SEO Scripts User Manual
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1. Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 7 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http www scriptalicious com Edit Page Site Page gt Edit Page execute in place of the content for this page Lists all files in the content folder with a php extension META Description A brief lt 255 chars description of the page to use in the site META tags META Description tags are checked by some search engines and Web services META Keywords A comma separated list of keywords for the page No more than 20 recommended lt 255 chars META Keyword tags are checked by some search engines and Web services Using the WYSIWYG Editor When you create or edit a page you can use the advanced editor to format your text insert images layout pages with tables and more No HTML experience is required to use the Advanced Editor Like a word processing program you can use the toolbar to format your page as you create it By default you will see a single toolbar Click the More Less Button to display the extended toolbar See the complete key to all of the buttons and controls available in the editor below Bulleted Align Align Remove Insert More Less ttalics List Left Right Hyperlink Nedia Buttons f i Numbered Align Fdd Insert Font Formatting Bold Underline List Center Hyperlink Image Color Paragrap2. including the trailing slash Eg http www yourdomain com tools Site Name The short name for your site Eg My SEO Tools Site Title The full site title used in the browser window Eg My SEO Tools Tools for Webmasters and SEO Pros Admin Email Address The administrator s contact email address for system messages Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 3 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com Basic Settings Settings gt Site Config gt Basic Settings Welcome Message A brief lt 255 chars welcome message for use in templates Changing Themes amp Styles By default SEO Scripts has one theme called seo with several styles to choose from Change your Theme Settings in Settings gt Site Config gt Theme Settings Read more about customizing and creating your own themes in Section 3 Customizing Your Site SEO Settings SEO Settings lets you set default META keyword and description fields tweak URL formats and other SEO options for your site Change your SEO Settings in Settings gt Site Config gt SEO Settings SEO Settings Settings gt Site Config gt SEO Settings Site Page URL Format mportant Use caution and always test the effects of your changes to this field Do not use spaces or special characters This field lets you co
3. minus underscore forward slash period Short URL Format Caution Advanced users only No spaces or special characters Configures the URL format for Site Pages You Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 5 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http www scriptalicious com Tool Settings Settings gt SEO Tools can use A Z a z 0 9 and _ minus underscore forward slash period System Emails You can edit the email templates used for the contact form Change system email messages in Settings gt Edit Messages You can edit two email templates msg_email_contactthankyou Sent to the user after submitting the contact form msg_email_contactnotify Sent to the admin along with a user s message Click on the name of a message to edit it You can add special variables that will be replaced with the site name sender name etc Message variables are in the format variablename The following fields can be modified Messages Settings gt Edit Messages Message Title The title of the message for reference only Special variables site_name f_email Message Subject The message subject displayed as the email subject Special variables site_namel f_ email Message Text The full message text Special variables site_namel f_email f_ comm
4. site read the official Design Manual for SEO Scripts in the documentation area of our website http www scriptalicious com en docs seo scripts Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 15 of 15
5. Scriptalicious SEO Scripts User Manual Scriptalicious NS ERAN SE O Table of Contents Scriptalicious http www scriptalicious com Scriptalicious SEO Scripts User Manual The Official User Manual for SEO Scripts 2 0 1 Installationen annsan anaE aE aaa ae NEA aAa RAKAA ELARA KEANE Rak 2 Ny ty SOLVED Requirements ieri ornearret AE AE EE E RERE RERE ENEE ARRA 2 1 2 Downloading the SOMNW ALC a corssecceazsncedszapsoussevsnoldcnredeeceaussouseueantucequnold sausndeinquedantcoussoeceneinabizies 2 1 3 Installing gig CS e116 2 eae ne eRe eererne eee ie ioe te ee anes etn strane nC at renner renee te eee tere mere re 2 2 Site PRCUAMIPIS UAL ON vccenestacenstacacctacsecnstananncetantececannssicixadeaeihescamuntansncssnatacennatansndvebssaseukhenanassbaraeerseet 3 2 1 Logging in to Admin GP vccasccsectaancteacasuas ok tana vataaccaed tnineteataGaxtacnatoacteatasectue teeceheate nxdaddadanteatanusadde 3 2 2 Xe 14 e 6 p20 eee reen ne oan E oeey enon tern n em an er rnern eer een ree 3 Basic Settings Changing Themes amp Styles SEO Settings Tool Settings System Emails Bo ILS PAGS EIA ENAN EAA 6 Adding and Editing Pages Using the WYSIWYG Editor Using the Source Code Editor 24 Site ENKS cs ets dines a ttre eds Pav ae ba ate a bp Sos sw ba can ds See eg ved Pavan nsw debe ees a es De ee tenes 9 220 User AGCOUMIS xceens2dseetssaverazeonnstabstovsvatvasustebsdaucvaavensetababiusnecueas stabeiawnneccasayeve
