Using and getting the most out of BlogBomb has four basic steps:

1 Installation

2 Understanding the ADMIN and adding RSS pheeds

3 Finding RSS pheeds you can use as content

4 Adding the BlogBomb results to your pages

This thread will discuss installation, please refer to each thread for more on each subject.

If you're a pro, I suggest using the ReadMe:
http://blogbomb.com/readme-BBx2.html

If you're new to installing scripts, print out the ReadMe and download this videos:

www.dombom.com/iframes/jeffs_blogbomb_videos/video1.zip
www.dombom.com/iframes/jeffs_blogbomb_videos/video2.zip
www.dombom.com/iframes/jeffs_blogbomb_videos/video3a.zip
www.dombom.com/iframes/jeffs_blogbomb_videos/video3b.zip
www.dombom.com/iframes/jeffs_blogbomb_videos/video4.zip

These videos were made by Jeff Hope a few years ago and go step by step getting your BlogBomb up and running.

I didn't embed the videos in the forum because they start automatically each time they are accessed, which isn't good for a forum.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-21-07 AT 11:28 AM (PST)
 
Hey Kurt,

I ran into a small problem or discrepancy between the videos and what Ihave in the actual BlogBomb.pl file:

The read me and the video says to change the password from "Test" to something else. Well, I don't have that linew of code in the pl file.

This is what my file reads:

##############################################################################
### Configuration file for feedsearch.
### (C) 2003, Kurt Melvin
###

$CACHE_EXPIRE = 60 * 60 * 24; # In seconds (60 * 60 * 24 = Once a day).

$DEFAULT_RESULTS = 10;
$MIN_RESULTS = 1;
$MAX_RESULTS = 20;

$SSI_TEMPLATE = q(
<a href="{url}">{title}</a><br>
{description}<br> </br>
);

$QUERY_TIMEOUT = 30;

$FEEDSEARCH_SSI_URL = "http://domain.tld/cgi-bin/blogbomb";;

if (exists $ENV{HTTP_HOST} and exists $ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}) {
$SCRIPT_URL = "http://$ENV{HTTP_HOST}$ENV{SCRIPT_NAME}";;
if ($SCRIPT_URL =~ /^(.*)\/<^\/>+/) {
$FEEDSEARCH_SSI_URL = $1;
}
}

$data = {};
require "../fatbomb/data/config.dat" if -f "../fatbomb/data/config.dat";
$ADMIN_PASSWORD = $data->{ADMIN_PASSWORD};
$ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'changeme' unless $ADMIN_PASSWORD;

1;

###
### END
##############################################################################

As you can see, it is totally different then what Jeff has in his.

I checked some of my older ones Qurill installed, and the pl files read like the one I posted.

What do you suggest in this case?

Do I just add this line here:

>$ADMIN_PASSWORD = "test";<

Thanks...

Mary

Btw, if you don't want the code in an actual post, please feel free to delete it!

Hi Mary,

I assume Kirill installed BlogBomb Xtreme 2?

The password is set in:
/data/config.pl

Also, if you have BBX2 you should download it (in text/ascii mode) from Kirill's installs and upload it to your other sites.

This will give you the most powerful BlogBomb and each domain, as well as be consistent.

PS...For those with BBX2, disregard Jeff Hope's videos and use the ReadMe, link in the first post on this thread.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-21-07 AT 03:17 PM (PST)
 
Hey Kurt,

Umm I did go by the read me file, and I used the version Kirill uploaded on my other sites.

The code above is what is in the data/config.pl file.

I guess then I do not have to change the password thing until Iget inside the admin area right?

Btw, I also don't have these 2 files:

- data.pl - 755

I presume you meant data/config.pl file for this one right?

- /libwww - 755

And I have no idea what you meant be this one here.

I found a lib folder in the FatBomb and SiderBomb zips, but not with BlogBomb.

Am I missing one for BlogBomb?

Thanks...

Mary

Edited:

I found the place to change the password. I didn't see it at the bottom of the page where it says "changeme" in this line here:

$ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'changeme' unless $ADMIN_PASSWORD;

Lol I was looking for the word "test" and couldn't find it.

Sorry Kurt!

Hi Mary,

OK...You have a special BlogBomb version that is used with Fatty and Spider, correct?

