Techinical issues regarding installing GodfatherBomb, and the GBomb "Configuration" page. If your having a problem, or can offer help with server paths, mail configs, etc.

Hi Kurt,

The installation didn't go bad at all. The only problem I have at this time is the Cron job section. When I press the "Reset Cron" button in the configuration area, I get the message "Cron job is not installed" is present.

Are there instructions to configure it manually or preferably through the web host's control panel? I would need to know the command for it.

Also, the other question that comes to mind is are there any instructions for implementing the subscription process for the subscriber, for example, the subscription box on your website? Thanks.

Romel

Romel,

> Are there instructions to configure it manually or
>preferably through the web host's control panel? I would
>need to know the command for it.

Romel, this is probably a question that would be better answered by your host...

> Also, the other question that comes to mind is are there
>any instructions for implementing the subscription process
>for the subscriber, for example, the subscription box on
>your website? Thanks.

Click on "Mailing Lists", select "Edit" for the list you want, and the code will appear, bottom/right "Subscription Form".

Then, just paste in into the html of the webpages/templates you want the box to appear.

Or, you can send them directly to the "User Admin" page by just creating a link to that page.

For example:
http://www.lizardz.com/cgi-bin/zinebomb/zinebomb.cgi/

> The installation didn't go bad at all. The only problem I
>have at this time is the Cron job section. When I press the
>"Reset Cron" button in the configuration area, I get the
>message "Cron job is not installed" is present.
>
> Are there instructions to configure it manually or
>preferably through the web host's control panel? I would
>need to know the command for it.

I would like to know why it's not working on your server.

Anyway, you may add the cron job either via your control panel or from shell. For this, you need to know the full path to the script. Not the URL, but the filesystem path as for rss sources.

The command is
/path/to/zinebomb.cgi /cron/

Note the space between zinebomb.cgi and /cron/. The former is the executable script and the latter is a parameter.

To add new cron job via shell, login via SSH and type
crontab -l
It will list you the existing cron jobs. Then type
crontab -e
The editor window will be opened, where you can modify or add cron jobs. Add a line
*/5 * * * * /path/to/zinebomb.cgi /cron/
save the file and exit. This line will add a cron job for every 5 minutes.

Most probably, you can add a cron job via a control panel of your hosting. The concrete instructions depend on the type of the control panel, but in general you need to do the following:
Find a setting "Cron Jobs" -> "Add a cron job". There you will find five entries for minute, hour, day, month, and day of week and the command entry. The command is the same
/path/to/zinebomb.cgi /cron/
For hour, day, month, and day of week, set *, which means "every".
Set */5 in the "minutes" field.

Hope this will help you.

Kirill.

Hi,

Can't found out how to test GBomb, where to buy or download GBomb? I would like to try.

Bob

Hello Kurt and Kirill,

Thanks for the information. I would like to know why it's not working on my server as well. When I press the "Reset Cron" button, the screen refreshes and I get the "Cron job is not installed" message highlighted in red. I was hoping to at least see an error message I that could give me feedback. I wouldn't have expected cron to give me this much trouble.

I tried */2 * * * * /usr/www/users/path/to/cgi-bin/godfatherbomb/zinebomb.cgi /cron/ manually and I saw that it was indeed running with the crontab -l command. I don't see any cron daemon messages in my email either. I'm not sure what else to do or what to tell my web host to do that may correct the problem. Are there any permissions that I might need to be set higher on my server for any files or folders?

Help, Obi-Kurt and Obi-Kerill, you are my only hope (Star Wars). Any more ideas that you can give me?

Romel

>Can't found out how to test GBomb, where to buy or download
>GBomb? I would like to try.
>

Bob,

Godfatherbomb is only availble to a few people right now. It will be available in about a week.

Thanks...

>Hello Kurt and Kirill,
>
> Thanks for the information. I would like to know why it's
>not working on my server as well. When I press the "Reset
>Cron" button, the screen refreshes and I get the "Cron job
>is not installed" message highlighted in red. I was hoping
>to at least see an error message I that could give me
>feedback. I wouldn't have expected cron to give me this
>much trouble.
>
> I tried */2 * * * *
>/usr/www/users/path/to/cgi-bin/godfatherbomb/zinebomb.cgi
>/cron/ manually and I saw that it was indeed running with
>the crontab -l command. I don't see any cron daemon
>messages in my email either.

Romel...

Is it running/working in test mode? If so, it would see the error is the error message.

In test mode, it will send messages as fast as once every two minutes. If it's doing this, cron is working...

Hi Kurt,

I finally got an error message. I ran the cron job from my control panel. The error is as follows:

ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:

Cannot open file 'data/config.lck': Permission denied at lib/Gamma/Storage.pm line 27.

Romel

> I finally got an error message. I ran the cron job from
>my control panel. The error is as follows:
>
> ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
>
> Cannot open file 'data/config.lck': Permission denied at
>lib/Gamma/Storage.pm line 27.

You need to set 'writable by all' permissions to the files in the 'data' directory. You may do this from your FTP client or from command line.
But you may need to download these files, remove them from your server, and upload them again before changing permissions.

Kirill

That worked! I had to downloaded all the files (.htaccess, config.dat, config.lck and errors.log), remove them from my server and then upload them again before I could change the permissions (CHMOD 777).

After I did that I got the message (using the examples in the readme file to test it out):

ZineBomb - ERROR:
cannot write to file
Context: /usr/www/users/path/to/archives/links-keyword.txt
Reason: Permission denied

I followed the same procedure above for the links-keyword.txt. I then saw the message-20031210181804.html file in the archive directory and the <a href="message-20031210181804.html">The Godfather Weekly Tribune</a> - 12-10-2003<br> HTML in the links-keyword.txt.

I don't know why my server doesn't accept the automatic cron job, but this worked. Thanks Kirill and Kurt.

Romel

Kurt,

Just wanted to tell you that GFB slipped right in, not one burp! (on H4P)

No "red" showing!

Now, to figure out the "testing" part...Learning Curve, I'm BAAAAACK!

