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Administration Panel

Introduction

This Administration Panel is the heart of In-link. All of the administrative functions of In-Link are controlled from here. The purpose of having the Administration Panel is that the entire database maintenance services and all of the system settings can be performed and controlled though a secure centralized online administration utility. The administration panel is laid out in a most straightforward and intuitive way and provides advanced functionality for easy and effortless updates and maintenance tasks to any part of the In-link system. In the administration panel you can add, delete, or edit categories, links, users and reviews. You can use the Administration panel to validate pending data, filter out duplicate or inaccurate information, etc. Administration panel allows you to customize and configure your entire In-link site and you can also perform database backups and restorations along with data imports and exports directly from the Administration Panel.

Navigate & Modify

Allows the admin to navigate and modify the entire system as a standard user would through the similar front-end—however, many administrative options are available here.

Navigate

Functionality

In-link Navigate & Modify interface allows you to navigate the directories normally and add, delete, or edit any categories or links within them.

Sorting and Ordering

The Navigate & Modify interface allows you to change the view option for sorting and ordering of links and categories for administrative viewing purposes. You can choose to view links sorted by Name, Date, Description, User, URL, rating, Votes, Hits, Rating, Votes, Hits, Visibility Factor, Editor's pick and Image. You can sort categories by Name, Date, Description, User, Number of Subs, Permissions, Number of links, Visibility Factor, Editor's Pick and Image. You can also change the output order (Ascending or Descending) for both links and categories and the number of link results to display per page. The sorting and ordering administrative view option allows more efficient maintenance of multiple categories and links.


See also: Configuration | Output

Searching

The search box allows you to easily search for categories or links in the system for the ones matching the search query. Multiple search options are available:


It is a standard, system-wide search for links containing your keywords.

Searches for links in the category where you are currently located. You can determine which category you are in by looking below the dark grey “Navigate” bar at the top of the page.

Same as search in the current category, but it will recursively search all sub categories of the current category.

Searches for categories containing your keywords (no links will be returned)

This option is available on the results screen (after the initial search has been performed). It allows you to narrow your search, and filter the results that you have obtained during the initial search.


The search keywords allow usage of special characters to obtain more accurate results. They only make sense when you are searching for a phrase (more than one keyword) and they allow better control of the phrase. For instance:


Using this sign in front of a keyword will ensure that the keyword is present in all results

Using this sign in front of a keyword will ensure that the keyword is not found in any of the results

Using quotes will perform a literal search for the phrase (treating it as one keyword). All spaces and special characters will be preserved and searched for literally


Hint: if you want to search for a + or a – sign, please enclose them in quotes to avoid the system recognizing them as special characters.


You can combine multiple special characters in one phrase. Here are some example searches:


Will find links related to Windows OS, other windows (such as building windows) and other operating systems

Will search for exact matches of those three words in that order

Will search for all links about windows operating system that don’t contain the word “Microsoft”.

Will search for all inks with all three words present, resulting in less links but most accurate information



! Special characters and “search within results” are only available when “Extended Search” option is enabled under Configuration | Search.

Advanced Searching

In order to perform advanced search, click on the “Advanced Search” link on the bottom of the main search box. Advanced Search allows you to perform field-specific and range searches (A date range, for example) on links and categories, as well as it allows you to specify the Boolean type of search and the number of results returned. Advanced search also allows you to search by the values of custom fields.

Add Link

Clicking on the “Add Link” button allows you to add a link to the category where you are currently located. Add link form has several important features that are worth noting:

Category Selection

Add Link has a powerful category selection tool that allows you to cross-reference links in more than one category. When you are adding a link the system gives you full list of the categories where you are submitting the link. The categories list can be modified by removing and adding additional categories. Additional categories available for selection are represented by a dropdown list that features all of the “root” categories where permissions allow the link to be cross-referenced. Selecting a category allows you to “peek” into the sub categories in that category that will also be represented by an updated dropdown list. Pressing “Add this category” button will add the selected category to the list of the categories where the link is being referenced.


See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

Name, URL, Description

The name, URL and Description of the link represent the “functional” part of any link as such. Link name and URL are the only two required fields.

Rating, Votes, Hits

Every link has three fields introduced for statistical purposes. Rating specifies link’s average rating given to it by users. Votes stands for the number of votes placed by users on that link and hits signifies the number of clicks through the link by the users. As an Administrator, you can set the initial values to any of these fields. “POP” and “TOP” markers are dynamically calculated by the system and are based on the rating, hits and votes.


See also: Configuration | Output

Date Created

Please, note that the link’s date field affects the “NEW” link marker.


See also: Configuration | Output


Date Modified

This field is automatically updated when the link is modified on the front end. It can be then displayed on the front end, or used for custom functionality. This date can also be manually updated in the administration utility, however it’s not recommended.

Date Expires

This field contains the date when the link is going to expire. It’s set automatically upon link creation / modification in accordance with the link expiration settings. All links with the expiration date prior to the current date / time are considered expired, and they do not appear on the front end listings. On the admin listings they will be displayed with an “expired” flag in red. To re-enable a link after it has expired, you can manually edit the Expiration date, or go to the Data Validation | Expired Links section and renew the link.


See also: Configuration | Output, Data Validation | Expired Links

Editor’s Pick

A link marked as an Editor’s Pick will be displayed before all other links, no matter what field the sorting is done by. Editor’s Picks links also have a separate template and can be modified to look different from the rest of the links.


See also: Configuration | Output

Link Owner

Link owner field specifies the user who is the owner of the particular link. If end users are allowed to modify their links, this field will specify which user is allowed to modify the link.

Visible

The visibility field allows the Administrator to temporarily disable selected links. The disabled links will not be shown to the end user; however, the Administrator will be still able to see them. The disabled links are marked as such. A new link is visible by default.

Link Graphic

This field allows storing a link-specific image that can be displayed together with each link record. This functionality allows displaying link-specific logos, icons, photographs etc. To choose a graphic, you can either specify a local server path, which can be absolute (e.g. /home/sites/inlink/html/themese/default/images/my.gif) or relative to the theme (images/my.gif) or external URL, in which case you need to provide the full address starting with HTTP:// (e.g. http://www.google.com/images/logo.gif)

Custom Fields

Any link record offers up to six custom fields that could be customized for any purposes. The name, as well as the usage for those fields can be controlled through the Configuration.


