Tips for improving your eSyndicat directory

[clau]

Hello everybody,

I see that more and more people are using eSyndicat for their directory and maybe someone needs to change this and that in this application, so it would be great if we post here some tweaks that we have done to the script.

For example I wanted that all the users which submit a link to one of my directory to be redirected to another of my directory right after the link is submitted.
Here is what you need to do:
There are two files that needs to be changed in order to make this work:
1. /template/actualtemplate/suggest-link3.tpl where "actualtemplate" is the template that you are using for your site.
In this file you need to search for this:

{if $msg}
       <div class="notification">{$msg}</div>
{/if}

and replace it with this:

{if $msg}
       <div class="notification">{$msg}<br>You will be redirected in 5
seconds</div>
       <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5 URL=otherdirectoryurl">
{/if}

Here you can put the redirect delay for as much as you want.
2. The second file is /template/actualtemplate/payment-complete.tpl
Here you need to search for this:

<div class="box-content">{$lang.payment_done}</div>

and you need to change it with this:

<div class="box-content">{$lang.payment_done}<br>You will be redirected in
5 seconds</div>
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5 URL=otherdirectoryurl">

It is working for me so far, but if you have some comment or advice on this please share it with us.

Claudiu

[temi]

Thanks for this Clau

[gkd_uk]

Thanks Clau! Great Post

[OldWelshGuy]

Thanks Clau. I would also recommend you place links to your other directories in your confirmation of submission email.

[temi]

owg,
in your eSyndicat powered directory, I see you start each category with some text about the subject matter of that category, how did you do that?