Main / Custom Database Editor:

All Types Radio Button: Check this button to list all engines.

Engines Radio Button: Check this button to list only Search engines.

FFA Radio Button: Check this button to list only FFA's and classifieds.

Networks Radio Button: Check this button to list only networked sites.

Database Navigation: Use the database navigation to add, remove and edit items.

Database Fields:

Engine Name:
This is a name that will be displayed in the database list. You can use any name that you like to name the site you are adding.

Engine Type:
Select the type of engine you are adding to the database, FFA for links pages and classifieds, Networks for sites that post to more than one page in there network of FFA pages or classifieds, ENGINES for search engines.

Engine Country:
Enter the country code for the engine (abbreviate) Example: USA

Page Count:
If you have selected Network, enter the number of pages the submission page posts to.

Max Submission:
Select how often the engine allows you to submit your site.

Pages Allowed:
Select "All" if the search engine requires you to submit all of your pages or "Index Pages" only for engines that spider your site.

Domain Specific:
If the domain only allows one type of domain extension.
Example: .org

Home Page:
This is for the URL of the FFA page you are adding to the database.
Example: http://www.sitename.com/links/links.htm.

Posting Page:
To find the posting page view the source on the links page and look for a tag similar to this example:
<form method="post" action="http://www.sitename.com/cgi-bin/links.cgi">
Once you have found this tag, you need the URL just after the action=

Method:
To find the Method on the links page look for a tag similar to this example:
<form method="get" action="http://www.sitename.com/cgi-bin/links.cgi">
Once you have found this tag, you need to select the "Get" from the drop-down list.

Hidden Fields:
Not all sites have hidden values.
If the FFA page has no hidden values leave it blank.
To find the hidden values on the links page look for a tag similar to this example:
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://sitename.com"> or
<input type="hidden" name="could be" value="anything">

Important! Input names are case sensitive.
Enter all of the name and values found on the form as follows:
&redirect=http://sitename.com&could+be=anything
You can enter other form inputs here if required, or a custom category.

Example: &section=Sports
Then just leave the category boxes blank, and you now have a custom category for that submission. Everything submitted to that site will be submitted to the sports category only.

Category Field:
Not all sites have a selection box requiring a category.
If the FFA page has no category field leave it blank.
To find the category selection box on the links page look for a tag similar to this example:
<select name="category"> or
<select name="section">

Important! Input names are case sensitive.

Category Type:
If the page has a category field you must select a category type.
To find the category type on the links page look for a tags similar to this example:
<option value="Business"> or <option>Business
There will be several of these tags look at them all.
Here is where it gets a little more complicated.

You need to select or build a set of categories that match the links page category list.

Here is an example of Cat1.
Left of the "=" represents the software's category list.
Right of the "=" represents the categories on the links page

Automotive=Miscellaneous
Business=Business
Communications=Miscellaneous
Community=Miscellaneous
Computers=Computers
Consumer=Business
Education=Education
Employment=Miscellaneous
Entertainment=Entertainment
Finance=Business
Government=Government
Health=Miscellaneous
Internet=Miscellaneous
Manufacturing=Business
Media=Miscellaneous
Medical=Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous=Miscellaneous
News=Miscellaneous
Opportunities=Business
Personal=Personal
Politics=Miscellaneous
Publishing=Miscellaneous
Recreation=Entertainment
Reference=Miscellaneous
Religion=Miscellaneous
Sci-Tech=Miscellaneous
Services=Business
Transportation=Business
Travel=Business
Web_Stuff=Miscellaneous

If the links page matches all or most of the categories to the right you can use that Cat Type.

For a full list of cat types click here.

Important! Input names are case sensitive.

All Other Fields:
Not all sites have all of these fields. Leave the field blank if not required.
To find the field "textbox" on the links page look for tags similar to this example:
<input type="text" name="title">, <input type="text" name="descr">,<input type="text" name="email">

Important! Input names are case sensitive.