Thanks again...for everything,

John

>Kurt,
>
>Just wanted to tell you that GFB slipped right in, not one
>burp! (on H4P) ...
>John

Cool
Thanks for sharing this, John...
I'm on H4P as well and I was about to
contact them to ask a couple of things,
but I guess now I can go ahead and see
if everything works as smoothly as it
did in your case! ...fingers crossed

Cheers,
Saul

Saul,

I followed the README implicitedly and didn't have one burp. Cron even seemed to be flawless. Setup a test newsletter and I've been getting it now regularly for the last 3 days.

If you have any burps, let me know and we can cross check with my files.

John

Kurt,

Apart from my little blip at the begining that Nick so quickly fixed for me, Godfather Bomb is coming along nicely on my site.

I have managed to configure and input my feeds with no problem, even sending test to my email, no problem.

I am well impressed Kurt, I thought I would hit stumbling blocks, major stumbling blocks along the way because of the CRON and MYsql stuff. But they are totally self explanatory and I had no problems to shout home about with doing all this through Cpanel:)

But could I ask though if its possible to change the header on all admin pages from "Zinebomb 1.0" to what ever like "ComputerBE Subscription"? And how would I do it?

Or is this a copyright thing?

Better get back and master this baby:)

Andy

>But could I ask though if its possible to change the header
>on all admin pages from "Zinebomb 1.0" to what ever like
>"ComputerBE Subscription"? And how would I do it?
>
>Or is this a copyright thing?
>
>Better get back and master this baby:)

Andy...

It's all controlled through a template system. Try templates/cover.html

(I think that's the correct template)

I've had installation problems on one H4P site. I've tried it several times but keep getting a blank page when I try to log in to the zinebomb.cgi/admin screen for the first time

I tried installing it on another of my H4P sites and this went smoothly but that's not the site I want it on!

The only difference I can see between the sites is that the one which doesn't work had an large existing MySQL base.

Any ideas?

Pearson Brown

Pearson,

You will probably need to have your host install another mysql database, or you will probably need to add the tables "by hand" in your mysql admin, if you "share" the database.

Thanks Kurt,

I have had a little play round with what you said about the templates and the cover template especially. I am going to have to spend some more time looking into it, because I tried it and I rearranged the blooming navi links at the top instead of just the header:(

So I will put it down on my to do list and post back here when I have sorted it:)

Cheers

Andy

Hey, Saul,

You up and running? I just noticed something. My email isn't including any pheeds!

I placed 4 pheed URLs into BBX.

Kurt told me how to place the rss info into the GfB templates.

Ran a test and got the following on EVERYTHING:
cannot read file
(/home/inter156/inter156-www/cgi-bin/bbx/data/cache/user-1.xml)

You or anyone reading this got a clue as to what I've missed?

Thanks,

John

>Hey, Saul,
>
>You up and running? I just noticed something. My email
>isn't including any pheeds!
>
>I placed 4 pheed URLs into BBX.
>
>Kurt told me how to place the rss info into the GfB
>templates.
>
>Ran a test and got the following on EVERYTHING:
>cannot read file
>(/home/inter156/inter156-www/cgi-bin/bbx/data/cache/user-1.xml)
>
>
>You or anyone reading this got a clue as to what I've
>missed?
>

John,

It looks like a wrong path set in the config page. Are you sure the directory is /bbx/? Or are you missing a directory along the way?
cgi-bin/bbx/blogbomb?/data/

Or, less likely, it could just be a bad pheed.

Kurt,

Instead of /cgi-bin/blogbomb/data, I use /cgi-bin/bbx/data. Did this change of mine screw with something hardcoded within the program? The 'data' folder is 777.

John

Kurt,

Plus, there is no /cache/ folder!

John

Kurt,

FYI only

Put cache folder in and CHMOD'd to 777. Retried 'test' and got the same thing as I posted earlier.

John

Kurt,

Gawd, I hate it when you're right all the time. LOL

I got a "wee bit miff'd" and put my own blog pheed in "/bbx/" ONLY. Then, again in GfB. Guess what happened next? Yep. It worked! The other FOUR pheeds are D-E-A-D!

So, I guess I'm ready to get "up and crankin' now!" Thanks for the 'suggestion.'

John
PS...To all my "Bomber Buds," have a Great Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!

Kurt,

Changes made in "Edit Templates", "Accept" are not transfered to the outgoing email. What would be the cause of this?

John

>Changes made in "Edit Templates", "Accept" are not
>transfered to the outgoing email. What would be the cause
>of this?

John,

Make sure you do both, "Edit Templates", then "Accept".

"Edit Templates" just updates the template. Once the template is updated, the "List" also has to be updated by then clicking "Accept".

John,

After you click accept, you must click "modify" once the page refreshes. This in effect saves your changes.

Ok,

"Dufus-Mode" has set in here. Let's go through it, click by click, screen by screen, in sequence, because I have followed both instructions by Kurt and Nick and it still doesn't "take."

John

John,

1. Go to "Mailing Lists".

2. Either create a new list or select "Edit" for an exisiting list.

3. Click "Preview and Edit Templates".

4. Add GBomb tags to templates, such as: {rss:1,3=3}

5. Click "Accept".

6. Now, you should be taken back to the "main List page".

7. From Main List Page: Click "ADD".

Kurt,
Can Gbomb be set to check for changes in the xml feeds that
you are using- and if no changes exist, then can it decline
to send out an email to the list?

James

James...

No, GBomb doesn't check.

It's best to research resources and check to see how often they update. Most of the resources for news and blogs tell the time of the update.

I use a "half of the slowest day" forumla. For example, I do a search, then look to see how many items are indexed for each day for the past week. If the lowest number of items for a day is 6, then I only use 3 pheeds.

But if it's not updated often enough, it doesn't make it in. Just do a little more research.

Remember, not all topics are "newsworthy" and update many times a day.

If your resouces don't update frequently enough, then you'd probably be better off doing a weekly or monthly newsletter.

Also note that your first day and second day archives will often be "dupes", because 24 hours haven't yet elasped. It'll need a full 24 hours, then check to see about updates. So compare Day 2 and Day 3 (and beyond), but not Day 1 and Day 2.

