Instant Auction Site Installation Manual

Thank you for taking advance of IAS!

Here are the instructions to install it on your server:

(1) There are 3 php files that needs to be changed in the zip file:
  • config.php
  • optin.php
  • listkwd.txt 

(2) Let's start with the easiest: "listkwd.txt".

You'll have a blank file where you can insert your list researched keywords that you want the script to generate content from. Each keyword will represent one page of the site filled with relevant ads from ebay.

Make sure you select meaningful keywords and also enter one keyword per line without living blank spaces. Here's an example:

Ipod
Ipod nano
Ipod shuffle
etc...

We recommend using no more than 200 keywords for each site, else the navigation bar will get to long and won't be nice to view. So just keep your niche website small and well focused on the theme.

Once done. Save changes to the document.

(3) Open "optin.php".

This file is for you to insert your autoresponder form and ask visitors to subscribe to your newsletter or course, etc...

You will see this:

<h1>YOUR-OPTIN-TITLE</h1>

This is the title of the optin form and usually it should be an action phrase to ask user to subscribe. So make it short and sweet. Here's an example:

<h1>Sign up below and receive a FREE Ipod voucher!</h1>

Note that you should leave the <h1> and </h1> intact and replace on the words in the middle.

Now for the optin form: 

<p>YOUR-OPTIN-FORM-CODE-HERE</p> 

Just replace the words between the <p> and </p> with your optin form codes or javascript if you are using Aweber. For instant, here is an example of our aweber optin java script code and how we inserted it:

<p><script type="text/javascript" src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/96/768993296.js"></script></p>

Once done. Save changes to the document.

(4) Let's open the "config.php".

Just make sure you fill this file well, else the script won't work. If ever you encounter a problem in installing the script or an error, just be sure to double-check this file and see if you have followed the instructions as it should. This is the "central" part of the script.

First if you should be aware than ebay is no more working with Commission Junction (CJ) as from the 1st April 2008. They have created another site from which you can register as an affiliate. Just make sure you register and get your affiliate ID.

Register here: http://www.ebaypartnernetwork.com/ 

And if you were registered thru CJ, may be you would be interested to take a look at this post:

http://www.ebaypartnernetworkblog.com/english/ebay-partner-network-migration-guide/

Ok back to the file configuration:

// ==== Your eBay Information ====

$ebay_aff="afepn"; //Affiliate method (afepn) Affiliate Ebay Partner Network or (afmp) Mediaplex
$ebay_campaing_id=""; //Campaign Id, valid for Affiliate Ebay Partner Network
$ebay_custom_id=""; //Custom Id, valid for Affiliate Ebay Partner Network
$ebay_rotation_id=""; //Rotation Id, valid for Mediaplex


(a) Let
$ebay_aff="afepn" as it is if you registered from the Affiliate Partner Network. And if you registered from Mediaplex, change the "efepn" to "afmp". It should look like this: $ebay_aff="afmp"

(b) $ebay_campaing_id="" is where you enter your campaign id provided from the partner network. It should be something like: $ebay_campaing_id="234328364"

(c) $ebay_custom_id="" is also provided from the partner network. 

(d) $ebay_rotation_id="" ue this if you have Mediaplex.

 

// ==== Your Site Information ====

$site_name="YOUR-SITE-NAME";
$site_slogan="YOUR-SITE-SLOGAN";
$home_title="YOUR-SITE-PAGE-TITLE";

This one is very straight forward. Here's an example how you can fill this:

$site_name="Cheap Ipod Auctions";
$site_slogan="The Best Place To Get Cheap Ipods!";
$home_title="Cheap Ipod Auctions";

 

// ==== Google Adsense ====

$google_ad_client = "YOUR-ADSENSE-CLIENT-NUMBER";
$google_ad_channel = "YOUR-TRACKING-CHANNEL-NUMBER";

This is where you enter your google adsense information, it should look like this:

$google_ad_client = "pub-324234324343";
$google_ad_channel = "4365454543";


// ==== Copyright Information ====

$copyright="Copyright 2008";

You can add some like "Copyright 2008. YourSite.com, All Rights Reserved" or just leave it as it is.



// ==== Instant Auction Sites Affiliate ID (Clickbank) ====

$ias_affiliate="CLICKBANKID"; 

Insert your clickbank affiliate ID to earn commission on each sales you make from IAS script.



// ==== Auctions To Be Displayed =====

$min_no_bids=1; //change the number if you want the criteria to be more or less than 1 bid
$minprice=10; // This is the minimum price of the auctions to be displayed.

$mkwd="YOUR-MAIN-KEYWORD"; // This is the Main Keyword for the index page.
It should be the a keyword very broad enough to extract pages of content from ebay. E.g. "Ipod"

We recomment that you leave the first 2 settings like it is and then add your main keyword in the 3rd one.

// ==== Your Products Or Affiliate Products With Images ====

// cbprod_image are urls of the product images.
// cbprod_url is your affiliate link related to the product image above.
// cbprod_text is for the text link for the related product above.
// you should insert http:// in urls.

$cbprod_image1="";
$cbprod_url1="";
$cbprod_text1="";

$cbprod_image2="";
$cbprod_url2="";
$cbprod_text2="";

$cbprod_image3="";
$cbprod_url3="";
$cbprod_text3="";


// ==== Text Links ====

// link_headline is the title which will be displayed above the link partners.
// link_url refers to the url of your partners website.
// link_text refers to the text link of the above related partner site.


$link_headline="Cool Links:";

$link_url1="";
$link_text1="";

$link_url2="";
$link_text2="";

$link_url3="";
$link_text3="";

$link_url4="";
$link_text4="";

$link_url5="";
$link_text5="";

Once done. Save changes to the document.


(5) Upload all files on server.

Yep, thats it upload all files as they are on your server. You may install it on the root directory or in a folder like this: 

http://yoursite.com/ipod/

Check the site by typing the url in the browser.


(6) Generate pages.

Ok, the last thing you need to do is to generate pages based on the keywords you entered in step 1. Just go to:

http://yoursite/ipod/generatepages.php

Make sure you go to the "generatepages.php" in your browser. Within seconds, you'll see hundreds of pages being added to your site.

You are now done! =)

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