Liquid Frog
FAQ's
Send to a Friend
ANSWERS
  1. What is Send to a Friend
    This script will allow visitors to your site to send an email to their friends recommending it. It is extremely easy to set-up and use requiring no database or complex configuration and you can have it working in just a few minutes.

    You can use it to let people recommend your site or even a single news item - it's up to you. It is also highly configurable, you can change just about everything there is to change including the labels and text used so it will match your site perfectly.
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  2. What are the requirements for Send to a Friend
    Send to a Friend requires a PHP enabled server with send mail installed and working. About 98% of all PHP servers have send mail enabled.
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  3. How do I set up Send to a Friend
    Installing this Send to a Friend script is very easy.

    (1) Unzip the distribution file to your local PC.

    (2) Using Notepad or something similar, find the file called config.php and edit the file to best suit your needs. Full instructions are in the file itself. Once done, save the file.

    (3) Create a directory on your web server to receive the script.

    (4) Chmod the directory to 777.

    (5) Upload the script files to the directory you just created - config.php, codelock.php, sendtofriend.php and send_inc.php.

    That's it!
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  4. I get error messages when I use the script
    If the error messages you get look something like this:

    Warning: main(../sendtofriend/sendtofriend.php) [function.main]: failed to create stream: Operation not permitted
    in /home/httpd/vhosts/yourhost.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 23

    Warning: main() [function.main]: Failed opening '../sendtofriend/sendtofriend.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/php4/php')
    in /home/httpd/vhosts/yourhost.com/httpdocs/index.php on line 23

    Then the answer is to change the include path on your pages from "include('../your_send_to_friend_folder/sendtofriend.php');" to "include('http://www.yoursite.com/your_send_to_friend_folder/sendtofriend.php');
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  5. I get an open_basedir restriction in effect error message
    If you receive this error message (or something similar that talks about open_basedir restrictions in effect):

    Warning: main() [function.main]: open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/usr/lib/php4/php/language/lang-.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/home/http/vhost/yourdomain.com/httpdocs)

    Then your hosts have set some restrictions on your server. Most hosts will be happy to turn off this restriction to allow the script to run. Contact your hosts, inform them of the error message you are receiving and request that they remove open basedir restrictions.
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  6. How can I remove the link to Liquid Frog from the script
    This is a free script, as such it generates no income for us. In addition, we have to bear the costs associated with download of the script in terms of bandwidth and ongoing development and all our free scripts are very popular with our site visitors meaning a lot of bandwidth!

    We use the link included with the script to generate traffic to this site in the hope that people will purchase one of our paid for scripts or some of our software. Whilst we would love to give away our scripts and not have a link, economic realities dictate otherwise. We give you the script for free - you return that by sending us traffic, we consider this a fair exchange.

    If the link spoils the look of your site or you really don't want the link, you can pay a small fee to have it removed. We charge just $7.99 for removal of the link and you can find instructions on how to do this in the Readme.htm file that comes with the script.
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  7. Can I suggest a way to improve this script
    Yes of course. We actively encourage users of our software and scripts to suggest improvements so that they can be developed still further. To make a suggestion please use the contact form on the site and send your comments to feedback.
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  8. My question wasn't answered in these Faq's. What now
    Even though we do not provide support for our free scripts, if you have a problem that doesn't appear in these Faq's, you may email support.

    Please include as much detail as possible about the problem and try to indicate under what circumstances the problem occurs. Please also tell us as much about your server as you can such as the version of PHP and MySQL it is running etc.

    We want to provide as much help as possible to end users via these Faq's and, if your problem is not already listed you could also help others as well as yourself by requesting support. Any replies we make to your problem will be mailed directly to you and included in these Faq's for others
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