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How to Integrate Turbo Traffic Trader With Comus Thumbs

by TGPFactory Staff, 2005

After Turbo Traffic Trader has been installed, you need only configure a few portions of your thumb rotation script. First, locate the path to TTT's IN script, OUT script, and the Toplist Template you'll be using.

For the CGI version of TTT, these will most likely be:

/cgi-bin/ttt-in
/cgi-bin/ttt-out
/toplists/template1.html

For the PHP version of TTT, these will most likely be:

/ttt-in.php
/ttt-out.php
/ttt_toplist/template1.html

For TTT to count incoming hits, you must include the IN script in the heading tags of your web site via a Server Side Include (SSI). This can be accomplished by adding the following line (change the path for PHP):
<!--#include virtual='/cgi-bin/ttt-in' -->

Second, you must tell Comus to send clicks through the trade script. You need to edit the LINK PREFIX settings for both Text and Thumb links. Click Settings in your control panel, then change both prefix settings to match the trade script. Comus is located in a directory below the out script, so you must prefix it with two dots. Change "50" to the percent of your choice - this value is the percentage of clicks that will be sent to galleries. Your entries should be (change the path for PHP):
/cgi-bin/ttt-out?pct=50&url=

Lastly, include your toplist somewhere on your page. This will be called once again with a SSI (change the path for PHP):
<!--#include virtual='/toplists/template1.html' -->