What your version is doing is reading/using the same keyword for all 3 scripts: Fatty, BlogBomb and Spider...this is so you can log into just one and access them all.

$data = {};
require "../fatbomb/data/config.dat" if -f "../fatbomb/data/config.dat";
$ADMIN_PASSWORD = $data->{ADMIN_PASSWORD};
$ADMIN_PASSWORD = 'changeme' unless $ADMIN_PASSWORD;

In this case, your default password is:
changeme

Just install BlogBomb, then log into the admin and change the password that way. Or, you can change "changeme" in the data/config/pl file to your prefered password.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-21-07 AT 04:22 PM (PST)
 
Kurt,

Thanks! I thought that is why I had the one admin panel for the other sites but didn't know it was a special script.

Anyways, it worked like a charm chief!

Mary

Hi Kurt, some questions for you.

I upgraded BBX2 and so am going by the new directions.

What file do I find this?
5 Upload:
cover.html
main_ex.html

In BBX2 there is no template files, yet you say
6 Upload new TEMPLATES folder, overwriting previous templates.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Jeannie,

The templates are in the blogbomb folder /templates and should be included in the BBx2 zip file I sent. I double checked and they are in the zip file sent.

In this case, the templates only refer to the look/feel of the BlogBomb admin and are not web page templates.

To be honest, it is probably easier just to install BBx2 "from scratch" and not upgrade, assuming you haven't spent a lot of time collecting pheeds or building pages.

Thanks kurt, I opened the zip a different way and they were there. Evidently, opening fully in winzip, I did not see them. Strange.

LAST EDITED ON Nov-28-07 AT 07:54 PM (PST)
 
Kurt, I continue to have problems. I have tried installing the basic one three times, then got BBx2 and tried twice. Each time I get the
404 page when I try to log into it.

I then had someone else install and they could not get anything but the 404 page as well.

The hosting service say they have the parser installed. What do you suggest next?

Thanks for your help

Hi Jeannie,

It sounds like there's a file missing, but since you've tried two different versions, something is strange.

Still, the 404 error indicates that the wrong page URL is being typed into the address bar when trying to access the BB admin...If a module such as xml parser were missing, it would give a 500 server error, not a page not found error.

Your admin URL should look something like:
http://www.YourDomain.com/cgi-bin/blogbomb/blogbomb_admin.cgi

Make sure the folder path is correct.

If double-checking this URL doesn't work (don't reinstall), email your FTP info to me and either Kirill or I will take a look.

Hey Jeannie,

I had that problem with my VPS a couple of months ago after my hosting company upgraded the perl to 5.0.

I contacted them and asked them to double check my server. They first said there was nothing wrong on their end. They later found that there was indeed something wrong, but I cannot remember what it was. All I can say is the server was miraculously fixed and all problems resolved.

So, I would try contacting them too if you know the url is correct.

I don't know if this will help, but it is worth a shot.

Mary

LAST EDITED ON Nov-30-07 AT 09:20 AM (PST)
 
Hi Mary, thanks for your advice. And Kurt thanks for getting me help on this.

I got an answer back from Kirill today:

"It appears that the problem is not related to the BlogBomb script. Any CGI script uploaded to the "cgi-bin" directory brings a 404 error. I have no idea what could cause this behavior, you need to contact your hosting provider to fix this bug.

Anyway there is an easy workaround against this problem: do not upload CGI scripts into the "cgi-bin" directory, upload them somewhere else. For instance, you could install BlogBomb to the
"http://www.mydomain.com/feeds/"; directory. CGI scripts seem to
work anywhere except for the "cgi-bin" directory of your site."

I host with hostgator, so will contact them. This has been annoying, but now I can move forward! Who would have thought that!

>I host with hostgator, so will contact them. This has been
>annoying, but now I can move forward! Who would have thought
>that!

HI Jeannie and Everyone...

This is the same problem Mao had on the RSS Blackhole thread, in that every fle in the cgi bin retutned a 404 "file not found" error...The host being the problem is more common than we think.

For those with less experience installing scripts it can be very frustrating, as we tend to blame ourselves and/or the script, when in fact it is the host.

If you have trouble installing simple scripts, don't be afraid to think that the host is the problem. It happens much more often than you think it would and should be a consideration if installs go wrong...