6. alicious User Manual http www scriptalicious com 3 Customizing Your Site 3 1 Using Themes and Styles SEO Scripts has support for Themes and Styles which can change the appearance of your site A theme is a full design and a style is just one version of a theme Changing the active theme and style is covered in Section 2 2 Configuration Themes consist of template files CSS JavaScript image files and other media A template file is an HTML file with the tpl filename extension Template files are different from normal HTML files since they also support special markup codes and variables for generating dynamic output 3 2 Customizing Your Theme Themes are organized into folders located in the tpl folder on your website The default theme for SEO Scripts is called seo Customizing the CSS and templates for your theme lets you change almost any aspect of your website Editing your design requires some basic knowledge of HTML and CSS We have provided instructions for a few common customizations such as changing your logo and placing banners For detailed information on theme design and customizing your site read the official Design Manual for SEO Scripts in the documentation area of our website http Awww scriptalicious com en docs seo scripts Adding Your Logo One of the first things that you might want to do is add your logo to the site With some basic knowledge of HTML and an FTP editor you can a
7. ame The short name for use in menus and links Eg PageHeat Checker Safe Name An URL safe name for the tool This field is automatically set for you after entering the Tool Name It can be changed Can include the characters A Z a z 0 9 and _ Description A description of the tool to display on the tool page and to show a summary of in categories Instructions Instructions to add to the tool page One per line Category Which category this tool belongs to Status Enable or disable the tool from being displayed on the site CAPTCHA Enable or disable CAPTCHA for this tool only Max URLs The number of URLs to allow for this tool Will force tool to accept URL lists do not set this number if not already set Max Data The max lines of data to allow for this tool eg keyword lists Will force tool to accept data lists do not set this number if not already set Icon File The name of an icon graphic to display for this tool Icons located in tpl seo images ico Tool Categories Click SEO Scripts gt Categories to manage Tool Categories Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 10 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http www scriptalicious com Click Create Category to create a new category or click a category name to edit a category You can also delete singl
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9. dd your logo easily First upload your logo to the server using your FTP client You can save the file anywhere you want but remember the URL We suggest using the images folder for simplicity By default SEO Scripts displays the title in the default layout template of the SEO theme Open layout_default tpl in your favorite code editor Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 12 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com Now find the following code lt hl gt lt a href dir base gt site_ name lt a gt lt h1 gt lt div class khsub gt site_title lt div gt Replace all of the above code with an IMG tag to display your logo lt img src http www example com images logo gif border 0px style margin 25px 0px 0px 25px gt If you want the image to link to your homepage use the following code lt a href site url gt lt img src http www scriptalicious com tpl scriptalicious images logo gif border 0px style margin 25px Opx Opx 25px gt lt a gt Now save layout_default tpl and refresh your site to test the changes The site_url variable will be replaced with your actual URL when the site is displayed You may need to change the code a bit to get the alignment correct You can modify the margin property to get it lined up correctly The spacing is in pixels p
10. e you will be taken to the Edit Page form The Edit Page form allows you to change the name title and settings for each page as well as edit the content with an advanced editor The following fields are available on the Edit Page form Edit Page Site Page gt Edit Page Page Title The full title of the page displayed in the browser window Eg About Us All About Our Website Special variables site_title Page Name The short name for use in menus and links Eg About Us Safe Name An URL safe name for the page This field is automatically set for you after entering the Page Name It can be changed Can include the characters A Z a z 0 9 and _ Page Status The status of a page determines whether it is visible hidden or completely disabled Creating hidden pages is handy for Parent Specify a parent page allowing an infinite level of sub pages to organize your content Page Layout The page layout template to use when viewing this page The standard layouts are default standard view with menu home simple layout with no menus and clean a completely stripped layout that s used for popups Default Sort Order Manually set the sort order for display in menus Sorted lowest to highest Use Title Tail Append the Title Tail setting from Site Config to the Page Title in the browser window Script Wrapper Advanced users only Allows the use of a PHP script to
11. e or multiple categories or change the sort order of a category from Tool Categories admin The follow fields are available for each category Tool Categories SEO Scripts gt Categories Title Full title of the category shown in the browser window Name A short name for the category used in menus and links Safe Name An URL safe name for the category Can include the characters A Z a z 0 9 and _ Description A description of the category to display in category fields Status Enable or disable the category to remove from menus URL Shortener Admin The URL Shortener Admin lets you manage all of the URLs created by the URL shrinking tool Click SEO Scripts gt Short URLs in the menu to access the URL Shortener Admin Click Create New URL to manually enter a short URL or click a Short URL name to edit the record You can also delete single or multiple URLs and preview test the shortened URLs The following fields are available for each record Short URLs SEO Scripts gt Short URLs Short URL The short URL alphanumeric under 16 characters Full Redirect URL The full URL to redirect all visitors to Hits The number of clicks for this URL IP Address The IP address of the client that added this custom URL Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 11 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Script