See also: Configuration | Output

Add Category

Name, Description

The Name and Description of the category represent the “functional” part of each category. Category name is a required field.

Date Created

Please, note that the category’s date field affects the “NEW” marker.


See also: Configuration | Output

Category Owner

Allows to set an editor for that particular category. As In-link includes multi-editor capabilities, you can use this field to assign a user as an editor for that particular category (please make sure to update the user’s permissions under Users and Permissions as well.)


You can also grant access to all of the subcategories to the same editor by checking the “Change all subcategories to this user?” box. If you prefer, to retain all of the sub category permissions for those users who are editors, you can do so by selecting the “Keep existing sub category users, if they are editors” option.


! Please note that all of the category editor permissions in the subcategories will be rewritten recursively if you use this option and they can not be restored.

Editor’s Pick

Any category marked as an Editor’s Pick has a special marker “PICK” displayed next to it.

Permissions To Add Links To Category

This is a powerful feature of In-link that allows the Administrator to set category-specific permissions in order to restrict submitting of links by end users to designated categories. The permissions are divided into two parts: Registered Users and Not Registered Visitors. For each user type, adding of a link to a category can be either: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added link becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) added directly into the database. Please, note that the permissions are category specific and by default they inherit the permissions of the parent category.


See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

Visible

The visibility field allows the Administrator to temporarily disable selected categories. The disabled categories will not be shown to the end user; however, the Administrator will still be able to see them. All disabled categories are marked as such. A new category is visible by default.

Category Graphic

This field allows storing a category-specific image that can be displayed for each category. This functionality allows displaying category-specific logos, icons, photographs etc. To choose a graphic, you can either specify a local server path, which can be absolute (e.g. /home/sites/inlink/html/themese/default/images/my.gif) or relative to the theme (images/my.gif) or external URL, in which case you need to provide the full address starting with HTTP:// (e.g. http://www.google.com/images/logo.gif)

Meta Keywords

This field allows Administrator to set category-specific META keywords that can be used for indexing purposes by search engines.

Meta Description

This field allows Administrator to set category-specific META description that can be used for indexing purposes by search engines.

Related categories

Allows to select categories featured as related categories to this particular category.

Custom Fields

Any category record offers up to six custom fields that could be customized for any purposes. The name, as well as the usage for those fields can be controlled through the Configuration | Data Structure.

Edit Link

Functionality

Edit Link is identical to the Add Link screen allowing the Administrator to modify link-related data.


Ban / Unban Link

Functionality

This feature is used to ban (“blacklist”) regular links and unban (allow) banned links. The banning is done by matching the URL of a new submission to the rules stored in the In-link black lists. Partial matches will be also disallowed submission. To ban, simply click on the black “Ban” link below each entry. (Note, if the option is not available, the link is already banned). To restore a banned link, green link “Unban” below each entry. (Note, if the option is not available, the link is not banned and therefore cannot be restored).


See also: Data Validation | Banned Links



Confirmation Dialog

This choice will add the link URL to the internal black list of banned URLs. The link will remain active, but any new submissions with the same URL or any other longer URL containing the current one will not be allowed.

This choice will add the link URL to the internal black list of banned URLs. The link itself will be disabled (invisible), and any new submissions with the same URL or any other longer URL containing the current one will not be allowed.

This choice will remove the URL from the internal black list.

This choice will add a specific exclusion to the rule, allowing this specific URL but no other, longer URLs containing it.

This choice cancels your current action

Mark Link

Functionality

This option will mark the link as a suspect for dead link validation. The purpose of this function is to allow the administrators and editors to manually “bookmark” links that they think are invalid. They can return to them later and verify their validity. There is no “unmark” function similar to “unban” on the link itself. The status can be restored by going to the Data Validation | Link Validation section and unmarking it there.


Depending on a setting under Configuration | Permissions & Users, each administrator could have their own, independent Links Validation section. In this case, the links that they mark will not appear marked for other administrators. This is useful when you have several editors/administrators managing different parts of the site.



See also: Data Validation | Link Validation

See also: Configuration | Permissions & Users


Edit Category

Functionality

Edit Category screen is similar to the Add Category screen, allowing Administrator to modify link-related data, except for:

Apply Category Permissions to Subcategories

In the edit mode you can force to apply the currently selected category-specific permissions to all the subcategories below that category (Recursive Permissions). Checking the box next to “Apply Category Permissions to Subcategories” will force all of sub categories’ permissions to be overwritten.


! Even though it is a useful feature it also can be dangerous. Please, use caution when utilizing this feature as all of the subcategories’ permissions will get overwritten and the process is irreversible.

Move Link or Category

Links and categories may be easily moved to other categories within In-link. Moving a Category with links inside would move all of the sub categories and sub links within that category. You can move categories and links by licking on “Move” next to categories’ and links’ records. The updated screen will show a listing of available categories for the move. Simply browse to the appropriate category to select a new category for completing the move action and press “Move to this category”.

Delete Link or Category

Links and categories may be deleted from the system. If a category is deleted, all sub categories and links within that category are deleted as well. In-link will prompt you as and additional safety feature when deleting a category.


! Please, use caution when deleting links and categories. No data can be recovered once deleted.


Copy Category

Categories may be copied to a different location. Once a category is copied, all sub categories and links within that category are copied as well, preserving the same hierarchical structure. When copying occurs, new instances of every link or category that are being copied are created

Reviews

Functionality

A link may contain user-written reviews associated with it. When clicking “Review” next to a link, a link detailed record will be shown containing a list of link reviews.

Add or Edit Reviews

Administrator can add a new review by pressing the “Add Review” button in any link detailed review record. Administrator can also edit reviews by clicking the “Edit” link under the specific review. Administrator can change the actual review text, date of the review and the user who submitted the review.

Delete Review

Administrator can delete any reviews by clicking the “Delete” link under the specific review.


! Please, use caution when deleting reviews. No data can be recovered once deleted.


Data Validation

The administrative Data Validation section allows the Administrator to approve or deny pending categories, links, reviews and users; search the database for duplicate links; validate existing links; manage banned and expired links and perform data maintenance.