Thanks Kurt,

Yes, I will be sure to keep this in mind in the future.

LAST EDITED ON Dec-04-07 AT 09:24 PM (PST)
 
I just wanted to report back with my ongoing problems and get your feedback, Kurt.

Even after support said the cgi-bin was turned on for my site, I still could not get things working.

Today, I made some progress in getting information. I host with hostgator, so this may help someone else, I don't know.

"You didn't have executable permissions on the file, and you were missing "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";" from the perl file."

When I asked for explanations they said:

"Permissions on files and folders can not be world or group writable. Please make sure your files are 644 and scripts/folders 755. Anything like 777 would cause failures".

So is this right and will this work for this script?:
- blogbomb_admin.cgi - 644
- feedsearch_ssi.cgi - 644
- data.pl - 644
- /data - 755
- /data/cache - 644

- /templates - 755
- /XIT - 755
- /libwww - 755

"I believe Dave was refeering to the actual cgi script feeds_admin.cgi"

So Kurt, where would I put the line "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";" in the blogbomb_admin.cgi file? Is that
written up correctly? "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";"

At this point, I get a 500 error for the admin log in. I don't know if they put the line "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";" in or not. They say they don't do script support.

Thanks for your help.

Hi Jeannie,

Did you get fatty to run on hostgator?

I just testing and I get the same 404 error that you are reporting.

I have installed fatty and BBX on different servers and have not had a single issue.

I suspect it might be hostgator...

My 2 cents,

Ed

Hi Ed,
No I have not installed any of the scripts but blogbomb there.

I have been with hostgator for a couple of months, and they have a cpanel bug, at least on my server, that the stats stop updating every few weeks.

Since cgi-bin was checked when I set it up, it never dawned on me I would need to have it set up specifically, but I am finding that true of each site. It appears things are offered, but you have to ask for them.

Then I ran into this whole new problem with Kurts script. I have gotten better at tech stuff, but I am not that good, so I waste a lot of time double checking myself and reinstalling and don't always know what to do. I am not happy at this point with hostgator.

Hi Jeannie,

Sorry to hear the problems.

I am using hostdime.com and don't have any problems at all with the cgi-bin and installs.

Let me know if you need any help.

Blessings,

Ed

I have no problem installing fatbomb 2 on hostgator..

Christopher

Hi Christopher,

It would be helpful to know the exact steps you took to get the installation working on hostgator. I know Jeannie will probably appreciate it.

Blessings,

Ed

>I just wanted to report back with my ongoing problems and
>get your feedback, Kurt.
>
>Even after support said the cgi-bin was turned on for my
>site, I still could not get things working.
>
>Today, I made some progress in getting information. I host
>with hostgator, so this may help someone else, I don't know.
>
>"You didn't have executable permissions on the file, and you
>were missing "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";" from the
>perl file."
>
>When I asked for explanations they said:
>
>"Permissions on files and folders can not be world or group
>writable. Please make sure your files are 644 and
>scripts/folders 755. Anything like 777 would cause
>failures".
>
>So is this right and will this work for this script?:
> - blogbomb_admin.cgi - 644
> - feedsearch_ssi.cgi - 644
> - data.pl - 644
> - /data - 755
> - /data/cache - 644
>
> - /templates - 755
> - /XIT - 755
> - /libwww - 755
>
>
>"I believe Dave was refeering to the actual cgi script
>feeds_admin.cgi"
>
>So Kurt, where would I put the line "print "Content-type:
>text/html\n\n";" in the blogbomb_admin.cgi file? Is that
>written up correctly? "print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";"
>
>At this point, I get a 500 error for the admin log in. I
>don't know if they put the line "print "Content-type:
>text/html\n\n";" in or not. They say they don't do script
>support.
>
>Thanks for your help.

Hi Jeannie,

Anything that had permissions set at 777 should be set at 755 on your server.

Also, try installing a simple script first in the cgi-bin, to make sure the cgi-bin even works.

Start with Bo's Amazon script and get it to work or other simple to install script.

Hi Kurt,

I finally got time to upload BlogBomb - RSS version and I have run into a problem. It's probably something that I have or haven't done, though I am pretty good at following instructions.

When I try to log in I get an error message which says "password id empty"

I have uploaded the files 3 times and have double checked and triple checked the permissions.

