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New Features/Enhancements/Updates in PowerSeek Ver 5.0 (31 May 2010)
Extra Add URL/Modify forms are now supported. This means that a single
installation of PowerSeek can accept different kinds of submissions. A
Directory can for example consist of Links, Articles, and Classifieds.
In this instance two additional Add URL/Modify form sets can be created
so that different forms are used when submitting Articles and
Classifieds. See the Manual for complete instructions on setting this
up.
Main features of this new option includes:
The ability to send out custom email autoresponse messages depending on what form set has been used.
Each form set has it's own Add URL/Modify templates that can be
customized to suite the kind of listing being submitted.
Used
in conjunction with 'Custom Category Template Sets', many different
kinds of listings (having an original look and feel) can be contained
in a single installation of PowerSeek and submissions for the different
kinds of links can be accepted.
Each
Add URL / Modify form set can direct to different order processors so
that different prices can be charged depending on the kind of link that
is submitted. (Standard or Premium)
Many others.
Google SiteMaps are now supported. When adding or editing a category a
priority option and update frequency option can be set for the
category being edited or added. When a Google SiteMap is created the
static URLs of these categories (that have priority and update
frequency options) will be written to the Google SiteMap file.
When
editing or adding links a priority and update frequency can also be
set. Note that these settings will only have bearing on the 'link info'
or 'more info' pages of links.
Note
that the SiteMaps functionality is only supported for Static
Directories. (Not dynamic Directories) The Google SiteMap file will
contain static URLs to the generated pages where categories and links
have priority and update frequency settings.
A Google SiteMap Plugin is available where all categories and links
that has priorities and frequencies set can be viewed, searched or
edited. The intention of the plugin is to make management of Google
SiteMap priorities and frequency settings easy. (For categories and
links)
The Google SiteMap can be generated when generating HTML files or can be generated from the Google SiteMap Plugin.
Upload and Download functions are now available from the Template Editor.
Templates can be uploaded and downloaded instead of copying the source
code of the templates to a Web Editor for editing.
Category Searches can now use Custom Search Templates. This allows the
ability to configure a totally original category search. This can
come in handy if the Directory holds different kinds of content like
links and articles where you would like a seperate search for links and
articles for example. Category searches can be set up in the Control
Panel >> Settings>> Create/Configure Advanced Searches
When in the 'Dir Manager' and moving the mouse over a crosslinked
category will reveal the real category where the crosslinked
category points to.
The aesthetics of the main interface / control panel has been updated
to make the use of many functions and options easier. This was mainly
implemented to make the interface look cleaner and not bulky as this
may confuse users not familiar with PowerSeek.
The Wizards as listed below has been added. They can be accessed from
the PowerSeek Control Panel >> Other Wizards - The Wizards
contains instructions and links to guide you to accomplish many tasks
easily.
Quick Setup for the Front Page of your Directory
How to configure and change the look and feel of premium links
How to give certain categories it's own look and feel with Custom Category templates
How to target Advertisements or Banners at specific categories
How to Add Extra Fields
Enabling Reciprocal Link Checking and Link Validation
How to use PowerSeek as a CMS
How to build an Image Gallery with PowerSeek
How to have multiple Add URL / Modify Forms for different kinds of submissions
There is now a maximize/minimize setting available from the
'Template Manager'. Maximizing the display will display all PowerSeek
templates available for editing when the 'Template Manager' tab is clicked.
When adding extra fields/keys there is now an 'implementation' link
available for each extra field that has been created. This will explain
and guide you on how to display the contents of the extra fields with
link listings and how to let visitors submit to the extra fields from
'Add URL' forms. This has been created to make it easier to implement
extra fields within PowerSeek with easy access to implementation
instructions.
A file menu is now available with the Control Panel on the left. This
has been added for quick access to functions and options.
A dropdown menu navigation plugin is now available. This plugin allows
you to display categories in a drop down menu. When categories are
selected in the drop down menus, then sub menus are populated with sub
categories of the particular category. This plugin provides the
means for your visitors to easy locate categories without loading
complete web pages. (It has been created to provide a quick and
easy way to browse to categories) - Drop Down menus can also be setup
to display the sub categories of specifically chosen categories. You
can place this functionality inside any PowerSeek template or this can
also be placed inside any external web page on your web site.
A new Text/HTML rotator plugin is now included. This allows you to
rotate Text/HTML based advertisements in any PowerSeek templates or
external Web Pages. It also allows you to target Text/HTML adverts or
content at specific categories. (Works the same way as targeting
banners at categories.)
Below are some highlight features of this plugin:
Records impressions and clicks. (Click tracking can be configured for Text/HTML based Adverts)
Statistics with Graphs.