Pending Data

Pending Categories

Pending Categories screen allows the Administrator to view, approve, and/or deny pending categories suggested by end users. The “Select All” and “Unselect All” buttons allow for mass approvals/denials of categories. Depending on the e-mail settings, In-link can automatically send out e-mails for individual category approvals and denials upon adding them to the live database. Depending on the e-mail settings in the configuration, approving a category could send a custom e-mail message to the person who suggested it; mass approving selected categories, by default, simply adds them to the live database without sending out any messages. Denying a category allows you to send a custom e-mail to the person who submitted it; mass deleting selected categories simply deletes them from the pending list. The search, advanced search and sorting and ordering view options will only display pending categories.


See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

See also: Configuration | E-mail


! Once a pending category is deleted or denied, it cannot be recovered.


Pending Links

This screen allows the Administrator to view, approve, and/or deny pending links in the system. Similar to pending categories, “Select All” and “Unselect All” buttons allow for mass approvals and denials for pending links. Depending on the settings, In-link can automatically send out e-mail notifications for individual link approvals and denials upon adding them to the live database. Also, depending on the e-mail settings in the configuration, approving a pending link could send a custom e-mail message to the person who submitted that link; mass approving selected links, by default, simply adds them to the live database without sending out any messages. Denying a pending link allows you to send a custom e-mail to the person who submitted it; mass deleting selected links simply deletes them from the pending list. The search, advanced search and sorting and ordering view options will only display pending links, similar to pending categories.

See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

See also: Configuration | E-mail


! Once a pending link is deleted or denied, it cannot be recovered.


Pending Reviews

Allows the Administrator to view a list of links containing pending reviews. The reviews can be approved or denied in each link’s detailed reviews record.


See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

See also: Configuration | E-mail


! Once a pending review is deleted or denied, it cannot be recovered.


Pending Users

This allows the Administrator to view, approve, and/or deny user registrations. Pending users list shows the users that were successfully registered with the system and who are pending administrative approval in order to be granted access to the member restricted services. Each pending user can be edited, approved or denied. Depending on the configuration settings, In-link can automatically send out e-mail notifications to individual users upon their approval or denial and before adding them to the live database. Pending users can be sorted by their username, full name, e-mail, user status and by the date when they were added to the system. You can also search and conduct advanced search within the pending users list.


E-mail functionality allows the Administrator to send custom messages to a designated group of users (including pending users). This functionality is discussed more under Users & Permissions.


See also: Configuration | Users & Permissions

See also: Configuration | E-mail


! Once a pending user is deleted or denied, it cannot be recovered.



Data Validation

Duplicate Links Check

The duplicate link check scans the current database looking for duplicate links with or without the same name and displays them to the Administrator. Editing the duplicate link will display all entries in the database with that link. Links may be deleted as seen fit. You can perform administrative tasks of editing and deleting for any links in the list.

See also: Links Validation

Duplicate User Email Check

This functionality allows Administrator to validate all users in the system for the subject of duplicate e-mail addresses. When found, the users will be displayed in the format of a standard user list, allowing deleting and disabling users with duplicate e-mail addresses.

Links Validation

Links validation checks that every link within the database points to an existing URL and is not a broken link. Links validation can be a lengthy process that can take a significant time on a large database. That’s why the latest version of In-link allows the administrator to pause the validation process and come back to it at a later time.

There are two groups of actions you can perform in the links validation section.


The first one is working with all links in the database. You have two choices – to resume validation from where you left off last time (button “Continue Validation of all Links”), or to start over from the beginning (button “Revalidate all Links”).


The second group of actions you can perform is related to a selection of previously detected or specially marked dead links. That’s the list of links you see in the body of the section. The two ways links can appear on that list are when previously detected as dead (specific error will be displayed in red) or when manually marked while browsing Navigate & Modify (an orange label “Marked as Suspect” will appear next to those links). The three actions that you can perform are “Delete”, “Revalidate” and “Unmark”. “Delete” will remove the selected links from the system, “Revalidate” will test the selected links for validity, restore the good ones and leave the dead ones in the list. ”Unmark” will simply restore the selected links to the normal state.


Depending on a setting under Configuration | Permissions & Users, each administrator could have their own, independent Links Validation section. In this case, the links that they mark will not appear marked for other administrators. This is useful when you have several editors/administrators managing different parts of the site.


See also: Configuration | Permissions & Users
See also: Data Validation | Duplicate Links Check

Banned Links

This section allows you to review all banned URLs and the exclusions, associated with them. You can also update and delete each rule by pressing the corresponding button on the right. You cannot add a new rule here; instead, you will need to find a link with a URL that you want to ban, and press the “Ban” action right below the record.


! To add multiple exclusions, please use the “,” (comma) sign and enter them all into one field. Do not create duplicate rules.


Banned URLs will not be allowed to be submitted from the front end by regular In-link users. You will still be able to add them through the administration utility’s Add Link function.


See also: Navigate & Modify | Ban/Unban Links

Expired Links

This section allows you to review all links that have expired in the system. You will be able to renew the selected links either permanently (they will never expire again) or for a designated number of days. You will also be able to delete any selected links from this section.


See also: Navigate & Modify | Edit Link

Data Cleanup

Database Maintenance and Cleanup

Database Maintenance and Cleanup allows maintaining the integrity of the database by conducting a system wide check of the dynamically calculated values. For example, there are certain conditions (such as lost connection, for example) when some of the dynamically calculated values (such as link and categories counter) may become offset. The Database Maintenance and Cleanup will recalculate those values and will reset them. It will also check for lost or “orphan” links and categories – records that are still in your database but no longer appear in the catalog. There is no need to run Database Maintenance and Cleanup unless you notice that some of the dynamic counters are showing incorrect values or missing data.

Users & Permissions

This section allows the administrator to work with users registered in the system and with their access permissions. It also has an e-mail utility that allows sending out custom e-mail messages to a selected group of users.

User List

Users & Permissions displays a list of all current users registered in the system. Pending users are not shown here. If a list of pending users is needed, see Data Validation. The list of users can be sorted by any field (by their username, full name, e-mail, user status and the date when they were added to the system) by clicking on the field title. A user may be edited, deleted or banned by clicking the buttons to the right of the user data entry. The administrator may search for current (non-pending) users with the simple search field.

Adding / Editing User

Username and Password

Username and password are the only two required fields for users. Both need to be at least three characters long. In order to preserve the password when editing a user, leave the password field blank. Entering a new password into the password field will update the user record with that new password.