If I enter an incorrect password then I get the message - "invalid password" so it knows that it's incorrect. Any ideas?

Thanks,

Lewis

>Hi Kurt,
>
>I finally got time to upload BlogBomb - RSS version and I
>have run into a problem. It's probably something that I have
>or haven't done, though I am pretty good at following
>instructions.
>
>When I try to log in I get an error message which says
>"password id empty"
>
>I have uploaded the files 3 times and have double checked
>and triple checked the permissions.
>
>If I enter an incorrect password then I get the message -
>"invalid password" so it knows that it's incorrect. Any
>ideas?

Hi Lewis,

It's not a permissions problem, as that would give you a 500 error, so don't mess with that.

Also, don't use Notepad, as it can create strange errors.

You said on the other thread that you have opened data/config.pl and checked the password. Try changing it, and reupload the config file to the data folder.

Copy/paste (don't type) the new password and see if it works. Make sure you don't copy the quote marks.

Double check that you are really logging into to correct instance of BlogBomb and not another installment.

Kurt,

I have tried this a couple of ways but I still get the "password is empty" error message.

1) I edited config.pl using EditPad. I changed the password and the $FEEDSEARCH_SSI_URL. I then FTP'ed the files to my cgi-bin. I then changed the permissions and brought up the BlogBomb Xtreme Admin Area and then pasted in the password that I had changed earlier. Still got the error message.

2) I did everything again as above but FTP'd the files to another website. I still get the "password is empty" error.

Lewis

Lewis,

Email me your FTP info at lvha@aol.com . I'll take a look when I get a chance.

If I can't figure it out, you'll need to pay Kirill for an install and he'll figure out the problem...

Kurt,

I just sent the FTP info.

Lewis

Could someone that has BBX2RSS working, tell me what hosting service they are using?

I have tried to install it on Host Gator and Hosting Zoom and I am getting a password error.

I installed BBX2 on each of the above hosts and it works fine.

My next step is to get a programmer to look at the code.

Thanks,

Lewis

Hi Kurt,
I have been unable to install blogbomb on my site.
The error says " premature end of script header"
I have been trying to make it work for so long that I am almost brain dead now.Maybe, that is why I had posted in the wrong thread. I am Really Really Sorry for that.

But, please help me out with this. I am now trying to install it in my root domain so that I am able to use it for all subdomains as well as sub directories from one installation.

Please help me out. I am going crazy with this.

>Hi Kurt,
>I have been unable to install blogbomb on my site.
>The error says " premature end of script header"
>I have been trying to make it work for so long that I am
>almost brain dead now.Maybe, that is why I had posted in the
>wrong thread. I am Really Really Sorry for that.
>
>But, please help me out with this. I am now trying to
>install it in my root domain so that I am able to use it for
>all subdomains as well as sub directories from one
>installation.
>
>Please help me out. I am going crazy with this.

Hi Faraz,

I sent your error "premature end of script headers" to Kirill for his opinion. My guess is that you're not uploading all the files, but let's wait for his opinion.

In the meantime:

- Have you already installed BlogBomb successfully on this hosting account?

- Are any perl scripts already successfully installed on this hosting account?

On a side note: If you're using WHM/cpanel, you have a folder called a "skeleton directory". Anything you install in this directory will be installed on any new domain you add.

This means if you create a cgi-bin and install BlogBomb (coorrectly) here, BlogBomb should be installed each time you create a new domain.

I'm not sure if this works with "add ons" or you need to create a new account each time using WHM.

Once you get BlogBomb working on a domain, you may want to ask your host how much for them to install BlogBomb in your skeleton directory.

Faraz...Check your email.

>
>
>Hi Faraz,
>
>I sent your error "premature end of script headers" to
>Kirill for his opinion. My guess is that you're not
>uploading all the files, but let's wait for his opinion.

>In the meantime:
>
>- Have you already installed BlogBomb successfully on this
>hosting account?
>
>- Are any perl scripts already successfully installed on
>this hosting account?

Actually, I have fatbomb and blogbomb installed in this hosting. Fatbomb is installed on the root domain while blogbomb is installed on an addon domain.

What I have done is downloaded the blogbomb install from my subdomain and uploaded it again to the root domain where I am trying to install it now. So, I dont see how I could miss any files there.