Kurt (or Kirill),

Got a 'cron' question. Kurt, I got the 'edit' to TAKE. Thanks for the 'walkthrough.' Sometimes, I'm just that way. Gotta be the age crap trying to sneak up on me.

Now, I have this as my 'cron' statement on the server:

*/2 * * * * /home/inter156/inter156-www/cgi-bin/gfb/zinebomb.cgi /cron/

Still, it's not sending to me, other than an email at 11:02pm at night. Is there something I've missed?

John

>Still, it's not sending to me, other than an email at
>11:02pm at night. Is there something I've missed?

John...

If GBomb is sending nitely at 11:02, then cron is working. It could be a number of things.

Maybe your host limits cron jobs per day, or you have sent cron to update every 24 hours on the Config page.

Or, have you entered into "testing mode" and then clicked "Edit"?

It's also possible that the emails are being sent, but are blocked by spam filters, etc.

Ah, Kurt,

Merry Christmas!

"Or, have you entered into "testing mode" and then clicked "Edit"?"

THAT was the magic question! Edit->Testing->Modify

Now, it's ALL working correctly! Dude, you definitely gotta put together a "walkthrough" for the newbies.

From "South of the Border," we wish all our fellow (and sister) Bombers "Feliz Navidad" and a Great Prosperous New Year!

Now......to the party! See ya!

John

Odd problem---

Those of you who are receiving Kurt's Warrior Pheed Newsletter may have noticed this already. I just noticed it last night.

My 'link' within that publication is shown as:
http://www.internetprofitsoftware.com/nuke/Amx.phpindex.php?itemid=67

There should be a "/" between "Amx.php" and "index.php". When inserted at the browser, the link works properly.

My quandry is this: I use Nucleus Software for the Blog and BlogBombExtreme/GodfatherBomb for my publication. I see this problem in both Kurt's and my publications. This leads me to suspect the culprit is Nucleus, rather than Kurt's Bombs.

Can someone give me an opinion, educated guess, or direction as to how to correct this? I'm at a bit of a loss as to where to look and what to look for.

Thanks,

John

John,

If you look at the link in the XML Nucleus provides, you'll see that's how the link is being generated:

http://www.internetprofitsoftware.com/nuke/xml-rss2.php

Look at the second <link> tag...

Although I won't "support" Nucleus, it looks like you've left out a / somewhere in the config/admin. Or, Nucleus has a bug.

About a "walk through", once GBomb is sold to the "public", install will be included.

Kurt,

I've checked config, admin, xmlskin, everything and can't find a place where the insertion of the "/" will go. I've got two requests into the Nuc support forum but still no answers. If they give me a "fix", I'll post it here in case someone else has the 'glitch.'

As for the 'walkthrough,' it wasn't refering to the installation. It was in reference to the actual 'use' of the program. How to enter, where to enter, what to enter, step-by-step. The current README sort of 'glosses' over these steps. I'm sure you're ahead of me on this topic.

My comment is due to my own questions, even though I have a good understand of other things, I was 'new' to the bombs. I realize that you put the program out first for those who are familiar with the past products. I was not. So, I entered completely green. Through your help and the help of others, I've come to see the power and advantage of BBX & GfB and truly appreciate being included in the 'first group.'

I do know now that my current problem is NOT with BBX or GfB. It's a Nuc issue.

John

John I had the same problem with Nucleus rss feed.. but I solved it how that is a good question

I just found it
=> Nucleus Management => Edit Templates => edit xmlrss2
I changed :
<link><%blogurl%>index.php?itemid=<%itemid%></link>
to :
<link><%blogurl%>/index.php?itemid=<%itemid%></link>

I added the / before index.php that's it !!
I did it also for comments...

Tasari
Internet Marketing Warrior
http://airline-tickets.bestsecrets.com/airline-tickets.html

LAST EDITED ON Dec-27-03 AT 12:33 PM (PST)
 
Tas,

You're a dream. LOL I haven't received a reply from the Nuc forum in 2 days about that question. Glad you saw it here. You've given me the correct "fix." I do appreciate it.

I tested the "fix" with GfB just now and all is well in Mexi-Land. LOL So, I can honestly say now that the BBX/GfB is clicking 100%!

How's that, Kurt? Coming from a "newbie" bomber!

I've been playing with GfB more and more, mainly due to this problem, and have been taking info from this forum and 'testing' on my platform/operation. Starting to feel "comfortable" with it. Guess I can relax now and enjoy the rest of the Holidays.

Again, Thanks, Tas, for that "Christmas Present!"

John
PS...Tas, I relayed your "fix" over to the Nucleus Forum, giving you credit for the "find."

Glad I could help you

Tasari
Internet Marketing Warrior
http://airline-tickets.bestsecrets.com/airline-tickets.html

LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-04 AT 03:07 PM (PST)
 
Tas, or whomever,

EDIT: Disregard. I found it.

I am working on the "archive" section of GfB. SSI is new to me.

I'm told that I either use .shtml for the 'includes' or .html WITH .htaccess. Now, I've found that .shtml works but GfB outputs archive pages in .html so I'm back to square one.

I've looked on the web (prior to bringing this question here) and can't find it. Possibly, I don't know what query to use. I've searched the forum. It's not mentioned, as far as I can find.

How does a person use .htaccess to trigger an .html "includes" file, such as the GfB Archives, where is it placed, and what's contained within it? Three questions I can't find the answers to.

Since it wasn't part of the "load-up," I can only guess that it's something we're supposed to already know. Well, I don't know.

Thanks,

John
END/EDIT - Disregard
=====================================================
However---

Can someone share a file with me that shows how to include the archive index listing on a page??? That's got me stumped!

John

LAST EDITED ON Jan-01-04 AT 03:23 PM (PST)
 
Create a simple text file and name it: .htaccess

Paste this single line of text in it:

AddHandler server-parsed .html

And upload it to your archive directory. Don't forget it may "disapear" on your server after it's uploaded.

If you have multiple archives, you will need to upload an .htaccess to each directory.

That's it...

