion/
your may find huge database of search engines. WWW::Promotion is world
wide standart form promoting websites.
IMPORTED FUNCTIONS/VARS
%out=&WWW_Promotion(\%Promotion,\%Setup);
Description:
This function used to promote your website.
Usage:
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Required fields. If this fields not passed, module will not continue.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
$Promotion{'title'} = "Super Page";
$Promotion{'url'} = "http://www.url.com";
$Promotion{'description'} = "Blah-Blah this page is";
# In this feild you may use only internal categories of WWW::Promotion.
# See &GetInternalPromotionCategories() procedure.
$Promotion{'category'} = "Other";
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Not required fields. If this fields not passed, defaults will be used.
#---------------------------------------------------------------------
# Default: $Promotion{'description'} with words separated by ", "
$Promotion{'keywords'} = "Blah-Blah, this, page, is";
# Default: $Promotion{'description'}
$Promotion{'comments'} = "Blah-Blah this page is";
# Default "Mr."
$Promotion{'nametitle'} = "Mr.";
# Default: "John"
$Promotion{'firstname'} = "John";
# Default: "Doe"
$Promotion{'lastname'} = "Doe";
# Default: "W."
$Promotion{'middlename'} = "W.";
# Default: "$Promotion{'firstname'} $Promotion{'lastname'}"
$Promotion{'contactname'} = "John Doe";
# Default: Random generated email address with domain "@mail.com"
$Promotion{'email'} = "blah-blah\@mail.com";
# Default: "123 Baltimor Street 5"
$Promotion{'address'} = "123 Baltimor Street 5";
# Default: "Boston"
$Promotion{'city'} = "Boston";
# Default: "MA"
$Promotion{'state'} = "MA";
# Default: "United States of America"
$Promotion{'country'} = "United States of America";
# Default: "US"
$Promotion{'countrycode'} = "US";
# Default: "46723"
$Promotion{'zip'} = "46723";
# Default: "At Home"
$Promotion{'company'} = "At Home";
# Default: Random generated phone.
$Promotion{'phone'} = "1-234-567-8911";
# Default: Random generated fax.
$Promotion{'fax'} = "1-234-567-8911";
# Default: Random generated string with six chars.
$Promotion{'password'} = "password";
# Default: "English"
$Promotion{'language'} = "English";
# WWW::Promotion will use this file to print what it doing.
# Default: "/dev/null"
$Setup{'logfile'} = "/dev/null";
# Whitch proxy server module must use to connect to servers.
# If not spicified that SP5 will connect direct.
$Setup{'proxy'} = "blah-blah.com:8080";
# FASTMODE PROMOTION [tm]
# Does WWW::Promotion use fastmode ?
# 1 - yes
# 0 - no
# p.s: FASTMODE PROMOTION [tm] may be done only via proxy server.
# If executed without $Setup{'proxy'} module will exit with error.
# Default: 0
$Setup{'fastmode'} = 1;
# Timeout to connect to server.
# Default: 10
$Setup{'timeoutconnect'} = 10;
# Timeout to wait answer from server.
# Default: 60
$Setup{'timeoutrequest'} = 60;
# You may provide three directories that contains search engines.
# See "Search engine database" part of this document for more info about.
$Setup{'enginesdir1'} = "./ENGINES1";
$Setup{'enginesdir2'} = "./ENGINES2";
$Setup{'enginesdir3'} = "./ENGINES3";
# Output handler.
# See "Output handler" part of this document for more info about.
$Setup{'outputhandler'} = \&OutputHandler;
# Final action
# Execute Promotion
%out=WWW_Promotion(\%Promotion,\%Setup);
Output:
$out{'error'}
TRUE if error, then $out{'errortxt'} contains error description.
Search Engine Database (SEDB)
SEDB contains an information about search engines. WWW::Promotion will use
this
information to submit your URL.
SEDB it is a directory which contains files. Each file contains
an information about one search engine. Files has various names and may
reside in different subdirectories inside SEDB. This files has the following
format:
POST http://www.rex-search.com/add/add.cgi HTTP/1.0
Content: thispage=3&catnum=&url=<***URL***>&navigate=&yourname=<***CONTACTNAME***>&email=<***EMAIL***>&name=<***TITLE***>&keys=<***KEYWORDS***>&desc=<***DESCRIPTION***>&confirm=&urlfail=&refer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rex-search.com%2Fadd%2F&cat=<***CATEGORY***>&catkeep=Submit+this+Site
Or
GET http://www.ditto.com/urlrequest/AddResponse.asp?txtUserName=<***CONTACTNAME***>&txtURL=<***URL***>&txtEmail=<***EMAIL***>&submit1=Submit&xfrm=True&cs=AddRemoveURL&ac=AddRemoveURL&Action=Add HTTP/1.0
The first line describes which method to use for submit. Also it
contains the address where to post data. "HTTP/1.0" in this line unessential,
WWW::Promotion will ignore it. This line is required, without it the module
will log a bad file and process the next file. For method POST it is required
second line (Content:), which contains search engine cantent data. In method
GET content is placed in the first line through "?". In a case if the address
contains a relative address it is required third line (Host:), which describes
which address of server to use for connect.