Flash/Javascript or anything HTML based can be rotated.
Can be used externally on any other web pages.
There is now an RSS feed importer available with PowerSeek. When in the
Dir Manager inside any category click the 'RSS' button to
import RSS feeds.
A Random Link Include plugin is now available. This plugin allows you
to display random links selected out of the database or out of
selected categories. It allows you to display random links inside any
PowerSeek template or external Web Page. Included with
the plugin are also options to change the randomizations to specific
time periods. It can be set to randomize every 6 hours, every day,
every week, etc.
Character fields can now accept pre-appended or appended data. This
means that if the extra character field has a value (when displayed
with link listings) that text or HTML can be included before the extra
field value and/or after it. Pre appended or appended text or HTML
can be added by editing any extra Character field when going to the
Control Panel >> Settings >> Extra Fields/Keys This can
come in handy if you need a description before the value displayed when
there is a value for an extra field but nothing needs to be displayed
if there is no value for the extra field.
A category specific search is now available from the 'Dir Manager'.
When browsing categories from the 'Dir Manager' then there is a
search function to search the current category that is being browsed
or viewed.
The Front Page IFRAME Method now supports an auto height adjustment
option. This means that the IFRAME will adjust itself according to the
height of categories displayed on the Front Page of the Directory or
any other web page.
The file permission mask can now be configured for generated HTML
files. This means that the file permission setting can be configured.
This can be done by going to the Control Panel>> Settings
>> Global Engine Settings >> 2. HTML File Generation
Settings>> Look for the setting reading: 'File Permission Setting
of Generated Files & Directories'
When a new installation of PowerSeek is done then the Setup script now
has an additional option to configure the email address and name
from whom email responses are sent by PowerSeek. When an email address
and name is specified then all custom emails (sent out by PowerSeek)
will automatically be configured so that email is sent from the email
and name specified. This eliminates the need to
go to the Control Panel >> Settings >> Customize Emails - to
configure each email for new installations. It may be recommended
that emails still be customized according to user needs.
A tooltip window is now available from the Template Manager describing
what each template does. This should ease template editing by knowing
what it does before opening it for editing.
In some situations links will not be available in the database but the
generated HTML files for the links will still be available. This
normally happens when a link was deleted and the HTML files was not
re-generated or updated. When this happens users are provided with an
error when a link is clicked. There is now a new setting where a URL
can be supplied to redirect to, where users can be told that the link
is not available in the database anymore. This URL can be a standard
web page. This setting can be found in the Control Panel >>
Settings >> Global Engine Settings>> 1. General Settings
>> Look for the setting reading: 'URL to redirect to when a link
was now found'
A Plug-Ins search is now available when clicking the 'Plug Ins' tab
from the PowerSeek Control Panel. It has been created to allow
quick access to Plug-Ins.
The PowerSeek Control Panel User Name and Password can now be changed
after logging into the Control Panel. After logged in, click on
'Configuration Info' to change the User Name and Password of the PowerSeek Control Panel.
The Link Importer available from categories now has an option to ignore
duplicates when using the importer. If the option is checked then links
to be imported that has duplicate URLs in the database won't be
imported.
The HTML Encoding used inside the PowerSeek Control Panel can now be
set by going to the Control Panel >> Settings >> Global
Engine Settings >> 7. Control Panel Settings UTF8 Encoding
is used by default inside the PowerSeek Control Panel.
A bug was fixed where in some situations the 'Category Drop Down' would
list hidden categories when doing a new submission. It should have not
listed hidden categories.
The 'Popular' graphic will now be displayed with links that are
popular within the 'Dir Manager'. Previously this graphic was not
displayed when links was 'Popular'.
The drop down menu where the number of links to be listed in the Dir
Manager can be configured had a problem with FireFox where it
would in some instances not function correctly. This bug has been fixed.
Premium links will now be indicated from the 'Broken Links' section where links are indicated as broken.
In some rare circumstances certain extra field names would clash
with internal field names used by PowerSeek internally. This bug has
been fixed.
The category search algorithm has been optimized to match categories more accurate when used.
A bug has been fixed where the correct category location would not be
displayed when setting up a category search from the Control Panel
>> Settings >> Create/Configure Advanced Searches >>
Create/Configure Specific Category Searches
Extra Add URL/Modify forms are now supported. This means that a single
installation of PowerSeek can accept different kinds of submissions. A
Directory can for example consist of Links, Articles, and Classifieds.
In this instance two additional Add URL/Modify form sets can be created
so that different forms are used when submitting Articles and
Classifieds. See the Manual for complete instructions on setting this
up.