Thanks, Kurt,

I got it figured out, just about the same time you posted. I appreciate the info and have 'stored' it for future reference.

I also figured out the 'archive info transfer' to the html page.

Guess I'm not dumber din butter!!! LOL

If anything, GfB is giving me a full blown course in "things I didn't know before."

John

Kurt,

If I'm thinking right, in "Configuration->User Fields, if you require "First Name," then, in the lower righthand box that shows "subscription Form" data under Mailing Lists, the "first name" requirement should be generated there, right? Well, mine isn't there.

Is there a "flaw" I'm missing or is it something I need to put in 'by hand?' And, yes, I do "update user fields."

Thanks,

John

To: Kurt and everyone else who worked on GodFatherBomb

This has been one of the cleanest and easiest installs that I have ever done. This baby worked first time, right out of the box.

I am sure that I have plenty to learn and will have a number of questions down the road, but just wanted to say thanks. Kurt, I especially appreciate that you took the time out to send me everything on New Year's Eve, when you could have easily put it off for a few days.

I can't wait to work on the templates. Now where was tsari's post about "shuffle"......

Phil G

Hi John,

>If I'm thinking right, in "Configuration->User Fields, if
>you require "First Name," then, in the lower righthand box
>that shows "subscription Form" data under Mailing Lists, the
>"first name" requirement should be generated there, right?
>Well, mine isn't there.

No . If a user subscribes first time, there will be the next screen with required and optional fields. If the user is already subscribed to another list, she will be asked for the password.

>
>Is there a "flaw" I'm missing or is it something I need to
>put in 'by hand?' And, yes, I do "update user fields."

Kirill

Not sure if this question belongs here or if I should ask Krill about this....

I have GF set up and running. Looks good. Everything worked perfectly right out of the box. Here is a funny thing that I noticed and I was wondering if there is anyone who could tell me why it is happening.

I have an ebay feed, Bo's BuyIt Feed and Yahoo's newsfeed on my newsletter.

The ebay feed and the BuyIt feed always are included in the newsletter but the Yahoo feed is not always included. Any reason why this might be?

I have BB set to update once per day. Could this have something to do with it?

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

PS if you want to test it, go to www.harleyxchange.com to see the pheeds online and then sign up at www.harleyxchange.com/cgi-bin/zinebomb.cgi/show_subscribe to sign up. Newsletters go out once per day.

Thanks
Phil G

Phil,

Gbomb is more strict than BlogBomb concerning RSS. Remember, the Yahoo is experimental, and it may not always work, or be used.

If one doesn't work, try another, I doubt you'll need to spend mroe than 5 minutes finding another pheed for your topic.

PS. Don't name pages index1.html, index2.html, etc. Having multiple "index" pages is a SE "NO-NO".

Thanks Kurt;

I was sure that it was on the "yahoo" end of things and not GF. I was clear that the other pheeds worked, so it had to be something odd at yahoo. I have also tried the Google pheed but it produces the same results. I will check out some other pheeds and keep experimenting.

As for all the index's I just started playing around with some ideas and that was just my laziness at the time, since I was using the same page, just changing pheeds. I will change that right away.

If anyone is interested in Harley's I would like to sell the site.

Thanks again.
Phil G

>
>PS if you want to test it, go to www.harleyxchange.com to
>see the pheeds online and then sign up at
>www.harleyxchange.com/cgi-bin/zinebomb.cgi/show_subscribe to
>sign up. Newsletters go out once per day.
>

ERROR: The page cannot be displayed.
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings.

Phil I get this error when I try to view your site.

--Gil

I was playing around with the site earlier today. Give it another try, as it appears to be working now.

Thanks
Phil

Hi,

just purchased Godfatherbomb as i have all the others except dombom (missed that one).

Uploaded all. now what, couldnt find any install instructions as to what permissions files/folders should be or what file should be started first.

from some of the posts i changed the data folder to chmod 777 and now get a cant find mysql dtabase error when loading zinebomb.cgi.

this i expect as i havent set one up yet.

tried to load the file config.html which from another post is the one i guess i need get to to set everything. File doesnt load though, I think it might be a permission problem so any help would be apreciate.

Once i can get the config file to load i think i will be ok to do the rest unless my host cant handle it, but i have blogbomb extreme and nucleus running ok already.

thanks

Rob

Rob,

I emailed you the ReadMe...Sorry about that.

Thanks Kurt got the readme file in my email when i checked at work in the morning.

Printed it out and will give it a go tonight.

Thanks

Rob

Hi Kurt,

Set everything up as per readme and it all worked fine. Even get the archive pages genearated. Only one thing, i cant seem to add a rss tag.

My feed path to blogbomb must be correct as all the feed and feed names are showing in the mailing list templates preview and edit page. I can add non rss tags and when i hit preview the correct info shows up as below.

10: {rss:1,10}, {title:1,10}, {description:1,10}, {xml:1,10}, {html:1,10}.
11: {rss:1,11}, {title:1,11}, {description:1,11}, {xml:1,11}, {html:1,11}.
12: {rss:1,12}, {title:1,12}, {description:1,12}, {xml:1,12}, {html:1,12}.
13: {rss:1,13}, {title:1,13}, {description:1,13}, {xml:1,13}, {html:1,13}.
14: {rss:1,14}, {title:1,14}, {description:1,14}, {xml:1,14}, {html:1,14}.
15: {rss:1,15}, {title:1,15}, {description:1,15}, {xml:1,15}, {html:1,15}.
16: {rss:1,16}, {title:1,16}, {description:1,16}, {xml:1,16}, {html:1,16}.
17: {rss:1,17}, {title:1,17}, {description:1,17}, {xml:1,17}, {html:1,17}.
18: {rss:1,18}, {title:1,18}, {description:1,18}, {xml:1,18}, {html:1,18}.
2: {rss:1,2}, {title:1,2}, {description:1,2}, {xml:1,2}, {html:1,2}.
3: {rss:1,3}, {title:1,3}, {description:1,3}, {xml:1,3}, {html:1,3}.
4: {rss:1,4}, {title:1,4}, {description:1,4}, {xml:1,4}, {html:1,4}.
5: {rss:1,5}, {title:1,5}, {description:1,5}, {xml:1,5}, {html:1,5}.
6: {rss:1,6}, {title:1,6}, {description:1,6}, {xml:1,6}, {html:1,6}.
7: {rss:1,7}, {title:1,7}, {description:1,7}, {xml:1,7}, {html:1,7}.
8: {rss:1,8}, {title:1,8}, {description:1,8}, {xml:1,8}, {html:1,8}.
9: {rss:1,9}, {title:1,9}, {description:1,9}, {xml:1,9}, {html:1,9}.
Duncan Carver: {rss:1,19}, {title:1,19}, {description:1,19}, {xml:1,19}, {html:1,19}.
Internet Marketing news: {rss:1,20}, {title:1,20}, {description:1,20}, {xml:1,20}, {html:1,20}.
test: {rss:1,1}, {title:1,1}, {description:1,1}, {xml:1,1}, {html:1,1}.
web blog files on this server: {rss:1,21}, {title:1,21}, {description:1,21}, {xml:1,21}, {html:1,21}.

