INDEX

1. Installation
1.1 PowerSeek Installation 1.1.1 PowerSeek 1.1.2 Installation 1.1.3 Installation 1.2 Installation Notes (Please Read)
Extra 1.2.2 How to add 1.3 Linux/Unix Installation Trouble 1.4 Upgrade Instructions to upgrade to a 1.4.1 For 1.4.2 For 1.5 How to Upgrade from Turbo Seek to 1.5.1 Upgrading 1.5.2 PowerSeek 1.5.3 Upgrade 1.5.4 Upgrading 1.5.5 Changes 1.6 Upgrading From Turbo Seek to PowerSeek - 1.7 How to Upgrade From PowerSeek Ver 2.x to 1.8 How to Upgrade From PowerSeek Ver 2.x to 1.9 Moving PowerSeek to another host Instructions
requirements
Instructions For Unix/Linux
Instructions for Windows
> Fields/Keys
extra fields/keys at setup/installation time
Shooter
newer version of PowerSeek
Unix/Linux
Windows
PowerSeek
From Turbo Seek to PowerSeek - Overview
Requirements
Instructions
From Turbo Seek to PowerSeek with extra fields/keys.
After You Have Upgraded To PowerSeek
Trouble Shooting
PowerSeek Ver 3.0 - For Linux/Unix
PowerSeek Ver 3.0 - For Windows

2. The basics in 20 minutes (Getting Started)
We highly recommended you read this if you are new to PowerSeek.
This will teach you the basics and save you time in the long run.

3. Settings
    3.1 Global Search Engine Settings
          3.1.1 General Settings
        3.1.2 HTML File Generation Settings
        3.1.3 Directory/Category Listing Settings
          3.1.4 Search Settings
        3.1.5 New Submission Settings
          3.1.6 Comment/Review Submission Settings
        3.1.7 Control Panel Settings
        3.1.8 What's New & Top Hits Settings
          3.1.9 New & Popular Indication Settings
          3.1.10 Modifying Links Settings
    3.2 HTML Generation Resource Usage
    3.3 Customize Emails
        3.3.1 New Submission Emails
          3.3.2 New Premium Submission Emails
          3.3.3 User Registration System Emails
          3.3.4 Link Modification Emails
    3.4 Text Configurations
    3.5 Extra Field/Key Settings
        3.5.1 How to add an extra field
          3.5.2 Changing Extra Field Settings
          3.5.3 Removing Extra Fields
    3.6 User Extra Fields/Keys Settings

4. The Directory Manager (Adding Categories/Directories & Links)
    4.1 Overview
    4.2 How to add a directory
    4.3 Deleting a directory
    4.4 Renaming a directory
    4.5 Moving a directory
    4.6 How locked directories work
    4.7 How to cross link directories
          4.7.1 How to add cross links
          4.7.2 How to delete cross links
    4.8 How to use hidden Directories/Categories
    4.9 How to Generate Specific Directories/Categories
    4.10 How to add related directories/categories
    4.11 Adding a link to a directory
    4.12 Adding more than 1 link to a directory
    4.13 Importing Data/links
           4.13.1 Order & Content
           4.13.2 ODP Link Importer
    4.14 Editing, Moving, Copying or Deleting Links
           4.14.1 Editing, Moving, Copying or Deleting Links in directories
           4.14.2 Searching for a link for Editing, Moving, Deleting Links
    4.15 Crawling for titles, descriptions and keywords
    4.16 Using custom HTML templates for different categories
    4.17 Previewing categories
    4.18 Targeting banners at categories
    4.19 Retrieving Email Addresses

5. Customization (Look & Feel)
    5.1 Customization Basics
    5.2 Template Basics
    5.3 How to edit templates
    5.4 What is the variable words in the templates/HTML files?
    5.5 How to use images in templates
    5.6 Default Directory Template Customization Explanation
    5.7 General Template Guidelines
    5.8 How to use template includes
    5.9 Global Variables (Variables available to all templates)
    5.10 How to use custom directory templates
           5.10.1 How to create custom template sets
           5.10.2 How to assign custom templates to directories/categories
    5.11 How to create your front page
           5.11.1 Front Page Template Method (Easiest)
            5.11.2 How to use JavaScript Includes to create and maintain your front page (Easy)
           5.11.3 How to use IFRAME tags to create and maintain your Front Page (Easy)
           5.11.4 How to use SSI’s to create and maintain your Front Page (Advanced)
    5.12 How to customize your front page
    5.13 Customizing The Search Results Template Plug-Ins
    5.14 Customizing The Add URL Template Plug-Ins
           5.14.1 User Registration Add URL & Modify templates
           5.14.2 Standard Add URL& Modify templates
    5.15 Customizing The Rating Templates Plug Ins
    5.16 Customizing The Review Templates Plug Ins
    5.17 Customizing The What's New Template Plug Ins
    5.18 Customizing The Top Hits Template Plug Ins
    5.19 Customizing The Broken Link Templates
    5.20 Customizing The Mailing List Removal Templates