12. ents Message Name DO NOT EDIT unless you are a programmer and know exactly what you re doing This changes the system name 2 3 Site Pages SEO Scripts has a powerful CMS for editing the pages on your website You can add edit organize and search an unlimited number of pages on your site Site Pages are organized in a heirarchial format allowing infinite level of sub pages to organize all of your content Every page has a Parent The default Parent is the Home page but you can change this from the Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 6 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com Edit Page form The Home page is a special page with no parent and cannot be deleted There are two editing modes available Design Mode and Source Mode The default is Design Mode Note The advanced editor requires the use of a modern browser IE 6 7 Firefox Safari and Opera tested If you have problems you can disable the advanced editor under Settings gt Site Config gt Other Settings gt HTML Editor Setting this to Basic will display a standard textarea Adding and Editing Pages Manage all Site Pages in Site Admin gt Edit Pages Clicking a page name will allow you to edit the page Quickly create a new page by clicking Site Admin gt New Page When you edit or create a new pag
13. ftware After purchasing SEO Scripts you will receive an email containing specific download instructions You can download the latest version of SEO Scripts from your Scriptalicious Account at any time http Awww scriptalicious com account php 1 3 Installing the Software Once you have the latest version unzip the file on your desktop or somewhere easy to remember You should now have a folder named SEO Scripts 2 x zip where 2 x is the version number Using your favorite FTP client upload the contents of the new folder to your Web server Make sure you upload all files to the folder you want the site to run on Usually this will be public_html or htdocs but you can also upload the files to a subfolder or subdomain on your site Once all of your files have been uploaded you must run the install script to complete installation Load up your favorite browser and head to http www yourdomain com install Make sure you replace www yourdomain com with the URL where you have uploaded SEO Scripts The installer will guide you through the rest of the process When complete delete the install folder and log in to the Admin CP to change your password immediately Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 2 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com The default login userna
14. h ces PERRE P SS Font family v Font size v ABE 9 a 2 Font Selection Font Size Strike ij as i i Indent through Plaintext Table Character Align Paste From Remove Outdent Edit CSS Full MS Word Formatting Using the Source Code Editor The Source Code Editor gives you direct access to the underlying HTML source code for the page It supports advanced syntax highlighting for HTML and CSS as well as auto indentation Switch to the Source mode by clicking the Source tab in the editor Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 8 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http www scriptalicious com 2 4 Site Links Site Links is a list of links on your website that can be managed easily from Admin CP Click Site Admin gt Site Links to view edit and delete links When creating or editing a new link the following fields are available Site Links Site Admin gt Site Links Link Title The anchor text for the link Link URL The complete URL Link Summary A short optional summary lt 255 chars of the link Status Show hide the link on your website Open in New Window Force the link to open in a new window Add nofollow Optionally add the rel nofollow attribute to links 2 5 User Accounts User Accounts lets you manage users with administration rights for your website Cl
15. ick Site Admin gt Users to view edit and delete user accounts The follow fields are available for each user User Accounts Site Admin gt Users Username A unique username No spaces or special characters Email Address A valid email address for user contact and password info Password Password for the user Must be set for a new user Leave blank to edit an existing user without changing the password gt 4 chars recommended 7 10 chars alphanumeric Confirm Password Confirm the password Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 9 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com 2 6 Tools Administration SEO Scripts lets you manage all SEO tools and categories on your website Use Tools Admin to change the name description SPAM settings sorting and other fields Use Categories to edit the names and descriptions of tool categories Editing Tools Visit SEO Scripts gt Edit Tools in the menu to access all SEO tools Here you can filter by category sort by field change tool sort ordering and edit a tool by clicking on the name Editing a tool lets you change the following fields Edit Tools SEO Scripts gt Edit Tools Tool Title The full title of the tool displayed in the browser window Eg PageHeat Checker Tool Check your heat Tool N
16. iptsCatMenu lt div gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Links lt h2 gt kSiteLinks lt div gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Menu Title lt h2 gt s ls lt li gt lt a href http www example com gt Link Title 1 lt a gt lt li gt lt li gt lt a href http www example2 com gt Link Title 2 lt a gt lt li gt lt ul gt lt div gt lt fdiv gt Placing Banners Ads and Links Placing banners ads and links on your site means finding the desired location in a template file and placing your code The code you use and where you place it will depend on your ads and might require some experimenting Usually you will be provided with some kind of code from your advertiser such as the banner text link or even a flash video Depending on the size and type of the ad you may want to place it in the header footer or maybe the sidebar of your website To insert a header banner try editing header tpl To insert a footer banner try editing footer tpl Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 14 of 15 Scriptalicious http www scriptalicious com Scriptalicious SEO Scripts User Manual To place an ad in the sidebar or above below the content area of your site try editing layout_default tpl 3 3 Theme Design and Advanced Editing For detailed information on theme design and customizing your