>
>On a side note: If you're using WHM/cpanel, you have a
>folder called a "skeleton directory". Anything you install
>in this directory will be installed on any new domain you
>add.
>
>This means if you create a cgi-bin and install BlogBomb
>(coorrectly) here, BlogBomb should be installed each time
>you create a new domain.
>
>I'm not sure if this works with "add ons" or you need to
>create a new account each time using WHM.
>
>Once you get BlogBomb working on a domain, you may want to
>ask your host how much for them to install BlogBomb in your
>skeleton directory.

I have a cpanel account but I dont know about a skeleton directory.
I hope I can get this to work with your help and when I am making more money I will just change to a better host which doesnt create trouble while installing scripts.

bye,
faraz

I have installed BlogBomb successfully on one site, but am not sure whether I should:
- install a BlogBomb on each site, or
- install on one central site for for all sites to draw pheeds from?

>I have installed BlogBomb successfully on one site, but am
>not sure whether I should:
>- install a BlogBomb on each site, or
>- install on one central site for for all sites to draw
>pheeds from?

Hi Jason,

Yes to both. You want one main install that will contain every RSS pheed of your own. Then, you will want to install BB on those domains you wish to use RSS pheeds on.

Hi Kurt,

I don't really understand what you mean exactly. Let's see if my understanding is correct:

>Yes to both. You want one main install that will contain
>every RSS pheed of your own.

Do you mean one main install (say site A) of BB in cgi-bin, so that this main install takes in all incoming RSS pheeds from my own websites?

>Then, you will want to install
>BB on those domains you wish to use RSS pheeds on.

And then on my other websites (sites B, C, D, E, etc) where I want to have incoming RSS, I use SSI (or PHP includes) to insert the RSS from site A? And not having to install BB on cgi-bin on those sites B, C, D, E, etc.

Am I understanding you correctly?

And if there's an existing post that's already explained it in detail, please point me to it, thanks.

>Hi Kurt,
>
>I don't really understand what you mean exactly. Let's see
>if my understanding is correct:
>
>>Yes to both. You want one main install that will contain
>>every RSS pheed of your own.
>
>Do you mean one main install (say site A) of BB in cgi-bin,
>so that this main install takes in all incoming RSS pheeds
>from my own websites?
>
>>Then, you will want to install
>>BB on those domains you wish to use RSS pheeds on.
>
>And then on my other websites (sites B, C, D, E, etc) where
>I want to have incoming RSS, I use SSI (or PHP includes) to
>insert the RSS from site A? And not having to install BB on
>cgi-bin on those sites B, C, D, E, etc.

Hi Jason,

You're correct. You have one main BB. You will use this to install any and all of YOUR OWN rss pheeds you create. For example, do you have a Twitter account? It creates an RSS pheed, install it in your main BB.

Use the main BB to EXPORT to all your other BB installs.

Now any domain you have that you want to include your own RSS pheed, you will need a way to put them on your pages, so you will use BB to IMPORT RSS pheeds, including your own.

By doing this, anytime you create a new resources, such as Twitter or a WP blog, you just add the RSS pheed to your main BB install and all your other BB installs will add the new content to those domains. You don't need to go to each domain and create links, your cross-linking is being done automatically using RSS.

LAST EDITED ON Feb-04-09 AT 12:59 PM (PST)
 
Hi Kurt, or anyone who might know the answer to my question.
Ok I read in another post about how you can put blogbomb in the skeleton directory, which I did using winSCP, and I wasnt sure what to put in the config file for domain name so I put my hosts domain name.
And Im not very up on creating a cgi-bin, which I did in the skeleton directory because it didnt have one.
I checked what permissions my cgi bins had and set the skeleton accordingly.
Now when I upload blogbomb to skel, does it have to be zipped or tar, or just a normal upload?
As of now I see blog bomb in my new accounts, but get an error when trying to go to the admin.

