Hi Folks,

Since the topic description of this forum is "What did you do to Dew-New-PHPlinks and how do you use it ... talk about general usage and customization" I felt this was the best forum to "brag" about my website. I've had several dew-code link installations over the years, each one has served it's purpose. The installation behind this post is my "Premier Web Guide" at http://www.premierwebguide.com. It started as a simple web directory so I could list client websites with specific in-bound text links. It has become a lot more since then.

A few months back I decided to update the Premier Web Guide, mostly to ensure the back-end code was as up-to-date as possible and that every feature worked. I downloaded the most current version and re-applied my modifications, sorta like starting over fresh. That Captcha feature is nice. I had already prevented spam submissions a long time back, but I'ld swear that when the bots find a Captcha they leave without even trying to post. Some of my current modifications are -->

Visible to everyone:
* Page titles, descriptions, and keywords are more unique for each page and "fun" for others.
* Added the site name to owners.html and review.html
* Added the site description to review.html and review_add.html
* Added the functions of in.php to Review_add.html (to try an get more 'link-back' compliance)
* Added Dewd's new RSS feed of the last 25 submitted items
* Added more ads

Hidden to most:
* Added emailing to site owner upon site submission
* Modified the bookmarklet javascript and add.html with secret code allowing me to use html code in the description without having to log in to the admin side

Being Contemplated
* Thinking about previous/next buttons on multi-page situations

I had ads on Premier Web Guide prior to this update so I compromised and left most of Dewds while added my own. I also was nice and added Dewd's Google code into the ads rotation for my joke site (significantly more traffic).

DewNewPHPLinks is a software good foundation for a link directory website. Once one is accustomed to the coding sytle, it is easy to manipulate.

Now that this is posted, I will notice all the minor tidbits left stringing along on my website.

dcphosting_services

Nice, glad you have found the script useful, and possibly what attracted me to it in the first place, bendable to meet various needs.

Part of my whole vision for it was that it was easy to get under the hood, even PHP novices can make a tweak here an there by editing code. I know there are tons of scripts touting "no knowledge required", to me that is not a selling point, especially since I get under the hood anyway to get those scripts to do what I want them to.

Kind of like my Dad said once, you wanna drive a car? Then you should know how it works, at least fundamentally, so I have tried to leave much of the code in simpler procedural style, instead of being object oriented.

Anyway, I did notice that you are using the script as your main site. This FAQ entry might interest you.
http://www.dew-code.com/content/view/34/25/

When I look back at my post I see some sort of a dufus. I didn't even finish the stupid title to the post, and some of my sentences looked pretty bad too.

I was undecided about the exact term to follow "be" or even the exact title so I moved on.

It actually took me the whole day to do the post. I use my own DNS server pulling from root only and filtered by lists from various sources, some of which are over-zealous in including all advertising sources. It took 3 attempts at white listing paypal.com before I even could see the donate button! (It takes 35 minutes to run ConFetch.)

I also wanted to make sure everthing was working.

The title should have been: Premier Web Guide with DewNewPHPLinks is a Sucess.


In regards to the default directory page, wouldn't "DirectoryIndex directory" be easier?

No security risk in showing this part - Here's the .htaccess from PWG:

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
php_value session.use_trans_sid 1
#php_value register_globals 1
</IfModule>
<Files "\.error$">
# ForceType x-httpd-php
#ForceType application/x-httpd-php
# AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .error
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php .error
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
# SetHandler application/x-httpd-php5
</Files>
#Set Error pages
ErrorDocument 500 /500.error
ErrorDocument 404 /404.error
ErrorDocument 403 /403.error
DirectoryIndex directory
<Files *>
order allow,deny
allow from all
deny from 58.213.153.48
deny from 58.225.137.253
deny from 59.56.177.8
deny from 59.93.25.134
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</Files>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# Block Bad Bots
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Wget [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Webster\ Pro [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^psbot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^TurnitinBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^dragostea [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^al_viewer [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Huasai [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^webcollage [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DotBot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Morfeus [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (Mozilla/4.76)+ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^anonymous [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule .* - [F]

Sure since you have access to httpd.conf go for it, few people do, and I suspect even fewer manage their own DNS server.