17. me is admin password admin 2 Site Administration SEO Scripts has a full Administration Control Panel that allows you to change settings edit content configure and customize tools and much more This section will show you how to use the Admin CP 2 1 Logging in to Admin CP The Admin CP is reserved for the site owner and any other individuals they wish to have complete access to the website contents and settings The Admin CP can be access in your browser by visiting http Avww yourdomain com admin replace www yourdomain com with your domain If you haven t logged in yet you will be presented with a login form to enter your username and password If you have logged in recently you will be taken directly to the Admin CP dashboard 2 2 Configuration You can configure many settings to suit your particular needs and to tweak the performance and appearance of your site This section covers all the major settings available in the Admin CP Basic Settings If you just installed your site the first thing you should do is to set up some basic settings for your SEO Scripts installation If you haven t changed the title of your site you will see a nag message every time you log in reminding you to setup your site Find Basic Settings in Settings gt Site Config gt Basic Settings and update the fields listed below Basic Settings Settings gt Site Config gt Basic Settings Site URL The full URL of your site
18. nfigure the URL format used for Site Pages You can safely use A Z a z 0 9 and _ minus sign underscore forward slash and period Search URL Format Not Yet Implemented Important Use caution and always test the effects of your changes to this field Do not use spaces or special characters This field lets you configure the URL format used for Search results You can safely use A Z a z 0 9 and _ minus sign underscore forward slash and period Default Separator The default separator to use in the browser title amp navigation Title Tail A short site title to append to all page titles in the browser META Keywords A comma separated list of keywords for your site No more than 20 recommended lt 255 chars META Keyword tags are checked by some search engines and Web services META Description A brief lt 255 chars description of your website to use in the site META tags META Description tags are checked by some Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 4 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com SEO Settings Settings gt Site Config gt SEO Settings search engines and Web services Tool Settings The SEO tools can be configured in Tool Settings Basic Settings lets you enable disable CAPTCHA set request limits and change other basic t
19. ool options SEO Settings gives advanced users access to the URL formats for all of the tools and categories Change your Tool Settings in Settings gt SEO Tools Tool Settings Settings gt SEO Tools Require CAPTCHA Enables disables CAPTCHA for all tools Disable to configure CAPTCHA for each tool individually IP Request Limit The maximum number of requests allowed from an IP address within the IP Cache timeframe see below Exceeding this limit displays a friendly error message IP Cache hours How long to cache IP addresses This determines how long users must wait for access if they exceed the limit Default Max URL Count Default number of URLs to allow for tools that accept URL lists as an input This can be changed on a per tool basis and overrides this setting Description Length The cutoff length for tool descriptions on the website Tools Page URL Format Caution Advanced users only No spaces or special characters Configures the URL format for Site Pages You can use A Z a z 0 9 and _ minus underscore forward slash period Tool Page URL Format Caution Advanced users only No spaces or special characters Configures the URL format for Site Pages You can use A Z a z 0 9 and _ minus underscore forward slash period Category URL Format Caution Advanced users only No spaces or special characters Configures the URL format for Site Pages You can use A Z a z 0 9 and _
20. x and is ordered top right bottom left Adding Menu Items New menu items are automatically created for pages that are active in the Admin CP If you want a new page to be linked from your main menu just add a new page from the Admin CP and make sure it s active You can also add your own menu items to the existing menus or create a new menu entirely To manually add a link to your menu Open layout_default tp and find the following code around lines 22 39 lt div class kinner gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Navigation lt h2 gt kMenu lt div gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Categories lt h2 gt seoscriptsCatMenu lt ai gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2eLinks lt h2 gt kSiteLinks Become a Scriptalicious affiliate and earn 20 on all referrals 2009 Intavant All Rights Reserved Version 1 0 Page 13 of 15 Scriptalicious SEO Scripts Scriptalicious User Manual http Awww scriptalicious com Pai fai gt The above HTML code displays the sidebar menus on your site You can see a menu for Navigation Categories and Links by default Modify the code to add a new menu above below or in the middle of your sidebar menus See the revised example code below with changes in red lt div class kinner gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Navigation lt h2 gt kMenu lt div gt lt div class ksmenu gt lt h2 gt Categories lt h2 gt seoscr
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