! Username passwords are encrypted in the database and cannot be retrieved once lost. You can reset a user password in the user record by supplying a new password. This does not apply to the root Administrator user.


Permissions

Every user has a level of permissions associated with him. Currently, there four levels of users:


By default a newly created user has “User” permissions (regular user allowed to use member services on the front-end).


! Setting permissions to Admin would grant administrative access to a regular user. Similarly, editors are granted access to the administrative sections within the designated categories. Use caution and check permissions for every user in order to prevent unwanted results.


Enabled

The field allows the administrator to temporarily disable selected users. The disabled users can be still seen by the administrator, however the system will not allow any access for the disabled user. The disabled users are marked as such. A new user is enabled by default.


! When a user is disabled, he or she is denied any access to the system.


Custom Fields

Any user record offers up to six custom fields that could be customized for any purposes. The name, as well as the usage for those fields can be controlled through the Configuration | Data Structure.

Banning a User

To prevent users from registering on your In-link site, you can ban them by user name, IP address or E-mail address. You will still be able to create new user records from the administration utility using banned text. To ban a user, simply click on the dark grey “Ban” button next to their user name. A new screen will appear where you can enter specific details about this ban.

Banning Options

In the first part of the Ban a User screen you will be able to choose the criteria of the ban rule. There are three options – by user name, by IP address and by E-mail address. You can select any combination of those criteria. The values will be pre-filled, based on the information of the user whom you chose to ban. Remember, just like with the link URL bans, you can enter partial values for each option. If you want to ban an entire E-mail domain, for example, you can enter “@domain.com” – this will block all users with E-mails any_address@domain.com. If you want to ban an IP subnet, do not use “*” (such as a common way in other applications). Simply enter a partial address like this: “192.168.” It will block the entire subnet of 192.168.0.0/16 (in other words, 192.168.*.*)

User Status

You are also presented with a choice of what to do after the ban rule is created. The system can delete the user, disable the user or leave them as they were. Please note, that if you don’t delete the user, it will still appear on the list and there will be no indication that they have been banned. The reason for this is that after the ban rule is created, it is not associated with a specific user name (for example, it could be an IP-only ban).

Search

Regular Search

Regular Search allows you to perform search within users by their username, full name, e-mail, user status and the date when they were added to the system. “Show All” button resets the search parameters to the full list of users.

Advanced Search

In order to perform advanced search on users, click on the “Advanced Search” link on the bottom of the main search box. Advanced Search allows you to perform field-specific and range search, as well as it allows you to specify the Boolean type of search and the number of results returned. Advanced search also allows you to search by the values of custom fields.

E-mail

E-mail functionality allows the Administrator to send custom messages to a designated group of users (including pending users). There four types of users (user groups) that you can e-mail to:


By default, the “From” field in the e-mail will be the name of the administrator currently logged in (it can be changed just by typing in a new value), the reply-to address will be the address of the same user. All the fields are required, including subject and body. After filling out the e-mail message, press “Preview” button. It will allow you to preview the message and to send it.


Sending out e-mails can be a lengthy process that can take a significant time for a large list of users and it can put significant stress on your server.


! Some hosting providers may consider the mass e-mailings generated by In-link as spamming. Please, consult your provider’s policy before using this feature.


User Bans

This section allows you to review all user ban rules active in the system. You can view all bans by Name, IP address and E-mail by choosing the appropriate value from the drop down.


You can update and delete each rule by pressing the corresponding button on the right. You cannot add a new rule here; instead, you will need to find a user that you want to ban, and press the “Ban” button to the right of the record.


! To add multiple exclusions, please use the “,” (comma) sign and enter them all into one field. Do not create duplicate rules.


Banned users will not be able to register on the front end of your In-link site. However, you will still be able to add them from the User List in the administration panel.


See also: Users & Permissions | User List


Logs & Statistics

Logs & Statistics tracks many aspects of the In-link system and presents them to the Administrator via customizable reports.

Statistics

Number of Records

This field shows the total number of records in the database. The number of records is the sum of the number of categories, links, users, and many more internal In-link system fields. This number is to be used only as a gauge in estimating the database size.

Number of Links

This field shows the total number of links in all categories in the system.

Number of Pending Links

This field shows the total number of pending links in all categories in the system.

Number of Categories

This field shows the total number of all categories in the root and in other categories in the system.

Number of Pending Categories

This field shows the total number of pending categories in all categories in the system.

Number of Reviews

This field shows the total number of reviews for all links in the system.

Number of NEW Links

This field shows the total number of links marked as “NEW” in all categories in the system.

Number of NEW Categories

This field shows the total number of links marked as “NEW” in the root and all categories in the system.

Number of PICK Links

This field shows the total number of links that are marked as “Editor Picks” in all categories in the system.

Number of PICK Categories

This field shows the total number of categories that are marked as “Editor Picks” in the root and all categories in the system.

Number of POP Links

This field shows the total number of links that are marked as “POP” in all categories in the system.

Number of TOP Links

This field shows the total number of links marked as “TOP” in all categories in the system.

Number of Hidden Links

This field shows the total number of disabled links disabled by the admin in all categories in the system.

Number of Banned Links

This field shows the total number of URL ban rules in the system.

Number of Expired Links

This field shows the total number of expired links in all categories in the system.

Number of Hidden Categories

This field shows the total number of categories disabled by the admin in the root and all categories in the system.

Number of Users

This field shows the total number of users registered in the system.

Number of Searches

This field shows the total number of searches in the system since you last reset the counter.

Total Link Hits

This field shows the total number of times links have been clicked on in the system.

Total Votes

This field shows the total number of votes cast for all links within the system.

Average Vote

This field shows the average vote submitted in the system.

Search Log

Search Log allows the administrator to view various logged searches conducted in the system by the front-end users. This feature can be allowed to track down popular search keywords. Administrator can look up logs on both Simple and Advanced searches; a dropdown box presents the selection. By default, both simple and advanced searches are shown to the Administrator in the reverse chronological order. Clicking on a “Reset” button would clear the selected log. Also, please note that none of the administrative searches get logged in the database.

Simple Search

This allows viewing simple searches performed by the users of the frond end. Every search record contains the search keyword, table type, date and time of the search, search type. The list can be sorted by any of the fields from above by clicking on the appropriate field in the title.