The error I get is 404 not found
The server can not find the requested page:

(port 80)

Russ1

>Hi Kurt, or anyone who might know the answer to my question.
>Ok I read in another post about how you can put blogbomb in
>the skeleton directory, which I did using winSCP, and I
>wasnt sure what to put in the config file for domain name so
>I put my hosts domain name.
>And Im not very up on creating a cgi-bin, which I did in the
>skeleton directory because it didnt have one.
>I checked what permissions my cgi bins had and set the
>skeleton accordingly.
>Now when I upload blogbomb to skel, does it have to be
>zipped or tar, or just a normal upload?
>As of now I see blog bomb in my new accounts, but get an
>error when trying to go to the admin.
>

Hi Russ,

1. Upload and install it in the skeleton as you normally would, including setting the permissions.

2. I'm guessing you're not quite entering the coorect URL to BB admin, based on the directory names and structure you are actually using. FTP to a site with BB installed and double check you are using the same URL to correspond with all directory names.

One common problem is the directions may say "blogbomb", when the real directory name is BBX2RSS.

Ok Kurt I will give it a shot, was I correct with putting my hosts domain in the config file in the skel install?

Russ1

>Ok Kurt I will give it a shot, was I correct with putting my
>hosts domain in the config file in the skel install?

Hi Russ...

The host domain in the config file is the one thing you'll need update each time, to match each domain.

Kurt I looked in my BBX2RSS2 and there is no file called wwwlib in that folder there are files called lib in Fatty which I also have.

When I install BB following your instructions I get

The requested URL /cgi-bin/BBX2RSS2.2/blogbomb_admin.cgi was not found on this server.

I will forward my server details so you can see in separate PM but I assume this missing file is relevant?

I would appreciate you taking a look as keen to get going again as we discussed.

>Kurt I looked in my BBX2RSS2 and there is no file called
>wwwlib in that folder there are files called lib in Fatty
>which I also have.
>
>When I install BB following your instructions I get
>
>The requested URL /cgi-bin/BBX2RSS2.2/blogbomb_admin.cgi was
>not found on this server.
>
>I will forward my server details so you can see in separate
>PM but I assume this missing file is relevant?
>
>I would appreciate you taking a look as keen to get going
>again as we discussed.

Hi Graham,

Sorry, but free install and trouble shooting services isn't part of our deal.

Your 404 error is moste likely due to you not entering the correct URL in your browser window. If you didn't upload a file, or something was wrong with the install, you would get a 500 error. 404 is "file not found", not "something isn't working".

Appreciate your comments Kurt I thought it might have been an error others had is that missing file relevant? As it was not in the zip.

I will work out how to solve this but if that file is not there I need to know if should be.

Thanks

Graham

>Appreciate your comments Kurt I thought it might have been
>an error others had is that missing file relevant? As it was
>not in the zip.
>
>I will work out how to solve this but if that file is not
>there I need to know if should be.
>

HI Graham,

If a file was missing, you'd be getting a 500 error...You're not entering the correct URL into the browser, this will produce the 404 error...

The fool of the week award go's to me. I had uploaded all the files in the directory but not the actual directory so it couldn't find it.

Installing scripts isn't that hard if you actually read the instructions I feel a right fool sorry!

It works fine now as far as I can tell more fun to follow...

Hi,

I'm super new, like 4 days into this, and in the past I've been ok once I get used to things.

I am thinking that getting familiar with BlogBomb is a good place to start, but I'm stuck on the instructions.

I am getting the 500 error after following the instructions.

My welcome email has a blogbomb zip file download and it yields:

Folders: data , templates & XIT

and

blogbomb_admin.cgi & feedsearch_ssi.gci & readme

ie. No "data.pl" or "/libwww" anywhere that I can find.

In my blogbomb download I also got a godfather zip file that yields a bunch of other stuff, but I don't see them in there, either.

The videos in the first post seem to show quite a few more files than I have.

Maybe I just need "data.pl" & "/libwww"

Any assistance with getting my tailbone to the starting line would be greatly appreciated.

Todd

>
>Folders: data , templates & XIT
>
>and
>
> blogbomb_admin.cgi & feedsearch_ssi.gci & readme
>
>ie. No "data.pl" or "/libwww" anywhere that I can find.

Hi Todd,

Later versions of BlogBomb don't have those files, so you can just disregard them. Sorry for the confusion.

The most common reasons for a 500 error would be:

- Didn't FTP using the ascii/text mode in your FTP program. Try uploading everything again using ascii/text mode.

- Incorrect path to perl - First line of script. Check with host for correct path to perl.

