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Auto-Update Your Copyright for PhpLD

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

This is no complicated hack, but it comes in handy because it such a small thing.  I know I always forget about it.
Open init.php and find

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:

?>

Above Add

PLAIN TEXT
PHP:

//Auto Update Copyright

$start_year = '2007';

if($stary_year <date('Y')){

    $copyright = $start_year . ' - ' . date('Y');

}else{

    $copyright = $start_year;

}

$tpl->assign('copyright', 'Lobo Links Directory &copy '.$copyright);

//Auto Update [...]

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A great solution for manually adding sites to a new directory!

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

It is very true that nobody likes an empty category. Mostly it makes your directory look very inactive. Even though most don't submit to directories for the traffic benefit, a dead directory just doesn't encourage anyone.
I personally add a few sites here and there, but as a directory owner we all know it [...]

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I have made some mistakes as a new directory owner

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

It is true, I am new to the directory industry. To date, the Lobo Links domain is only 58 days old and my submission guidelines are rather strict. When I started the free links until October 31st, 2007 promotion people started to come out of the damn wood work. I let a [...]

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