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 Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 12/03/07 12:34 
Chilly8 wrote: 
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> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message  
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>> Chilly8 wrote: 
>>> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message  
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>>>> Chilly8 wrote: 
>>>>> How to I change the HTML portiion of a PHP script? I want to modify 
>>>>> the HTML portion of phpBB, and the code in there to have StatCounter 
>>>>> record hits to that part of my web site. I already have the main web 
>>>>> site logged with StatCounter, but I would like to be able to modify 
>>>>> the HTML portion of PHP scripts for WikiMedia and phpBB, so 
>>>>> I can have those logged by phpBB as well 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can see the HTML portion when I ask for the source in my 
>>>>> browser, but I cannot find the place in any of the PHP scripts 
>>>>> to change the HTML portion of the code 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> You need to ask in the PhpBB support forums, not here.  It's more  
>>>> complicated than just changing text files. 
>>> I have figured out one way to do it, which works with ANY 
>>> PHP page. Just load it into your browser, select the option 
>>> for viewing the source, and then save that as an index.htm or 
>>> index.html page, then have the web crawlers crawl that 
>>> instead of the php file. I have so far gotten this to work with 
>>> my phpBB and Wiki pages, then just change the redirects 
>>> on my domain to take users to the HTML-translated 
>>> version of the page. Then you can put in things like 
>>> Statcounter, or banner ads into WikiMedia, PhpBB, 
>>> VBulletin, or anything else. Now, you will need to have 
>>> the original php version, so that users can login. If the 
>>> index.php file has been erased or renamed, a user will 
>>> not be able to log on, but if anyone else asks about this, 
>>> that is how you do it. Log off and delete all cookies. Go 
>>> back to the main page, open the source in your browser, 
>>> and then save the HTML-translated page, then submit 
>>> the HTML version of hte page to Google and Yahoo 
>>> so that users get directed to that, instead of the PHP 
>>> version of the page. 
>>> 
>>> 
>> And pretty soon you'll figure out why that doesn't work. 
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> Its so far worked for me. Just have the original PHP version 
> of the page, so that users can log in, if logins are required. 
>  
 
Keep it up.  You'll find why it doesn't work.  Then you can come back  
here and look at the advice given you in this thread. 
 
> I am having problems with people registering usernames, 
> putting porn links in their profiles, and the dissappearing 
> and never coming back. phpBB does not have logging 
> capabilities,  and I need to know where these users are 
> coming from, so I can block them. Firewall logs only 
> say there was a hit to port 80, and do not say which 
> parts of my web site were accessed. By directing users 
> to the HTML translated-page, I can log it on StatCounter, 
> and find out where these people are coming from and 
> block them, just as soon as the Yahoo and Google 
> web crawlers update their links so that users start 
> coming through the HTML-translated page instead 
> of the php page. 
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>  
>  
 
Which will do you little good.  Most come through anonymous proxies or  
compromised machines. 
 
And get yourself a real log analyzer.  It will give you all the  
information without adding code to your pages. 
 
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