Advanced Search

Advanced search is similar to the simple search, except it includes the entire search query in the keyword field. Every search record contains the search keyword, table type, date and time of the search, search type. The list can also be sorted by any of the fields from above by clicking on the appropriate field in the title.


! It is a good idea to clear the search logs once in a while as they can grow large and take up unnecessary space on the server.


Reports

This is an extremely powerful feature of In-link that can also be extremely dangerous. This utility allows the Administrator to execute a custom SQL query against the database. This includes displaying SELECT query results in dynamically generated table, however, this also includes any action queries that can modify structure and delete tables. Please, use this feature at your own risk.


! Use extreme caution when using this feature. Entire records can be deleted and tables can be dropped if a destructive query is executed! Only use this feature if you are familiar with SQL and its syntax!


Customization

Customization section of the Administration Panel can be used to customize your copy of In-link. It allows you to modify the layouts for the front-end of the system through themes, change languages and date format through the regional settings and extend the system functionality by including additional modules.

Themes

Themes represent the front-end layout (look and feel of your system that the end users will see). Themes are one of the strongest features of In-link. The entire front end is completely template-based, meaning that the entire engine's look and its output can be modified, customized and integrated into any web site. Themes are sets of template files and a cascading style sheet file that can all be edited in any text editor or by using the In-link’s built-in editor. The themes are located in "themes\" directory in your In-link directory. You can download new themes from our web site or add and modify your own. Just place them in their own directory under "themes\" and use this screen to switch between them.


Changing the current theme

Choose the desired theme from the dropdown list and click the “Load” button next to the dropdown list.


Editing a template within a theme

The theme containing the template to modify must be in the currently selected theme. If you need to change the theme, see changing the theme.


See also: Working with Themes


! Please, note that switching to a different theme for modification purposes will also switch the entire system output to that theme. Also, any changes made to the template file will be instantaneously reflected on the front-end of the system. The preview button is designed only to preview the currently selected template and might not work correctly for some of the templates with advanced functionality or nested templates. Browsing while viewing a template preview is very likely to cause errors.


Regional

The regional customization page allows In-link to switch between different language sets, change the date format, and modify language files. Language sets are contained in the "languages" directory. The entire system output is located in centralized language files that can be easily edited in any simple text editor or in built-in In-link’s editor. You can easily modify any system messages in the sets or even create your own language sets. You can even change the browser language encoding and the date format for the entire system. Additional language sets are available for download on the In-link site.


Changing the language set

Select the desired language set from the dropdown list and click the “Load” button next to the dropdown list in order to update it.


Changing the date format

Specify the date format for the output purposes and click the “Change” button next to the field in order to change the date format. Two most commonly used formats are American: “m-d-Y” and European: “d-m-Y”.


Editing a language file

The language set containing the file to modify must be in the currently selected language pack. If you need to change the language pack, see Changing the Language Pack.



See also: Working with Language Sets


! Please, note that switching to a different language for modification purposes will also switch the entire system’s output to that language, including the administration panel. Any changes made to the language files will be instantaneously reflected on the front-end of the system.

Use caution if you are switching to a language you don't understand. The entire administration utility will be translated and you might have a problem changing it back.

Modules

Modules allow for the easy addition of new functionality to In-link. Modules can extend the functionality of your entire In-link system by allowing you to use custom tags in the templates. Adding this extra feature that your web site needs can be now done without having to modify any of the existing code. Just upload a new module to the “mod” directory in your In-link directory and it will be automatically configured for the use with the system.

View the source of currently installed modules

Select the module from the dropdown list and click the “View” button next to the module.

Viewing module usage data

Once the module is selected it will give you instructions on the module usage.


See also: Working with modules


! Use extreme caution with modules and please use them at your own risk. Modules have access to all In-link system variables and routines and they must be written in a compatible and compliant format in order to work properly. Do not download and install modules from a source you don’t trust as they can potentially represent a security risk for your site. All of the modules distributed by Intechnic Corporation routinely undergo tests and security checks; other modules may not.

Configuration

Configuration section of the Administration Panel allows you to modify and configure many of the In-link’s system variables and settings.

Output

This part of the configuration section allows you to modify and specify the patterns and the settings used for determining how various system elements such as categories, links or reviews will be displayed to the front-end user. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system.

Categories

This section allows you to modify the settings for the output of categories.

Here you can change the default sorting algorithm for categories. You can sort categories by Name, Date, Description, User, Number of Subs, Permissions, Number of links, Visibility Factor, Editor's pick and Image. Note: depending on the layout of your template the users can override this setting for their viewing purposes.

You can also change the default output order for categories to ascending or descending. Note: depending on the layout of your template the users can override this setting for their viewing purposes.

Here you can choose the number of columns you would like to break the output for categories into. Note: that the categories are output in a table and are sorted top-to-down, left-to-right. The minimum value for this field is 0.

Here you can choose the number of columns you would like to break the output for related categories into. Note: that the related categories are output in a table and are sorted top-to-down, left-to-right. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This field allows you to set a time frame for a cut off based on which categories will have “NEW” marker displayed. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This allows you to specify default meta keywords that can be used for indexing purposes by search engines if a category does not have specific meta keywords in its record. Note: Category specific META tags will overwrite the ones specified here.

This allows you to specify default meta description that can be used for indexing purposes by search engines if a category does not have specific meta description in its record. Note: Similar to category specific META tags, category-specific meta description will overwrite the ones specified here.


You can specify a category that will be used to restore all Lost and Found links. See Data Validation | Data Maintenance for more information. In order to find the category ID, place your mouse over the category link and read the “cat=” value in the URL. It is also a good idea to name this category in a clear way, and ensure it is disabled (not visible on the front end).

Subcategory preview links

Here you can choose the sorting of the subcategories listing under the main category names on the front end

You can also change the default output order for category preview links to ascending or descending.

Links

This section allows you to modify the settings for the output of links. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system.

Here you can change the default sorting algorithm for links. You can sort links by Name, Date, Description, User, URL, rating, Votes, Hits, Rating, Votes, Hits, Visibility Factor, Editor's pick and Image Note: depending on the layout of your template the users can override this setting for their viewing purposes.

You can also change the default sorting order for links to ascending or descending. Note: depending on the layout of your template the users can override this setting for their viewing purposes.