If i add any rss tag i.e {rss:1,2} and hit preview or accept i get the error below.

ZineBomb
Software Error
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at lib/Gamma/Functions/Templates.pm line 360.

Cant work this one out as all the feeds are displaying fine on my other pages i use blogbomb and all the tags seem to be correct.

regards

Rob

Hi Rob,

>Set everything up as per readme and it all worked fine. Even
>get the archive pages genearated. Only one thing, i cant
>seem to add a rss tag.
>
>My feed path to blogbomb must be correct as all the feed and
>feed names are showing in the mailing list templates preview
>and edit page. I can add non rss tags and when i hit preview
>the correct info shows up as below.

Could you upload the attached file 'lib/Gamma/Functions/Templates.pm'?

It looks like a blogbomb problem. Have you tried to generate and test links in blogbomb?

Alas the real error is hidden by the fatal error
message from zinebomb, although tt is still saved in 'data/errors.log'

The attached file will not fix your problem, but may show you the real error message.

Kirill

Hi ,

thanks for the reply, I uploaded the attachment got the following message when hitting preview after adding a rss tag.

(http://wwww.1amazingincome.com/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi?channel=user-2.xml)
<500 Can't connect to wwww.1amazingincome.com:80 (Bad hostname 'wwww.1amazingincome.com')>

As you can see there is an extra w in the www bit (perhaps it stands for wierd)

this is the path to feed in the config screen.
/homepages/7/d41058831/htdocs/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi

There is no extra w anywhere else on config page which has the url shown.

If it helps Kurt sent me version1.2 plus an update zip file.

I thought i would upload the update file to see if they would help in case there was a bug in the ver1.2 and it made no difference, however i did notice that there are two template.pm files and in the update zip the files are reversed. i.e. in the original gamma-add-admin directory the template.pm is about 14kb an in the lib-functions directory it is about 4kb.

You might want to check that.

I dont know if ver1.2 is different from the one the other users here have used in earlier posts.

My host is oneandone.co.uk and i have had no problem running blogbomb, nucleus and other scripts and havent had to rename cgi to pl files or anything.

Regards

Rob

Ignore my other reply about the template files in the update zip being reversed it was my ftp software making it look wrong. Looks ok in windows explorer.

Looking in the error log an extra w has been getting put in every time the url is displayed in their.

Rob

Hi Rob,

>thanks for the reply, I uploaded the attachment got the
>following message when hitting preview after adding a rss
>tag.
>
>(http://wwww.1amazingincome.com/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi?channel=user-2.xml)
><500 Can't connect to wwww.1amazingincome.com:80 (Bad [BR>>hostname 'wwww.1amazingincome.com')]
>
>As you can see there is an extra w in the www bit (perhaps
>it stands for wierd)
>
>this is the path to feed in the config screen.
>/homepages/7/d41058831/htdocs/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi
>
>There is no extra w anywhere else on config page which has
>the url shown.

ZineBomb takes the above url from blogbomb's config.pl. Please check the parameter $FEEDSEARCH_SSI_URL in /homepages/7/d41058831/htdocs/weblog/data/config.pl

Kirill

Hi,

Just to see if it is my host, i uploaded a new install on another host i have and that is already running blogbomb extreme.

After setting everything up ok, again when i got to add a rss feed to a template i get this error.

Using the templates.pm you sent me.
(http://wwww.coolwebpagetools.com/cgi-bin/blogentry/feedsearch_ssi.cgi?channel=user-2.xml)
<500 Can't connect to wwww.coolwebpagetools.com:80 (Bad hostname 'wwww.coolwebpagetools.com')>

Again as you can see it has an extra 'w' in the www bit of the file path.

Anyone else getting this?

Rob

Hi Rob,

>thanks for the reply, I uploaded the attachment got the
>following message when hitting preview after adding a rss
>tag.
>
>(http://wwww.1amazingincome.com/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi?channel=user-2.xml)
><500 Can't connect to wwww.1amazingincome.com:80 (Bad [BR>>hostname 'wwww.1amazingincome.com')]
>
>As you can see there is an extra w in the www bit (perhaps
>it stands for wierd)
>
>this is the path to feed in the config screen.
>/homepages/7/d41058831/htdocs/weblog/feedsearch_ssi.cgi

Please check blogbomb's config file
/homepages/7/d41058831/htdocs/weblog/data/config.pl
The incorrect url must be here in the parameter $FEEDSEARCH_SSI_URL.

Kirill

Thanks Kirill,

That seems to have done the trick, checked all my installs of blogbombex and every install on every site had an wwww in the config.pl file.

Didnt seem to affect blogbomb working as i have been displaying feeds on hundreds of pages ever since i bought it.

Unfortunately i decided to upgrade the main blog i wanted to integrate with godfatherbomb to BBX2 and it stopped working altogether.

Had to delete the whole install and re-install the whole thing.
No big deal it didnt take long and i had the list of feeds backed up.

Tested BBX2 worked ok. then tried to add feed to message in GFB and it displayed ok with no errors so i guess its working now.

Just got to figure out the best way for my to use it and on what sites.

