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DySE::BettyMills Script Documentation

Introduction

The DySE::BettyMills script (make.pl) is a Perl script program that works in conjunction with the generic DySE™ viewer script (view.pl) to display products offered by BettyMills.com. The DySE::BettyMills script and the DySE™ viewer script run on your web server.

When you run the DySE::BettyMills script (make.pl), it downloads and processes the product datafeed file from BettyMills.com and creates a products database file. When a user visits your website, the DySE™ viewer script (view.pl) is run and it displays product pages, category pages, or the home page.

A live example website that uses DySE::BettyMills is www.AllOfficeSupply.com

Installation

Important:   Requires view.pl v5.05.31 or higher The DySE::BettyMills requires DySE™ view.pl v5.05.31 or higher. If you have a lower version of view.pl on your server, you must upgrade it to v5.05.31 or higher. Upgrading view.pl merely involves replacing your current view.pl file with the latest view.pl. For the latest view.pl, click here. (Advanced: Required to handle {item.save} and {item.save.percent} substitutions.)

Important:   bettym.pl key file incompatible with DySE::BettyMills If you are using our old bettym.pl script, your bettym.key key file is not compatible with DySE::BettyMills. You must obtain a new key file for use with DySE::BettyMills (keys are free).

Note: If you were using the older bettym.pl script, read the section below "Backward Compatibility with bettym.pl script" before you do the installation.

For detailed instructions on how to install and use DySE::BettyMills make.pl and the DySE™ view.pl, click here.

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Backward Compatibility with bettym.pl script

If you were using the older bettym.pl script and want the filename URL's used by DySE::BettyMills to be the same format, then do the following:

1. Create a text file called make-ini.txt that contains the following configuration variable setting:

   write.fn.dup.count "no"

2. Upload make-ini.txt to the same directory where make.pl is located.

3. Run make.pl as you normally would. Filenames will now use the same format.

FAQ

• When I click one of my affiliate links, I go to the BettyMills.com website but my ID doesn't show up. Is tracking working?

  The www.bettymills.com website does a redirect. So you won't see any affiliate ID in your web browser's address bar once you've clicked a BettyMills.com link (whether cloaked or visible).

  Look in the make.pl output log and you should see "key found" and your affiliate ID. You can also go to your store's home page and then add /version to the URL (e.g.: YourDomain.com/version or YourDomain.com/shop/version if your store is in subdirectory /shop/) and you should see: "Affiliate ID:" and "Key expiration date:".

  Tip:   How to confirm that your ID is used Right-click on your link (do not left-click it) and select "Copy Shortcut" from the popup menu to copy the URL of the link. Then go to http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html and paste in the URL. Click Submit and watch all the redirections happening. This works for any URL.

Sample Template Sets

The following are live examples of the sample template sets that are included with the DySE::BettyMills script.

www.allofficesupply.com/set1 (templates "set1")		www.allofficesupply.com/set2 (templates "set2")
www.allofficesupply.com/set3 (templates "set3")		www.allofficesupply.com/set4 (templates "set4")
www.allofficesupply.com/set5 (templates "set5")		www.allofficesupply.com/set6 (templates "set6")
www.allofficesupply.com/set7 (templates "set7")

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