When turned on, this option will preset the default sort order to “Relevance” for search results. It will only work when Extended Search is enabled.

Here you can and the default number of link results to display per page. Note: depending on the layout of your template the users can override this setting for their viewing purposes. This setting is used to break up other elements’ listings into pages (such as reviews). The administration panel also uses this value as the default value for displaying links, reviews, etc., for administrative purposes. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This field allows you to set the top percent of links rated by hits to be considered popular. This value is used to determine the cut off value based on which links will have a “POP” marker displayed. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This field allows you to set the top percent of links rated by votes to be considered the most visited links. This value is used to determine the cut off value based on which links will have a “TOP” marker displayed. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This field allows you to set a time frame for a cut off based on which links will have a “NEW” marker displayed. The minimum value for this field is 0.

This field allows you to control whether you want front end users to be able to see the URL of every link in the system before they click on it and are taken to the target URL. In another words, when moving a mouse over a link, by default, In-link will display the URL of the link in the browser’s status bar as one of the parameters. If turned off, In-link will rely entirely on internal link IDs and will not display the link’s URL before the user is transferred to the new target location.

This option allows you to control whether to show multiple link instances within the search results or not. (It is possible to have multiple link instances of the same link in multiple categories. This option allows you to control if you want to show all of those instances – one from each category, if matching, in the search results.)

This option allows you to set the default expiration time (in days) for any new links that have been added directly into the system (without being pending first). You may not allow this in your system, in which case this does not apply to you.

This option allows you to set the default expiration time (in days) for any pending links that have been approved.

This option controls the behavior of the link on the Link Name text in the front end. When turned on, it will forward the user to the Links Detail page (a separate template). When turned off, it will forward the user directly to the destination of the link.

Editor Picks

This option will segregate the Editor Pick links into a special group with a different design, controlled by its own template. Otherwise, the Editor Pick links will appear in the same list with regular links.

This option will allow you to control how many Editor Pick links are listed separately (it only applies when the option above, to display Editor Picks in a separate template is turned on). The rest of the links will be listed below among the regular links. To display all links separately, set it to 0.

This option controls how the Editor Pick links in the Premium section are listed. Default is Random.

Combined with the option above, “Order Output By” this controls how the Editor Pick links are sorted in the Premium section. If Random output order is selected above, this option does not have any effect.

This option controls how the Editor Pick links are displayed among the regular links in the category listings (it is the opposite from the Premium links, which are displayed as a separate group). “Don’t Display” option will hide these links; “Display at the top” will display these links above all other regular links, with same sorting among the Editor Picks; “Display with regular sort order” will display Editor Picks among normal links, mixing them together. “Use a separate template” option will apply a different template to individual Editor Pick links, so even when they are intermixed with regular links they can stand out.


This option controls how the Editor Pick links are displayed among the search results and other selected templates (such as Top, Pop, etc.). These pages display a list of links across multiple categories (therefore they are not related to one specific category). “Display Editor Picks before regular links” will display them above normal links, overriding any other sorting option that may be set (for example, Relevance in the search results). “Use a separate template” option will apply a different template to individual Editor Pick links, so even when they are intermixed with regular links they can stand out.

Reviews

This section allows you to modify the settings for the output of categories. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system.

Here you can change the default sorting algorithm for reviews. You can sort reviews by Date, Description or User.

You can also change the default sorting order for reviews to ascending or descending.

Site Map

This section controls the Site Map output options. A site map is a listing of all categories in your system, available at one glance on one page. This is useful for search engine spidering as well as a feature to help your site visitors locate the information they are looking for more efficiently.


This option toggles a dynamic map versus a static map. A dynamic map is a page that is built on the fly every time a visitor comes to it. It will create a greater load on your web and database servers; however it will provide the most up-to-date site map. It is also a maintenance-free option. With a static map, the visitors will see a snapshot of your site map that you generate (see option below). This is a very efficient option in terms of the load on your servers. However, every time you add, remove or rename a category you will need to rebuild the site map to keep it accurate.


This option specifies the number of columns that will be used for site map listings. The minimum is 1 and the maximum is 5 columns.


This option specifies how deep the system will go to generate the site map. “0” will only display “Home” – your root level category. “1” will display all of your top level categories (“Business & Economy”, “Computers & Internet” are a few examples of top level categories on Yahoo.com). “2” will display all of your top level categories and one level below, and so on. To display the entire tree, choose “-1”.


! Please note that generating the entire tree may take a very long time, depending on your hardware configuration and the number of categories. In some cases the process may never complete due to timeouts set at the server level. Use your best judgment and perform a test when changing this option.


This option controls the formatting of the site map columns. When turned on, each column will be started with a top level category. When turned off, the columns will be started with the next category available.


This is not an option, but an action button. It will trigger the generation of the static site map. Please see “Use dynamically generated site map?” option above.

E-mail

This part of the configuration section allows the Administrator to set up some of the e-mail options to be used by the system. It allows to setup automatic e-mail notices that can be triggered by various actions and that prove to be very useful for maintenance tasks. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system

Root E-mail Address

This allows you to specify the root e-mail address, which is used as the default e-mail address for all of mass emailing, unless specified otherwise.

Administrator Notices

This option allows setting up automatic e-mail notices sent to the Administrator (address specified in the Root E-mail Address) that can be triggered by various user actions.

This setting sends out e-mail to the specified Administrator in the event when a new user registers with the system.

This setting sends out e-mail to the specified Administrator in the event when a new link (pending or direct) is added to the system by an end user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the specified Administrator in the event when an end user modifies an existing link. (Either pending or direct modification)

This setting sends out e-mail to the specified Administrator in the event when a new category (pending or direct) is suggested by an end user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the specified Administrator in the event when a new link review (pending or direct) is added to the system by an end user.


User Notices

This option allows setting up automatic e-mail notices sent to the end user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) that can be triggered by various user or Administrator actions.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when that user registers with the system.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator approves that user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator denies that user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when that user adds a link (pending or direct) to the system.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator approves the link submitted by that user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator denies the link submitted by that user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when that user modifies his link in the system.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator approves the link modification submitted by that user.

This setting sends out e-mail to the user (e-mail address specified in the user profile) in the event when the Administrator denies the link modification submitted by that user.

This setting sends out an e-mail to the user whose link has been reviewed.