Cant work out why my blogs worked in the first place if the url was wrong in config.pl file.

thanks a lot.

Rob

Hi All,
Kirill has my GBomb all installed, now
I need to get to the members forum or a
readme file as I have no idea what to do
now.
Vern Anderson
bogie309@verizon.net

>Techinical issues regarding installing GodfatherBomb, and
>the GBomb "Configuration" page. If your having a problem, or
>can offer help with server paths, mail configs, etc.

Dear John,

I am not sure if this is the right section to post to but if not I am sure you can point me in the right direction. I have just purchased 'Godfather bomb' which was installed for me on a new site -all is well on that score and Kirill has done an excellent job.

Now that is has been installed I am not sure how to go about making use of it. The only other bombs I have been able to install and use previously is blog bomb (only used it for one or two pages but not for a whole site). I own pagebomb and cherrybomb but haven't managed to utilize them properly yet, to incorporate or build into an existing content site.

I guess what I am not sure about is how Godfather bomb will build my pages aside from what blog bomb does. When I look at Lizardz.com it looks great but I am not sure how to put all the bits together to get a similar result. For example... How do they get the Amazon stuff so neatly tucked away in one column, with all posters in another, how do they put in a mix of ppc's just as links without the search box etc.... and how does Godfather bomb build the archive pages within the pages that exist? These are the things I haven't been able to get my head around yet.

Is there any step by step instructions or any readme file that will tell me what to do with this unique bomb. On the order page it says all the things it can do, which I want to utilize to the max but as a newbeeie I fell lost about just where to start and how to solve these things which others seem to have mastered easily:
1) what is the first thing I need to do
2) the second thing
3) the third and so forth...

Does anyone have info that can tell/show/try/do which will help if you are starting from scratch or I guess an 'idiots guide to bombs' is desperately needed here. I have spend days reading many forum postings and trying to figure out what to do first or next and everyone seems to know what they are talking about except me. I've looked at the examples and I know the potential but I cannot figure out how it was all done or put together.

I seriously need help so I can make the most of what I have at my disposable which I know is fantastic and I certainly don't want it go to waste.

Any help, advice, guidance or idiot guide will be a start.

thanks a lot

Eleesha
-------------

Vern, Aleesha and all...

The first thing to understand is that you CAN'T do everything, especially at first.

There are many different techiniques and skills to be masterered. The Bombs are this forum are not for newbies. We take newbies and turn them into Bombers.

The way to learn each is to focus on one until you've completely mastered that Bomb. Then learn another, incorportating what you've learned with your new knowledge.

There are "official threads" for each Bomb. Stick with the one relevant thread, asking questions there, until you are comfortable with that thread.

For learning GodfatherBomb, you need to master BlogBomb first. You already have it installed, so you're done with that. You need to learn how to research and add pheeds.

The tech stuff will come and once you've learned it, you've learned it forever.

However, IMO your research will be the key to your sucess. Finding good pheeds about interesting topics that also can provide revenue is the real, long term key for GBomb.

On the GBomb sales letter, I say plan for 6-10 hours before you can create your first list/archive, which is a pretty big investment of time and effort.

But here's the real power. Once you get the system and know where to look for the best pheeds, you can create an entirely new newsletter in 30-60 minutes.

Remember, these newsletters write themselves, which means in theory, you can have 100 "totally automated" newsletters. This just isn't possible with any other newsletter software, as no one person has enough time to write 100 different daily newsletters.

This doesn't include web design, etc, as you can spend 100's of hours just getting a site to look "pretty".

Also, creating a site like lizardz.com takes a lot of time. I bought a template, have good html and photoshop skills and I still spent 8-10 hours on the template alone. That doesn't include using any of the Bombs.

Once you have mastered researching and adding pheeds to BlogBomb, then you'll need to learn how to insert them into GBomb templates, for use in email and/or webpages.

I made 10(?) "newsletters" for Liardz.com and can tell you the last ones I did are much better than the first ones.

Simply, for those starting with GBomb, start with BlogBomb and get to know it very well. Don't even think about anything else.

Pay attention to the two BlogBomb "Official Threads" (especially how to research and add RSS pheeds) as well as the "Colors Project".

Hi Kurt,

Ok...I've got everything installed. The only thing I can't figure out is how to include the sitemap/links on a page. It says in the docs i order to insert the links into the pages we'll have to use SSI, but it doesn't say how...

Erik

Hey Erik,

Click "Mailing Lists" and look for:
Index File: your-links.txt

Then "make" an SSI tag pointing to this file (check your path):

<!--#include virtual="/cgi-bin/godfatherbomb/your-links.txt"-->

Now, click "Preview and Edit Templates".

In your "Archive Body" insert your SSI tags where you want your archive-navi links to be.

Note that since GBomb actually makes static html pages, you can add any (dynamic) coding to the Archive Template that you can to any html page. Just beware that javascript will mess up the "Preview", but the pages generated should be just fine with javascript, such as for SF or AdSense.

A nother note about templates: In theory, all three, text email, html email and Archive can be totally different. Nothing has to be the same for any of them, although you will probably want some similarities.

One such use may be to only create a reminder email saying "Our stuff has been updated", and just include a link to your "main page", which updates dynamically with the full content.

Hi All,

I don't know if its appropriate thread to ask this, but I've just got my copy of GBomb and there are 2 zip file: GBomb1.2_rc_FULL.zip and GBomb1.2_rc_update.zip and wondering if I should upload the files from GBomb1.2_rc_update? Or the GBomb1.2_rc_FULL folder has been updated already?

Thank you,

Tsuyoshi...

I think you just need the "full".

But just check and make sure in the "preview templates" you can "copy" templates from other "mailing lists"...

Thanks! This is great advice and I will now try to do one thing at a time. As you say, I have already mastered Blog bomb so all I need to do is take my time to merge that understanding with GBomb. I feel better already... thanks

Eleesha

Hi All,

Ok, just read this entire thread.... zzzzzzzzzzzzz.

It seems Person above (about post 40ish i think) had the same problem I am having. When I go to login to the admin area it just gives a blank screen. I also have an existing large MSQL database setup on this site but have yet to try and install on another site.