Also the file may contain unessential lines:
Referer: http://www.ditto.com/urlrequest/addurl.asp
Inform the module to use this referer. Advanced technology, the engines
"think" you are submitting from their form.
Host: www.ditto.com
Inform the module which server to use for connect. It is required only when
the first line contains a relative address on a server
(for example " GET / HTTP/1.0 ").
Country: United States
Country of the search engine. WWW::Promotion uses this info for OutputHandler.
SEname: Magellan
Name of the search engine. WWW::Promotion uses this info for OutputHandler.
SEurl: http://www.url.com
URL of the search engine. WWW::Promotion uses this info for OutputHandler.
Server: Netscape-Enterprise/2.01
The software which is used in the search engine.
WWW::Promotion uses this info for OutputHandler.
Category: SEcat-Internet <***> Internet
Category: SEcat-Business <***> Business
Categories determined in the search engine. These lines may be more
than one. Format:
Category: (a category of the search engine)<***>(an internal category of the module).
The module will search for conformity of an internal category with a category
of a search engine. If you for example have defined an internal category "Other",
the module will search for line "Category: SEcat <***> Other" and
will use the category "SEcat" for submit. In a case if it does not find
the appropriate category it will use first of determined.
(Category:) it is required only when a content contains a key
<***CATEGORY***>. See below.
The content contains keys which in process of submiting of your URL will be
replaced with the data, which you have entered. The following keys can be used
in the content:
<***TITLE***> -> Ttile of the page (Ex: Super Page)
<***URL***> -> URL of the page (Ex: http://www.url.com)
<***URL-WITHOUT-HTTP***> -> URL without http:// (Ex: www.url.com)
<***DESCRIPTION***> -> Description (Ex: Blah-Blah this page is)
<***KEYWORDS***> -> Keywords (Ex: test, test2, test3)
<***ONERANDOMKEYWORD***> -> One random keyword. Keywords are separeted by
points. (Ex: test2)
<***CONTACTNAME***> -> Contact name (Ex: John Doe)
<***NAMETITLE***> -> Nametitle (Ex: Mr.)
<***FIRSTNAME***> -> Your first name (Ex: John)
<***MIDDLENAME***> -> Your middle name (Ex: W.)
<***LASTNAME***> -> Your last name (Ex: Doe)
<***EMAIL***> -> E-MAIL address (Ex: blah@blah.com)
<***ADDRESS***> -> Street address (Ex: 464 Ave Street Gold)
<***CITY***> -> City (Ex: Boston)
<***STATE***> -> State (Ex: MA)
<***COUNTRY***> -> Country (Ex: "United States of America")
<***COUNTRYCODE***> -> Country code (Ex: US)
<***ZIP***> -> ZIP code (Ex: 68738)
<***COMPANY***> -> Company name (Ex: IBM, Inc)
<***PHONE***> -> Phone (Ex: 1-234-233-2132)
<***FAX***> -> Fax (Ex: 1-234-233-2132)
<***RANDOM:50-60:***> -> Random number between 50 and 60.
<***PASSWORD***> -> Password (Ex: aaazzz)
<***CATEGORY***> -> Internal category (Ex: Other)
<***COMMENTS***> -> Comments (Ex: This page is)
<***LANGUAGE***> -> Language (Ex: English)
If you want to create your own file which describe a search engine use your
liked text editor or PERL script NEWSE.cgi delivered with SPT5
(http://www.tapor.com/promotion/).
See "demo/SEDB-DEMO" directory for SEDB files examples.
&OutputHandler() Procedure
It's procedure which will be called by the module for a conclusion of the data
about submit process. Procedure OutputHandler has the following format:
sub OutputHandler {
local (%data) = _;
}
Hash %data will contains data from WWW::Promotion module. The module sends
3 types of the data:
1. $data{'action'} eq "sendheader"
WWW:: Promotion tell to you to send header of HTML page to the client browser.
It's sent once by the module.
2 $data{'action'} eq "sedata"
WWW::Promotion tell you to send the information on the search engine, which
was processed.
3 $data{'action'} eq "sendfooter"
WWW::Promotion tell you to send footer of HTML page to the client browser.
It is sent once by the module.
When $data{'action'} it is equal "sedata" the hash %data contains also other
keys:
$data{'SEname'}
The name of the search engine. Defined if a file of search engine
contains a line (SEname:).
$data{'SEurl'}
The URL of the search engine. Defined if a file of search engine
contains a line (SEurl:).
$data{'se'}
Contains filename of file in a SE database. It is always defined.
$data {'Country'}
The country of the search engine. Defined if a file of search engine
contains a line (Country:).
$data{'error'}
TRUE if there was an error at submit process, $data {'errortxt'} contains the
text of the error.
$data {'Server'}
The software which is used in the search engine.
Defined if a file of search engine contains a line (Server:).
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999-2001 TAPOR, Inc. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.
http://www.tapor.com/promotion/