Data Structure

This section of the configuration section allows you to modify the names for custom fields for categories, links and users. If those names are left blank then the values for the field names get automatically inserted from the language file. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system

Categories Custom Fields

This part allows you to name up to six custom fields for the use with categories.

Links Custom Fields

This part allows you to name up to six custom fields for the use with links.

Users Custom Fields

This part allows you to name up to six custom fields for the use with users.


Permissions and Users

This section of the configuration section allows you to set permissions on how elements such as categories, links and reviews get added into the database when submitted by the front-end users. Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system.

Users

New User Registration

This field specifies the permissions when a new front-end user registers with the system. The new user can be either: a) Allowed in only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added user becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

Adding links to root category

This section allows the Administrator to set permissions for the root category in order to restrict submitting of links by end users to the root category.

The permissions for all registered users to add links to the root category can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added link becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

The permissions for the visitors who are not registered with the system to add links to the root category can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added link becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

You can use this feature to apply the currently selected permissions for adding to the root category to all subcategories below the root category (Recursive permissions on the entire system). Checking the box next to “Apply these permissions to all categories” will set the specified permissions to the entire system.


! Even though it is a useful feature it also can be dangerous. Please, use caution when utilizing this feature as all of the category permissions in the entire system will get overwritten and are irreversible.


Suggesting a new category


This section allows the Administrator to set permissions for the end users to suggest new categories.

The permissions for all registered users to add categories can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added category becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

The permissions for the visitors who are not registered with the system to add categories can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added category becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

Reviews


This section allows the Administrator to set permissions for the end users to add link reviews.

The permissions for all registered users to add link reviews can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added review becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

The permissions for the visitors who are not registered with the system to add link reviews can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the added review becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

This feature specifies the number of days that the system would not allow multiple reviews to be submitted from the same user for the same link. This is done by tracking down the user’s IP address and storing it in the database for the specified number of days.

Votes

This section allows the Administrator to set permissions for the end users to place their votes for links.

The permissions for all registered users to vote for links can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the user becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

The permissions for the visitors who are not registered with the system to vote for links can be set to the following: a) Allowed only upon the approval of the Administrator (the user becomes pending) b) not allowed at all c) or added directly into the database.

This feature specifies the number of days that the system would not allow multiple votes to be submitted from the same user for the same link. This is done by tracking down the user’s IP address and storing it in the database for the specified number of days.

Links Validation

This option controls the links validation process for multiple administrators. When turned on, it will allow each administrator to have their own Link Validation section. The links that one administrator marks as duplicates will not be marked for others. When this option is turned off, all administrators will share the same section, if one marks a link as a suspect, all will see it in the section. See Data Validation | Links Validation and Navigate & Modify | Mark Link for more information.

Security

This is the part of the configuration section that allows the system Administrator to change the Root Administrator password. The Root user overrides all of the other Administrators and cannot be deleted (it is built into the system). Upon the data update the changes will be reflected instantaneously throughout the system.


You need to specify the existing Root Administrator password in order to change it.


! Please exercise caution when changing the root password. The password cannot be recovered if lost.


System

This section allows the Administrator to modify vital system settings. Normally, these settings are configured by the installation program and do not need to be modified.


General

These settings allow you to modify your general In-link settings.

This field allows you to specify the name of the server where In-link is installed.

This field specifies the server where In-link is installed. This is the information that you specified when you purchased In-link. You cannot change this information and if you need to modify this field, please contact In-link's customer support to reissue your license.

Database

In order for In-link to operate at all, it needs access to a database already setup and running on the server. Normally, the installation script already configured this information so you don’t have to update it unless you would like In-link to operate on a different database. (It needs to be an exact copy of the running database to prevent the program from crashing)


Use Persistent Connection to the database

Note: Persistent connections require more server resources.


! Please exercise extreme caution when modifying the database settings. Your copy of In-link may stop functioning if the values are modified incorrectly.


Session Control

Without going into much of technical discussion of both methods, “cookies” is probably the best mechanism to retain all of the end-user session information. Persistent cookies allow In-link to store all of the user information directly on the user computer for a certain time (specified by the cookie timeout field). When an In-link user returns to an In-link driven system, the system will readily have all of their preferences available. For example, if selected a different language, when the user returns for the next time, the system will automatically display everything in that language for that particular user.

In-link is powerful system that allows end-users to customize their preferences retained by In-link as part of their session information. However, the HTTP protocol used on the web is stateless (each consecutive page load is a separate request and the web server has no recollection if it comes from the same user or not). In order to retain user preferences, (such as language selection, sorting or ordering preferences, etc.) In-link utilizes two methods for doing that: cookies and GET method. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages over each other and for the best results we recommend leaving the session control at utilizing both methods. (Our session control mechanism intelligently relies upon both methods for session control, so if one method fails, another method steps in and vice versa)


The problem is that if cookies are disabled on the user’s computer (some browsers do have them disabled by default due to privacy reasons), the system will not be able to preserve the session information, even when going from page to page within the system. Thus, relying solely on cookies is not reliable.


In order to solve this problem, In-link utilizes a secondary mechanism for keeping the state information alive – GET method. GET method involves physically passing the session information from one page to another (every time a user clicks a link or presses a button and is taken to a different page) as a parameter. This method is more reliable than cookies, however, it is not persistent, meaning that if the user goes on to another site or closes their browse, all of the session information gets lost.


With that in mind, In-link utilizes a combination of both methods to guarantee that the session information is preserved. Unless you have a specific reason for doing so, we strongly recommend that you leave the system at its default setting of utilizing both mechanisms.


! Please exercise extreme caution when changing the session control settings. If improperly set, the entire system may stop functioning correctly for the front-end users.

Paths

There are two paths that you need to know in order for In-link to function properly. Normally, the installation script already configured this information so you don’t have to update it unless you moved In-link to a different location and would like to update the system path information.


The Server path is the actual path to the files on your server. This is the path you would see when navigating to the In-link files on your server ( Ex.: “/home/site/public_html/inlink/” ). On Unix/Linux you can see what this path is by typing in the command "pwd" in your shell session window (Telnet or SSH) while located in the same directory where In-link is.

The URL path is the path that you would see in your browser address field; it is usually the URL path following your domain. (Ex.: for http://www.yourserver.com/inlink the URL path would be “/inlink/”).