The solution give above to Person was that maybe the host needs to setup a new database, and or if you were going to use the same one, to add the tables to the database manually.

Ok... Person seems to have dissapeared. The thing is, because I get a blank admin page, I haven't even made it to the MSQL database configuration settings yet because I can't login... tis blank page.

So, it has nothing to do with that unless I'm supposed to specify something in a config file before uploading???

I have setup a new database to use with GB, but again, haven't even got to the point where I can login yet.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Best...

Duncan Carver

Ok got it sorted. For future reference it was likely a currupt file when uploading. A did a clean install and it worked ok the second time.

Best...

Duncan

Hey Bombers,

Here is something I'd like to run by you all. I'm a newbie bomber getting better each week. I fully understand GBomb and how to set it up. However I'm still a newb. I believe I may have wrongly set something up. I'll try and be brief.

On one of my domain accounts GBomb crashed? failed? I dunno what the heck happened. I have it running fine other domains. Anyway, I checked my inbox and found it flooded with the following message:

ZineBomb - ERROR:
cannot lock file
Context: data/cron.lck
Reason: Resource temporarily unavailable

I went into the configuration for this domain and all looked fine. Went to domain admin and my database was gone and I couldn't create another. I later found out my host suspended my account.

I went and deleted the crontab entry sending me the email alerts. and I got this final message shortly there after:

DBI connect('database=userID_database;host=localhost','userID_dbuser',...) failed: Lost connection to MySQL server during query at lib/Gamma/Database.pm line 35 ZineBomb - ERROR:
cannot connect to MySQL
Context: database=userID_database;host=localhost
Reason: Lost connection to MySQL server during query ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at lib/Gamma/App/Cron.pm line 128.
-------
'userID' would be not be the real id and 'database' is not the real database name. 'dbuser' is not the real db user I created.
-------

Okay, I'm not sure what happened but not being the Linux guru I know some of you guys are and not being familiar with cron, I realized that I left my crontab settings at the default so when my account had the error, crontab was alerting ever other minute.

My host said that I was flooding the server but because I'm one of their best customers and I notified them at the time it was happening (I happen to have been at my pc at the time checking email) that they would not fine me or terminate my account. I would be in suspension for an unspecified period. I still am as I write this.

Can someone tell me if my crontab settings caused a flooding of messages on the server, or was it something prior to the crontab messages based on the GBomb error above. I can't tell whether the database died first or after the fact before the messages were sent. I don't even know if the 'flooding' is a reference to the cron alerts.

I asked my host to help me understand what 'flooding' the server means so that I can understand how to avoid causing the problem in the future but they haven't helped me. Now I'm nervous. I know the bombs are solid and I'm going to use them still. My concern is whether it might have been something on my end or technically on their servers. Like I said I'm running several bombs fine and Gbomb on at least 2-3 other domains successfully. I have two accounts with this host and don't want my other account shutdown before I can move and I'm waiting to get the shutdown account backup.

I know this is long and I'm not asking for absolute answers just some insight and guidance on flooding, crontab settings and just trying to make sure in general if these messages mean anything to the more experienced among us. My host is usually very responsive but they have not answered my request for information on exactly what happend and how to fix it, crontab settings, mysql, etc. Nothing from them.

Oh, for good recommendations and tips on good hosting (both shared and dedicated) just point me to the proper thread as I'm sure that has been discussed somewhere around here also.

Thank you.

~Thomas

PS...kind of long I know and I apologize. Thank you for indulging me on this.

Hi All,

Finally getting around to working with the ZineBomb part of GFBomb.

Everything appears to be fine in ZineBomb in that the previews of the list "templates" all look fine. But when it's sent out (in test mode-every 2 minutes) I get the following error ...

ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
Wide character in syswrite at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/Net/Cmd.pm line 436

Any idea what I might be missing out on? I have no clue what that error means.

Thanks!!

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

Hi Rick,

>Everything appears to be fine in ZineBomb in that the
>previews of the list "templates" all look fine. But when
>it's sent out (in test mode-every 2 minutes) I get the
>following error ...
>
>ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
>Wide character in syswrite at
>/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/Net/Cmd.pm line 436
>
>Any idea what I might be missing out on? I have no clue what
>that error means.

I don't know either... but it might happen if the rss feeds contain international (non-latin) characters. Try to change/remove feeds in the list.

Kirill

>Hi Rick,
>
>>Everything appears to be fine in ZineBomb in that the
>>previews of the list "templates" all look fine. But when
>>it's sent out (in test mode-every 2 minutes) I get the
>>following error ...
>>
>>ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
>>Wide character in syswrite at
>>/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/Net/Cmd.pm line 436
>>
>>Any idea what I might be missing out on? I have no clue what
>>that error means.
>
>I don't know either... but it might happen if the rss feeds
>contain international (non-latin) characters. Try to
>change/remove feeds in the list.
>
>Kirill

Hi Kirill,

It seems to be working ok now. I took all the feeds out and added them (the same feeds) one by one and they all work fine today. Not sure what was the problem or what that funky error was but the "same" feeds are working good now.

Maybe some temp glitch with my server or something.

Thanks for the assist!

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

My odd error is back ...

ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
Wide character in syswrite at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/Net/Cmd.pm line 436.

I've taken the "same" pheeds all out and replaced them one by one and then it works (with all the same pheeds) for awhile in test mode (every 2 minutes) then this error message comes right back. I use these same pheeds from the BlogBombX elsewhere with no problems.

I still have NO clue what that error is all about so don't know where to start looking for the problem.

Any more ideas to try???

Thanks!

Rick Wilson aka CorpRebel

Hi Rick,

>My odd error is back ...
>
>ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
>Wide character in syswrite at
>/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.1/Net/Cmd.pm line 436.

I need more details. Could you give me access to your server?
Please contact me directly support@gammacenter.com.

I vaguely remember that I've dealt with this problem before, but I don't remember the details now...