- Something didn't upload correctly - Try uploading everything again using ascii/text mode.

- Host hassn't correctly set up your cgi-bin. This is more common than one may think. Do you have any other perl scripts installed and working right now?

Recheck the first 3, if that doesn't fix the problem, send me an email with your details and I'll take a look.

Hi,

Thank you.

Back to work on it now.

Todd

Hi Kurt

Is the Blogbomb software a premium download? and if so were can I get it?

Roger

>Hi Kurt
>
>Is the Blogbomb software a premium download? and if so were
>can I get it?

Hey Roger,

Until recently, Blogbomb and some other scripts were part of the initial package.

Blogbomb will be offered here, probably for soemthing like $20.

Before, you had to buy it to gain membership, but:

1. It was too much at once and people were getting over-whelmed.

2. Now, you don't have to buy it, but can if you want.

3. I want to "semi-retire" a couple of the scripts...But not BlogBomb. While it's a pretty old script, it still functions very, very well, and still has tons of uses.

And a better word for "old" is "stable". It's been tested and tested over time and has stood the test of time. It's a well written, bug-free script.

I'll try to make BlogBomb available within a few days.

You don't have permission to access /bb2/blogbomb_admin.cgi/add_category on this server

Admin works fine to start.

it seems I only get the error when I try to add or modify categories.

The only way to update categories is manually update the file:
user-categories.dat

I followed all the permissions from the instructions.

Then i went back and increased all but cgi to 777

Kelvin

>You don't have permission to access
>/bb2/blogbomb_admin.cgi/add_category on this server
>
>Admin works fine to start.
>
>it seems I only get the error when I try to add or modify
>categories.
>
>The only way to update categories is manually update the
>file:
>user-categories.dat
>
>I followed all the permissions from the instructions.
>
>Then i went back and increased all but cgi to 777
>
>Kelvin

Hey Kelvin,

Not sure what the problem is...Never seen this before.

But it's not the permissions. If it was, you should get a 500 error, not an access error. It seems to be more of a server issue, but again I'm not sure.

Hi kurt,

It actually comes out as a 403 error. It is listed as the title tag on the failed operation.

Kelvin

>Hi kurt,
>
>It actually comes out as a 403 error. It is listed as the
>title tag on the failed operation.
>
>Kelvin

Hey Kelvin,

403 is an access error. But it's a server error, not one BlogBomb is is giving, which is what I can't figure out.

Is this a new install? Or was it working then started to fail?

Are other instances of BlogBomb working on this server?

Have you tried to reupload the files?

Hi Kurt,

After testing, it is happening on old installs and new.
At one time all the scripts did work on my servers. I pretty much stopped using them after tuelz came out.

So, in that time, maybe some upgrades or changes to the server caused problems. I had them check all the recommended perl modules, and they are installed.

======================

I also tried a new godfather install, and get the same thing.

Most items work, but a few give the error, as if it can't access or write. I changed several permissions to 777, with no success.

On blogbomb, I can manually update the category file.

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I was hoping to use the newsletter effect of godfather, for rss newsletters.

In the mean time, I guess I will just go back to tuelz. On a couple of sties, I can just use scrubs a couple times a week, and manually copy that into my autoresponder and send as broadcast.

Kelvin

Hey Kelvin,

I emailed you the last version of BlogBomb. See if it works.

Hi Kurt,

Tried new version:

No go.

Also, there is no file called:

data.pl

and no folder called
/libwww

These are listed in the instructions.

Not sure if they should have been included, or created.

Tried to create them.

still not working.

Kelvin

>Also, there is no file called:
>
>data.pl
>
>and no folder called
>/libwww

Hey Kelvin,

Those two files aren't needed in the newest version of BlogBomb.

When you edit the categories by hand, do you just need to add RSS URLs, or do you need to update it each time?

If you just need to edit the file once when you add a new RSS URL, it may not be that bad of a work around.

I have to do some more testing, but it seems I only have to manually create the category once.

Once created it will accept the RSS as normal.

Kelvin

>I have to do some more testing, but it seems I only have to
>manually create the category once.
>
>Once created it will accept the RSS as normal.

Not great...But at lesat that's workable and shouldn't be a big problem.

Sorry I can't come up with a better fix.