! Please exercise extreme caution when modifying the system paths. Your copy of In-link may stop functioning if the values are modified incorrectly.

Links Validation

This is a technical option that controls the socket type used during Links Validation. We recommend using “Non-blocking” mode for any system with PHP 4.3 and newer, and “Blocking” mode for older versions. This option is preset during the installation based on your PHP version. You should not have to change it, unless you are very familiar with PHP and its configuration, and you are experiencing problems with Links Validation. For more information on validation, please see Data Validation | Links Validation.

Search

This section allows Administrator to modify various search settings, such as selecting which fields to search by, highlighting search results, utilizing extended search, etc.

General

This option turns on the extended search capabilities throughout the system. Extended search allows for more accurate and more relevant search results, especially when dealing with search phrases with multiple keywords. The search results that are returned by the extended search are sorted by relevancy. For example, with a search phrase of three keywords, the first results returned by the extended search will be the results containing all of three keywords in the same order. Next, the results will contain the three keywords but in a different order, followed by the results with only one or two keywords present.


While extremely powerful, extended search relies on helper database tables that are created on the fly for the purpose of continuous data manipulation. The search results are temporarily saved in the database for the extended search optimization purposes. This may pose performance problems on slower servers or when too many concurrent extended searches are performed on large databases. Also it will temporarily use additional disk space for the database.

This option allows the administrator to specify the opening and the closing HTML tag (or a CSS style) for marking key phrases within the search results.

Simple Link Search

This section allows the administrator to select the link fields that will be included in the simple search. It also allows selecting the respective field relevance (only applicable when Extended Search is used).

Relevance Settings for Simple link search

This section fine-tunes the relevance calculations for the Extended Search. While the formula for the relevance is quite complex, you can affect its behavior by modifying the following few parameters:

Increases field importance beyond the usual relevance setting under Simple Link Search by X% if that field contains a keyword

This option balances the relevance between three key factors – field/keyword relevance (how many keywords found in which fields, see above); link hits (the number of hits a link has, the higher the value the greater the relevance); and link rating (the higher the rating, the greater the relevance). All the factors add up to 100% and you can distribute that among them as you like.


! We don’t recommend changing the relevance settings unless you are not satisfied with the search accuracy and fully understand the searching algorithms.

Simple Category Search

This section allows the administrator to select the fields in the database for categories that will be included in the simple search.

Invalid Search Keywords

This section allows the administrator to add and remove search keywords that will be ignored during searches. Most frequently this is used to prevent the system from returning too many search results on a common keyword, such as “the”, “like”, “.com”, etc. Please consider all possible scenarios while building this list, because users will not be able to search for any of those words, if they happen to be legitimate and wanted search keywords.

Backup & Import

This section of the Administration Panel allows you to perform database backup, restore and data imports from other programs.

Backup

This part of the Backup & Import section allows you to do a complete backup of the data in your database. In order to backup your database, proceed to Backup | Backup & Restore and click on the “Backup your In-link database” link. This will dump the entire database into a “dump.php” file located in the “backup” subdirectory in your In-link directory. Please make sure that the permissions are set to allow writing to that file. Also keep in mind that the previous backup file will be overwritten with the current backup file. Therefore, if the current backup does not complete successfully, you will not have any backups.


! We recommend that you backup your In-link database on a regular basis and download the backup files onto a different computer. By doing this you can prevent an accidental data loss in case of a server failure or administrator’s mistake.


Restore

This section of the Backup & Import allows you to restore the database from the backup file located in a “dump.php” file in the “backup” directory. It will require you to input the root password (that was in the system at the time when the backup file was made) for security purposes. Restore can be used without logging into the system, by simply going to the admin/backup/restore_db.php in your browser. (Ex.: http://www.yoursite.com/inlink/admin/backup/restore_db.php)


! Please note that restoring your database will completely wipe out the existing database. Please use this feature at your own risk and use it only in the case of a complete data loss when you need to recover the database!!


Import

This section allows you to perform a data import from the earlier version of In-link and third party software. In order to proceed with the import, select the type of import and follow the instructions on the screen.


! Please note that any database import will merge with your existing data and in some case results can be unpredictable. Please always perform a completed database backup before doing any data imports.


In-link 1.x

This import utility allows you to import data from an In-link 1.x database.

Gossamer Threads Links 2.x flat-file

This import utility allows you to import data from a Gossamer Threads Links 2.x flat-file database.

Gossamer Threads Links 2.x SQL

Coming in version 2.1

Sentraweb Indexu 2.x

This import utility allows you to import data from an Indexu 2.x database.

Custom CSV file

Coming in version 2.1

License & Support

License & Support displays the registered user’s name, the registered server’s URL, and the registration number. This information is needed if you wish to contact Intechnic Technical Support. You cannot change this data.

License

Please, refer to the license section in this document.

Support

In-link

In-link's official site contains a lot of tools to make your experience with In-link even more enjoyable. Check out our web site regularly for new releases and downloads! If you are a registered user of In-link and would like to change your personal information such as username or password, please proceed to the support area of the In-link's site:


Support Forum – support.intechnic.com/forum/

If you are experiencing a problem with installation or customization of In-link, please use our online support forum to request assistance. Our support forums allow In-link users to interact with each other regarding support issues and other topics. Our customer service representatives provide service though the online forums that proved to be more efficient than e-mail support.


We encourage you to use our forums for all support-related issues except billing and registration. Even though we proudly uphold an excellent response time for customer support, the users on the support form might come to your assistance even faster!


Support System –

If you need alternative ways to contact our support team for such issues as billing or registrations, please utilize our state of the art online support system designed for individual support. Our support system is entirely web based and relies on unique ticket numbers for tracking purposes. The online support system allows for better, more organized and more precise individual support.


Feedback

We, at Intechnic Corporation, are working very hard to bring you this wonderful product and to provide you with the highest quality service. At this point we are striving to build up In-link user community and would like to ask you to assist us in this endeavor. Please, be so kind to place your vote and to write a review for In-link at Hotscripts.com and PHP Resource Index by pointing your browser to the address on the right.


We also ask you to help us spread the word. Tell you friends about In-Link, let us know about web sites where you think we should register In-link, tell us about some of the ideas that you have for promoting In-Link, etc.


We are hoping that with your help we can create a community of thousands of developers and webmasters contributing to the development and support of this product.


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