6. How to run a Static or Dynamic Directory
     6.1 How to run a static directory
          6.1.1 Generating the HTML files from the admin control panel
         6.1.2 Updating Changes to existing HTML files (Previously generated HTML files)
          6.1.3 Generating HTML files from Telnet or SSH
          6.1.4 Using cron to generate your HTML files on a scheduled basis
          6.1.5 Updating Changes to existing HTML files (Previously generated HTML files) From Telnet/SSH
          6.1.6 Using cron to update Changes to existing HTML files on a a scheduled basis
     6.2 How to run a dynamic directory

7. The User Manager
     7.1 What is the User Manager?
     7.2 How to enable the User Manager (Requiring registration or user accounts for link submissions)
     7.3 How to disable the User Manager (Not requiring registration or user accounts for link submissions)
     7.4 User Extra Fields/Keys (Collecting Extra Information when users register accounts)
     7.5 Sending Email to users

8. Maintenance
     8.1 New Submissions
           8.1.1 Medium-Sized and Large-Sized Search Engines Add URL Forms
           8.1.2 Premium and Standard Submissions
           8.1.3 How to Approve/Reject New Submissions
     8.2 How to approve changes to modified links
     8.3 How to approve or reject new link reviews/comments
     8.4 How to manage broken links
     8.5 Generating HTML files
     8.6 Generating Your Front Page (Index Page)
     8.7 Recounting Links
     8.8 Removing dead HTML files. (Clean-up)
     8.9 Database Maintenance

9. Plug-ins
     9.1 The Premium Link Manager
           9.1.1 What is premium links and how to add them?
           9.1.2 Premium Link Settings
           9.1.3 Sending Email to Premium Link Owners
           9.1.4 Retrieving Email Addresses of Premium Link Owners
           9.1.5 Customizing Premium Link Email Responses
           9.1.6 Expiry Emails
           9.1.7 Sending Expiry Emails to Premium Link Owners Who's Premium Links is About to Expire
           9.1.8 Browsing and editing premium links
     9.2 The Banner Manager
           9.2.1 How to rotate banners in categories
           9.2.2 How to target banners at content
           9.2.3 Displaying banners with search results
     9.3 Email Mailing & Address Retrieval
           9.3.1 Sending Email to Link Owners
           9.3.2 Retrieving Email Addresses on a Per Category Basis
     9.4 The Spam Filter
     9.5 The Broken Link Checker
           9.5.1 How to configure the Broken Link Checker
           9.5.2 How to check for broken links using the control panel (browser)
           9.5.3 How to check for broken links in specific categories
           9.5.4 How to check for broken links from SSH/Telnet
           9.5.5 How to manage broken links that has been reported by the Broken Link Checker
           9.5.6 How to manage broken links that has been reported by visitors
     9.6 Data Backups
           9.6.1 How to Configure the Backup Utility
           9.6.2 How to restore backed-up data
           9.6.3 How to backup data
     9.7 Top Search Term Includes
           9.7.1 How it works
           9.7.2 Setting up a Top Search Term Include
           9.7.3 Previewing your Top10 listing
           9.7.4 Getting the JavaScript code to place on your site
           9.7.5 Keeping the lists up to date
     9.8 Popular & New Link Includes
           9.8.1 How it works
           9.8.2 Creating a Popular or New Link Include
           9.8.3 How to list the most popular & most recent links in external pages or templates
           9.8.4 Keeping the Includes up to date
     9.9 Category Includes
           9.9.1 How it works
           9.9.2 Creating a Category Include
           9.9.3 Previewing your Category Include
           9.9.4 Getting the JavaScript code to place on your site:
           9.9.5 Keeping the lists up to date
     9.10 Total Link Include
           9.10.1 Workings
           9.10.2 Keeping the include up to date
     9.11 The Template Switching Tool
     9.12 The Link Crawler Plugin
     9.13 The Import & Export Plugin (Importing or Exporting Links)
           9.13.1 How to Import Links into PowerSeek
           9.13.2 How to Export Links From PowerSeek

10. Tips & Tricks
    10.1 Using listings without URL's
    10.2 Using images in link listings
           10.2.1 Adding images to link listings
           10.2.2 Adding images that is hyperlinked
    10.3 Recommendations For Large Search Engines
    10.4 New & Popular graphic indicators
            10.4.1 What it is / used for
            10.4.2 Settings
            10.4.3 Implementation
            10.4.4Customizing the 'new' & 'pop' graphics
    10.5 How to optimize generated (static) category pages for Search Engines

11. How To's
     11.1 How to Create Your Front Page or Index Page in 10 Minutes or Less (Including Categories)
     11.2 How to block automated submission services and spammers from using the 'Add URL' forms.
     11.3 How to block automated submission services and spammers from using the 'Comments' forms.
     11.4 How to enable Reciprocal Link Checking
     11.5 How to let submitters upload images
     11.6 How to add Extra Fields
     11.7 How to configure your ADD URL templates when you have extra fields/keys
     11.8 How to configure your MODIFY templates when you have extra fields/keys
     11.9 How to Set Up Advanced Searches to Search Extra Fields/Keys
     11.10 How to block automated submission services & spammers from using the 'Broken Link Report' forms
     11.11 How to charge for standard listings
     11.12 How to provide RSS feeds from categories
     11.13 How to embed videos with link listings