Kirill

Hi All,

I'm installing Gbomb on to several sites and I'm having problem installing on *some* sites, the strange thing is, I installed Gbomb successfully on 2 sites, but I'm getting this error message for 2 other sites, but they are hosted on the same host and the server.

Error message I'm getting is "Error! forbidden" and ask me password again, its happening when I try to log-in to the admin area first time.

Actually, I can log-in, and script brings me to the interface saying "Warning! You are using the default administrator password! Please change it." and other warning messages, but when I click on any links on that page, the script brings me to the error message: "Error! forbidden"

Thanks for reading this, and any help greatly appreciated!

PS. I re-uploaded few times, but the same result.

Hi,

>I'm installing Gbomb on to several sites and I'm having
>problem installing on *some* sites, the strange thing is, I
>installed Gbomb successfully on 2 sites, but I'm getting
>this error message for 2 other sites, but they are hosted on
>the same host and the server.

You say that it's work on 2 other sites on the same server?
It's strange.

>Error message I'm getting is "Error! forbidden" and ask me
>password again, its happening when I try to log-in to the
>admin area first time.
>
>Actually, I can log-in, and script brings me to the
>interface saying "Warning! You are using the default
>administrator password! Please change it." and other warning
>messages, but when I click on any links on that page, the
>script brings me to the error message: "Error! forbidden"

It may happen when the script does not set the login cookie
correctly. I can't tell more since I don't know your server
details.

You may contact me directly on 'support@gammacenter.com'.

Kirill

Hi Kirill,

Thanks for the reply, I sent email.

I'm getting this message on occasion:

ZineBomb - ERROR:
no rss data
Context: /home/fundrai/www/cgi-bin/blogbombx/data/cache/user-41.xml
ZineBomb - FATAL ERROR:
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at lib/Gamma/Functions/Templates.pm line 231.

and this one:

Wide character in print at lib/Gamma/App.pm line 254.
Wide character in print at lib/Gamma/App/Cron.pm line 209.

I've attached the error.log file

Good morning,

I've finally carved out time to get my
Godfather bomb working...and encountered
the error:

"could not open 'templates/admin/../errors.html'" at XIT/XIT.pm line 1265

This error occured when I tried to initialize a new
mailing list.

Any ideas?

Thank you,

-- barbt

Hi,

>I've finally carved out time to get my
>Godfather bomb working...and encountered
>the error:
>
>"could not open 'templates/admin/../errors.html'" at
>XIT/XIT.pm line 1265

Is there the file "template/errors.html"? Does it have "read" permission?

Kirill

Hi, I have been looking for some answers to the error messages. And thought maybe the best thing was to post them.

message title:

Cron <wizard78@cherry> /home/wizard78/public_html/cgi-bin/godfather/zinebomb.cgi /cron/

Message:

Wide character in print at lib/Gamma/App/Cron.pm line 209.

And here is Line 209:

print MESSAGE $templates->{archive_body};

Any ideas???

Thanks

Hi,

>Hi, I have been looking for some answers to the error
>messages. And thought maybe the best thing was to post them.
>
>message title:
>
>Cron <wizard78@cherry>
>/home/wizard78/public_html/cgi-bin/godfather/zinebomb.cgi
>/cron/
>
>Message:
>
>Wide character in print at lib/Gamma/App/Cron.pm line 209.

Are the pages generated correctly? If so, you may safely ignore
these messages.

Kirill

Unable to add a list with the Zinebomb add list utility. I get the error message that the archive directory cannot be created, permission denied. I'm trying to create a weekly list with a directory called "weekly" at /home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/weekly and checked the "Create directory if it does not exist" box, but I still get the error. What's up?

George

"Discover The Little Known Secrets Of Getting More Customers In A Month Than You Now Get All Year... Secrets That Your Ad Agency Will Never Tell You!"
http://www.magnetic-marketing-system.com

George,

You were told in your email if something is broken or doesn't work to contact Kirill. The reason for this is every server is different and for us to write a "Manual" for every server config is ridiculous. Kirill is an expert with this type of thing, so it's best to let him look into things...

LAST EDITED ON Jan-17-05 AT 07:42 PM (PST)
 
It probably bares repeating:

Most here have paid for installation, the only Bombers that haven't paid for install are experienced Bombers. This forum is basically for them...

If you have paid for install and have a TECHNICAL PROBLEM and are getting some type of error, then contact Kirill directly via email. Include your server/host info.

Gbomb is a complex script that interacts with servers in a number of ways. And, each server can have unique configs/problems, creating an infinite number of possible problems.

Diagnosing every potential problem and creating a "manaual" for each possible solution is very impractical, to say the least.

This is EXACTLY WHY installation is included...So Kirill can log into your GBomb and trouble shoot/fix the problem. Just send him the details...

Complaints about lack of technical support are invalid if you haven't contacted Kirill and let him know about it. This is how we handle tech support, not through tech manuals. We'll troubleshoot/fix it, instead of telling you how.

Once everything is working, then post in the appropriate threads for how to get the most out of using GBomb, such as finding RSS pheeds, adding SEO, etc. Follow the Read Me until you have a problem, then post your specific problem on the OFFICIAL THREAD(s).

This is the logical path to take for help:

1. Read Me.

2. Follow it EXACTLY until you are "stuck".

3. Find the OFFICIAL THREAD for the Bomb and post your question there, telling us where you're stuck. Be as specific as possible.

Hi George,

>Unable to add a list with the Zinebomb add list utility. I
>get the error message that the archive directory cannot be
>created, permission denied. I'm trying to create a weekly
>list with a directory called "weekly" at
>/home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/weekly and checked
>the "Create directory if it does not exist" box, but I still
>get the error. What's up?

You need to do one of the following:

1) Using your FTP client, make the directory
"/home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/" writable
by all (CHMOD 777). Then from Zinebomb admin area, create
a list with the archive directory
"/home/home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/weekly"
and the box "Create directory if it does not exist" checked.

or

2) Using your FTP client, create the directory
"/home/home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/weekly"
and make it writable by all (CHMOD 777). Then create
a list with the archive directory
"/home/home/sites/gdodge/niche-magic.com/web/weekly".

I'd recommend you the second way because it's more secure.

Kirill